MUSIC BY THE SEA Presents White Halo Ensemble Saturday, 3rd September

Music by the Sea presents White Halo Ensemble, Saturday, 3rd September, 7:30pm,
at Sandgate Town Hall.

White Halo Ensemble is a high-profile chamber ensemble celebrating the importance of chamber music to arts culture and music education. Based at the University of Queensland's School of Music, White Halo was created by existing performance staff, as well as recruiting new performers from Melbourne, Sydney and Los Angeles.

One of the most significant aspects of White Halo's mission is commissioning new chamber music from a diverse range of composers, including both established and emerging Australian and overseas composers. White Halo has already commissioned composers Andrew Ford, Matthew Hindson, GorDon Hamilton, Paul Dean and James Ledger.

Program:
J.S. Bach Selection from 2 Part Inventions for Violin and Cello
Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A Minor
Haydn Piano Trio NO.39 in G Major,
Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47
Matthew Hindson Epic Diva

Concert Series 2016
6 February - Eric Bogle (folk legend)
20 February - The Necks (jazz trio)
5 March - Jaaleekaay (Gambia/Australia)
2 April - WORLD PREMIERE ofSandgate Piano Sonata composed by Elena Kats-Chernin, commissioned by Music By The Sea and performed by Tamara Anna Cislowska
7 May - Marshall McGuire(Australia's leading harpist)
4 June - Karin Schaupp with the Italian cellist, Umberto Clerici
9 July - Acacia Quartet
6 August - Flinders Quartet
3 September - White Halo Ensemble
1st October - Ian Cooper (violin) withAmbre Hammond (piano)
5 November - Sásta (Irish band)