CPE Bach described his father’s house as “like a pigeonry, and just as full of life”, with Johann Sebastian keeping an open house where “no master of music was likely to travel through [Leipzig] without making my father's acquaintance and letting himself be heard by him”. Bach was a genial host, in contrast to his combative relationship with authority. The complex character behind the music we admire so greatly was not always so well regarded during his life, and it was often his rivals who enjoyed the greater success. This program places the genius of Bach’s music beside the composers who most impacted his life and work.

CPE Bach described his father’s house as “like a pigeonry, and just as full of life”, with Johann Sebastian keeping an open house where “no master of music was likely to travel through [Leipzig] without making my father's acquaintance and letting himself be heard by him”. Bach was a genial host, in contrast to his combative relationship with authority. The complex character behind the music we admire so greatly was not always so well regarded during his life, and it was often his rivals who enjoyed the greater success. This program places the genius of Bach’s music beside the composers who most impacted his life and work.

“One of my greatest joys has been my working relationships with composers. I very much enjoy being anything from a bystander to an editor/”workshopper” to a musical sleuth in the compositional process.” Sally Walker presents works by and talks with:

Dr Sally Walker is Senior Lecturer in Performance at the ANU School of Music. She has been a guest teacher at the Instituto Universitario Patagónico de Artes (Argentina), Anton Bruckner Privat Universität Linz (Austria), Royal Irish Academy of Music (Ireland), Kobe University (Japan), Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), Royal Academy of Music (Sweden) the Australian National Academy of Music.

An all Australian program for this year’s Australian Flute Festival. Works by: Whitwell, Stanhope and Kats-Chernin

This concert features New Music for Flute, Viola, Trumpet, and Voice. Performed by Sally Walker, Scott Davie, Justin Lingard, Lucy Carrigy-Ryan, Heather Keens, Edward Neeman and Miroslav Bukovsky.

Sally Walker (flute), Minah Choe (cello) and Daniel Herscovitch (piano) in recital. Trios by Haydn, Farrenc and Weber.

• ANU Flute Day is back by popular demand! ANU Flute Day has become a key annual gathering of the Canberra flute community, bringing together ANU School of Music and Open School of Music flute students and pre-tertiary flute students from across Canberra and the region with Canberra’s leading flute teachers.
  
  The day will feature the following esteemed Canberra flautists and teachers:
  
  Dr Sally Walker (Senior Lecturer in Classical Performance [Woodwind] - Australian National University), Kiri Sollis (Flautist - Griffyn Ensemble, Principal Flute - Canberra Symphony Orchestra), Teresa Rabe, Lisa McMahon, Dr Beth Hwang, Rebecca Timoney, Cicilia Kemezys , Jennifer Brian, Kate Murphy, Jodie Petrov and Jane Rayner
  
  Activities:

• Flute ensembles (beginner to professional levels, including an adult amateur ensemble)

• Masterclasses on flute, piccolo and baroque flute

• Jazz Flute Taster

• Historical Instruments Demonstration

• Irish Flute Tune Play Along

• Performance Preparation and managing Performance Anxiety workshop

• Games for young flautists

• End-of-day concert - everyone gets to perform!

  Suitable for: Beginners – professionals. Adult amateurs are encouraged.
  
  Cost: $60
  
  Register now to avoid disappointment! Places are limited, and registrations close COB Friday 11 August. Bookings here
  
  Photo credit: Peter Hislop
  Source: https://music.cass.anu.edu.au/events/anu-flute-day-2023
  
  

In August, the ANU School of Music and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra welcome Violist Tahlia Petrosian for a Canberra musical residency. Tahlia enjoys a multi-faceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, director of KLASSIK underground, creative producer and member of the world-famous Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Please join us for Chamber Concert: Tahlia Petrosian, Gewandhaus Violist, with ANU staff and students, featuring violist Tahlia Petrosian, flautist Sally Walker (Senior Lecturer in Performance who also played with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 2003 – 2005), violinist Kirsten Williams (CSO Concertmaster), Rachel Johnston (former member, Australian String Quartet) and the ANU Chamber Orchestra conducted by Tor Frømyhr (CSO Principal Violist).

Images L-R: Tahlia Petrosian (photo by Gert Mothes), ANU Chamber Orchestra performing at The RAG Holmes Tribute Concert, Yass Memorial Hall (photo by Peter Jones).

For part one of KLASSIK underground’s 2023 Illuminate Adelaide encore season, Reverberating Rhythms enlists a select crew of inspired artists from around the country to traverse the parallel worlds of music, poetry and art.

Join Petrosian as she leads this inspired ensemble encompassing flute, viola, harp, and four South Australian percussionists through a hand-picked program of John Cage, Tōru Takemitsu and Sofia Gubaidulina, matched with the blazing live visuals of acclaimed video artist Tim Gruchy.

The result promises to be a remarkable concert experience infusing KLASSIK underground’s globetrotting spirit with a shot of Australian talent.

Join Central Coast Conservatorium of Music graduate and composer Jen Hankin (The Emerald Ruby) and renowned flautist Sally Walker for a pre-recording preview concert of five captivating flute duets commissioned by ABC Classic at Robert Knox Hall on Monday 10 July.

Join The Emerald Ruby (Jen Hankin – Composer) and Sally Walker (Associate artist) at Maitland Regional Gallery for a pre recording showcase of “Finding Fondness”, a collection five duets commissioned by ABC Classic and Jazz as part of the Composer Commission fund.

Franz Schubert - Variations on Trockne Blümen in E minor, Op. 160
Sally Greenaway - Of Moths and Moonlight
Serge Prokofiev - Sonata in D, Op. 94

Leading Australian flautist Walker is a performer, academic and educator who has performed with many of Europe’s leading orchestras and is a longstanding guest principal with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Paired with multi award-winning Milton who studied in Sydney, Russia and the USA, they promise an enchanting program works from Schubert, Prokofiev, and Sally Greenaway.

Program

Igor Stravinsky, Octet (1923)

Per Nörgard, Wie ein Kind (Like a Child) (1980)

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Franz Schubert, Octet (1824)

Program

Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) (1910)

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Berthold Brecht, The Children’s Crusade (1939)

Benjamin Britten, The Children’s Crusade, based on B. Brecht (1969)

Sam Weiss, Deine Mami (2021)



Artists

Sally Walker, piccolo

James Wannan, viola

Luminescence Children’s Choir, directed by AJ America

Stephanie and Edward Neeman, piano

Veronica Milroy, organ

Veronica Bailey, Thomas Chalker, Valdas Cameron, Oliver Feitz, Demi Katheklakis and Emma Piva, percussion

with Christopher Carroll, narrator

Program

Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) (1910)

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Berthold Brecht, The Children’s Crusade (1939)

Benjamin Britten, The Children’s Crusade, based on B. Brecht (1969)

Sam Weiss, Deine Mami (2021)



Artists

Sally Walker, piccolo

James Wannan, viola

Luminescence Children’s Choir, directed by AJ America

Stephanie and Edward Neeman, piano

Veronica Milroy, organ

Veronica Bailey, Thomas Chalker, Valdas Cameron, Oliver Feitz, Demi Katheklakis and Emma Piva, percussion

with

Christopher Carroll, narrator

“Sweet Melodies and Angry Tempests”

Antonio Vivaldi - Allegro from Concerto RV 576

Georg Frideric Handel - Aria Sweet Bird

Alessandro Marcello - Concerto in D minor [Note: mvts 2 & 3 w/out rpt]

Jacopo Peri - Tu dormi, e 'l dolce sonno

Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in E minor

Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen

Antonio Vivaldi - Aria In furore iustissimae irae

Giuseppe Tartini - Grave from Concerto in E major

Giovanni Stefani - Madrigal Bella mia questo core


Tickets

“Sweet Melodies and Angry Tempests”

Antonio Vivaldi - Allegro from Concerto RV 576

Georg Frideric Handel - Aria Sweet Bird

Alessandro Marcello - Concerto in D minor [Note: mvts 2 & 3 w/out rpt]

Jacopo Peri - Tu dormi, e 'l dolce sonno

Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in E minor

Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen

Antonio Vivaldi - Aria In furore iustissimae irae

Giuseppe Tartini - Grave from Concerto in E major

Giovanni Stefani - Madrigal Bella mia questo core


Tickets

Masterclass with CSO featured artist, flautist Emma Sholl with ANU School of Music students, followed by a duo concert with Emma Sholl and Sally Walker.

Program:

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - Sonatas for Two Flutes, F. 54–59
Pietro Antonio Locatelli  - Sonatas for Flutes, Opus 4

Pianist Simon Tedeschi presents concert to raise funds for Ukraine.

With special guests, Ukrainian singer and bandura player, Larissa Kovalchuk, and flute soloist Sally Walker.

“When she was alive, my grandmother always told me that she volunteered at the Sydney Jewish Museum by sharing her story so that 'what happened' would never, ever happen again. Sadly, recent history has shown this to be an idealistic premise.

Nevertheless, I believe it the duty of all free-thinking people to combat extremism, especially of a nationalistic variety.

As such, I am organising a fundraising concert for Ukraine, at Camelot Lounge in Sydney, and 100% of proceeds will go to supporting the people of Ukraine in its fight against Russia's illegal occupation via The United Ukraine Appeal, through Medical and Humanitarian Aid, Rehabilitation Centres and Non-violent Defence.

Joining me will be my frequent collaborator, the extraordinary flautist Sally Walker, and the exceptional Ukrainian soprano Larissa Kovalchuk who plays the bandura, an instrument that dates back to the 6th century on Ukrainian land. Come and hear traditional folksong and music from our two countries, alongside several works from the classical canon.

I hope you'll join us for this special evening in support of Ukraine, at this time when more support is urgently needed.

- Simon Tedeschi

Everyone is welcome to attend this concert featuring items performed by the children of the Symphony for Life Orchestra. SFL Ambassador, flautist Sally Walker, will join other professional musicians who are friends of Symphony for Life with performance of works by Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach, to encourage the children and to support the work of Symphony for Life Foundation

Tickets: Entrance is free of charge but your tax deductible donation to Symphony for Life will be gratefully received.

Explore how a musician can best prepare for recording in the studio and how an audio engineer can get the best out of a musician in studio! Featuring RSHA Visiting Fellow Resident Thomas Wieber, this talk and public forum is geared at both performers and aspiring or professional audio engineers, and will look at the pragmatic, psychological and musical elements of recording in the studio.

Everyone is welcome to attend this concert featuring items performed by the children of the Symphony for Life Orchestra. SFL Ambassador, flautist Sally Walker, will join other professional musicians who are friends of Symphony for Life with performance of works by Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach, to encourage the children and to support the work of Symphony for Life Foundation

Tickets: Entrance is free of charge but your tax deductible donation to Symphony for Life will be gratefully received.

The St. Jude’s Music Association presents a wonderful afternoon of enchanting music performed in the historic church by the celebrated virtuosos Sally Walker (flute) and Vivian Choi Milton (piano). Join us to hear beautiful works by Faure, Satie, Liszt, Rachmaninov and more. Upon arrival in the foyer, you will be welcomed with a glass of sparkling wine, and a scrumptious High Tea will be served at interval in the Auditorium.

All funds raised go towards creating a stunning 2023 Bowral Autumn Music Festival.

The story of Australia’s First Nations peoples is a story beyond just survival. It is one that is testament to the enduring nature and importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ties to culture, family, community, the land and the waters. The program was developed by a member of the Chorale and the Music Director, in respectful consultation and engagement with Indigenous people, recognised cultural advisors and local authorities. Works by: Michael Atherton, Gordon Hamilton (with William Barton), Stephen Leek, Peter Sculthorpe, Ross Edwards and Dan Walker, as well as the premiere of a new work by Chris Sainsbury and Darryl Griffen specially commissioned for this concert.

The story of Australia’s First Nations peoples is a story beyond just survival. It is one that is testament to the enduring nature and importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ties to culture, family, community, the land and the waters. The program was developed by a member of the Chorale and the Music Director, in respectful consultation and engagement with Indigenous people, recognised cultural advisors and local authorities. Works by: Michael Atherton, Gordon Hamilton (with William Barton), Stephen Leek, Peter Sculthorpe, Ross Edwards and Dan Walker, as well as the premiere of a new work by Chris Sainsbury and Darryl Griffen specially commissioned for this concert.