Anna McMichael
violinist
Concert dates
2023
Mona Foma Festival "Climate Notes", 24-26 February
Inventi Ensemble, Melbourne and Regional tour, Feb-May
International Women's Day Concert, David Li Sound Gallery, Monash University, 8 March
Australian Haydn Ensemble, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, The Edge, Melbourne, 19 March
Australian Haydn Ensemble, Canberra International Music Festival and Sydney Recital Hall, 26-30 April
ARCO, Voyage of Musical Discovery, Monash Performing Arts Center, June 8
Pinchgut Opera, 'Rinaldo', Sydney Recital Hall, 30 Nov- 6 December
2022
Pinchgut Opera 'Medee', Sydney Recital Hall, 1-7 December
Pinchgut Opera, 'Women of the Pieta', Sydney and Melbourne Recital Hall, 10, 11, 15 September
'Climate Notes' Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 3-18 September
'Climate Notes', Backstage Music, Sydney, 6 November
'Bloodwood Series', Melbourne Recital Centre, 15 August
2019
Melbourne Youth Music tutor Arco, 7-12 January
Opera Australia, 16-29 January
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 17 February - 10 March
Ironwood recordings 15-18 March.
ARCO chamber concerts 25- 30 March, Bowral and Sydney
Pinchgut Opera Melbourne and Sydney, 4-7 April
Solo violin and electronics, Metropolis Festival Melbourne, 2 May
Kontiki Racket festival, Ensemble Offspring, 16- 22 June
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 21 July- Aug 4
ARCO chamber tour, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, 13- 25 August.
Ironwood Eastside Festival, August 30 - 4 September
Tyalgum Music Festival, 6-8 September
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 30 October- 15 November
Pinchgut Opera, 29 November- 10 December
Ironwood recordings for ABC classics, December 6-11
2018
Genesis Baroque, French Baroque program, Peninsula Music Festival, 4-6 Jan,
Mofo Block Party, Launceston, Sound Bubble, Anna McMichael and Damian Barbeler, 14 Jan
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 18 Feb - 3 March
Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, 19- 27 March
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra 29 April - 13 May
Kangaroo Valley, Arts in the Valley Festival, chamber music of Ross Edwards, 6 May
Pinchgut Opera, 16- 26 June
Backstage Music, 11 August
Extended Play, 25 August
Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, 14- 21 August
Tyalgum Music Festival, 7- 9 September
Australian World Orchestra, India Tour, 21- 29 September
Pinchgut Opera, 24 November - 5 December
Ensemble Offspring, INDIGENOUS COMPOSERS INITIATIVE 2018, 21- 26 November
Australian Haydn Ensemble, 10 - 16 Dec
2017
Sydney Chamber Opera, Sydney Festival 6-13 January
Australian and Romantic Chamber Orchestra, 19-25 March
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, 4-7 April
Ironwood, 22 April
Australian Bach Akademie, May (Sydney and Canberra)
Canberra International Music Festival, May
Australian and Romantic Chamber Orchestra, 15-22 May
Vivid, Solo Artist at Sound Bubble Dance Party, Sydney Recital Hall, June 9
Ironwood, 2 June
Pinchgut Opera, 15-20 June
Australian Haydn Ensemble, 21 - 29 June
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, 11-15 July
Sydney Chamber Choir, 21- 23 July
Tyalgum Music Festival, 8-10 September
Australian and Romantic Chamber Orchestra, 12-24 September
Ironwood Education projects, 26-29 September
Ironwood, November 23
Australian Haydn Ensemble, 11 - 15 December
2016
19th January, Omega Ensemble clarinet quintets, Murray River International Music Festival
23rd January, Sydney Festival, “Exit Ceremonies” with Ensemble Offspring and Australian Art Orchestra
25th January, Sydney Festival, Anima Eterna
6th Feb, Melbourne, “Exit Ceremonies” with Ensemble Offspring and Australian Art Orchestra
13th Feb and 14th Feb, recitals Narooma and Bega
20th April, Omega Ensemble, Sydney
1 - 8th May, guest artist, Canberra International Music Festival,
27th May, Ironwood, Sydney Conservatorium
28th May, Sydney Chamber Choir
June, Vivid Light , Sound Bubble
22-28 June, Pinchgut Opera
6,7 July Moorambilla Voices and Australian World Orchestra Chamber Group
11- 16 July, Australian Haydn Ensemble
13-20 August, Sydney Chamber Opera
21 August, Ensemble Offspring/Ironwood "Broken Consorts", Ngeringa, Adelaide
5 September, Ironwood, Sydney Conservatorium,
9 -11th September, Tyalgum Music Festival,
30th September, 1788, City Recital Hall Sydney
8th October, duo recital with pianist Daniel de Borah, Port Fairy Music Festival
13-17 October, Canberra and Sydney, guest leader Australian Haydn Ensemble
18-21 October, Ensemble Offspring, Ensemble in Residence, ANU, Canberra
3 November, Omega Ensemble, Sydney
19 Nov, Voices in the Forest, concertmaster, Canberra
30 Nov -6 December, Pinchgut Opera
December, cd recording with Daniel de Borah for Tall Poppies
2015
10 Feb Omega Ensemble, string quartet concert, High Court Australia, Canberra
March 2-4 concerts with Ironwood and Ensemble Offspring, Sydney Opera House and Newcastle
27 March, education workshops, Ensemble Offspring
29 March, Acacia String Quartet, guest artist, Festival Bowral
4-18 April, Brisbane Baroque, principal second violin Opera
May, Salut Baroque in Sydney and Canberra
June 19th Ironwood String Quartets, Mornington Peninsula
22 June chamber music recordings with percussionist, Claire Edwardes, ABC classics
20 July, Omega Ensemble,
26 July- 1 August, Australian World Orchestra
August 10-16, Orchestra 1788 in Sydney, chamber music concert programme and education workshops, Sydney
August 28 - September 12th Ironwood String Quartet tour - Early Gems
11-13 September Tyalgum Music Festival, co - artistic Director and artist,
17 September, Omega Ensemble,
October 8-9th cd recording together with pianist, Daniel de Borah
22 - 31 October, Australian World Orchestra India tour,
21st November, Concertmaster Voices in the Forest Orchestra, open air opera gala, Canberra
26th November, guest Concertmaster Auckland Philharmonia
Dec 3- 8 - Pinchgut Opera
2014
14-16 Jan, Ensemble Offspring, Sydney Festival
26 Jan-31 Jan, Salut Baroque, Ensemble concerts, Sydney and Canberra
March 2, horn trio concert, with John Martin and Victoria Chatterley
March 6-11, Soundstream Collective, String Quartet, Tectonics, Adelaide Festival
March 22- April 5, Hobart Baroque Festival
May 7 - 18, Canberra International Music Festival, guest artist
May 22-June 2 NSW/Queensland regional tour as first violin with Ironwood String quartet
June 30-July 7, Pinchgut Opera
August 17, Violin and Piano Recital with Daniel de Borah, Macedon, Victoria (Schumann, Bartok)
August 15 - solo broadcast ABC classic fm, New Music Up Late
September 4-7, Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, ensemble concerts and duo concert with pianist, Zubin Kanga, (John Cage, Xenakis, Claude Vivier, Jonathon Jarvey, Kate Moore and Cor Fuhler)
September 12-14, Co- Director and performer, Tyalgum Festival of Music
October 20-22 Ironwood String Quartets Melbourne Festival, 2 programs
October 19-24 Ironwood plus Song Company, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle
December 3,5,7,9 Pinchgut Opera, pre-concert talks
December, 16-22 Australian Haydn Ensemble, Sydney and Canberra
2013
11 -13 Jan, Sydney festival, Ensemble Offspring, “Ligeti Morphed”, Carriageworks
Jan 18 and 19, Lullaby project, MONA FOMA festival, Tasmania, violin and piano lullabies concert/installation with Tamara Anna Cislowska, visuals artist Isabelle Vigier, soundtrack Cor Fuhler, new lullabies by Elena Kats -Chernin, Damian Barbeler, David Chisholm, Kate Moore, Peter Adriaansz, Robert Ashley, Seung Ah-Oh (among others)
13th Feb, Salut! Baroque, Early Chamber Music, Sydney Conservatorium
15 Feb, Canberra, Salut! Baroque
25 Feb, Ensemble Offspring, “Ligeti Morphed”, Melbourne Recital Centre
29th March, Messiah, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney
8-18 April, Hobart Baroque Festival, principle second violin Haydn Opera and chamber group for David Hansen recital http://www.hobartbaroque.com.au/index.php
26-28 April, Blackwood River Chamber Music Festival, Western Australia, guest artist with Daniel de Borah
6-19 May, guest artist, Canberra International Music Festival
20 May - 8 June, tour with Ensemble Offspring, Microtonal Music and instrument workshop (playing the underchin tarhu)
June 2, Lyrebird Music Society concert, Melbourne with Daniel de Borah
June 8, New Music Up Late ABCfm 10.30 pm, radio interview to accompany Lullaby project concert broadcast, with Tamara Anna Cislowska
July 10, solo 45 minute programme recorded for New Music Up Late, ABCfm, Sciarrino, Morton Feldman, Damian Barbeler, Cor Fuhler and Anna McMichael (to be broadcast later 2013)
August 16-19, Australian Haydn Ensemble tour
6-8 September , Tylalgum festival, guest artist, opening piano trio concert and further ensemble concerts
29 Sept - 5 October, member Australian World Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, concerts Melbourne and Sydney
Nov 2nd, Rivendell Opera in the Park, Concord, Sydney
November 10, Soloist (Mozart Violin Concerto no. 1 in B flat K. 207 and Rondo in B flat K 269) with Melbourne Musicians Orchestra, Melba Hall
November 23, leader orchestra, “Voices in the Forest”, National Arboretum, Canberra
November 30, Duneira, Mt Macedon, Victoria, Lullaby Project , violin and piano lullabies concert/installation with Tamara Anna Cislowska, visuals artist Isabelle Vigier, soundtrack Cor Fuhler, new lullabies by Elena Kats -Chernin, Damian Barbeler, David Chisholm, Kate Moore, Peter Adriaansz, Robert Ashley, Seung Ah-Oh (among others)
Dec 8, Sydney Omega Ensemble concert
Dec 30, Peninsula Music Festival, Lullaby Project , violin and piano lullabies concert/installation with Tamara Anna Cislowska, visuals artist Isabelle Vigier, soundtrack Cor Fuhler, new lullabies by Elena Kats -Chernin, Damian Barbeler, David Chisholm, Kate Moore, Peter Adriaansz, Robert Ashley, Seung Ah-Oh (among others)
2012
16th and 17th March, Adelaide Festival, St. John’s Passion, Bach on authentic instruments with Sydney Chamber Choir
30 March, CRCM Theme and Variations, Brisbane, recital and masterclass with Daniel de Borah, piano
1 April, duo recital and masterclass with Daniel de Borah (piano), Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
19 and 20 April, principle second, Orchestra Victoria concerts, Melbourne
8 - 20 May Canberra International Music Festival, soloist and guest artist
August 11 and 12th August, Bach Magnificat, Ludovico’s Band, Melbourne
8 and 9 September, violin concerto soloist with Strathfield Symphony Orchestra, Sydney
14-16 September, Under_Scored Festival, Queensland, performance, panel member, guest artist talk
30 Sept, Pinchgut, French Music night, Art Gallery NSW, French chamber music on early instruments, flute, violin, continuo and singer.
October 12-14, Port Fairy Music Festival - violin and piano lullabies concert/installation with Tamara Anna Cislowska, visuals artist Isabelle Vigier, soundtrack Cor Fuhler, new lullabies by Graeme Koehne, Elena Kats -Chernin, Damian Barbelar, David Chisholm, Kate Moore, Robert Ashley, Seung Ah-Oh (among others)
24th Oct, Recitals Australia, Adelaide, with Daniel de Borah (piano)
3 Nov, John Cage festival, Ensemble Offspring and Bang on a Can All Stars together in concert, Sydney Opera House
4 Nov, Wesley Church, Canberra, with Daniel de Borah (piano)
Ensemble Offspring, Melbourne, (Recital Centre 6 Dec) and Sydney (Carriage Works 1st Dec) , turntable project - “On Loop” + solo violin work with cassette “Memo”, Michel van der Aa
Cd recording Tall Poppies, Berceuse for violin and piano (old and new), with Tamara Anna Cislowska
Dec 9, Sunday live concert Melbourne, live broadcast on ABCfm, with Daniel de Borah, piano
2011
Jan 17-21 orchestral tutor Melbourne Youth Summer School
17-28 Feb guest associate concertmaster Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
7 - 20 March Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
13 March Bundanon, David Pereira chamber music series
April 13-16, Ironwood , Melbourne Recital Centre
28 April- 8 May Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
9 May-22 May guest artist and soloist Canberra International Music Festival
11 May Camden Haven Music Festival duo recital with Daniel de Borah
June 4- 26 Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
17- 22 June, ANAM tutoring Breath Week
July 5-10 Associate Concertmaster Canberra Symphony Orchestra
25 July Melba Hall lunch hour concert, Melbourne, duo with Daniel de Borah
August 20- 28 Australian World Orchestra Event, Sydney
August 29 - 6 Sept Ensemble Offspring, microtonal project, presentation at Sydney Conservatorium and cd
September 13 and 16, Anthony Pateras, film score recording, string trio and electronics
15 Sept 3mbs portrait recording and interview, Melbourne
19 - 24 September Early Music Week ANU School of Music, Canberra, tutor and peformance/presentation Biber Mystery Sonatas, with Calvin Bowman, harpsichord
8 -29 October soloist Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Vivaldi 4 Seasons tour
10 -13 Nov concertmaster Canberra Opera in the Arboretum
13-20 Nov Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
Nov 25 - 6 December, Vivaldi’s Griselda, principle second violin, Pinchgut Opera, Sydney