Tag: Australia

Veronica Lambert

Veronica Lambert

“I find the sound of a carillon very beautiful. It’s a joy to be making such wonderful music. I also like that during a performance, no-one actually sees you up in the tower. The audience is outside, enjoying the day and listening to the music. https://youtu.be/-0qbjQ6Si2g?si=umJG5vPCAIEOAGs5&t=206 Dentist DoubleBay https://www.bitemagazine.com.au/nice-ring-to-it/ Read more [...]
Jill Forest

Jill Forest

Alongside her medical work, in 1978 Jill Forrest was appointed an Honorary Carillonist. In 1993 she wasappointed University Carillonist through to her retirement in 2010. In this position Jill Forrest and the carillonhave brought great prestige to the University.The War Memorial Carillon is the ceremonial voice of the University of Sydney, the only University inAustralia to have such a splendid asset. It is played to celebrate festive occasions and to dignify solemnoccasions and serves all faculties Read more [...]
Karl Kruszelnicki

Karl Kruszelnicki

Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki AM (born 1948), often referred to as Dr Karl,[2] is an Australian science communicator and populariser,[2] who is known as an author and a science commentator on Australian radio, television, and podcasts. Kruszelnicki is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow in the Science Foundation for Physics at the School of Physics, University of Sydney. Kruszelnicki was awarded a Master of Biomedical Read more [...]
John Diamond

John Diamond

John Diamond (9 August 1934 – 25 April 2021) was a physician and author on holistic health and creativity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHM0VMQCFo Diamond married three times. His first wife was Suzanne Gurvich, with whom he had three children, Ian, Kathie, and Peter. In the 1970s he married Betty Peele, and in 1994 the opera singer Susan Burghardt.[2] For many years, Diamond played drums in a jazz band which he founded, named the Diamond Jubilators. The band Read more [...]
Grace Chan

Grace Chan

Organist and carillonist Grace Chan is a PhD Candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music researching organ and carillon performance/ culture in Australia. Grace has performed on all three carillons Australia. She was a carillon student at the National Carillon, Canberra from 2018-2022. In July 2019, she was invited to perform the world premiere of an Australian carillon work at the Palau de la Generalitat Carillon, Barcelona. Grace has performed for Sydney University Graduation ceremonies Read more [...]
AMSO Australian Medical Students Orchestra

AMSO Australian Medical Students Orchestra

The Australian Medical Students' Orchestra (AMSO) is a student-led orchestra formed in early 2016 by medical students from Monash University and the University of Melbourne. AMSO brings 90 medical students from across Australia to Melbourne for three days of intensive rehearsals, culminating in an inaugural concert on July 31, 2016. This concert raises funds for two outstanding charities: the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and Very Special Kids, Victoria's only children's hospice. We Read more [...]