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Kettering Concerts
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Kettering Concert 2007-09-30
Wellington String Quartet
Katie McNamara (violin), Meika Tabart (violn), Damien Holloway (viola), Con Lavroff (cello)
Mendelssohn, Webern and Dvořák
Programme:
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Adagio/Allegro vivace from Quartet in A minor, op 13 – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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Langsamer Satz in E Flat Major – Anton Webern (1883-1845)
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String Quartet in F major No 12 Op. 96 – American Quartet – Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
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Sunday 30 September 2007, 3pm
Kettering Community Hall
Tickets available at the door
$5
Stay for the post-concert afternoon tea, meet and chat with the musicians.
Damien Holloway
Damien studied viola in Hobart with Keith Crellin, Simon Oswell and Jan Sedivka, and in Brisbane with Elizabeth Morgan, at which time he performed Bartók’s viola concerto with the Queensland University Orchestra, played with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, was a founding member of Camerata of St John’s (Brisbane), and at that time he also played with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
He currently plays in numerous community groups, including principal viola with the Hobart Chamber Orchestra, and has recently appeared as soloist in Britten’s “Lachrymae”, Holst’s “Lyric Movement”, and Don Kay’s “Concerto for Viola and Strings”. His passion is chamber music (including Pillinger Quartet, Huon Valley Chamber Music Festival, Classical Salamanca series), and he regularly performs new music (including Ensemble Mania, MONA ‘4pm Project’), and has had several works written for him by Don Kay, Matthew Dewey, Simon Reade, and Berlin-based ex-Tasmanian Simon Barber. Damien plays a viola made for him by luthier Stephan von Baehr (Paris, 2024).
Other musical interests include conducting and composing. His compositions have been performed by artists including Michael Lampard (Opera Australia), William Lane (Hong Kong Philharmonic), and prominent Australian pianists Karen Smithies and Gabriella Smart. He was for many years a board member of Musica Viva Tasmania, and by day he is an Associate Professor in Engineering, with concert hall and musical instrument acoustics amongst his research areas.
Gordon Bain – Artist
