PHILIP EAMES - PIANIST
The recipient of the Youth Development Fund scholarship for 2011 presented at Redlands on Stage by Mayor Melva is Pianist, Philip Eames. Philip was accepted on scholarship to undertake a two-year intensive Master of Music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
In his letter of thanks to RAC Philip writes:
‘It comes at a time where such support allows me to pursue musical opportunities not only in Manchester, but also throughout the UK and Europe.
My time so far in Manchester at the RNCM has been fruitful, and I have undertaken such activities as intensive chamber music collaborating with a variety of musicians: (Two piano trios, a piano duo, a piano and percussion quartet, and piano and soprano), becoming repetiteur for a new chamber opera The Mermaid of Zannor, and have been given the opportunity to perform in the College’s well-promoted ‘Spotlight’ Series in early 2012, where I will present a concert of Australian Piano and Chamber music. I will also be auditioning for concerto opportunities, and also for a performance of contemporary classical music in the Purcell Room of the Southbank Centre in London as part of the Young Artists Concerts series.
The generous support I have received from the Redlands has been of great assistance, and I am fortunate to belong to a community that nurtures artistic development.
I would be most delighted to perform in the Redlands upon my return! I will be sure to keep you up to date on my achievements and other news’.
JESSICA BROWN - DANCER
IT has been a year of travel for Capalaba dancer Jessica Brown, now 15. RAC has been pleased to support Jessica through our Youth Development Fund since she was a young tot and we bring you up-to-date with her doings.
In October, Jessica travelled to Cape Town, South Africa to dance in the elite Genee International Ballet Competition, competing against dancers from 15 countries. Jessica was the youngest competitor in the competition and was one of six female finalists chosen. She was awarded The Audience Choice Award.
Jessica returned to London in July to take up her Automatic Entry Award into the Senior Summer School at Covent Garden which she had been awarded by The Royal Ballet School in 2010.
In January Jessica will be in Sydney for coaching with Darcy Bussell. Darcy will teach her Aurora's Act III variation from Sleeping Beauty as part of the RAD new Syllabus Launch on January 16, 2012. She has just completed her last Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Exam for the prestigious RAD Solo Seal Award, and is now one of the few world wide to earn her Solo Seal. Earlier this year, she attained 100 per cent In her Advanced II RAD exam.
Jessica competed in and won open age Classical Ballet Competitions: RAD - Jacqueline Morland Awards, Gold Coast Eisteddfod repertoire 15 to 20 Years, J.J. Richards Memorial Scholarship open age, McDonalds Sydney Eisteddfod classical ballet, McDonalds Sydney Eisteddfod, 12 month scholarship to The Australian Ballet School 2012 and Alana Haines Australasian Awards in New Zealand.
Congratulations Jessica on her very busy year and many achievements.
BARBRA ELVIN
Barbra painted from an early age doing preliminary study for her Diploma of Art at the Newcastle Art School at the Technical College there. She worked for quite a few years as a Commercial Artist with local Advertising Agencies and the Newcastle Morning Herald. In 1981 she completed her Dip. Art and Post-Grad. Degree in Painting with the Newcastle College of Advanced Education. She has shown in major Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Sydney Galleries before moving to Qld. in the late ‘90’s. She is a member of the Redlands Creative Alliance and the Yurara Art Society and teaches Art at the Donald Simpson Centre in Cleveland.
Barbra likes to paint with a number of mediums; oils, acrylics and pastels, and likes to use the landscape to draw inspiration from for her spiritually influenced paintings. Her theme for recent works has been her journey through life with its ups and downs, things that try to trip you up, such as stoney or rough ground etc., that one might encounter on a bush or beach walk.
Her other subject matter that she really likes is Portraiture and she is available for commissions.
