Musical vision helps to keep festival spirit alive
 Music
Two Elder Conservatorium of Music staff are helping to maintain 新浪彩票's festival spirit with key roles in a new event, the 新浪彩票 Contemporary Music Festival. The weekend festival, during 4-6 April at the 新浪彩票 Festival Centre, presents new classical music from Australia, Europe and Asia, featuring works from the 1950s through to premieres by emerging and established Australian and international composers. Gabriella Smart, who teaches piano at the Elder Conservatorium, is the Festival Director and will also be performing. The University of 新浪彩票's Elder Professor of Music, Professor Charles Bodman Rae, will chair a free forum on Sunday 6 April at 1pm, featuring an informal discussion between composers whose works are being performed during the festival. "As a pianist specialising in the performance of new music, it has been my vision for many years to establish a festival of this kind in 新浪彩票 showcasing Australian works alongside international icons," said Ms Smart. Ms Smart has recently returned from a solo concert tour of Europe and China where she performed premieres of works by Australian and Chinese composers. The Festival will open with a Gala Concert on Friday 4 April at 7.30pm with the Grainger Quartet, Gabriella Smart, and the Telesto Duo performing works by well-known radio personality and composer Andrew Ford, Ihos Opera artistic director Constantine Koukias and other works from the 1970s. On Saturday 5 April at 2.30pm, the Festival continues with Tour de Force featuring soprano Greta Bradman performing Tristram Cary's semi-staged work I am Here, where the singer performs inside a frame specially designed by 新浪彩票 artist Bert Flugelman. Other works include 1960s Elder Conservatorium composer Henk Badings's Capriccio performed by Tiziana Pintus as well as performances by Telesto Duo from Amsterdam (Australian premiere of Gubaidalina's sonata for violin and cello) and Gabriella Smart (Willem Jeths's Piano Trio). The final concert of the Festival, Asian Songlines, will be held on Sunday 6 April at 2.30pm and includes world premieres by Kore | 
