WONDROUS FLUTE MELODIES and a PRELUDE OF SONGS

Annabel Wouters | flute with David Vance | piano with 'Dare to Dream' a prelude of songs by Lillie Hobden

PROGRAM Songs A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman) Nacht und Traume (Franz Schubert) I Dreamed A Dream ((Les Miserables) Flute J.S Bach, Sonata in E major BWV 1035 (1741) I.Adagio ma non tanto II.Allegro III.Siciliano IV. Allegro assai George Enescu, Cantabile et Presto (1904) Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Flute (1936) I. Heiter Bewegt (Joyful Emotions) II. Sehr Langsam (Very Slowly) III. Sehr Lebhaft (Very Lively – March) Roland Chadwick, Hysterical Penguins (1988) Miriam Hyde, Magpies at Sunrise (1946)

Annabel Wouters (15) is from Wollongong and grew up in a musical family, learning piano and flute from a young age. Annabel also enjoys composing. In 2019, she performed at the Sydney Town Hall as a flute soloist and at the Opera House in the State Junior Wind Band. She has been accepted into Young Symphonists for 2023, a programme the Australian Youth Orchestra runs. Annabel enjoys and has been successful in competing in the Wollongong Eisteddfod.

Lillie, a year 10 Wollongong High School of Performing Arts student, has sung extensively in the Illawarra. She performed to great applause in the EACS 2023. For this concert, she has a selection of songs on the theme ‘Dare to Dream'.

David Vance holds honours degrees in English literature (UNSW) and music performance (Sydney University) and pursued further musical studies as an accompanist and conductor in Italy, Austria and England. He taught at the University of Sydney and the NSW Conservatorium of Music before his appointment in 1982 by the University of Wollongong with a specific brief to develop musical activities on campus. When he retired in 2012 as an Associate Professor, his contribution to the musical life of the university was recognised in the award of an Honorary Fellowship. He has subsequently devoted much of his time to mentoring young musicians. David's conducting experience includes an extensive repertoire of a cappella choral music as well major works for choir and orchestra, including Handel's Messiah, Orff's Carmina Burana, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Mass in C and Rossini's Stabat Mater, often in association with professional orchestras. David has broadcast and recorded chamber music for the ABC and remains active as an accompanist with a particular interest in vocal repertoire.