Hoang Phan wins ABC Young Performer of the Year

The Young Performer of the Year for 2013 is Melbourne pianist Hoang Pham. The Tait Memorial Trust are delighted that Tait Awardees, Hoang and Stefan did so well in this prestigious competition. Congratulations to you both. Stefan Cassomenos, Andrew Kawai and Hoang Pham all performed concertos in tonight’s grand final from the Melbourne Town Hall,…

Connor Barlow – 3rd Year, English National Ballet School

The Tait Memorial Trust are delighted to support Connor Barlow for the 3rd year of his studies at the English National Ballet School. We support two other dancers in 2013, Calvin Richardson and Sophie Moffatt both at the Royal Ballet School. Connor Barlow started dancing at a local Sydney School at age six; taking classes…

ABC Young Performers Award 2013

Delighted to report the great success of two of our Awardees in the ABC Young Performers Award 2013. The 12 finalists have now been reduced to 6 overnight after outstanding performances from everyone. Two of the remaining finalists on piano are Stefan Cassomenos and Hoang Phan. Stefan has performed for the TMT in London at…

Stop Press – Tait Winter Prom Raffle and Online Sales

This year’s prize is a long weekend stay (Thursday to Monday between December ’13- May ’14) in The Fiougiere, a charming country house in Provence near the village of Correns. The house sleeps six, has a swimming pool, plenty of small ‘basins’ to paddle in and a river running through the property, great for walks…

Ruthless Jabiru to play at the Union Chapel. October 14. Maralinga with Lara St John

A message from Kelly Lovelady I very much hope you’ll be free to join me for my next performance on Monday 14 October at the Union Chapel in Islington. I will be conducting my orchestra Ruthless Jabiru and internationally-acclaimed violinist Lara St. John in a London tribute to Maralinga.  I hope our concert will raise awareness of the injustice…

“Fear in a handful of dust”: the legacy of Maralinga

We are sharing this post because we believe that Ruthless Jabiru are performing a work which has great significance to us all. The article written by Dr Liz Tynan is beautifully written and captures the madness of the time. Ruthless Jabiru and Lara St. John perform Maralinga Lament at the Union Chapel, London at 19:30…