Coming up performances

2010 Liederfest, Melbourne, April 17 and 18

Andrea Katz and Jeremy Kleeman after winning the Best Ensemble Award

at the 2010 Liederfest

Melbourne April 18

Sunday 16 May 2010

Old Courts, Ground Level, Art Gallery of New South Wales

A Mezzo’s Journey

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Sally Anne Russell, returns to Resonate for her first solo recital in the series. Accompanied on piano by veteran of the Resonate concerts, Andrea Katz, Sally Anne will take you on a musical journey of Europe, from Austria to Germany, to France and Spain. She will sing songs by Haydn, Brahms, Duparc and Weill, along with other composers, in a sweet and sentimental musical pilgrimage.

The concert will be preceded by a champagne reception and private viewing of the Archibald Prize.


http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/events/cal/resonate_2010

Thursday 27 May 2010 7.30pm

Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak presents

A Fundraising Concert to support ACRATH

Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans

Merlyn Quaife

Performing 'Fortune My Foe'

Songs by Roger Heagney

with Associate Artist Andrea Katz

Thursday 27 May 2010 7.30pm

Chapel of Christ the King

10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak

Light refreshments at 8.45pm in the Oak Parlour

Tickets $40.00 - all pro ts donated to ACRATH

Bookings essential by Friday 21 May 2010

Online: www.loretotoorak.vic.edu.au

Enquiries: Yvette Stanley

9823 8136

yvette.stanley@loretotoorak.vic.edu.au

ACRATH is passionate about eliminating human trafficking in Australia, the Asia Pacific region and internationally. ACRATH raise awareness; advocate for change; network; offer direct service. ACRATH are endorsed by Catholic Religious Australia, an organisation representing 8,000 women and men who belong to religious orders.

www.acrath.org.au

Loreto Toorak’s Fundraising Concert featuring Merlyn Quaife and Andrea Katz will raise money specifically for the ACRATH project, Tenaganita Shelter for Trafi cked Women and Children.

Tenaganita, is a Malaysian NGO whose name means ‘women’s strength’. The Tenaganita Shelter for Trafficked Women and Children was established in May 2006 to provide care, protection and safe repatriation to trafficked survivors. By December 2009 the Shelter had housed 238 traf cked survivors. Because of its commitment to empowerment of traf cked people it has been chosen by ACRATH to be the recipient of ACRATH fundraising since December 2009.

ACRATH members have been linked with Tenaganita as they organised two rescues of young women coming to East Malaysia from the Philippines; the young women thought they would earn a good income in the hospitality industry. The women found themselves in a brothel and were unable to escape. One still had her mobile phone so she phoned home; her family alerted some Filipino sisters who in turn asked the Malaysian Tenaganita to help. Tenaganita organised the rescue, found sisters who could offer support, and then helped Malaysian authorities to understand how highly traumatised women with no passports could be safely repatriated.

ELEKTRA

WESTPAC OPERA IN CONCERT

FRI 6 AUGUSTS 7.30PM

AUCKLAND TOWN HALL, THE EDGE

Eckehard Stier

CONDUCTOR

Elizabeth Connell*

ELEKTRA

Nicole Youl

CHRYSOTHEMIS

Helen Medlyn

CLYTEMNESTRA

Tuomas Pursio

ORESTES

Richard Greager

AEGISTHUS

Also featuring

Morag Atchison, Anna Pierard, Rachelle Pike, Rebecca Ryan, Kate Spence, Jenny Wollerman

Music preparation Andrea Katz

http://apo.co.nz/2010_concerts/westpac_opera_in_concert_elektra.aspx