New Work to be Premiered at MONA FOMA

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Matthew Dewey’s newly commissioned song cycle “Il Tempo Passa” will be premiered as part of the Museum of Old and New Art Festival of Music and Art (MONA FOMA) in January of 2011. The work, which was commissioned by the young Tasmanian baritone Michael Lampard, will be premiered by Michael (Baritone), Karen Smithies (Piano) and Jo St. Leon (Viola) at the Baha’i Centre of Learning in Hobart, Tasmania. Program Notes Sadly, the poetry of Michelangelo is the most neglected and
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Upcoming Premiere of The Buzz of The Sea

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This December sees the premiere of a new chamber opera by Matthew Dewey and writer Alexander Dick called ‘The Buzz of the Sea’. The work is for solo baritone and piano and will be premiered in concert by Tasmanian Baritone Michael Lampard and Pianist Karen Smithies at the Meadowbank Estate on the 13th December 2008 at 10.30am, Tickets $10. SYNOPSIS A young man is about to launch his dingy into the water. He loads the boat with fishing equipment and
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Tycho Brahe Aria Premiered in Hobart

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On sunday, Tasmanian soprano Pamela Andrews premiered an aria from Matthew Dewey’s work in progress operaTycho Brahe at the Hobart Eisteddfod as part of the IHOS Australian Opera Award. Hobart Eisteddfod IHOS Australian Opera Award First Prize – $3500, Second prize $700 Competition Date – 3pm Sunday 29th June 2008 Inaugural 2007 Prize Awarded Chris Richardson – Baritone An Aria from Matthew Dewey’s – The Death of Chatterton Repetiteur – Karen Smithies Rebecca Hilder – Soprano An Aria from Richard
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