Daily Archives: 09/04/2015

Concerts at the Newcastle Conservatorium

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Saturday 11th April – 10am to 1pm

Maitland Con Community Music Open Day

301 High Street, Maitland

Come along and experience the joy of making music, we’ll happily show you how!

Free admission to all activities plus a chance to win four lessons in an instrument of your choice.

Early Childhood Music demonstrations for parents and littlies.
Piano demonstrations
String demonstrations
Woodwind demonstrations
Vocal demonstrations
Brass demonstrations
….and lots more.

Thursday 23rd April – 7:00pm

The Song Company presents Lamentations for a Solider
The haunting sound of the Turkish flute or ‘ney’ and the transcendental dance of the dervish form the anchor of our 2015 Easter program. East and West collide through the juxtaposition of Robert White’s beautiful setting of the biblical Lamentations and traditional music from the Sufi tradition going back to the central figure of Rumi.

With Oguz Mülayim, ney (Turkey) and Ekrem Mülayim, composer/performance artist (Australia)

Program

Robert White
(1538-1574)
Lamentations for six voices

Ekrem Mülayim
New setting of Rumi verse

Traditional
Turkish sufi music

Tickets sold online at www.songcompany.com.au

Adults $60 / Concession $50 / Under 30 $40 / Student $20

A pre-concert talk will commence 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Thursday 30th April – 7:30pm

Musica Viva presents Goldner String Quartet

Four friends, three pieces, two married couples, one quartet: this tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of Australia’s pre-eminent chamber ensemble. Critics and audiences around the globe have warmed to the musical and emotional insights brought to light by this extraordinary quartet.

PROGRAM

LIGETI
String Quartet no 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes

STANHOPE
String Quartet no 3 Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Huntington Estate and friends

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet no 15 in A Minor, op 132

Tickets sold online at www.musicaviva.com.au

Front and rear stalls $76 / Gallery $53 – $76

Man charged with sixty six alleged fraud offences – Barraba, near Tamworth

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A man is due to appear in court next month after allegedly committing several fraud offences totalling over $25,000.

In January 2014, Gunnedah detectives began investigations into several alleged fraud offences involving the misappropriation of donations made to the State Emergency Service (SES) unit at Barraba, about 90km northwest of Tamworth.

Police will allege a number of donations made to the unit were obtained by the local controller and used for private purposes.

Yesterday (Wednesday 8 February 2015), a 63-year-old man was served with a future service court attendance notice in relation to this matter.

He was charged with the following offences:

– Obtain money etc by deception (x4);

– Make false statement to obtain money (x4);

– Publish etc false misleading material to obtain advantage (x29);

– Dishonestly obtain financial advantage etc by deception (x29).

He is due to appear before Tamworth Local Court on Monday 25 May 2015.

The controller is currently suspended from duties with the SES.

Man charged with robbing taxi driver and service station – Newcastle

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Police have charged a man with robbing a taxi driver and a service station in the Newcastle area.

About midnight on Monday (6 April 2015), a man got into a taxi in Islington.

It’s alleged he threatened the taxi driver with a knife, before stealing her mobile phone and an amount of cash.

Police from Newcastle City Local Area Command have been investigating the incident, including a review of CCTV footage from inside the taxi.

About 6am yesterday (Wednesday 8 April 2015), police responded to reports of an armed robbery at a service station on Maitland Road, Mayfield West.

A man allegedly threatened an employee with a knife, before fleeing the premises on a bicycle with cash, groceries and cigarettes.

Following inquiries, police attended a home on Hanbury Street, Mayfield, about 7.30am yesterday.

They attempted to arrest a 22-year-old man, who allegedly jumped from a second-storey window to evade police.

The man was apprehended after a short foot pursuit and taken to Newcastle Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of robbery armed with an offensive weapon.

The man was refused bail and is due to appear before Newcastle Local Court today (Thursday 9 April 2015).

Teen charged after report of person taking photo in public toilet – Queanbeyan

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Police have charged a teenager after investigating a report of a person taking photos of a child in a public toilet at Queanbeyan last month.
About 4.15pm on Tuesday 31 March 2015, a six-year-old girl entered the toilets at a shopping centre on Monaro Street.
The child has told police she saw a hand with a mobile phone emerge from under the wall of the adjacent cubicle and take a photo.
The person in the neighbouring cubicle did not touch or speak to the child.
The girl immediately left the toilet and told her mother, who contacted security at the shopping centre.
The girl’s parents contacted police and officers from Monaro Local Area Command commenced an investigation.

Following inquiries, today (Wednesday 8 April 2015), police spoke with a 17-year-old boy at Wagga Wagga Police Station, where he was charged with behaving in an offensive manner.

The teen will appear before a children’s court on Tuesday 26 May 2015.