Celebration of Youth
June 20-27
‘Celebration of Youth’ showcasing the outstanding talent of our local young composers, soloists and musicians. Performances coming to Wollongong, Nowra and Burradoo. Tickets On Sale Now.
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Steel City Strings Presents: A Celebration of Youth
Steel City Strings’ biennial Celebration of Youth concert returns in 2021, showcasing some of the region’s most talented young musicians. Young composers are a significant element of the program: From the compositions of nineteen-year-old Mozart to the premiere performance of the string orchestral work that wins the SCS Youth Composition Competition.
The teenage Mozart’s Turkish-inspired A major violin concerto will be performed by Hana Lee, recent winner of the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Concerto Competition while Tomas Phillips will play Mozart’s achingly-beautiful clarinet concerto. Artistic Director Kyle Little will be joined by violinist Elliot Winn in duets by Bach and Vivaldi – composers who spent many hours training young musicians – while vocalist Daisy Pring (Featured Artist in the NSW Schools Spectacular) brings her contemporary style to the program.
This concert generously nurtures the ongoing development of performers and composers across the region. ‘Celebration of Youth’ is proudly supported by Create NSW.
Left to right: Hana Lee (Violin), Tomas Phillips (Clarinet), Elliot Winn (Violin), Adriel Sukumar (Composer) and Daisy Pring (Vocalist). All will be featured soloist in 2021’s Celebration of Youth concert series.
Image: Phil Harris from Split Focus Media.
Experience the Energy
Steel City Strings provides an important platform:
- for local musicians to come together to play exciting music
- to inspire young local string players
- to feature local soloists
- to support and showcase talented Australian composers
Concerts have featured compositions by Australian composers Carr-Boyd, Sculthorpe, Ford and Grainger as well as local composers John Spence, Michael Barkl and Adrian Whitehall. The orchestra also features the talents of exceptional local solo musicians.
Mentoring and developing young local players through coaching and providing opportunities to play and perform with the orchestra is an integral part of our strategy for developing the orchestra and its members.
Kyle Little
Artistic Director/Concert Master
Karella Mitchell
Principal Cello
Jacob Antonio
Principal Violin
Ethan Ireland
Principal Double Bass
Adrian Davis
Principal Viola
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Youth Composition Competition Announced
Award winning Illawarra based orchestra Steel City Strings is holding a composition competition in line with our "Celebration of Youth" concert series. We are offering the chance for a young composer to have their work performed by the members of Steel City Strings....
