6.00 pm at North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall.
All ticket sales for this recital will donated to James to support his studies at the Royal College of Music.
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor, Opus 73
i. Allegro
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No.2 in E-flat major, Opus 120
i. Allegro amabile
ii. Allegro appassionato
iii. Andante con moto
Carnival of Venice
ABOUT James
James graduated from Trinity College in 2024 as the College Captain and College Dux and was a Governor of South Australia Commendation Award for Excellence in the SACE winner in 2024. In 2023, James achieved his L.Mus.A on the Clarinet studying with his father, Darren Skelton & A.Mus.A on the Piano studying with Monika Laczofy OAM, both with Distinction and was awarded the AMEB’s Licentiate Prize. James won the Music Teachers Association of SA Grace Barbara Turner Award for excellence in performance (2022, 2023 & 2024), the SACE Don Maynard Music Prize in 2024 and won the Wind Division in the 2022, 2023 & 2024 5MBS Young Virtuoso Awards.
James has performed concertos with the Norwood Symphony Orchestra, the Unley Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Male Choir Orchestra and is a regular performer for Recitals Australia. James participated in the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp as a member of the Bishop Orchestra in 2024 & 2025. Achieving SACE Merit Awards for Solo & Ensemble Performance and Music Explorations, James will continue his studies at the Royal College of Music in London on a full academic scholarship from September this year. James gratefully acknowledges the support from Recitals Australia, Trinity College, Elizabeth Koch AM and the Lions Club of Onkaparinga.
ABOUT JAMIE COCK
Jamie Cock began piano lessons aged 14, completing an Honours Degree in Piano Performance at the Elder Conservatorium before further postgraduate study at the Martinů Academy in Prague and the Musikhochschule Freiburg.
Jamie has presented concerts in over fifteen countries, and was employed as staff accompanist to the cello class of Raphael Wallfisch at the Musikhochschule Zurich/Winterthur. He is an established and experienced chamber musician, accompanist, teacher, instrumental and vocal coach. He has performed with the Adelaide and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, for Recitals Australia, Ukaria, the Adelaide Festival, Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, live broadcasts on ABC Classic FM and Southwest Radio Germany, and in collaborations with the State Opera of South Australia, Adelaide Chamber Singers, new music collective The Firm, and the State Theatre Company (among others).