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Future Leaders and Melbourne Conversations are pleased to invite you to a free event at BMW edge on 22 November at 6.00pm Music: Players, Passion and Politics(Impromptu performances will be part of the discussion.)
VENUE: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Cnr of Flinders & Swanston Streets, Melbourne FREE ENTRY A Melbourne Conversations presented in partnership with Future Leaders to celebrate the Melbourne Prize for Music 2007 – Federation Square 12 to 25 November 2007 Deborah Conway enjoys a career that encompasses recording, performing and writing songs and has done so ever since her first band Do Re Mi topped the charts in 1985 with the single Man Overboard. Her solo career began with the release of the platinum selling String Of Pearls. Conway has also made high profile screen and stage detours along the way. In 2005 Conway devised, produced and performed in Broad, a piece exploring singers and song writing. This year Conway took on the role of curator for the Queensland Music Festival’s event Song Trails. Richard Mills is one of Australia’s most sought after composers and music directors. In recent years he has pursued a diverse career as a composer and conductor. He has been Artistic Director of the Western Australian Opera since 1997, with his contract now extended to 2010. He is Artistic Consultant with Orchestra Victoria and Director of the Australian music Project for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and works as a freelance conductor throughout Australia and overseas. Genevieve Lacey is a recorder virtuoso, who plays across Australia and around the world. Her repertoire spans ten centuries. She has recorded multiple CDs, one of which won an ARIA for Best Classical Recording. Genevieve is a champion of new music, and has commissioned and premiered scores of works. She has been awarded many prizes including Freedman and Churchill Fellowships, and Best Performance in the AMC/APRA 2006 awards. Sophie Brous is a vocalist and composer exploring jazz, improvisation and avante pop music. She undertook scholarship study at the New England Conservatory, Boston, and the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Sophie has been the recipient of many awards, including the James Morrison Scholarship, 2nd prize in the International Jazz Singing Competition, finalist in the 2005 National Jazz Awards and 2006 London International Jazz Competition. Sian Prior is a writer, broadcaster, arts critic, university lecturer, moderator, clarinettist and singer. She was an arts reporter and presenter for ABC Radio for eight years, including two years hosting the weekly ‘Sunday Arts’ program on 774 ABC Melbourne. She still reports for radio on a freelance basis, and in 2005 she spent five months presenting the Deep End on Radio National. |
The Discussion Series aims to bring into focus significant issues for the Australian community, government and business. The Discussions are for a general audience. They also provide young people with opportunities to build on their networks and to interact with outstanding leaders and role models in Australian society.
Previous speakers include; The Hon Fred Chaney AO, The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen K.G. A.K., Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE, Professor Peter Singer, Mr Julian Burnside QC, Rev Tim Costello AO, Professor David Yencken AO, Professor Robert Manne, Mr Don Henry, Mr Alex Miller, Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Justice Michael Kirby AC, Professor Larissa Behrendt, Professor Mark Considine, Dr Tim Flannery, Mr Noel Pearson, Ms Ann Sherry AO, Dr Don Watson, Mr Robert Dessaix, Ms Ramona Koval, Ms Louise Sylvan, Dr Clive Hamilton, Professor Ian Lowe AO, The Hon. Dr Barry Jones AO, Professor Glyn Davis AC, Dr Jose Ramos Horta, Mr John Banville, Ms Hannie Rayson, Ms Dorothy Porter and Hon Justice Lex Lasry.
The Power of Ideas – How ideas serve to assist in understanding, forming & renewing Australia
Date: Tuesday 15 July 2008
Energy and Climate Change: science and technology for Australia’s future – Non–Renewable Energy: Coal, Gas, Geosequestration & Nuclear
Date: Monday 28 April 2008
Energy and Climate Change: science and technology for Australia’s future – Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind, Geo-Thermal, Bio Mass & Tidal
Date: Monday 21 April 2008
The Urgent Design Challenge – Case studies from Australian and International metropolises
Date: Thursday 14 February 2008
Art, Migration & Indigeneity – What Happens When Cultures Meet?
Date: Monday 14 January 2008
Music: Players, Passion and Politics
Date: Thursday 22 November 2007
Political Accountability – What is really
going on ?
Date: Wednesday 27 June 2007
Our Future Health – The challenges for science
in keeping us healthy in the 21 Century
Date: Wednesday 17 April 2007
Human Rights: Have We Lost Our dignity ?
– Three prominent lawyers reflect on some of the critical questions of our
time
Date: Wednesday 01 March 2007
Which Direction for Sustainability ? – Economists
and Environmentalists Talking
Date: Wednesday 15th February 2007
What Difference is Australian Writing Making?
Date: Wednesday 22nd November 2006
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