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Chrysantha Quartet
Martin Penicka (cello), William Newbery (viola), Elinor Lea (violin), Frances Davies (violin)

Chrysantha Transfigured

Programme:

Fantasia and Corant in D minor – Matthew Locke (1621-1677)
Schubert: 5 Minuets with 6 Trios, D89 – Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, – Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Sunday 13 April 2025, 3pm
Kettering Community Hall
Tickets available on-line or at the door
$20 on-line, $25 at the door (cash only)
Stay for the post-concert afternoon tea, meet and chat with the musicians.

Chrysantha Quartet

The Chrysantha String Quartet formed in 2020. The four musicians, Yue-Hong Cha, Frances Davies, Janet and Brett Rutherford first came together to perform for a corporate function in Launceston. For that occasion , they performed the first movement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden quartet. They enjoyed playing together very much and decided they would like to look for other opportunities to perform and explore more of the rich string quartet repertoire. Since then, they have performed many concerts around the state. It became apparent early on, that they would need a name. At the end of one rehearsal, they chatted about one of the Camellias that grows at the front of Brett & Janet's garden, and it became apparent that they all have a soft spot for the Camellia. After a bit of research they found that Chrysantha is a species of Camellia meaning Golden Flower endemic to China and Vietnam. They had also just been playing the beautiful quartet movement by Puccini entitled Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) and the name for the quartet seemed to be perfect. For this concert, Elinor Lea and Frances Davies (violins), William Newbery (viola) and Martin Penicka (cello) will be playing.

Martin Penicka

Martin studied with Lois Simpson and Julian Smiles at the Australian Institute of Music. He graduated in 2002 with the degree of Bachelor of Music (Performance) with first class honours. During his studies, he played in many chamber ensembles, most notably with the award-winning Con Brio Trio. In 1999 Martin Penicka took part in a tour to the USA organised by the Performing Arts Unit to complement the Art Express exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC.
A solo artist in the Symphony Australia Conducting Program in 2001, Martin Penicka has been a casual member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He was a semi-finalist in the 2004 Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards and the 2MBS FM Young Performers Award. Martin Penicka has been an ANAM Academy Musician at the Australian National Academy of Music. In 2006 and 2007, Martin was involved in the Sydney Symphony fellowship program. Martin joined the TSO in August 2008.
Martin regularly plays in chamber music ensembles around Tasmania and has appeared on several ABC classic FM Sunday Live Broadcasts.

William Newbery

William returned to Adelaide from Cologne, Germany, in March 2005 having completed a Musik Diplom at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. His previous studies comprise the special music programme at Marryatville High School, a Bachelor of Music Degree with first class honours from the Elder Conservatorium and the Advanced Performance Programme at the Australian National Academy of Music.
William was a regular guest player with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra from 1996 to 2007. He has also been a guest of the Tasmanian, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. He was the founding principal violist of the Adelaide Art Orchestra and has been broadcast on ABC FM playing a concerto for viola and computer. In 2007 William became a permanent member of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Since joining the TSO William has been a regular performer for Virtuosi Tasmania and has also made a broadcast for ABC FM Sunday Live. He tutors viola for the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra and has also given chamber music performances for MONA FOMA and the Kegelstatt Ensemble in Adelaide.

Elinor Lea

Elinor Lea is currently a violinist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Previously she was a member of the Australian String Quartet, touring extensively within Australia and overseas. While in the ASQ she made many recordings for the ABC Classics and Naxos labels. She has been awarded an Australian Centenary Medal for Services to Australian Society and the Advancement of Music as well as an Advance Australia award for Outstanding Contribution in the Arts.

Frances Davies

Frances Davies has a Bachelor of Music in Performance from ANU-ITA, and she both performs and teaches the violin professionally. She has been performing with professional symphony orchestras since 2000, including the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and has also performed regularly with the Australian Ballet and State Opera South Australia. Further, she has performed with various international artists, both classical and popular music, including Pavarotti, Sumi Jo, Michael Buble, Olivia Newton John, Cliff Richard, Kanye West and Tim Minchin. In addition, she has also performed in numerous chamber music concerts run by Virtuosi Tasmania, and the TSO Live Sessions concert series. Frances has been teaching the violin for approximately 25 years, as well as tutoring for many youth orchestra ensembles and music camps.

Justin Marshall – Artist

My work focusses on animal colours and vision. My science head asks "What do other animals (coral reef creatures mostly) see?" I have spent decades looking and looking at nature's beauty and asking what the colour was for? My art head seeks to show the wonder of nature's colour, texture shape-and-form. It is micro, or perhaps macro-scopic and often abstract, asking the viewer to work out where it is from? All that you see if for sale but other than covering printing costs, 100% goes back to nature education and re-wilding in all its contexts.

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