News from Australia	June 11 00

New South Wales The Australian Army Band, Sydney, hosted the Australian Army Band Corps Reunion 2000 on June 9-11, 2000. Activities included a formal dinner, band rehearsal/performance for alumni and a tour of the Homebush Bay Olympics site. Australian Capital Territories Ian Brown and the Black Mountain Brass Quintet performed on March 19, 2000 at the Canberra National Multicultural Festival and on March 26, 2000 at a church service attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. West Australia New Associate Principal Position for WASO Congratulations to Mark Skillington for winning the newly created Associate principal trumpet position with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Skillington was previously a member of the State Orchestra of Victoria and joins Australian Trumpet Guild Committee Member Sean Priest, principal Trumpet of the WASO. Vale John Noble of Durack Queensland died December 13, 1999 after losing a battle with cancer. Noble was very enthusiastic about his Australian Trumpet Guild membership and the Guild extends its sympathy to his wife, Mrs. Gaye Noble. Opera Australia Brass Opera Australia Brass will perform in China as part of a five-concert tour organized by Star Entertainment in conjunction with the Shanghai Arts Corporation. The brass quintet, whose members are James Blunt and Bruce Hellmers, trumpets; Anton Schroeder, horn; Greg van der Struik, trombone; and Carolyn Johns, tuba, will visit Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xiamen and Guangzhou, returning home via Hong Kong. This invitation came as a result of a concerto tour to China taken by van der Struik in 1998, where he performed ex-trumpeter Mike Forsyth's Trombone Concerto, among other works. The five players are permanent members of the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and have the company's permission to use the title Opera Australia Brass. Lynda Bacon takes on Hong Kong Lynda Bacon, billed as 'Australia's foremost female jazz trumpeter,' has made a successful career move into the international touring circuit as a trumpet soloist. This move also launches her debut solo CD New Directions. Lynda and her band recently toured Hong Kong and performed a five-night stint at The Jazz Club, Hong Kong's most prominent jazz venue. Lynda and her band played the original music scores from her CD and received much praise, including comments on Lynda's 'beautiful lyrical flugel sound along with electric trumpet sonorities.' The band is promoted as Sydney's most innovative and versatile group and combines 'traditional jazz, trends from the 60's and 70's, and contemporary funk grooves.' This follows Lynda's choice of styles and newly conceived original music concepts. Segal tours US Expatriate Wollongong trumpeter Jeff Segal recently took part in a highly acclaimed U.S. tour as soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra performing the Shostakovich Concerto for Piano & Trumpet. Segal is currently principal trumpet of the Tonhalle-Orchestrer Zürich. His teachers include Paul Goodchild and Daniel Mendelow in Sydney as well as Dr. Edward Tarr at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. He also performed as Hakan Hardenberger's assistant at the Malmö Musikhogskolan in Sweden. From 1991 until 1996, Segal was solo trumpet in the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. During this period, he performed often as a soloist with the orchestra and made many radio and television appearances. In 1994, he was a soloist at the Pablo Casals festival in Puerto Rico. Source: Brian Evans, ITG Australian Correspondent

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