[Rachel Orzech]

We are pleased to announce a concert and symposium celebrating the centenary of the Lyrebird Music Society (formerly British Music Society Victorian branch) founded by Louise Hanson-Dyer in 1921, and the unveiling of a new portrait of Hanson-Dyer by artist Andrew Mezei and bronze medallions relating to the history of the Conservatorium by Michael Meszaros, commissioned by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

Concert

The concert programme has been designed to honour the British Music Society Programmes of the early twentieth-century century, including English madrigals, French 18th-century airs, and chamber music by Gustav Holst, Peggy Glanville-Hicks and César Franck. It also includes a newly commissioned work by Kate Tempany based on a text by Nettie Palmer, in the spirit of Hanson-Dyer’s support of new music and female composers. Performers include Caroline Almonte, Elizabeth Sellers, Merlyn Quaife, Emily Barber and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music madrigal singers.

Symposium

The symposium will present Professor Rachel Cowgill (University of York) and Professor Barbara Kelly (Royal Northern College of Music) speaking of the broad reach of the British Music Society in the early twentieth century, and Dr Sarah Kirby (Nancy Keesing Fellow, SLNSW) focusing on the British Music Society in Australia and Hanson-Dyer’s important role in the Society.

Schedule and Details

2.00 – 3.30: Lyrebird Music Society (British Music Society) Centenary Concert

3.30 – 4.15: Portrait and medallion launch and refreshments

4.15  – 6.15 Symposium on British Music Society and launch of the Louise Hanson-Dyer and Les Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre International Research Network

6.15: end

Bookings

Attendance is free. Please book online: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/celebration-of-louise-hanson-dyer-and-the-lyrebird-music-society-tickets-329441718047

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