04 September 2024 – Adam Draper, trombone with Stephen van der Hoek, piano

Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Spring Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide

Adam Draper, trombone with Stephen van der Hoek, piano 

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) 
Sonata in F Major 
i. Preludio 
ii. Allemanda 
Iii. Sarabanda 
 
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) 
Romance 
i. Andante sostenuto  
 
Launy Grøndahl (1886-1960) 
Concerto pour Trombone et Piano 
i. Moderato assai ma molto maestoso 
ii. Quasi una leggenda 
iii. Finale  
 
Stjepan Šulek (1914-1986) 
Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) 
i. Andante Moderato 
 
Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) 
Sonatina 
i. Allegro 
ii. Andante molto sostenuto 
iii. Allegro vivace 
 
Leslie Bassett (1923-2016) 
Suite for Unaccompanied Trombone 
 
6’ | 8’ | 15’ | 8’ | 7’ | 3’ |  

ABOUT ADAM 
Adam Draper is a 3 rd year Classical Performance student at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. He developed a passion for the Trombone 7 years ago when he first picked up the instrument and has loved performing on it ever since. 
Currently, Adam studies under Howard Parkinson, past principal bass trombonist of the ASO. Adam has extensive performance experience, having played as Principal trombone in the Adelaide Wind Orchestra, and in the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra. In July, Adam travelled to South Korea with the Adelaide Wind Orchestra to participate in the World Association for Wind Bands and Ensembles conference and the corresponding chamber competition. 
 
ABOUT STEPHEN 
Stephen van der Hoek took up piano at an early age and studied privately with Irina Lioubimova. During his teenage years, he won various first prizes for piano and composition. After high school, he studied theology at the Luther Seminary in North Adelaide (which became the Australian Lutheran College). In Stephen’s final year of seminary, he won first prize in the Adelaide Eisteddfod Piano Concerto Competition with his performance of Medtner’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and the Young Performer of the Year Award in Sydney. 
As the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Overseas Music Scholar of 2008, Stephen studied and performed in the USA in 2010. Stephen continues to perform in local performances, and regularly composes sacred music. 
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