Recitals Australia Presents
Special event featuring Bridget McCullough
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Program
Paul Seitz (1951 – )
Relevant Dialogues 1
Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale
Relevant Dialogues 2
Libby Larson (1950 – )
Bid Call
I. Rapidfire
II. Traige
III. Rapidfire with Bodran
Paul Seitz (1951 – )
Relevant Dialogues 3
Dan Roman (1974 – )
La Machina Line
I. La Machina Line
II. Cielo-line
III. La Park Line
ABOUT BRIDGET
Bridget McCullough is a classical violist who is currently undertaking her final year of Bachelor of Music Honours (Advanced) at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. She was under the tutelage of Keith Crellin from 2016-2022 and is currently studying with Stephen King. Bridget is a participant of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 2024 Traineeship program and the Recitals Australia 2024 Fellowship. She is passionate about chamber music and has received the Elder Conservatorium Recording Fund with Serendipity Trio and regularly performs with the Torrens String Quartet, including in their recent community outreach concert series supported by the Australian String Quartet’s NAQ Accelerator Program.
Bridget enjoys performing solo recitals and has performed for a variety of lunchtime concert series’ including Recitals Australia, Baroque Hall and Flinders Street. Bridget is principal viola in the Elder Conservatorium Baroque Ensemble and in 2023 attended the Young Mannheim Symphonists National Academy. In 2023 and 2024, she attended the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp and performed in the 2024 Winter Season, and in 2023 she was principal viola in the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and the Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra. In 2022 and 2023, Bridget was the recipient of the Varley Scholarship and Exhibition. When Bridget is not performing, she enjoys teaching music at Nazareth Catholic College.
ABOUT CLAIRE
Multi-instrumentalist and David Hunter Scholarship winner Claire Challender has performed alongside world-class saxophonists such as Claude Delangle and Nicolas Arsenijevic. Heralded as a “creative and joyful” soloist, Claire has studied at the European University of Saxophone under the tutelage of Joonatan Rautiola and Mariano Garcia. She also completed her Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium, studying under Dr Martin Kay and Dr Emma Di Marco. A dedicated member of the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Symphony, Queensland Conservatorium Saxophone Orchestra, and a founding member of the Cosmos Saxophone Quartet, Claire remains passionate and committed to saxophone performance as she now completes her Honours project, which highlights and advocates for greater Australian and female representation within the classical saxophone sphere. Complementing her musical success, Claire shares her passion for music as a saxophone and clarinet teacher at her growing home studio and as a tutor at Clayfield College. Beyond her academic and musical pursuits, Claire is an avid swing dancer and enjoys showing off her amazing dance moves on the dance floor!