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A l umni News

Yeung-ae Park (2011) was a While living in London,
welcome visitor to the College Alexandra worked on a new
as she prepared to graduate at opera with British actor
the end of 2013. She writes: Stephen Fry, premiered a
‘I had the utmost pleasure composition by Joel M.
to come back and meet our Baldwin at the National
Principal, Dr Powell, with Gallery, Trafalgar Square,
my parents on my graduation and performed in Black
day for my Bachelor of Sand by Na’ama Zisser and
Biomedicine degree. I had Samantha Newton at the
immersed myself in a very Tête-a-Tête and Grimeborn
busy College life for two years, opera festivals. She took part
participating in various team in a number of performances
sports and committing to at the Royal College of Music, Felicia near the start of the Inca Trail in the Sacred Valley
the role of Ball Coordinator including Offenbach’s La of Peru in 2009
in 2012. Coordinating the Vie Parisienne, and sang The 2004 edition of Luce for IBM – Research, Australia.
annual ball with the theme of the role of Marzelline in featured a short story on Felicia They have a very well-located
‘Masquerade: Night in Paris’ Beethoven’s Fidelio for Eng (2004) and College Fellow office on Lygon Street, Carlton
was one of the best challenges Opera Scenes. Prof Adrienne Clarke, who ensuring easy access to two of
I have had in my life. Having mentored Felicia through the the most important things in life:
finished the three-year degree Recently, Alexandra Order of Australia Association. good coffee and ice-cream. And
of Biomedicine majoring in performed in the 2014 A chance meeting with Felicia just in case that isn’t enough,
Human Structure and Function, Peninsula Summer Music led the Principal to ask Felicia during my evenings I continue
I am commencing my post Festival Academy production ‘what is life like for you a to indulge my love of teaching
graduate degree in Medicine of Purcell’s ‘Dido and decade on from entering by being a residential tutor at St.
at the good old University of Aeneas’. Other performance College’? This is her response: Hilda’s College. So fear not,
Melbourne in 2014. Wish me highlights in Australia include I haven’t strayed far!’
luck! J’ appearances as a soloist You know you’re old (okay,
and chorus-member with let’s call it ‘mature and wise’) Hayman Kent (2010) graduated
Lyric Opera of Melbourne, when you find yourself saying, in 2012 with a Bachelor of
the Melbourne Villers- ‘I can’t believe it’s been ten Music, majoring in voice
Bretonneux Brass Ensemble, years since...’. Well, I can’t performance. During her
the Melbourne Opera Studio, believe it’s been ten years since residence at JCH, she had
Victorian Opera, Alexander I found myself stumbling into been the Arts Representative
Productions (Sydney the old-bricked walls of Janet in the Student Club. 2013 was
Conservatorium of Music), Clarke Hall, back in 2004. I was a fruitful year for Hayman,
Scots’ Church, Melbourne, thrilled to start a new chapter when she finished two seasons
Trinity College Choir, and of my life and was filled with as a co-host on RMITV’s
the Consort of Melbourne. anticipation and excitement at flagship live-to-air show Live
Alexandra is currently the opportunity to meet new On Bowen. She was also
Yeung-ae Park undertaking a Ph.D in people and make new friends. selected by the Melbourne
Musicology at the University International Comedy Festival
Alexandra Mathew (2006, of Melbourne. So what’s happened in (MICF) producers to be a part of
resident tutor 2011) recently the last decade? I have their up-and-comers showcase
completed a postgraduate Below: Alex Mathew graduated with a Bachelor of ‘The Comedy Zone’. She is
course in Vocal Performance (standing, centre) in Na’ama Commerce (Hons) / Bachelor currently part of the cast of
at the Royal College of Music, Zisser and Samantha of Science degree, spent two the award-winning show ‘Wolf
London, where she studied Newton’s opera Black years teaching full-time in Creek, The Musical’, which will
with Sally Burgess and Stephen Sand at Riverside Studios in the Economics department be showcased at the Adelaide
Wilder. Hammersmith, for the Tête-a- and am now studying for a Fringe and the MICF in 2014.
Tête festival. Ph.D. in Mathematics at the
University of Melbourne. My
research is in natural disaster
management. Specifically I am
modelling the behaviour of
people in emergency evacuation
situations and analysing the
role that communication
plays in improving evacuation
outcomes.

I’ve been told by my friends that
I like to keep myself busy and
I suppose I have to concede
that this is true. We only live
once, after all. Alongside the
Ph.D., I also work part-time

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