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12th January, Sydney, Australia. Mikri Thalassa, a work for mandolins was performed by The Sydney International Mandolin Festival Orchestra conducted by Adrian Hooper in the GALA Concert which took place as part of the Sydney International Mandolin Festival. 14th February, Toowoomba, Australia, Lament for Kosovo, Adagio for Strings was performed by The Camarata of St Johns (leader-- Brendan Joyce) at St Lukes Church. 15th February, Brisbane, Australia, Lament for Kosovo, Adagio for Strings was performed by The Camarata of St Johns (leader-- Brendan Joyce) at St Johns Cathedral. 7th March, USA, From a Lake of Honey, for modified double bass and piano, performed by Basso Moderno Duo in concert at the 8th Annual Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Charter Oak Cultural Centre, Hartford, Connecticut. 8th March, Brisbane, Australia. Poems from the Chinese, a cycle of songs for soprano and instrumental ensemble, performed by Collusion in St Marys Anglican Church, Brisbane. 9th March, Toowoomba, Australia, Poems from the Chinese performed by Collusion in St Lukes Anglican Church. 21st March, Brisbane, Australia, Lament for Kosovo, Adagio for Strings was performed by The Camarata of St Johns (leader-- Brendan Joyce) in the Via Crucis, Good Friday Devotion, St Johns Cathedral. 1st April, London, UK, In This Garden, a cycle for voice and piano. Texts: David Cox. Was performed by Marina Karagianni, on 1st April, in Australia House, The Strand.. 5th and 6th, April, USA, Lament for Kosovo was performed by The Providence Mandolin Orchestra (Mark Davis, Director) at Hingham Public Library, Maine. 17th April., New York City, Basso Moderno Duo performed Betty's work for modified double bass and piano, 'From a Lake of Honey' in the Dam Hammarskjold Auditorium, the United Nations, New York City at the 'Women in Crises' Conference. 20th April, Beijing, Lament for Kosovo, Adagio for Strings was performed by the China Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in the The Forbiddeen City Concert Hall, as part of the 2008 Beijing International Congress on Women in Music. 29th June, 2nd July, France, Providence Mandolin Orchestra performed Lament for Kosovo in Cloitre st. Salvy, Albi, France and in Eglise Saint-Jerome, Toulouse, France as part of the France International Music Exchange Project. Hosted by L'Ensemble A Plectre de Toulouse. 4th July, 5th July, Netherlands, Providence Mandolin Orchestra performed Lament for Kosovo in The Buitenkerk, Kampen, Nederland and The Zuiderkerk, Zwolle, Nederland as they participated in the International Music Exchange Program. Hosted by Zet Consort, Director Alex Timmerman. 13th July. Austria, 1.Frauen-Kammerorchester--First Austrian Women's Chamber Orchestra performed Lament for Kosovo, Adagio for Strings In the Schloss Gatterburg , Retz in a program celebrating the life of Bertha von Suttner, first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in 1905. |
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17th April, Sydney, Australia, Pacific Opera Inaugural Vocal Writing Prize, a project developed by the Fellowship of Australian Composers, Inc., in association with Paicific Opera with generous donation by Ars Musica, was.presented to Betty when she attended the performance of her cycle, 'Towards the Psalms'., performed by soprano Maria Okunev and pianist Andrew Greene, in the Dickerson Gallery, . ' 13th July, Melbourne, Australia, The cycle was performed again on the by Maria Okunev and Jem Harding in their winning performance of an Australian Song, part of the 10th Mietta's Song Recital Award Pictured left: Soprano, Maria Okunev and pianist, Andrew Greene |