Artistic Director, Kathryn Selby invites you to join Selby & Friends for the fifth national season in 2011, the details of which can be accessed by following this link.
The Selby & Friends National series has earned an enviable reputation for the highest quality performances and an atmosphere of warmth and familiarity where relaxing with an extended 'family' leads to the true pleasure of chamber music - good conversation amongst friends. With media reviews that include the phrases performances "to be treasured", "the series is full of gems", "these musicians set a high, consistent and thoroughly professional benchmark", and audience feedback such as "I so look forward to each concert as they are the highlight of my musical year", it is with absolute delight that Selby & Friends ventures ahead into our fifth National Season in 2011.
Even as our 2010 season continues, Kathy has once again assembled a highly enjoyable and unusual set of programs for 2011 which will bring together a group of supremely gifted, nationally prominent performers in a variety of inspired works - some iconic and others rarely heard - all thrilling, by favourite composers and Australian greats.
The 2011 national season is one full to the brim with the extraordinary quality you have come to expect from Selby & Friends. Kathy and her Friends create a relaxed and intimate atmosphere in which the music crafts a personal experience for each member of our audience - one highly individual and yet enthusiastically to be shared, filled with colour, beauty, quiet reflection and sometimes even a chill down the spine!
Special guests in 2011 include violin virtuoso Natsuko Yoshimoto, current ASO concertmaster and former ASQ and Grainger Quartet leader, and popular and skillful SSO violist, Yvette Goodchild. To top off our season, good friends cellist Emma-Jane Murphy and Kathryn Selby team up in a program of favourite cello/piano sonatas and duos. We are delighted to warmly welcome back the esteemed TRIOZ, ensemble in-residence at City Recital Hall Angel Place, to explore more of the extraordinary piano trio repertoire.
In Melbourne we have organised access to the Bistro at University House for dinner prior to our Wednesday evening concerts at Melba Hall (details in the brochure). We continue to offer front row seating to all those who require it in Bowral, and those resubscribing to City Recital Hall Angel Place receive a complimentary drink on the house! Our Adelaide and Turramurra audiences also continue to enjoy the delicious Sunday afternoon tea presented for each concert. In Canberra, we are pleased to present our concerts in 2011 in the James O Fairfax Theatre at the National Gallery. For further information and details of our venues in your city, please contact us on (02) 9969 7039 or (02) 9405 5532, email us direct on info@selbyandfriends.com.au or follow the links to your city on this website.
Selby & Friends has also introduced two new projects in 2011 – the invitation to bring any child 12 and under for free (where seats are available) to our concerts so that access is given to those who may become our audience of the future. We also offer the opportunity for our friends in the audience to be involved with the new Selby & Friends Audience Commission Award (details can be accessed by viewing the Information Page for our 2011 Season or call us direct.)
Selby & Friends presents subscription seasons in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Bowral. Beginning in 2007, the series was created by Australian pianist, Kathryn Selby with a special emphasis on chamber music. Her guests have included Australia's own dynamic piano trio ensemble, TRIOZ, cellist Li-Wei Qin, the Janaki Trio and Parker String Quartets from the USA, and a host of Australian artists whose talents have also been the focus of her newest series, 'A Little Lunch Music'. This series was created in 2008 in association with City Recital Hall Angel Place and occurs once per month. Please check the link for details.
You can purchase tickets here for both the 2010 and 2011 seasons, listen to music and view our videos plus a new link that gives me your personal feedback. We hope you will consider becoming an S&F Ambassador, but most of all, please come and relax with friends and enjoy this glorious music.
