• Source: Australia Ensemble
    • Australia Ensemble UNSW is an Australian chamber group active since 1980.
      The group was founded in 1980 as the University of New South Wales Ensemble after a proposal put to the University of New South Wales by musicologist Roger Covell and clarinettist Murray Khouri, then colleagues at the University. Its current Artistic Chair is Paul Stanhope who took over from Covell in 2014. In October 1983 the University of New South Wales Ensemble was renamed the Australia Ensemble, Resident at the University of New South Wales.
      Since that time it has occupied a prominent position in Australian music, frequently touring in addition to a Sydney-based concert series. International performances have taken the ensemble to the USA, the UK, the then Soviet Union, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, China, India, South America, South Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand. The Ensemble collaborates with major Australian and international performers, and frequently performs new works by Australian composers.


      Membership




      = Current members

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      1980– Irina Morozova, viola
      1982– Dene Olding, violin
      1991– Julian Smiles, cello
      1992– Dimity Hall, violin
      2018– David Griffiths, clarinet


      = Past members

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      1980–1985 Murray Khouri, clarinet
      1980–1981 John Harding, violin
      1980–1990 David Pereira, cello
      1980–1998 David Bollard, piano
      1980–1982 David Stanhope, horn and piano
      1986 Donald Westlake, guest clarinet
      1987–1991 Nigel Westlake clarinet
      1992–1994 Alan Vivian, clarinet
      1995–2014 Catherine McCorkill, clarinet
      2015–2017 David Griffiths, associate artist
      1983–2023 Geoffrey Collins, flute
      2000–2023 Ian Munro, piano


      Awards and nominations




      = ARIA Music Awards

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      The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Australia Ensemble at AllMusic
      Australia Ensemble UNSW on Facebook

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