The Con Spirito series of Friday lunchtime concerts, which has been running for almost twenty years, take place in St Andrew’s Uniting Church on the corner of Ann and Creek Streets in the city. The series is scheduled for the fourth Friday of each month from March to October and is designed to provide mainly tertiary level music students with a performing opportunity different from that offered by their institution. Students from the Queensland Conservatorium (QCGU) and the University of Queensland’s School of Music are regular performers in this series. A wide range of music is presented and performers include singers, string players, wind players (both individual and ensembles), pianists and organists. In recent series, groups have included a clarinet trio, saxophone quartet, string orchestra, brass ensemble, wind quintet and opera group. The concerts are free of charge. Please contact Barbara Tate (07) 3217 3529 or 0414505754 if you are interested in performing in these concerts or are interested in obtaining further details.
July Con Spirito Concert
Members of the UQ Singers from the University of Queensland’s School of Music will present a program of songs and operatic excerpts in the July Con Spirito concert. Songs to be performed include “A Green Cornfield” by Michael Head,” Les Berceaux” by Gabriel Fauré, “Long Time Ago” by Aaron Copland, “Sérénade Italienne” by Ernest Chausson and “Bleuet” by Francis Poulenc. Operatic ensembles to be performed include “Come Let’s Away” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, “Letzte Rose” from Martha by Friedrich von Flotow, “Poussez…De-ci, de-là” from Véronique by André Messager and the Prologue from L’incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi. The performers will be accompanied on piano by John Woods.
When: Friday 24th July at 12.30pm
Where: St Andrew’s Uniting Church, corner of Creek and Ann Streets, City
Cost: FREE