Chroma Quartet

Event Details

A new Music Residency for WollCon – The Chroma Quartet – will be performing exclusive concerts in the Illawarra thanks to a Create NSW Arts and Cultural grant.

WollCon is delighted to bring you the final performance of our 2024 Resident Musicians – The Chroma Quartet.

This residency demonstrates WollCon’s ongoing commitment to welcoming exceptional artists to our region. 

Additionally it is an opportunity to hear the world premiere of a new piece of music by Alice Chance, Circus Sketches.

Officially launched in June 2021 (after many months of Covid-19 lockdown) the Chroma Quartet are truly passionate about creating beautiful music.

Forming a string quartet came naturally for Harry Bennetts (First Violinist), Victoria Bihun (Second Violinist), Elizabeth Woolnough (Viola), and Eliza Sdraulig (Cello).  This quartet of fine musicians are at home playing together in various musical settings from the concert or recital hall to the local bar or pub.   For their final Wollongong concerts for the year they will be performing at WollCon.

Chroma quartet

The players enjoy each other’s company – and that friendship comes through in their performances.

This residency builds on the success of the Enigma Quartet’s residency with the Junior String Program at WollCon in 2023.  Indeed, the Choma Quartet will be engaging with members of our Junior Strings Program, to bring even more musical inspiration to our young string players. 

Fine music to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon – please join us.
Discounts available for string enrollees at WollCon…Junior String enrolees can attend for free!

“I heard the Chroma quartet at the last concert & it was a privilege to hear the high quality of performance in Wollongong. Bravo Wollongong Con for having this this group in residency.”

Audience member from last concert.

CONCERT PROGRAM

Alice Chance – Circus Sketches (a world premiere!)
Bartok – String Quartet No. 3
Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’

Chroma Quartet at WAG

CONCERT DETAILS
Sunday 24th November from 4pm
At WollCon, Gleniffer Brae.

TICKET PRICES:
WollCon Student (Junior) – Free Entry
WollCon Student – Free Entry with full paying adult ($40)
Children 15 and under – $15
Concession/Pensioners – $30
General Admission – $40
Family Ticket (2 adults and 2 children 15 years or under) – $90

Anne has been a member of the Wollcon Board since 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from UNSW. She is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and an accredited Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. She has taught family law and other subjects at Wollongong University.

For a number of years she has been a subscriber to the Australian Chamber Orchestra which regularly performs in Wollongong . She has been passionate about music and in particular music education to children and adults.

Jake has worked in the disability sector for 24 years- 17 of these with Interchange and 7 years as their CEO. Jake is passionate about inclusion and equality for both people with disability and their carers.

He holds an MBA, Bachelor of Commerce, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, as well as completing Diploma’s in Case Management, Community Services Coordination and the AICD Company Directors Course.

Jake is also a committee member on the International Short Breaks Association Board and has been a Director on the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Board since 2022.

Wayne is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as being a qualified company secretary and accountant with over 35 years experience in banking and finance. He performed for nine of those years as Chief Executive of IMB Ltd, and the preceding seven years as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, also with IMB. Wayne’s primary expertise is in the areas of governance, management, accounting, risk management and banking and finance. He has spent his whole life living in the Illawarra and is passionate about ensuring the Illawarra can provide the best possible opportunities and lifestyle for its residents. In 2024 Wayne was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community.

Dr Terumi Narushima is a senior lecturer and Music Discipline Leader at the University of Wollongong. She is a composer, performer and sound designer specialising in microtonal tuning systems. Her works include Tritriadic Chimes, a sound installation for LA MicroFest, Hidden Sidetracks, a composition for custom-made instruments premiered by Ensemble Offspring at Sydney Opera House, and a project to build microtonal flutes using 3D printing. She has worked on theatre collaborations which have been presented nationally and internationally, including Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Distant Lens, Lost in Shanghai, and The Story of Chi. She performs with microtonal ensemble Clocks and Clouds, and her book Microtonality and the Tuning Systems of Erv Wilson is published by Routledge.

Nicky is the CEO of Community Industry Group. She has degrees in Dementia Care, Community & Environment and Marketing, and a Grad Dip in Project Management. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Honorary Fellow of UOW. In addition to Chairing the WollCon Board, she is Deputy Chair of the Regional Development Australia Illawarra Shoalhaven Board and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Warrigal, a large not-for-profit specialising in the provision of services for older people.

Her corporate governance and strategy experience extends through a 20+ year career on boards in the corporate, government and NFP sectors.