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Greenaway Studio welcomes back flautist Sally Walker and harpist Emily Granger for the Canberra concert of their Australian tour to mark the release of their first CD collaboration - Something Like This.

  

From their first performance together in 2020, flautist Sally Walker and harpist Emily Granger knew there was something special between them. The duo has since performed recitals together at the Sydney Opera House, for Musica Viva Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales. The debut recording of the pair, Something Like This, is a collection of Walker and Granger’s favourite works for flute and harp culminating from decades of previous collaborations in the genre.

 

Greenaway Studio is delighted to be part of the album launch tour through NSW, and you're in for a special afternoon of fine music.

 

The concert will feature a beautiful selection of music for flute and harp from the album, which includes works by living Australian composers mixed with works by Bach, Mozart and others.

 

 

Sally Walker

Known for impeccable technical skill, musicality and versatility, Australian flute soloist Sally Walker performs on modern flutes and piccolo as well as historical flutes and recorders and has appeared in the London Proms, Salzburg, Lucerne, Tanglewood and Edinburgh Festivals. Grand-finalist in the Leonardo de Lorenzo International Flute Competition (Italy), and prize-winner in the Friedrich Kuhlau International Flute Competition (Germany) she was awarded scholarships from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange for postgraduate study in Germany), Ian Potter Cultural Fund and the Queen's Trust. Sally Walker is also Senior Lecturer in Classical Performance (Woodwind) at the Australian National University School of Music, completing postgraduate study in Germany, receiving the Artist’s Diploma from the Hanover Hochschule für Music und Medien, her Masters at the Munich Hochschule für Musik und Theater and earning her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Sydney.

Regular Guest Principal with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sally has toured and recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras, is a former Principal Flute of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, was a member of Kölner Kammerorchester and has performed as Guest Principal Flute with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, NDR Radio Philharmonie Hannover, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Manchester Camerata, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Sally has performed as concerto soloist with orchestras including the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra (on both flute and piccolo), Orchestra Accademia I Filarmonici di Verona, and the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn as well as many Australian orchestras. Giving the world premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s ‘Night and Now’ concerto in 2015, she has given over 10 performances of the work, most recently with Omega Ensemble at Sydney Opera House Utzon Room, Newcastle’s inaugural New Annual festival, and Melbourne Recital Centre.​

Emily Granger

“American Harpist, Emily Granger delivered a defiant demonstration, not just of impressive virtuosity, but of eye-opening versatility as well.” Limelight Magazine

US-born Emily Granger has firmly established herself in the Australian concert scene, with a busy schedule as a soloist and chamber musician, in partnership with some of the country’s finest musicians (both classical and popular) and presenters. As an orchestral harpist, Emily has performed around the world as Guest Principal with the Chicago, Sydney, and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Orchestra Victoria, and Opera Australia Orchestra.

Emily’s 2021 season includes solo, ensemble, orchestral and festival appearances including collaborations with flutists Joshua Batty, Jonathan Henderson, and Keyna Wilkins, guitarist Andrew Blanch, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willoughby Symphony, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, and performances at Orange Music Festival, Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Recital Centre and many dozens more. Late 2021 will also see the international release of Emily’s debut solo recording project, In Transit, featuring 11 works by Australian and American composers.

Emily has performed at the Sydney, Ravinia, Craven Creek, Bellingen, Ear Taxi, and Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festivals. She has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Janelle Monáe, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Blasko, International Chamber Artists, Flinders Quartet, and Nexas Saxophone Quartet and has performed recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage.

As an avid hiker, Emily has walked the 3,000 kilometer Te Araroa across New Zealand, 900 kilometers across Spain on the Camino de Santiago, as well as California's 400 kilometer John Muir Trail.

Emily is represented by Tier 1 Arts.

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