Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

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The SILVER WINDS ENSEMBLE - two of Australia’s award- winning flautists - Mark Underwood, and James Fortune, together with celebrated Australian composer/pianist Margaret Brandman present a melodious, harmonically luscious and rhythmically vital Classical and Contemporary/Crossover program. The sparkling gem of the concert is the world premiere of Margaret’s SILVER WINDS SUITE for solo flute, commissioned and performed by Mark Underwood together with Margaret on piano. In addition to music by Bach, Köhler, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky and Telemann, the programme will also feature several of Brandman’s melodic works from her Cosmic Wheel of the Zodiac cycle, and Latin-American works from her La Vida Apasionada suite, arranged especially for two flutes with piano. And to conclude the concert, the ensemble will perform Mark Underwood’s own engaging arrangement of Waltzing Matilda! Come along to enjoy a fabulous afternoon of music across a range of genres in the beautiful Grand Hall at Mosman Art Gallery. Doors open at 2pm for a 2.30 start. Coffee and tea and snacks will be available after the concert. PRESS COMMENTS “Underwood offered performances of quite remarkable polish and devotion…” The Sydney Morning Herald " Flautist James Fortune ….a first prize performance hallmarked by both technical brilliance and musicality. New Zealand Herald " Brandman’s “music is melodious and intricate, beautifully played.... pieces straddle that indefinable line between jazz and contemporary classical / new music.” Jane Mann, London Jazz News 2017

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0414 185 193 or by email to margaretbrandman@yahoo.com.au

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• Music of Margaret Brandman