1_ELBOW ROOM CONCERT
Nicola Monopoli festival _February 2024
I acknowledge the sovereignty of the traditional owners of this land, the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin Nations, and I pay respect to their elders past, present, and emerging

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'Cultural Celebration International', St Columba’s Hall, Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood Saturday 25 May 2024

Composers: Katia Mestrovic, Barbara Hornung, Mary Doumany, Collin Brumby

Performers:  Johanna Selleck (flute), Barbara Hornung (viola), Katia Mestrovic (harp)

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International Albanian Brass Festival, University of Arts, Tirane, Albania, 30 May 2024

Composers: Johanna Selleck, Alan Holley, Enis Mullaj, Kris Sopiqoti, Jetmir Zaganjori, Eriona Rushiti,  Jetmir Zaganjori

Performers: Joel Brennan (trumpet),  Ken Murray (guitar)

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‘Creative Tools Music Festival’, Auditorium Gos, Barletta, Italy, 25–26 January 2024

Works including: Chrysalis for flute and electronics by Johanna Selleck

Performers: Pietro Doronzo (flute), Nicola Monopoli (electronics)

‘Essential Resonance’, Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Rd. Brunswick

23 March 2024

Composers including: Johanna Selleck, Barbara Hornung, Katia Mestrovic

Performers including: Johanna Selleck (flute), Barbara Hornung (viola), Katia Mestrovic (harp),  Steven Bryer (percussion)

Elbow Room Mini-Festival’ (Melbourne Composers' League)           St Stephen's Church, 360 Church St, Richmond, Saturday 20 April 2024

Composers including: Julian Cafarella, Melvyn Cann, Brendan Colbert, Philip Czplowski, John Arthur Grant, Jes Grixti, Christina Green, Michael Hannan, Livia Judge, Birgit Holdinghausen, Martijn Schröder, Wendy Suiter, Natalya Vagner, Dindy Vaughan 

Performers including:  Johanna Selleck (flute), Anne Gilby (oboe), Melvyn Cann (viola and piano), Martijn Schröder (saxophone), Adrian Sherrif (trombone), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Kevin Tamanini (piano), Coady Green (piano), Natalya Vagner (piano), Christina Green (voice and ukulele)

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Australian Flute Festival, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 30 September 2023

 

Concert featuring works by composers from the Melbourne Composers' League

Performers: Johanna Selleck (C flute, alto flute, electronics),  Peter Sheridan (C flute, alto flute, and bass flutes),  Andrián Pertout (electronics)

'Michael Kieran Harvey: Liszt's Lance into the Future', Abbotsford Convent, 18 August 2023

 

Composers: Franz Liszt,  Michael Kieran Harvey , Johanna Selleck (Homage to Liszt for solo piano)

Performers:  Michael Kieran Harvey and students of the National  Academy of Music

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Composers:  Johanna Selleck, Andrián Pertout, Colin McKellar, Paul Moulatlet, Alan Holley

Performers:  Johann Selleck (flute), Richard Rourke (clarinet),  Peter Sheridan (bass flutes),  Sumiko Yamamura (piano)

'Reimagining Landscapes', Grainger Museum Creative Residency, Amos Roach and Johanna Selleck

January to October 2023

Concert 1:  Grainger Museum. Featuring the Six Seasson orcehstra and dancers, 30 July 2023

Composers including: Johanna Selleck, Gary McKie, Jenny Game,  Ros Bandt, Wendy Suiter,  Dindy Vaughan,  Birgit Holdinghausen,  Allira Preuss,  Xiaole Zhan

Performers including: Amos Roach, Moses Kington-Walberg (trombone), Hemi Titokuwaru (countertenor) Christelese de Graaf (soprano), Meredith Connie (guitar)

 

Concert 2 and art exhibition, :  27–30 October 2023

Artists : First Nations artist Teen Moffatt and  VCA art students Jiaui Huang, Marli Maddison, Georgia Robinson, Jasmine Skutela

Composers including: Sascha Muller and Gene du Vergier and composers as in Concert 1 

Performers including: Sascha Muller and Gene du Vergier 

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'The Clarinet and Piano Project Sydney',  Church St Studios, 62–68 Church St, Camperdown NSW

22 October 2023

Composers:  Johanna Selleck, Andrián Pertout, Colin McKellar, Paul Moulatlet, Alan Holley

Performers:  Johanna Selleck (flute), Richard Rourke (clarinet), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo soprano), Sumiko Yamamura (piano)

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'An American in Paris', Government House Tasmania, 7 June 2023

Fundraising concert for Hobart Women's Shelter

Compositions including Spindrift for solo harp by Johanna Selleck

Performer: Elisabeth Remy Johnson (harp)

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'Elisabeth Remy Johnson: Casual Classic Concert Series", Fellowship Presbyterian Church,

389 Bent Tree Drive, Jasper GA, USA, 7 November 2022

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'Derek Jones: Australian Treasures', Conservatorium of Music, Ian Potter Southbank Centre, Southbank

2 August 2022

Composers including:  Johanna Selleck, Miriam Hyde,  Linda Verrier

Performers including: Derek Jones (flute,) Lyndon Watts (bassoon), Brent Miller (percussion)

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 'Song of the Eagle', Melbourne Composers' League exchange concert with Albania

Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton, 17 July 2022

Composers  including:   Johanna Selleck, Ajet Çekiçi, Dorain Cene, Enis Mullaj, Eve Duncan, Andrián Pertout, Houston Dunleavey, Alan Holley

Performers including: Johanna Selleck (flute),  Carla Blackwood (French horn), Helen Bower (vioin), Danaë Killian (piano)

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Women in Percussion Festival, Persbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood, 5–6 August 2022

Compositions including: Yugen  for percussion ensemble  by Johanna Selleck

Performers: percussion students from Persbyterian Ladies' College and other Melbourne schools

'Corky Sigel and Johanna Selleck in Concert', Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 27 July 2015

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'Spring Music Extravaganza', Melbourne Circle 11th Anniversay Concert

Church of All Nations, Palmerston St., Carlton, 5 October 2024

 

Composers including:  Chaminade,  Debussy,  Chopin,  Beethoven, Melvyn Cann, Peter Lim,  Meng T.  Gan

Performers including:  Johanna Selleck, Melvyn  Cann,  Sarah Curro,  Elyane Laussade, Peter Simondson, Martijn Schröder

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‘Essential Resonance’, Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese St. Brunswick, 5 April 2024

Composers including: Johanna selleck, Barbara Hornung, Katia Mestrovic

Performers including: Johanna Selleck (flute), Barbara Hornung (viola), Katia Mestrovic (harp), Steven Bryer (percussion)

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'Connection', Music at McClelland Concert Series, McClelland SculpturePark   Langwarrin, 15 September 2024

 

Compositions including:  Hoon! Black Cockatoo by Johanna Selleck; Sonata for flute ,  harp, and  viola by Debussy

Performers: Amos Roach (yidaki), Jacinta Dennett (harp), Molly Collier-Boyle (viola), Johanana Selleck (flute)

'Elbow Room' mini-festival and tribute to  Melvyn Cann (Melbourne Composers' League)

St Stephen's Church, Richmond, 14 September 2024

 

Composers including:  Andrián Pertout,  Johanna Selleck, Houston Dunleavy,  Brendan Colbert,  Gary McKie,  Michael Kieran Harvey,  Melvyn  Cann, Allira Preuss, Gene Holland

Performers including: Joel Brennan (trumpet),  Ken Murray (guitar),  Johanna Selleck (flute),  Kevin Tamanini, (piano),  Michael Kieran Harvey (piano),  Sarah Curro (violin),  Ocean Saxophone Quartet

'Bach and Beyond'. Music by Bach alongside contemporary Australian composers

 

Concert 1: St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie St Sydney,   Friday 21 March, 1.10pm

Concert 2: Church St Studios, 62–68 Church St Camperdown NSW,  Sunday 23 March , 5.00pm

 

Composers: JS Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Michael Hannan, Johanna Selleck, Howard Dillon, Alan Holley

Performers: Johanna Selleck (flute),  Sumiko  Yamamura (piano), Richard Rourke  (clarinet)

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Composition: Blues Concerto by Johanna Selleck

Performers: Corky Siegel  (harmonica), Namatjira Morgan (yidaki) Johanna Selleck (flute),  Joe Chindamo (piano and accordion), Danny Fisher (drums), Philip Rex (bass), Peter Neville (percussion), Max Walker (guitar), Mark Daniell (clarinet),  Silo String Quaret and friends, conducted by Timothy Phillips

Painting by Namatjira Morgan

Composers:  Greshwin,  Poulenc, Fauré, Debussy

Performers:  Johanna Selleck (flute) Ingrid Leibbrandt (piano), Allison Farrow  (soprano)

Balcan Contemporary Music Festival, University of the Arts, Tiranë, Albania, 18 October 2021

 

'Creative Tools Piano Masterclass', Laboratorio Urbano GOS, Barletta, Italy, 9 December 2021

Compositions includingSignal  for flute, French  horn, violin and  piano by Johanna Selleck. Other composers including Enis Mulla, Dorian Çene,  Ismail  Mehmeti, Ajet Çekiçi, Alan Holley, Andriàn  Pertout, Eve Duncan

Performers including: Klejda Tar  (piano), Fatos Bardulla (violin), Jonela Golemi (flute), Ilir Kodhima (French horn)

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Compositions inlcuding: Recantations  for piano by Johanna Selleck. Other composers including Andrián Pertout, Paolo Geminiani,  Roberto Zanata

Performers including: Jacopo Gambarrota,  Simone Niro, Sabrina Rotondi

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'Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon:  A Tribute to Andrián Pertout', St Stephen's Church, 360 Bridge Rd Richmond, 8 December 2023

Composers:  Andrián Pertout, Gary McKie, Eve Duncan, Alan Holley

Performers: Johann Selleck (flute),  Jochen Schubert (guitar),  Peter Neville (glockenspiel),  Carla Blackwood (French horn), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano)

Robert Schubert (clarinet)

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Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra, Chapel off Chapel, Prahran, 25 June 2023

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Concert featuring Johanna Selleck as soloist in pieces including  Capricorn Light by Michelle Nelson

Concet celebrating the 60th Birthday of Andrián Pertout, Church St Studios, Camperdown, 13 August 2023

Composers :  Andrián Pertout, Johanna Selleck, Alan Holley

Performers:  Georgina Oakes (clarinet),  Melissa Coleman (flute),  Harriet Channon (trumpet),  Gregory van der Struik (trombone)

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''The Clarinet and Piano Project Melbourne', St Stephen's Church, Richmond, 14 October 2023

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'Didgeridoo, Debussy, and the Birds of Oz', Yandoit Uniting Church, Church Rd, Yandoit, 27 November 2022

 

Concert featuring The Six Seasons by Amos Roach; Hoon! Black cockatoo by Johanna Selleck; and Sonata for flute, viola and harp by Debussy.

Performers: Amos Roach (yidaki), Jacinta Dennett (harp), William Vyvyan Murray (viola), Johanna Selleck (flute).

Photographs of Australian birds by Jodie Heap

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                                                                                 CONCERTS 2024                                                                               

                                                                  CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS PRIOR TO 2024                                                          

Melbourne Composers League, Elbow Room Concert

Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton,  Saturday 26 April, 2.00 pm

A program of works by contemporary Australian composers

                                                                        UPCOMING CONCERTS 2025                                                                      

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