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Wesley Performing Arts Centre welcomes you to our diverse and varied performance program for the next months. Wesley’s sweet acoustics, intimate setting and commitment to fine music, have lured an amazing range of performers in its space, including…. Lior, The Kransky Sisters and Yarra Trio’

   
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Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia

Ran Dank - 2008 Third Prize Winner

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Friday August 29, 8.00pm

 

A native of Israel, Ran has been awarded many prizes and scholarships since 1994.  In 2007 he began an Artists Diploma degree studying with Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School in New York.   He has performed in a number of festivals including Virtuosii Music Festival in Finland, Israel Festival, Chopin Festival in Warsaw, Poland and given solo performances in New York, Finland, Russia and Israel.

PRIZES AWARDED IN THE 2008 SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

3rd Prize

Best Performance of a work by Rachmaninov

Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage II

The Sydney Symphony Award for the Best overall performer of the two Concertos

Ran Dank

Tickets $25 adult $20 concession/friend $5 student accompanied by an adult

Bookings Chisholm Hi Fi 03 5382 4343

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Stuff I Like - Graeme Russell and Dean Sky Lucas
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Saturday September 6, 8.00pm

 

Our not-so-new Venue Manager attempts to prove he really can sing! For this concert, Graeme has plumbed the depths of his back catalogue to find all the songs he loves and loves to sing stretching all the way back to his days as a music student at the South Australian College of Advanced Education.

Encompassing Opera, Music Theatre and a range of Art Song, Graeme sings in up to 5 languages - yes, even English - accompanied by one of Australia's best pianists.

An accomplished singer in his own right, Dean Sky Lucas is in demand as an accompanist and repetiteur around Australia, so Graeme has generously agreed to shut up for a while and let Dean's skill shine.

With such a diverse range of songs, there should be something in there that makes a list of the Stuff YOU Like too.

Graeme Russell

All tickets $30, proceeds toward screening and projection equipment for Wesley Performing Arts Centre

Bookings Chisholm Hi Fi 03 5382 4343

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Judy & Liza with Martine Pavey - Morning Melody
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Tuesday September 16, 11.00am

Talented songstress Martine Pavey presents a musical tribute to two unforgettable glittering and beloved entertainers of the last century who just happened to be mother and daughter!

Covering so many of the memorable hits including Get Happy, Over the Rainbow, Cabaret, The Money Song, Meet Me in St Louis and The Man Who Got Away, this delightful show will capture all the drama, whimsy, humour and sentiment that was Judy and Liza.

Judy and Liza

Tickets $10 including complimentary morning tea courtesy of Thipathiy Coffee Lounge

Bookings Chisholm Hi Fi 03 5382 4343

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2008 Events
   

14-20 Mar - Art is...festival

Schimmel Hidden Beauty Piano

Tue 18 Mar - Ireland (Morning Melody)

Tue 18 Mar - Quintet Masters

Tues 1 Apr - Kazoos (11am)

Fri 18 Apr - Michelle Nicolle Quartet

Mon 28 and Tues 29 Apr - Noah's Ark Childcare Training

Fri 2 May - Dev'lish Mary (Cafe Series)

Sun 4 May - Yarra Trio at 2.30pm followed by a public masterclass

Wed 7 May - Comedy Road Show

Thur 8 May - Annie Get Your Gun (Morning Melody)

Wed 21 May - Shirley Valentine

Thurs 29 May - St Brigid's College

Thurs 19 Jun - Michelle Bridges from The Biggest Loser tickets from Lisa from Planet Feelgood on 0418 106 439

Fri 20 Jun - Andrew Robson Jazz Trio

Sat 21 Jun - Big Band Bash

Tues Jun 24th - WorkSafe Roadshow

Sunday 13 July, 2pm- The Mibus Brothers in Concert - a little bit classical, a little bit gypsy and everything in between.

Sunday 13 July, 8pm - Lior supported by Abby Dobson (from Leonardo's Bride)

Tues 15 July - Menopause the Musical - special extra performance

Wed 16 Jul - Menopause the Musical (sold out)

Mon 21 Jul -"Musical Memoirs of a Ten Pound Pom" - Hilary Henshaw (Morning Melody)

Mon 28 July - Menopause the Musical - special third and final performance followed by cast reception

Sun 3 Aug, 4pm- The Drifters in concert with support act Kelly Auty

Mon 4 Aug to Sun 17 Aug - St Brigid's College

Fri 15 Aug - General Store Jazz (Cafe Series)

Thur 21 Aug - Sue Ingleton's The First Step on a Tram can be Hell (Morning Melody)

Fri 29 Aug -Ran Dank, 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia Third Prize Winner

Fri Sept 5 - Max Taylor Awards

Sat Sept 6 -Stuff I Like - Graeme Russell and Dean Sky Lucas, voice and piano

11 - 15 Sep - Eisteddfod

Tue 16 Sep - Judy & Liza (Morning Melody)

Thur 18 Sept - Dominic Perissinotto & Anthony Pope

17-27 Oct - Awakenings Festival

Fri 17 Oct - My Friend the Chocolate Cake click here for more info

30 Oct - 6 Nov -Horsham West Primary School

Fri 7 Nov - Bric-A-Brac (Cafe Series)

Thur 13 Nov - Travelling North

Thurs 20 Nov - WHCG AGM

Wed 26 Nov - Beginners Concert

Fri 28 Nov - Richard Morris Memorial Concert

Sun 14 Dec - Music Academy Concert

 

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