www.declassifiedmusic.org.au

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HERE'S OUR PROJECT! 

The idea behind The Long Weekender was simply to bring a selection of the best Australian music talent together in Brisbane in a way that was fresh, exciting and inspiring to Brisbane audiences. 

Here in Brisbane, we absolutely love Musica Viva and Medici Concerts and the tours from ASQ and ACO. But how about supporting fabulous musicians who are Australian and under 50? And those who are not permanent members of Australia's two main touring chamber ensembles or who are taking on interesting partnerships and projects outside of their positions? Why do Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide get to enjoy these brilliant and inspiring performances and partnerships and not Brisbane? And how about our heavily qualified and charismatic Brisbane musicians - how often do they get a chance to play outside of the universities in cool venues with a professional Steinway and, oh gosh, a fee that will cover more than the fuel and food to get to the gig?

Hence DeClassified Music. 

The Long Weekender is the 2013 centre-piece for  DeClassified Music - a non profit organisation built on love :). It will feature three concerts on consecutive nights. On the Sunday we will host an afternoon of Masterclasses for students to interact with and play for the musicians - we will encourage bawdy behaviour and intellectual profundity.

A nine foot concert Steinway piano will be moved from Theme and Varitations into FireWorks Gallery for this event, offering the musicians and audience a unique musical experience. 

For the musicians, the benefits include encouragement to be themselves and to choose their musical program freely, a professional environment and performance fee, and the opportunity to share their talent and knowledge with audiences in Brisbane. For the audiences we give them the opportunity to experience small ensemble music at its best with close access to amazing musicians in an intimate and trendy performing environment. Win win!

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 

With support from Theme and Variations and Steinway (for the piano and tuning), FireWorks Gallery (venue), Huntington Estate Wines (beverages) and Queensland Music Festival 2013 (promotion) we are well on our way. Our administrators are working only for the love of music and Brisbane. Therefore, we only now need support for artist fees. It is our hope that with the help of Pozible we can raise at least $2500 to make The Long Weekender possible. This amount is the absolute minimum we need to have so as to get us over the line.... We need your help!!

VENUE FOR THE LONG WEEKENDER

 FireWorks Gallery, 52a Doggett St, Newstead, Brisbane www.fireworksgallery.com.au

LONG WEEKENDER SCHEDULE 

July Thursday 11th, 7pm - "Kreutzer" with Kristian Winther & Daniel de Borah (violin and piano)

July Friday 12th, 7pm - "A State of Play" with Syzygy Ensemble and Ashley William Smith (clarinets)

Thomas Ades - Catch op.4

Bruno Mantovani - L’ere de Rien

Kaija Saariaho - Mirrors, David Lang 

Press Release, Ralph Whiteoak - Spider

Tristan Murail - Feuilles á Travers Les Cloches

July Saturday 13th, 5pm - "Going East" with Brendan Joyce, Patrick Murphy, Brieley Cutting, Tanya Cooling (violin, cello, piano, soprano)  and a special appearance from Serbia (Folkloric Children’s Dancers)

Vasilije Mokranjac - Sonata in G minor for violin and piano, movts 3 and 4

Rachmaninoff - Coh (Dream), 6 Romances Op.38 

                         Zdes' khoroso (How Fair this Spot), 12 Romances Op.21

Dvorak - “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka

                 Piano Trio No.4 in E minor “Dumky”

Franz Lehar - Meine Lippen sie kussen so heiss

July Sunday 14th, 1-4pm - Masterclasses 

Violin and Piano Masterclass with Kristian Winther and Daniel de Borah

New Music Masterclass with Syzygy Ensemble

A LITTLE ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Kristian Winther (violin) - First Violinist in the Australian String Quartet

Daniel de Borah (piano) - Major Prize Winner in the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition

Syzygy Ensemble - Ensemble in Residence at the Melbourne Recital Centre

Ashley William Smith (clarinets) - Yale Graduate and YPA Grand Finalist

Tanya Cooling (soprano) - Guildhall Artist Fellow, London

Brendan Joyce (violin) - Leader of Camerata of St John‘s, Queensland's Chamber Orchestra

Patrick Murphy (cello) - Cello Performance Fellow at the University of Queensland

GENERAL INFO: DeClassified Music is the only professional live music series in Brisbane outside of the universities that showcases the best in Australian small ensemble music. Starting as the Commercial Road Chamber Music Series in 2011, it has provided Brisbane audiences with unique performances from local Brisbane and Australian musicians.  

FOR BUSINESSES: DeClassified Music was launched in March 2013 and is fast becoming an avenue to accessing music students, music and arts professionals, workers in the creative industries, corporates with an interest in the arts, and music loving seniors mainly in Brisbane and its surrounding areas. DCM currently has an email database of over 300, over 200 Facebook likes, and over 50 Twitter followers. These statistics were gathered in May 2013 (after only 6 weeks!) and are continuing to steadily increase. 

Being a DeClassified Music supporter may also get you access to DCM sponsors' databases and social media. Email declassifiedmusic@icloud.com for details.