Banksia Ensemble | Orchestra
Banksia Ensemble
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22.01.2022 How beautiful is our logo?! Thanks so much Jess Tran
19.01.2022 Our website is live! https://www.banksiaensemble.com.au/
14.01.2022 We love Semra Lee-Smith! Semra Lee-Smith was born in Malaysia and commenced violin lessons aged 3 with her mother, Hooi Tong Lee. She gained her Bachelor of Music degree at the WA Conservatorium of Music, studying with Pal Eder. Semra also holds a Postgraduate Diploma from the Sweelinck Conservatorium, studying with Istvan Parkanyi. She undertook string quartet studies with the Halcyon String Quartet at the Australian National Academy of Music and at the Banff Centre for the ...Arts, Canada. Tutors included Hatto Beyerle, the Arditti Quartet and David Takeno. In 2000, Semra won a position with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. She started in a tutti position with WASO in 2003 and was appointed Associate Principal 2nd Violin in 2004. In 2009, she won the Assistant Concertmaster job and has been the Acting Associate Concertmaster since 2014. She is sought after as a chamber musician and is a founding member of the Darlington Piano Trio and Darlington String Quartet, core ensembles for Darlington Concerts, created in 2003. Collectively, they form the Darlington Ensemble and are Ensemble in Residence at UWA’s Conservatorium of Music. The trio commissioned James Ledger’s Inscriptions and recorded Roger Smalley’s piano trio for UWA’s centenary celebrations Luminosity CD. In 2018, the Darlington String Quartet commissioned and premiered James Ledger’s 3rd String Quartet, Menace and Appeal. In addition, she is a lecturer in violin at UWA and is also an AMEB examiner.
10.01.2022 Thankyou to the UWA Conservatorium of Music for all your support! Count down is on until our first performance and we are so excited to play in Callaway Auditorium.
05.01.2022 Banksia Ensemble was created by conductor Jen Winley in 2020 and will launch its first season in 2021. In addition to core orchestral repertoire, Banksia is committed to including works by living and/or underrepresented composers in all projects. Diversity is a core value of Banksia and the ensemble is committed to being a positive influence within the sphere of orchestral music.
