Opera at Jimbour - 2023 Program

OPERA AT JIMBOUR

A WEEKEND OF EXQUISITE OPERA AND CHAMBER MUSIC

WELCOME TO QLD MUSIC TRAILS

Opera at Jimbour is a nationally unique and significant opera and chamber music festival. We are thrilled to welcome you its 20th anniversary edition.

The Russell family’s passion for music and multigenerational commitment to the homestead inspires everyone that works tirelessly to make the next three days the best it can be. Opera at Jimbour is iconic and authentic – in a way that is unparalleled in Australia – because of this natural connection between people, place and music.

QMF is proud to work with Russell Pastoral, Western Downs Regional Council, Jimbour House, Opera Queensland, Ensemble Q and Griffith University to realise our collective vision.

Qld Music Trails is a state-wide cultural tourism initiative that has been established to inspire exploration of Queensland through iconic music events that celebrate our people and places. Opera at Jimbour could be considered the prototypical example of what an ideal Qld Music Trails event looks and sounds like, given its combination of a world-class venue with musical excellence and genuine community hospitality.

We hope that you leave Jimbour House inspired and rejuvenated, with that special feeling of knowing more about the place you have visited.

JOEL EDMONDSON CEO & Creative Director, QMF

QMF respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, waters, skies and communities on which QMF and Queensland Music Trails events take place. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country on whose land works are created, performed and celebrated by QMF and Queensland Music Trails. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you to the Western Downs. We are proud to host this premier event, which offers a unique opportunity to experience the magnificence of opera among the iconic setting of Jimbour House. We are delighted to showcase the wonderful place we call home, as you explore our rich history, vast landscapes, unique visitor experiences, and welcoming community.

While you're here, take the opportunity to explore our region and make the most of our fantastic eateries, unique tourist destinations, tranquil recreational spaces, and friendly local businesses. Whether you're a local or visiting the Western Downs for the first time, we trust you will have a wonderful time exploring our region and 'the people that make it'.

A very big thank you to QMF, event partners, and to all involved in the delivery of this magnificent event.

CR PAUL MCVEIGH

Welcome to Opera at Jimbour, where the historic homestead comes alive to the sounds of internationally renowned opera and chamber music. This signature event is part of the QLD Music Trails showcasing Queensland’s unique tourism hotspots to a soundtrack of Australia’s favourite artists.

Opera at Jimbour keeps the music flowing after the Outback and Scenic Rim Trails last month, which saw C.W. Stoneking raise the roof at Charleville’s WWII Secret Base, and Lime Cordiale play to the backdrop of Canungra’s hinterland at The Long Sunset. It sets the mood for the Festival of Outback Opera celebrating the wonder of opera under an endless sky across Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Blackall, Tambo and Windorah from 18 – 27 May.

The Queensland Government is investing $20 million in QLD Music Trails because we know destination events bring visitors, supporting local jobs and economies. These Trails are supported through Tourism and Events Queensland’s Destination Events Program and contribute to our Towards Tourism 2032 roadmap, creating new experiences to attract visitors to regional Queensland on our runway of events to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics.

Congratulations to QLD Music Trails, Opera Queensland, Ensemble Q, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Griffith University Conservatorium of Music Orchestra and Western Downs Council. Enjoy the show.

THE HON. STIRLING HINCHLIFFE

Minister for Tourism, Innovation and Sport and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympics and Paralympics Sport and Engagement

Western Downs Regional Council Mayor

Opera Queensland’s connection with QMF and Jimbour over the years has played an important role in our mission to share the wonder and joy of opera with audiences far and wide. The majesty and beauty of Jimbour House has made the perfect backdrop to performances that welcomed audiences onto the lawns to experience an afternoon of fine music and song.

This year, Opera at Jimbour forms an integral part of the Queensland Music Trails. Audiences are invited to experience music and song that responds to the history of the remarkable location as we bring music to the gardens and buildings surrounding the House.

After their great success as collaborators on Opera at Jimbour in 2021, Trish and Paul Dean, co-Artistic Directors of Ensemble Q, have returned to curate a beautiful program of chamber music to complement the opera galas and concerts. Together we are offering audiences the chance to be immersed in music from sunrise to well after sunset.

Once again, the musical forces of the weekend are comprised of the excellent musicians of Ensemble Q, students from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University orchestra, and some of Australia’s finest singers, led by maestro, Peter Luff.

Jimbour House has a significant place in the history of Queensland, and music has been an important part of its story. When you step onto the premises, you can sense the care and attention to detail that has shaped the property over generations. Qualities that we also value at Opera Queensland.

From providing employment opportunities to inviting the children from the district to swim in the pool, the Bell and Russell families have played a significant part in the development of the local community from the mid 1800’s, and it is fitting that once again we are welcomed in.

We recommend you spend some time between your musical moments to explore the wonder of the place, allowing yourself to be transformed by the haunting magic that is Jimbour House.

Thank you to all who have made this event possible - the artists, the crew and the audiences – a commitment to producing and participating in work of this kind, enriches our culture, building stronger connections for future generations to build upon.

PATRICK NOLAN Artistic Director & CEO, Opera Queensland

Curating a chamber program for Opera at Jimbour has been an absolute pleasure for us, and we are excited to bring our vision to Queensland Music Trails music lovers. Jimbour House is such a unique and beautiful place that encompasses the vast array of colours of the surrounding countryside with the history steeped majesty of the house, along with the edgy but relaxed atmosphere and incredible acoustics of the Hangar.

We have imagined a program of concerts that takes you on a journey starting with an opening night celebration of this wonderful collaboration between Ensemble Q, Opera Queensland and Queensland Music Trails, featuring Vivaldi’s brilliantly virtuosic Four Seasons.

The next day we bring out our collective brushes and paint a musical picture of time as it drifts across the fields, from dawn to dark, encompassing human emotion, romance, joy and tragedy.

And on Sunday, we will delight you with some of the most loved works from the baroque period, culminating in a program featuring fantastic works for larger ensembles. We bid our journey adieu with a work that encapsulates the countryside experience like no other, Copland’s Appalachian Spring.

We hope you enjoy our part of this very special weekend.

TRISH AND PAUL DEAN Co-Artistic Directors, Ensemble Q

EVENT SCHEDULE

EVENT SCHEDULE

FRI 5 MAY

CAMPING CHECK IN: 9AM-5PM FRI-SUN

FINAL CAMPING CHECK OUT: 12PM MON 8 MAY

*Program and session times are subject to change. Ticketholders will be notified of any major revisions.

SAT 6 MAY

EVENT SCHEDULE

SUN 7 MAY

EVENT SITE MAP

EVENT SITE MAP

CAMPING

JIMBOUR

CAMPING

AIRSTRIP

EVENT PARKING

JACARANDA DRIVE

FOOD & MARKETS

BONFIRE

JACARANDA DRIVE

AIRSTRIP

EASTERN LAWN

JIMBOUR HOUSE

HANGAR

DEBORAH RUSSELL COURTYARD

POOL

INFO & BOX OFFICE

BARS

TOILETS

CHAPEL COURTYARD ENTRY

EASTERN LAWN & HANGAR ENTRY

HOUSE TOUR ENTRY

& PICNIC AREA

SUNRISE AT THE POOL

SUNRISE AT THE POOL

Be up before the birds to see the sun rise over the stunning pool at Jimbour House, accompanied by the ethereal sounds of solo cello. Sarah Hopkins’ “Reclaiming the Spirit” is a work that magically conjures the sounds of the Australian bush and the didgeridoo out of one lone cello, perfect to herald the dawn in what will be a rare and stunning concert.

From the other end of the planet Kaija Saariaho’s spine tingling “Dreaming Chaconne” is an impressionistic, atmospheric sketch that explores the very origin of the cello. As the sun warms over the land, enjoy a youthful rendition by the Taralindy String Quartet of Haydn’s beautiful Sunrise Quartet.

SAT 6 MAY – 6:15AM (45 mins, no interval)

Gates open 15 mins prior to performance.

Sarah Hopkins

Reclaiming the Spirit

Kaija Saariaho

Dreaming Chaconne

Joseph Haydn

String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major “Sunrise”

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Adagio

III. Minuet. Allegro – Trio

IV. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo

Trish Dean, cello

Trish Dean, cello

Tarilindy String Quartet:

Theonie Wang, violin

Miriam Niessl, violin

Angelina Kim, viola

Cindy Masterman, cello

EASTERN LAWN GALAS

EASTERN LAWN GALAS

EASTERN LAWN GALAS

The pièce de résistance of the weekend. The Eastern Lawn Opera Gala series brings together Opera Queensland’s finest singers with musicians from Ensemble Q and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, conducted by Peter Luff in a program brimming with joy and beauty. The series features two diverse programs of operatic classics, performed outdoors in the surrounds of Jimbour House.

PROGRAM ONE

Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

Aria “Cruda, funesta smania”

Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Duet “Crudel, perché finora”

Letter Duet “Che soave zeffiretti”

Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Farewell Trio “Soave sia il vento”

Duet “Secondate, aurette amiche”

L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti

Aria “Prendi, per me sei libero”

Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti

Duet “Tornami a dir che m’ami”

Norma by Vincenzo Bellini

Duet “Mira, o Norma”

Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini

Duet “All’idea di quel metallo”

Trio “Zitti zitti”

SAT 6 – SUN 7 MAY

11:30AM | 3:15PM (70 mins, no interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

SAT 6 – SUN 7 MAY 11:30AM

Shaun Brown

Emily Turner, Shaun Brown

Sarah Crane, Emily Turner

Emily Turner, Lotte Betts-Dean, Shaun Brown

Carlos Bárcenas, Shaun Brown

Emily Turner

Emily Turner, Carlos Bárcenas

Sarah Crane, Lotte Betts-Dean

Carlos Bárcenas, Shaun Brown

Lotte Betts-Dean, Shaun Brown

Carlos Bárcenas,

EASTERN LAWN GALAS

PROGRAM TWO

Il re pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Aria “Si spande al sole”

Aria “L'amerò”

Fidelio by van Beethoven

Aria “O wär ich schon mit dir vereint”

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Duet “Bei Männern"

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Deh vieni alla finestra”

“Dalla sua pace”

La clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Aria “Non più di fiori"

Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Aria "Placido è il mar"

Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Aria “Voi, che sapete”

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja”

Duet “Pa-pa-pa”

Guglielmo Tell by Gioachino Rossini

“Selva opaca”

Soirées musicales by Gioachino Rossini

“La danza”

Carlos Bárcenas

Sarah Crane

Emily Turner

Sarah Crane, Shaun Brown

Shaun Brown

Carlos Bárcenas

Lotte Betts-Dean

Sarah Crane

Lotte Betts-Dean

Shaun Brown

Emily Turner, Shaun Brown

Sarah Crane

Carlos Bárcenas

DRAWING ROOM RECITALS

SARAH CRANE AND ALEX RAINERI

Pianist Alex Raineri collaborates with acclaimed soprano Sarah Crane to share a program of ravishing arias and art song in an intimate recital.

PROGRAM

Richard Strauss Op. 27 Ruhe, meine Seele! Cäcilie Heimliche Aufforderung Morgen!

Henri Duparc

L'invitation au voyage

Gabriel Fauré Spleen

Noël Coward I'll Follow My Secret Heart

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe Before I Gaze at You Again (from Camelot)

Peggy Glanville-Hicks Come Sleep

Percy Grainger Willow, Willow

The Sprig of Thyme

Early One Morning

SAT 6 – SUN 7 MAY 1:30PM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors open 15 mins prior to performance. Food and drinks are not permitted inside the House.

SHAUN BROWN AND ALEX RAINERI

Pianist Alex Raineri collaborates with renowned baritone Shaun Brown as he brings his musical journey to life through a selection of Lieder, operatic arias and timeless classics.

PROGRAM

Frank Bridge  Adoration

Ralph Vaughan Williams Silent Noon

Jacques Ibert  Chansons de Don Quichotte

Franz Liszt  Oh! quand je dors

Elena Kats-Chernin

My father’s eyes

Roger Quilter

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

Oscar Rasbach Trees

SAT 6 – SUN 7 MAY 5PM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors open 15 mins prior to performance. Food and drinks are not permitted inside the House.

Alan Murray

I’ll Walk Beside You

Wilfred Sanderson Until

Haydn Wood

A Brown Bird Singing

Guy d’Hardelot  Because

Jay Gorney  Brother, can you spare a dime?

Wolseley Charles

The Green-Eyed Dragon

HANGAR CONCERTS

JIMBOUR OVERTURE OPENING CONCERT

Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are amongst the most loved classical music and consistently hit the top 10 lists worldwide. Depicting each season of the year, these concertos are presented as a set and display the violin at its most brilliant and technically dazzling. Equally exciting is the Weber clarinet quintet, a lighthearted and joyful work featuring the clarinet at its most lyrical and sparkling, blended with the depth and sonority of the string quartet. The concert opens with a World Premiere “Australian Song” by award-winning composer of the moment, Paul Dean.

PROGRAM Paul Dean

Australian Song

Antonio Vivaldi

Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)

1. Concerto No. 1 in E Major Op. 8 RV269 “Spring”

2. Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 8 RV315 “Summer”

3. Concerto No. 3 in F major Op. 8 RV293 “Autumn”

4. Concerto No. 4 in F minor Op. 8 RV297 “Winter”

Carl Maria von Weber

Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34

I. Allegro

II. Fantasia. Adagio

III. Menuetto

IV. Rondo. Allegro

FRI 5 MAY – 6PM (90 mins, no interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano

Paul Dean, clarinet

Daniel de Borah, piano

Poem by Trish Dean

Adam Chalabi, violin solo with

Courtenay Cleary, violin

Anne Horton, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Alex Raineri, harpsichord

Trish Dean, cello

Paul Dean, clarinet

Adam Chalabi, violin

Anne Horton, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Trish Dean, cello

THE GREAT ROMANCE

Robert and Clara Schumann were great friends with Johannes Brahms, supporting each other as composers, performers, and friends for many years until tragedy struck and Robert became mentally ill. When Robert was moved into a mental institution, Brahms fell deeply into a seemingly unrequited love with Clara, which drove him to the depths of despair and to write intensely romantic works such as the Piano Quartet in C minor. It is said that the slow movement cello solo is the musical equivalent of a love letter to Clara.

PROGRAM

Clara Schumann

Three Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22

I. Andante molto

II. Allegretto

III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Johannes Brahms

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Scherzo: Allegro

III. Andante

IV. Finale: Allegro comodo

SAT 6 MAY – 1:30PM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

Courtney Cleary, violin

Daniel de Borah, piano

Adam Chalabi, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Trish Dean, cello

Daniel de Borah, piano

SETTING OF THE DAY

Four works that bring the day to a dreamy close, beginning with one of the most loved of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, the Moonlight Sonata. Borodin’s Nocturne is a movement from his infamous String Quartet No 2 and deserves its high place on all romantic and soothing playlists worldwide. Italian composer Ottorino

Respighi’s stunning short tone poem for voice and string quartet

“Il Tramonto” sets Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “The Sunset”, which tells of love, youth, and death, while Venezuelan-born French composer Reynaldo Hahn’s “Exquisite Hour” uses text from poet Paul Verlaine, describing the hour when night falls and all becomes peaceful.

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”

I. Adagio sostenuto

II. Allegretto

III. Presto agitato

Reynaldo Hahn

L’heure Exquise

Alexander Borodin

Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2

Ottorino Respighi

Il Tramonto (The Sunset)

SAT 6 MAY – 5:00PM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

Anna Grinberg, piano

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano

Anna Grinberg, piano

Adam Chalabi, violin

Courtenay Cleary, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Trish Dean, cello

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano

Adam Chalabi, violin

Anne Horton, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Trish Dean, cello

UP LATE WITH THE MOON

The two most extraordinary chamber works of the early twentieth century are combined here (perhaps for the first time in history) to move, entice, flirt and startle you into the night. Starting with Barber’s extraordinary Adagio (the work played at all of the funerals for US presidents), the performers then move to Stalag 8a in 1942 for Messiaen’s magnificent “Quartet for the End of Time” written while he was a prisoner of the Nazis in Silesia, Poland. Deeply embedded in the Catholic scripture, the quartet literally makes time stand still and listeners and performers are transported to a world of unease, silence, terror, and finely unquestionable peace. After the break, we walk, stroll, run and sprint through the intriguing, bizarre and compelling poetry of Albert Giraud set to music by the 20th century’s greatest Agent Provocateur, Arnold Schoenberg. His 1912 cycle “Pierrot Lunaire” dazzled and confused audiences at the premiere and continues to do so some 111 years later. Sit back and watch Lotte Betts-Dean, one of the great interpreters of this work, as she and Ensemble Q make you laugh, swoon, and above all be thoroughly entertained in this uncompromising and timeless masterpiece.

PROGRAM

Samuel Barber

Adagio for Strings

Violins

Adam Chalabi

Courtenay Cleary

Anne Horton

Theonie Wang

Yuro Lee

Kevin Hsu

Hanuelle Lovell

Miriam Niessl

Emilia Jarvela

Eden Annesley

Violas

Thomas Chawner

Angelina Kim

Ella Pysden

Felix Hughes-Chivers

SAT 6 MAY – 7:30PM (120 mins, with interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

Cellos

Trish Dean

Mya Whatson

Cindy Masterman

Double bass

Alyssa Deacon

Sophia Buchanan

Flute

Alison Mitchell

Harpsichord

Alex Raineri

UP LATE WITH THE MOON

SAT 6 MAY – 7:30PM (120 mins, with interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

PROGRAM (CONTINUED)

Olivier Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

1. Liturgie de cristal (Crystal liturgy)

2. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps (Vocalise, for the Angel who announces the end of time)

3. Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of birds)

4. Intermède (Interlude)

5. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (Praise to the eternity of Jesus)

6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets)

7. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps (Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time)

8. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus (Praise to the immortality of Jesus)

INTERVAL

Adam Chalabi, violin

Paul Dean, clarinet

Trish Dean, cello

Anna Grinberg, piano

UP LATE WITH THE MOON

SAT 6 MAY – 7:30PM (120 mins, with interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

PROGRAM (CONTINUED)

Arnold Schoenberg

Pierrot Lunaire

1. Mondestrunken (Drunk with Moonlight)

2. Columbine

3. Der Dandy (The Dandy)

4. Eine blasse Wäscherin (A Pallid Washerwoman)

5. Valse de Chopin

6. Madonna

7. Der kranke Mond (The Sick Moon)

8. Nacht (Passacaglia) (Night)

9. Gebet an Pierrot (Prayer to Pierrot)

10. Raub (Theft)

11. Rote Messe (Red Mass)

12. Galgenlied (Gallows Song)

13. Enthauptung (Beheading)

14. Die Kreuze (The Crosses)

15. Heimweh (Homesickness)

16. Gemeinheit! (Foul Play)

17. Parodie (Parody)

18. Der Mondfleck (The Moon Spot)

19. Serenade

20. Heimfahrt (Barcarole) (Journey Home)

21. O alter Duft (O Ancient Fragrance)

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano

Courtenay Cleary, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Trish Dean, cello

Alison Mitchell, flute

Paul Dean, clarinet

Alex Raineri, piano

HANGAR CONCERTS

MORNING BAROQUE

A morning of some of the most loved baroque works, performed by Ensemble Q with students of the Queensland Conservatorium. Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Principal Flute Alison Mitchell performs Vivaldi’s “Goldfinch” concerto, and Lotte Betts-Dean joins the Festival Strings for two of the most loved baroque songs.

PROGRAM

Arcangelo Corelli

Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8

Christmas Concerto

Antonio Vivaldi

Flute Concerto ‘Il Cardellino’, (The Goldfinch) Op. 10 No. 3

Claudio Monteverdi

Pur ti Miro

Henry Purcell

Dido's Lament

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto Grosso RV565

Violins

Adam Chalabi

Courtenay Cleary

Anne Horton

Theonie Wang

Yuro Lee

Kevin Hsu

Hanuelle Lovell

Miriam Niessl

Emilia Jarvela

Eden Annesley

Violas

Thomas Chawner

Angelina Kim

Ella Pysden

Felix Hughes-Chivers

SUN 7 MAY – 10:00AM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors open 30 mins prior to performance.

Cellos

Trish Dean

Mya Whatson

Cindy Masterman

Double bass

Alyssa Deacon

Sophia Buchanan

Flute

Alison Mitchell

Harpsichord

Alex Raineri

Mezzo-soprano

Lotte Betts-Dean

APPALACHIAN SPRING: FAREWELL CONCERT

Offering a grand finish to the festival, Paul Dean’s rollickingly fun “Dancing with Ghosts” was premiered at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville in 2022 and is part of his Septet, premiered at QPAC in the same year. Dvorak’s “Wind Serenade” features two escapees from the string department - the cello and double bass, who when joining forces with oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns create the lushest sound for this wonderful work. The concert finishes with the reflective and sometimes toe tapping sounds of the American deep south through Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”. Expect hoe-downs, barnyards, beautiful vistas, and a tear or two as we farewell this stunning weekend of music.

SUN 7 MAY – 1:30PM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

Adam Chalabi, violin

Thomas Chawner, viola

Trish Dean, cello

Phoebe Russell, double bass

Paul Dean, clarinet

David Mitchell, bassoon

Peter Luff, French horn

PROGRAM Paul Dean Dancing with Ghosts

APPALACHIAN SPRING: FAREWELL CONCERT

SUN 7 MAY – 1:30PM (60 mins, no interval)

Doors and bar open 30 mins prior to performance.

PROGRAM (CONTINUED)

Antonín Dvořák

Wind Serenade in D Op. 44 B.77

I. Moderato, quasi marcia

II. Minuetto. Tempo di minuetto

III. Andante con moto

IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Oboes

Shana Hoshino

Jade Walter

Clarinets

Paul Dean

Nathanael Duffy

Bassoons

David Mitchell

Chris Buckley

Hayden Mears

Aaron Copland

Appalachian Spring

Violins

Adam Chalabi

Courtenay Cleary

Anne Horton

Kevin Hsu

Violas

Thomas Chawner

Felix Hughes-Chivers

Cellos

Trish Dean

Cindy Masterman

French horns

Peter Luff

Isabelle Raiz-Scanlon

Arabella Davie

Cello

Trish Dean

Double Bass

Phoebe Russell

Double Bass

Phoebe Russell

Flute

Alison Mitchell

Clarinet

Paul Dean

Bassoon

David Mitchell

Piano

Anna Grinberg

20 YEARS OF OPERA AT JIMBOUR

A MESSAGE FROM DAVID RUSSELL

It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you to this twentieth anniversary reprise of Opera at Jimbour.

Opera has always been a great personal love. The word “Opera” itself is Latin for “work” and reflects not only the creative endeavour of composer, performers and audiences, but also the physical effort of staging one. The first Opera at Jimbour was held in the paddock below the House where the amphitheatre (constructed in 2005) is now to be found. There was only a temporary stage, without a roof, and hay bales provided the only ornamentation. Then, as now, the visionary leadership of QMF saw the potential of Jimbour for this role - an engagement which continues today. Particular thanks are due to Charles Ware, then a QMF Director, who persuaded Lyndon Terracini (then QMF Artistic Director) to make the first site inspection.

For all of that, the 2,500 attendees had an experience quite unlike anything in Jimbour’s long tradition of hospitality and cultural engagement - a tradition including the welcoming of Indigenous visitors to the great festivals of the Bunya Mountains, the circuses and other events staged by the Bell family, and in more recent times my own family’s involvement with local cultural groups including the Dalby Arts Council, the Western Downs Regional Council’s Big Skies festivals, and of course the highlight of them all, Opera at Jimbour.

Traditions - like Opera itself - evolve with time, but what remains is the pleasure of participation in a world class musical festival. On behalf of my family and the entire Jimbour team, I welcome you to Jimbour and hope that your pleasure in attendance reflects ours in having you here.

DAVID RUSSELL Chairman, Russell Pastoral Company

C1870-1971

Harry “Bunda” Darlow, affectionately known on Jimbour Station as Buggy Boy, was far more than a driver for wealthy pastoralist and Parliamentarian Joshua “Joey” Bell (1863-1911).

Born around 1870, amidst the bloody Frontier Wars, Bunda grew up amongst the culture of his people. Bunda became a renowned stockman and jockey, sometime singer, drover and respected western Wakka Wakka man.

In the 1800s, Jimbour’s Aboriginal workers lived in camps near the grand house. Bunda’s nephew, Adrian Beattie, recalled: “Jimbour was always a homely place for Aboriginals and the Bells made them welcome there.” Bunda’s close relationship with the Bells meant he was able to stay on country his entire life. When bunya-nuts were ripe, Bunda’s family would go to the mountains to gather, feast and trade. A friend of Bunda’s recalls him looking out over the Bunya Mountains, an area of great significance to this day, saying “This is all my country.”

“He spoke well, in a soft but deep voice” A TRIBUTE TO HARRY “BUNDA” DARLOW,

Harry Bunda Darlow gazes over the Darling Downs, where his people had lived and hunted for centuries.

Warning: This story contains names and images of Aboriginal people who have died.

YEARS OF OPERA AT JIMBOUR

Bunda spent time in Brisbane where he recalled city streets paved with wooden blocks, two great floods and the theatre. Bunda always returned to Dalby, the settlement he watched flourish on his tribal lands. “Dalby is my town,” he said proudly in 1970, in an interview recorded by descendants of the Bell family.

On December 21, 1971, Bunda wandered away from the home of niece, Phyllis Hall. She said he had been reliving the past that day, expecting “Joey” Bell, who had died in 1911, to arrive in his buggy. An extensive search was mounted. Headlines in The Toowoomba Chronicle asked, “Has Harry gone to his boyhood tribal lands?” Bunda’s remains were discovered nine months later, 15 miles from where he had taken his “final walkabout.” Bunda was laid to rest with his mother, Polly Darlow.

In 1870, as the Bells and their guests gathered for opera recitals in the opulent Drawing Room, they may have heard the ancient melodies of tribal songlines, as Bunda and his people gathered for corroboree. In 2023, as Opera at Jimbour enters its 20th year, we are honoured to have Bunda’s descendants with us to reinstate ceremony on country. Together, we invite you to reflect on the power of music and song to unite people across cultures, country, and generations.

John (Jack) Darlo, Wakka Goondir (tribal healer) and wife Polly (nee Williams), Bunda’s parents, both also lived and worked at Jimbour.

CAST & CREATIVES

OPERA QUEENSLAND

CARLOS E. BÁRCENAS RAMÍREZ

Born in Cali, Colombia, Carlos studied marine biology before taking up singing and relocating to Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Music Performance and a Master of Music (Opera Performance) from the University of Melbourne, where he was awarded the Keith G. Chapman Memorial Scholarship. In Australia, Carlos has worked with Victorian Opera, The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Victoria, Melbourne Lyric Opera, Opera Australia, Australian Ballet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Short Black Opera, University of Queensland and Opera Queensland (OQ). He has also performed in Italy, Germany, and Colombia. Roles have included the tenor solo in Verdi’s Requiem, Marco (The Gondoliers), Alexander (Il re pastore), Michael (Pecan Summer by Deborah Cheetham), Tony (Masterclass by Terrence McNally), Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), Edgardo and Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Prince April (Respighi’s Sleeping Beauty), Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), Arnoldo (Guillaume Tell), Elvino (La sonnambula), Tebaldo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) and Nadir (The Pearlfishers).

EMILY TURNER

Soprano Emily Turner made her solo debut with Opera Queensland in 2017 in Mozart Airborne, a collaboration with Expressions Dance Company, and has performed in ensemble and chorus roles including Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata and The Perfect American. Her principal operatic roles include Gretel and Dew Fairy (Hänsel und Gretel), Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Walter (La Wally), Sylviane (The Merry Widow), Yum-Yum (The Mikado), Suor Dolcina (Suor Angelica), Harry (Albert Herring) and Frantik (The Cunning Little Vixen). As a Young Artist for Pacific Opera from 2017 to 2019, Emily performed in multiple concerts including at the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House and at the Concourse with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, she performed the role of Solveig in a new fully staged production with orchestra of Ibsen’s musical play Peer Gynt by Grieg, presented by Endangered Productions in 2022. In 2023 Emily was awarded a sought-after place in Opera Queensland’s Young Artist Program, with engagements across the year in a range of solo performances as well as professional development opportunities.

CAST & CREATIVES

OPERA QUEENSLAND

SARAH CRANE

Brisbane soprano Sarah Crane has worked extensively in Europe with engagements at Cologne Opera, Opéra National du Rhin–Strasbourg, Basel Opera and Freiburg Opera, as well as Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, Opera Victoria and South Australian Opera. Sarah’s operatic repertoire includes Hansel and Gretel, The Rape of Lucretia, Die Zauberflöte, Fidelio, Carmen, Roméo et Juliette, The Marriage of Figaro, The Merry Widow, The Love of the Nightingale, Rusalka, Alcina, Werther, Orlando and The Perfect American. Sarah is a Vocal Lecturer at The University of Queensland where she also lectures in German and French lyric diction and stagecraft. She frequently presents vocal masterclasses for secondary school music programs, is highly regarded as an adjudicator of vocal competitions across Queensland, and also maintains a busy private teaching studio.

Originally from Far North Queensland, baritone Shaun Brown has performed and studied in England, Germany, France, Italy and the US, where he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of North Texas. A former Opera Queensland (OQ) Young Artist, Shaun is well known to Queensland audiences for his many opera and concert appearances, including the Festival of Outback Opera, Opera at Jimbour, Studio Series recital, and roles in Don Giovanni, The Merry Widow, Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Tosca and La traviata, and the Brisbane and touring productions of La bohème, The Barber of Seville and Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse! Internationally, Shaun has sung for Opéra de Lyon, New Zealand International Arts Festival, Freiburg Opera, L’Atelier du Rhin, and in New York at the Center for Contemporary Opera in operatic works by Jake Heggie.  In addition to a busy performing schedule, Shaun is Director of Performance at The University of Queensland School of Music and is in high demand as an adjudicator for vocal and choral competitions across Queensland.

SHAUN BROWN

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PAUL DEAN, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Clarinetist Paul Dean is widely regarded as one of Australia's foremost musicians in his multiple capacities as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, composer and Artistic Director. He is currently Associate Professor and Head of Winds at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q, founding member of the Endeavour Trio and a member of the Australian World Orchestra. He was a founding member and Artistic Director of Southern Cross Soloists and the Bangalow Music Festival, before his appointment as Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne. As a composer he recently held the title of Composer in Residence for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and has been commissioned to write works for major artists and orchestras including the Australian World Orchestra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, and for major international artists including Jack Liebeck, Michael Collins and Torlief Thedeen. He is the conductor of the Queensland Youth Orchestra 2 and the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra.

TRISH DEAN, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Trish Dean is the co-Artistic Director and cellist of Ensemble Q, Company in Residence at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). A former Principal Cello with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Trish has performed as concerto soloist with the Sydney Symphony and Queensland Symphony Orchestras. She has featured at many national and international festivals and as recitalist and chamber musician in the UK, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany and across Australia including the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville. A member of the Australian World Orchestra, Trish has performed as guest Principal Cello for the Sydney, Adelaide and Queensland Symphony Orchestras. She has recorded for ABC Classics, 2MBS Records, Solitary Island Records, Ensemble Q Artists and regularly appears on ABC Classics and 4MBS Classic FM. She has held multiple Artistic Director positions for regional festivals and the Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium. Trish teaches at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

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PETER LUFF, CONDUCTOR

Peter Luff is an Associate Professor at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU). Formerly Associate Principal horn with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, he is co-Artistic Director of the Tyalgum Festival and holds the position of Vice President of the International Horn Society. As a professional horn player he has performed with many Orchestras and ensembles, including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Australian World Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Queensland Wind Soloists. Peter has conducted many ensembles and orchestras, including the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s Brass Ensemble, Bangalow Festival Orchestra, Macgregor Summer School Symphony Orchestra and the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Brass Ensemble.Peter currently lectures in Horn and brass studies at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and continues to pursue a busy career performing, teaching and conducting.

ADAM CHALABI

Adam Chalabi currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Queensland. He was Concertmaster of Orchestra Victoria between 2009-2012 before moving into the role of Artistic Director. In 2012, Adam was appointed to the full-time faculty of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and held the position of Head of Strings. A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Adam has held Principal positions in the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Bern and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and more recently as Guest Concertmaster of Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg in Austria and Suedwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim in Germany. He has appeared as soloist with Orchestra Victoria and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in performances of Bach, Vivaldi and Schnittke Concerti and has given performances of Nielsen Violin Concerto in England and Sweden and the Alban Berg Chamber Concerto. Adam has appeared as Guest Concertmaster with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Sydney Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Adam plays on an 1805 Joseph Panormo violin. He is also very grateful to have been supported by the Countess of Munster, Ian Fleming and Lawrence Atwell Charitable Foundations.

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ALEX RAINERI

Alex Raineri is active Internationally and throughout Australia as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, writer, producer and educator. International performances include tours throughout America, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany and Austria. Within Australia, Alex has appeared as a feature artist in many major festivals and venues. As a concerto soloist he has appeared with the Queensland, Tasmanian, Darwin and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, Ensemble Q, Southern Cross Soloists, Orchestra Victoria, Four Winds Festival Orchestra, Bangalow Festival Orchestra, Queensland Youth Symphony and the Queensland Pops Orchestra. Alex is the Artistic Director of the annual Brisbane Music Festival. Major awards include the Kerikeri International Piano Competition and Australian National Piano Award. He was the recipient of the Queensland Luminary Award in the 2021 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Awards and received a Kranichsteiner Musikpries at the International Summer Courses for New Music (Darmstadt, Germany).

Alison Mitchell holds the position of Principal Flute with Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She studied in Basel with renowned Swiss flautist Peter-Lukas Graf before moving to the UK where she was appointed to the position of Principal Flute with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, with whom she performed for five years before embarking on a freelance career dedicated to solo and chamber music performances. From there an opportunity arose for her to return to Australia to take up the position of Associate Principal Flute of Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Alison returned to Scotland in 2003 to join the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as Principal Flute. She has performed all the major flute concertos including concertos by Mozart, Bach, CPE Bach, Nielsen, Ibert, Poulenc, Osborne, Boulez, Cimarosa and Honegger and her recording of Mozart’s Flute Concerto with the SCO (Linn) received glowing reviews. In 2017, she was invited to perform the Australian premiere of the Kerry concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of the Australian World Orchestra and has performed regularly with the Australian Chamber Orchestra both internationally and throughout Australia.

ALISON MITCHELL

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Dr Anna Grinberg is Piano Performance Fellow and Lecturer at the School of Music, University of Queensland. She has an international profile as a pianist, teacher, and academic, and collaborates widely with orchestras, composers and other performers. Anna’s engagements have included solo and chamber music performances at prestigious venues in the United States, including Royce Hall in Los Angeles and New York's Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and in Europe, Israel and China. She has performed as soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Paul Mellon Chamber Orchestra. She performs as a member of the Viney-Grinberg Duo, ensemble-inresidence at the University of Queensland, exploring both existing and new repertoire. Through the duo she has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works for piano duo from composers in Australia and the United States, with funding from sources such as the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Fromm Foundation, Harvard.

Currently a core member of Ensemble Q and Artistic Associate with Camerata, Anne has established an outstanding reputation both nationally and internationally as a member of the Tankstream Quartet, which won several prestigious awards including First prize in the Cremona and Osaka International String Quartet Competitions. Anne has performed in Hamburg, Berlin, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Cologne, Zagreb, Budapest, Belgrade, Frankfurt, throughout Italy and in New York. As a member of Tankstream which later became the Australian String Quartet (ASQ), Anne has broadcast extensively in Australia on ABC Classic FM and featured on Radio France, North German Radio, BBC and televised in Austria, Denmark and Japan. During her time with ASQ she released several albums for ABC Classic FM including works of Debussy, Ravel and Schubert, and recently recorded an album with ‘Artaria’. Born in Perth, Anne holds a Bachelor and Master of Music Performance from The Australian Institute of Music in Sydney, where she studied under the tutelage of Alice Waten. A dedicated violin teacher and tutor, including sessional teaching at Griffith University.

ANNA GRINBERG

ANNE HORTON

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COURTENAY CLEARY

Courtenay is fast becoming one of Australia’s brightest young soloists, who burst onto the world stage with her solo performance at Westminster Abbey for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which was broadcast live on BBC television. She has appeared as a soloist at other prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace, Colston Hall, The Regent Hall and The Lincoln Center. A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and multiple award winner, Courtenay recently completed her Master of Music Degree at The Juilliard School in New York.

Daniel de Borah is recognised as one of Australia’s foremost musicians, consistently praised for the grace, finesse and imaginative intelligence of his performances. Since his prize-winning appearances at the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, Daniel has given recitals on four continents and toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom and Australia. As a concerto soloist he has appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, Adelaide and Auckland Symphony Orchestras. An avid chamber musician, Daniel has enjoyed fruitful collaborations with many leading soloists including Vadim Gluzman, Andrew Haveron, Dale Barltrop, Kristian Winther, Baiba Skride, Li-Wei Qin, Nicolas Altstaedt, Umberto Clerici, Roderick Williams, Steve Davislim and Andrew Goodwin. Born in Melbourne in 1981, Daniel studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Music, London. His teachers have included Zsuzsa Esztó, Mira Jevtic, Nina Seryogina, Tatyana Sarkissova and Alexander Satz. Daniel now lives in Brisbane where he serves as Head of Chamber Music at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University.

DANIEL DE BORAH

CAST

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DAVID MITCHELL

David Mitchell is the Associate Principal Bassoon in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Before joining QSO in 2009, he was Section Principal Bassoon in the Hofer Symphoniker in Germany for five years. He performed principal bassoon in concert, opera and ballet repertoire, with conductors including Vladimir Ashkenasy, Valery Gergiev, Christoph Eschenbach and Lothar Zagrosek. Additionally, David has played with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra, Leipziger Kammerorchester, Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. As a chamber musician, David has performed extensively with the Atrium Quintet in Germany, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music-Festival and with Southern Cross Soloists. Solo performances include Weber’s Bassoon Concerto, Strauss’ Duo Concertante and Mozart Bassoon Concerto. As a teacher, David is currently Lecturer in Bassoon at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and runs master classes and bassoon courses around Australia.

LOTTE BETTS-DEAN

Lotte is a versatile and sought-after mezzo soprano who has established herself as a leading interpreter of contemporary repertoire, art song and chamber music. She is equally at home in early music, vocal ensemble, opera, experimental music and non-classical collaborations, and has a passion for curation, programming, and interdisciplinary projects. Lotte was recently elected as Associate (ARAM) of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour reserved for alumni who have contributed significantly to the music profession. Lotte is a Young Artist alumnus of Britten Pears Arts, City Music Foundation and Oxford Lieder, having won the 2019 Oxford Lieder Platform alongside Joseph Havlat. Other competition successes include the 2020 Overseas Prize as well as the Audrey Strange Prize for an outstanding singer at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition and the 2018 Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award. Lotte is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music (Master of Arts- 2016) and the Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University (Bachelor of Music- 2012), and is an Australian National Academy of Music Fellowship Alumnus (2014).

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PHOEBE RUSSELL

Double bassist Phoebe Russell enjoys a career as an active soloist, performer and Educator. Phoebe studied at the Australian National Academy of Music before moving to Berlin at 17 and making her debut in the esteemed double bass section of the Berlin Philharmonic. A graduate of Berlin Philharmonic’s Karajan Academy, Phoebe has performed in more than twenty countries across the globe with some of the world’s leading orchestras. The last few years have seen her perform with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra among others. In 2017 Phoebe was appointed principal double bass of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. An avid soloist, Phoebe is regularly invited to perform as recitalist in Australia and abroad including to a full house in the Berlin Philharmonic lunch concert series. She has performed as soloist with orchestras including the Tasmanian and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, the Baden Baden Philharmonic and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Phoebe is a core member of Ensemble Q.

THOMAS CHAWNER

A founding member of the Orava Quartet, Thomas Chawner is one of Australia’s finest violists. With the quartet he has performed across Australia and in North America, Canada, Asia, the UAE and New Zealand, working with the world-renowned Takács Quartet in the USA and winning top prizes at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition. He has performed for VIVID Sydney, at the BBC Proms, Melbourne Festival and QMF. With the quartet he is an Artist-in-Residence at Camera, and performs regularly for Musica Viva and at many Australian classical music festivals.

QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

CONDUCTOR

Peter Luff

VIOLIN 1

Theonie Wang

Yuro Lee

Kevin Hsu

Hanuelle Lovell

VIOLIN 2

Miriam Niessl

Emilia Jarvela

Eden Annesley

VIOLA

Angelina Kim

Felix Hughes-Chivers

Ella Pysden

CELLO

Cindy Masterman

Mya Whatson

DOUBLE BASS

Alyssa Deacon

Sophia Buchanan

FLUTE

Caitlin Malcolm

OBOE

Shana Hoshino

Jade Wolter

CLARINET

Nathanael Duffy

BASSOON

Chris Buckley

Hayden Mears

FRENCH HORN

Isabelle Raiz-Scanlon

Arabella Davie

TRUMPET

Isabella Geeves

Blake Humphrey

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

QMF PATRON

Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland

QMF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Daniel Gschwind, Chair

Alison Mobbs, Deputy Chair

Ann-Maree Willett

Angela Barney-Leitch

Brydie-Leigh Bartleet

Mark Waller

Paul Lindstrom

QMF EXECUTIVE TEAM

Joel Edmondson, CEO & Creative Director

Daryl Raven, Chief Operating Officer

Adam Zammit, Programming & Commercial Partnerships Director

Simon Buchanan, Government Relations & Philanthropy Director

Suzanne Hannema, Marketing & Communications Director

Oriana Wyrozebska, Tourism Director

QMF PROJECT TEAM

Gabby Gregory, Producer

Kat Harch, Technical Manager

Bailey Bergman, Hospitality Manager

Geoff McGahan, Sound Engineer

Aimee Boyd, Stage Manager

Dan Fossi, Orchestra Manager

Joshua Welter, Front of House Coordinator

Rebecca Day, Front of House Coordinator

QMF PROGRAMMING & TECHNICAL

Kylie Mitchell, Head of Logistics & Technical Production

Kerryanne Farrer, Head of Community Engagement

QMF DEVELOPMENT

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Abigail Dennis, Senior Grants & Research Manager

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Ally Lane, Ticketing Manager

Laura Hitchins, Digital Marketing Manager

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Patrick Nolan, CEO & Artistic Director

Adam Tucker, Executive Producer

Narelle French, Head of Music

Kylie McOmish, Director of Learning, Regional & Community

Alex Loh, Director of Technical Production

Alicia Cush, HR, Young Artist Program & Music Coordinator

Carli Griffin, Stage Manager

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Courtney McKerrow, Events Officer

JIMBOUR HOUSE

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Imad Khalife, Director

James Russell, Head of Operations

Adam Armstrong

Robert Biggs, Garden & Facilities Manager

Angela Stirling, Events & Tourism Manager

Moira Clark, Event & Guest Services Coordinator

William Morgan, House & Event Services Manager

Adam Armstrong MD, Russell Pastoral Operations

QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

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Professor Peter Morris, Deputy Director (Engagement)

Associate Professor Paul Dean, Head of Winds

Associate Professor Peter Luff, Head of Brass

Associate Professor Michele

Walsh, Head of Strings

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