A Distinguished Duo
Coffs Harbour Music Society welcomes two of Australia’s most accomplished musical figures, cellist Trish Dean and clarinettist, composer and conductor Paul Dean, for an exceptional evening of solo and duo performances.
Many readers will recognise Trish, a gifted cellist, who for several years was Director of Coffs Harbour Conservatorium. Trish and husband, the talented composer and clarinettist Paul, share a glittering performance history enjoying distinguished international careers as soloists, chamber musicians, orchestral musicians and educators. Both have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Kennedy Center, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and collaborated with international artists including Alexander Sitkovetsky, Jack Liebeck, Paul Meyer and the Navarra Quartet, as well as many leading Australian musicians and ensembles.
Trish has appeared in the Australian World Orchestra and as principal cellist with the Sydney, Queensland and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras. Several leading Australian composers including Matthew Hindson, Elena Kats-Chernin, Andrew Schultz and Paul Dean have written works for her. Trish has recorded for ABC Classics and broadcast the Australian premieres of Prokofiev’s Sonata for Solo Cello and Myaskovsky’s Sonata for Cello and Piano.
Clarinettist Paul is similarly widely regarded as one of Australia’s foremost musicians working as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, composer and Artistic Director. Paul is currently the Kinnane Professor of Music at the University of Queensland, co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q, conductor of the University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Australian World Orchestra. Paul also enjoys fame as a composer winning coveted prizes including the 2022 Paul Lowin Prize and the APRA AMCOS Art Music Award in 2023.
The duo will present a glittering program of solo and duet performances including treasures such Bach’s Suite No 3 in C major for solo cello, Beethoven’s Eyeglass Duo, Ravel’s Duo Sonata and works by Australian composer Anne Cawrse and Paul Dean himself.
A free pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm will be presented by well-known local musician Robert Smallwood.
What Trish & Paul Dean Where St Paul College Theatre, Coffs Harbour l When 17 Oct | 7.30pm Tix www.coffsmusicsociety.com.au
