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Craig Ogden Australian
born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his
generation. He has recorded for Chandos Records, Nimbus, Virgin
Classics, Hyperion, Collins Classics and Sony and has performed
concertos with orchestras including the London Symphony, London
Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, City of
Birmingham Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bournemouth
Symphony and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
His debut solo
recording of contemporary British works received wide acclaim and a
Grammy nomination. BBC Music Magazine dubbed Ogden "a worthy successor
to Julian Bream" and his six Chandos releases of concertos and recital
discs have received sparkling reviews from journals including
Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Classic FM Magazine, American Record
Guide and newspapers including The Guardian, Times, Daily Telegraph,
Australian and the Scotsman.
Craig Ogden performs as soloist and
chamber musician all over the world and often records for film (he was
featured in the British hit, Notting Hill). He recently collaborated with with the American counter-tenor David
Daniels at the prestigious Tanglewood
Festival and the Lincoln Centre (New York) in 2003. "I
would not hesitate to recommend the UWA School of Music to any
prospective student from Australia or abroad. The quality of teaching
is world-class in a beautiful and peaceful environment that enables
students to focus on work without the tedious distractions suffered in
many other cities.
Perth holds a unique place in a global
geographical sense and while some may perceive it be relatively
isolated, the result of this is a heightened sense of awareness,
ambition and imagination which gives Perth one of the most lively and
vital contemporary arts scenes in the world. I know from 12 years of
playing and teaching outside Australia that WA has one of the most
advanced and enlightened classical guitar programs in the world and
that this also applies to other instruments and musical disciplines.
My time at UWA was a complete joy and gave me a broad musical education which has served me extremely well in my career."
Craig Ogden, Senior Lecturer in Guitar, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK
Sara Macliver
 Sara
Macliver is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile artists,
appearing in opera, concert and recital performances and on numerous
recordings. She is regarded as one of the leading exponents of Baroque
repertoire in Australia.
Sara trained in Perth, where she was a
pupil of the renowned soprano Molly McGurk. During that time she was a
Young Artist with the West Australian Opera Company. Her roles for the
company have included Micaela (Carmen), Papagena (The Magic Flute), Giannetta (The Elixir of Love), Morgana (Alcina), Ida (Fledermaus), Nannetta (Falstaff), Vespetta (Pimpinone) and understudied Zerlina in Opera Australia’s production of Don Giovanni. She recently performed the role of Angelica in Orlando with West Australian Opera and covered the role of Zerlina in the Opera Australia production of Don Giovanni.
Sara regularly performs with Symphony Australia Orchestras in
Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmania, as well as
Musica Viva, Melbourne Chorale, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the
Australia Bach Ensemble and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs among others.
She has particular association with the Australian Brandenburg
Orchestra, with whom she recorded her first CD If Love’s a Sweet Passion,
which was a finalist for the prestigious Australian Record Industry
Association (ARIA) Award for Best Classical Release in 2000.
Career
highlights include a performance in the presence of the Diana, Princess
of Wales, a recital concert in Japan, a five city tour of Italy with
Ola Rudner and the Haydn Orchestra, performances of a musical depiction
of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin for Musica Viva, and Mahler’s Symphony No4 with Edo de Waart and the Sydney Symphony.
Sara has a number of recordings to date for ABC Classics including the Fauré Requiem and Birth of Venus, Orff’s Carmina Burana
and the title track for a trilogy of Christmas albums the third of
which has just been released. Also recently released is a CD of Haydn
arias with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Ola Rudner. Most
recently she has completed a recording of Handel’s Messiah
for a joint ABC Classics and ABC Television production. This was
screened on ABC TV on Christmas Eve and has been released on CD and
DVD. "The
School of Music provided me with the opportunity to have a diverse
career as either a classroom music teacher, choral director or
professional performer.
The
experienced staff were not only inspiring role models, but provided me
with an excellent all round education. As a professional singer I am
constantly drawing on the knowledge and practical skills that I
developed through my degree." Sara Macliver, Soprano
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Iain Grandage  Iain
Grandage is currently Musician-in-Residence (Creative Studies) at UWA
Music, having spent a number of years as a freelance composer, cellist
and music director. His theatre composition credits include the
Helpmann Award winning score for Cloudstreet (Black Swan/Company B) and the Helpmann Award nominated score for Plainsong (Black Swan/ PIAF) . Other productions include The Career Highlights of the Mamu, Year of Living Dangerously and Merry-go-round in the Sea for Black Swan, Caucasian Chalk Circle and Svetlana in Slingbacks for Company B, The Rain Dancers and True West for Melbourne Theatre Company and Dryblower & the Water Girl - an opera for children - for the Australian Opera Studio.
He
has also composed scores for BBC Radio3 and Radio4, ABC Radio and short
film scores. In 1996, Iain was musical director and arranger for the
national tour of Jimmy Chi’s multi award winning Corrugation Road,
and helped re-work the piece for the 1998 national tour. His concert
compositions have been performed throughout Australia and overseas by
the Australian Voices, Australian Boys’ Choir, St Peter’s Chorale,
Collegium Musicum, WA Youth Orchestra and the West Australian Symphony
Orchestra – a group with whom he also performs on cello. As a cellist,
he has led the Australian Youth Orchestra, AYO Camerata and
participated in YMA Summer Academy and New Music programs, played in
new music ensembles Magnetic Pig, Nova Ensemble and the Collective and
broadcast recitals on the ABC. Future projects include scores for MTC,
Playbox and Black Swan, and commissions from WASO and St Peter’s
Chorale.
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Nicola Boud
 Nicola Boud graduated with a Bachelor of Music from The University of Western Australia in 1998, gaining first class
honours, and was awarded the Edith Cowan Prize. It was during her
studies at UWA that she developed a great interest in playing
historical clarinet. Since 1997, Nicola has performed frequently with
the Australian Chamber Orchestra on modern and historical clarinet. Nicola has performed at numerous festivals,
including The Barossa International Festival (Australia), Huntington
Festival (Australia), Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival (Holland), Academies
Musicales des Saintes (France), Accademia delle Crete Senesi (Italy)
and the Helsinki Festival (Finland).
In 1999, Nicola commenced
postgraduate studies in historical clarinet at the Koninklijk
Conservatory in the Netherlands with Eric Hoeprich, where she is
finishing her Masters studies. She is also currently completing a
Mastere de Practique d l’orchestre classique et romantique at the
Centre d’Etudes Superieure de Musique et de Danse de Poitou- Charentes.
Since moving to Europe, Nicola has played with ensembles and orchestras
in Holland, France, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain, Portugal,
Finland, and Australia, including the Orchestre des Champs Elysees, The
King’s Consort, and the Sixth Floor Orchestra. Nicola is also a member
of the Granadilla Trio, and with this group toured to Japan in
September 2003, and the Halcyon Ensemble, a fortepiano and wind
quintet. This ensemble won first prize at the 2003 International Young
Artists Presentation competition in Antwerp, Belgium.
Nicola performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in March 2003, directed by Ryo Terakado.
Prue Ashurst, Director of Music, Penrhos College
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"I
found my time at the School of Music to be one of the most invigorating
and rewarding periods of my life. Why you ask? Because of the breadth
in the academic units, the depth of performance practice and the
supportive camaraderie of both staff and students. For me it was a
learning environment which opened up so many horizons, here in
Australia and abroad in music education and conducting.
Early
in my undergraduate degree one of my music professors gave me some
invaluable advice. He said never assume your training in this
institution will only lead to one avenue of employment or experiences
as an educator or performer. The collective breadth of my two
undergraduate degrees, one in music education, the other in performance
on the clarinet, and my postgraduate Masters in choral conducting have
prepared me for experiences as diverse as a music specialist at the two
music scholarship schools, Churchlands and Perth Modern School, choral
conducting performances in Geneva, Paris, London, Budapest, Singapore
and Wales, Education Manager for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
and freelance choral conductor, adjudicator, clinician and music
director in Perth and overseas.
I
am currently employed as Director of Music at Penrhos College, Music
Director of the Perth Undergraduate Choral Society and guest music
presenter on ABC Radio Perth 720. The insight of my music professor has
certainly come true."
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