Team of Pianists
...Artists in residence at 'Glenfern'
for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Patrons
Don Armstrong AM (dec.*) & Professor Anona Armstrong AM
Anona Armstrong AM is the Professor of Governance and the Director of Research and Research Training in the College of Law and Justice at Victoria University. She was awarded a PhD by the University of Melbourne for her original research on health policy, community well-being and their measurement. This led to her work with communities and the promotion of community participation in various government projects. After completing her study, she established the consulting firm Evaluation Training and Services Pty Ltd, as well as the Australasian Evaluation Society, which is still a vibrant society today. On joining Victoria University in 2004, she lectured in policy, management, leadership and governance, before specialising in post-graduate supervision. She has taught now over 70 successful PhD students. She was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2008.
Upcoming Events
2021 Rigg Bequest Classic Music at Glenfern - Concert 1
Bow, Reed & Hammer - Magnificent Mozart and C20th Brilliance
Yi Wang (violin), Justin Beere (clarinet) and Darryl Coote (piano) in a program of duos and trios by Mozart, Saint-Säens, Milhaud, Ravel and Khatchaturian. With one performance at 2.00pm and another at 6.30pm, you can choose to be part of a small socially-distanced in-venue audience at either performance, or enjoy the 6.30pm performance as a live-streamed recital from the comfort of your own home! Download the flyer here.
Date and Time
Sunday March 21, 2021
2.00pm or 6.30pm (for audience in-venue attendance)
Glenfern, 417 Inkerman St, East St Kilda, VIC
or
6.30pm (for the Live-Stream via YouTube)
Book Here for Digital Live-Stream on-line viewing (via YouTube)
2021 Rigg Bequest Classic Music at Glenfern - Concert 2
Where the Wild Sings Are! Songs of Animals and Beasts
Icon Trio - Justine Anderson (soprano), Vivien Hamilton (mezzo-soprano), Jeannie Marsh (alto) - with Robert Chamberlain (piano) in a concert of music inspired by the world of animals. Unaccompanied madrigals, Australian rounds, comedic songs by Tom Lehrer, Flanders and Swann, delightful songs by Poulenc, Chabrier, Barber, Stravinsky, Richard Rodney Bennet, plus some animal-inspired piano works from the French Baroque. Icon Trio will also live-premiere a new work by Becky Lewellyn, In the Dark Times, composed during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. Be part of a small socially-distanced in-venue audience at the 3.00pm performance or enjoy the 6.30pm performance as a live-streamed recital from the comfort of your own home!
Date and Time
Sunday April 18, 2021
3.00pm (for audience in-venue attendance)
Glenfern, 417 Inkerman St, East St Kilda, VIC
or
6.30pm (for the Live-Stream via YouTube)
Book Here for Digital Live-Stream on-line viewing (via YouTube)
2021 Rigg Bequest Classic Music at Glenfern - Concert 3
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Elizabeth Sellars (violin), Caroline Henbest (viola), Molly Kadarauch (cello), Rohan Murray (piano) in a program with the Piano Quartet in B flat major Op 69 by Mélanie Bonis and the Piano Quartet in in C minor Op 60 by Brahms. With one performance of this program at 3.00pm and another at 6.30pm, you can choose to be part of a small socially-distanced in-venue audience at either performance, or enjoy the 6.30pm performance as a live-streamed recital from the comfort of your own home!
Date and Time
Sunday May 16, 2021
3.00pm or 6.30pm (for audience in-venue attendance)
Glenfern, 417 Inkerman St, East St Kilda, VIC
or
6.30pm (for the Live-Stream via YouTube)
Book Here for Digital Live-Stream on-line viewing (via YouTube)