Christ Church St Lucia presents the inaugural Christ Church Institute address:

The Anglican Church and the Environment: Caught between Extinction Rebellion and Climate Denial – Where to next?

With Guest Speaker - The Right Reverend Dr George Browning

When: Friday 6 October 2023 at 7.30pm

Where: Parish Hall, Christ Church St Lucia

Cost: $20 / Concession $10 / University students – gold coin donation

Pay at the door or you can book online at www.trybooking.com/CLFWD

Dr Browning was ordained Deacon in 1966 and Priest in 1967. He was elected Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn on 31 January 1993 and installed on 30 May 1993 and served until his retirement in 2008. In 2005, Browning became convenor of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network. His doctorate, an examination of an ethical response to climate change from the perspective of the biblical concept of Sabbath is published as Sabbath and the Common Good. He supports indigenous land rights, and is the president of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Contact the Parish Office for more information - stlucia@anglicanchurchsq.org.au or phone 3870 8887 (during office hours - Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri - 8.30am -1pm).

Cello Recital - Sunday 10th September 2023 | 11.30am | Admission $5, Children 12 and under - FREE

Featuring Mulan Ma on Cello and Jenni Flemming on Piano

Programme

JS Bach - Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV1011, Prelude and Allemande

Luigi Boccherini - Cello Concerto in B-Flat, G.482 Movements I & III

Claude Debussy - Cello Sonata L.135

Alberto Ginastera - Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op.21

Gabriel Faure - Berceuse from Dolly Suite for Piano Duet

Mulan Ma is currently a Year 10 student at St Peter’s Lutheran College, Brisbane. She started playing piano at the age of four under the tutelage Ms Joyce Bennett. From age 12 she has studied with Ms Jenni Flemming, receiving her LMusA in 2021.

She also studies cello with Mr Gwyn Roberts; she achieved her AMusA with Distinction in cello in 2022 and is currently working towards her LMusA. Mulan has won numerous prizes and awards in competitions, including first prize in the Queensland Piano Competition, the Joyce Phillips Award (presented by Quota International of Brisbane City Inc), and first prize in the Viennese Spring International Music Competition. She was also the recipient of the Nora Baird Bursary at Queensland Conservatorium for three consecutive years from 2021, for her playing of the music of J.S.Bach.

Additionally, Mulan was the Recital winner of the Performer of the Year competition at St Peter’s in 2021 and was awarded first place in the Junior High strings and piano divisions of Solo Festival at St Peters. She recently performed the first movement of Chopin’s Piano Concerto in E minor with the St Peter’s Symphony at the annual Young Performer Awards.

Jenni Flemming, performer, teacher, adjudicator and Federal AMEB Examiner, has taught piano and pedagogy at the Queensland Conservatorium for over 20 years, performing regularly in the Keyboard concert series. As Artist in Residence at the University of Queensland, Jenni was pianist with Perihelion, playing and broadcasting a subscription series and recording several CDs of contemporary music. Her teachers include well-known Australian pedagogues Max Olding and Pamela Page, and Hungarian-born Bela Siki. Jenni has performed as soloist with the Queensland, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland University Symphony Orchestra, Hobart Chamber Orchestra and the Barrier Reef Orchestra. She has given concerts in Scandinavia, South East Asia, USA and the United Kingdom.

Her passion for collaborative music-making has been a major focus of her career, performing with husband-cellist, Gwyn Roberts, piano duo partner Brachi Tilles, the Queensland Piano Trio, The Mayne Piano Quartet, and Ensemble I.

Founding Artistic Director of the Australian Piano Duo Festival, Jenni’s passion is to promote the cross-generational and collaborative performance experience of the Piano Duo and Duet genre. Other passions include Improvisation and Art, recently publishing her child-hood compositions along with accompanying paintings. Together with husband Gwyn, they have recently established a Chamber Music and Jazz Festival in Cygnet, Tasmania. Jenni has recently begun singing and performing at the Brisbane Jazz Club.

Michelle McDonald (editor of ‘The Anglican Focus’) presents

“Why the Anglican Church of Southern Queensland is supporting the YES Campaign in the upcoming referendum” - A Voice to Parliament -

Location: The Parish Hall (followed by refreshments)

For more information - contact the parish office