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N EW S AND E VENTS

Our annual Musical Offering

builds on our musical tradition

The generosity of the Vera Moore Foundation, and all those
alumni who have supported our music program, is profoundly
realised in our annual Musical Offering. Since the first concert
by Anna Goldsworthy back in 2005, the event has become a
highlight in our annual calendar, closing out the academic year
with music just as music infuses the life of the College throughout
term time. As Kenneth Moore Memorial Music Scholar, Anna’s
reputation continues to grow and it seems entirely fitting that
the College is nowadays the favoured venue to launch the Port
Fairy Spring Music Festival: but it is the influence of Anna on the
current generation of music students in the College, and their
incredible development as performers in the course of their time
at JCH, that is perhaps even more striking.
The 2012 Musical Offering showcased Anna and three of her
students – Julia Hastings, Hayman Kent, and Joshua Hooke –
who delighted the audience with their virtuosity and poise in
a wonderful afternoon of music making. May Dunn Scholar
Julia has received a range of prizes from the Faculty of Music
including the prestigious John Hellyar Piano Scholarship. Our 2012 Afternoon
Hayman (a former Invergowrie and Vera Moore Scholar) Conversation: Prof Doreen
combines performance in classical voice with acting – and a
growing national profile as a stand up comedian. The most Rosenthal on ‘New Age Nanas’
recent entrant to the College, Joshua Hooke – also a Vera Moore
Scholar – capped off a superb first year of studies in Music as his
achievements (including as Bass Coast Young Australian of the Emeritus Prof Doreen Rosenthal’s latest book (New Age Nanas:
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Year) continue to grow. The Offering ranged across the classical Being a Grandmother in the 21 Century) was the topic of
landscape, acknowledging Australian composers in Julia’s conversation at the 2012 annual afternoon in conversation, an
performance of Anne Boyd’s ‘Karbari Meditation (Dawn)’ and event which brings alumni back to JCH to hear from an expert
Anna’s rendition of ‘Gordon Kerry’s River Music for Solo Piano’. on an area of broad social interest. Past students of various
Beethoven’s ‘Sonata Op. 57 (Julia)’ and Chopin’s ‘Ballade No. 1’ ages – some of whom are grandparents themselves – were
(Josh) rounded out a wonderful program, and the audience left fascinated by Prof Rosenthal’s research into the social realities
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the College looking forward to the next Offering – nowadays a of grandmotherhood in the 21 century, as presented in a new
significant part of our College traditions. book she has co-authored with psychologist Susan Moore. As
Professor Rosenthal’s groundbreaking research makes clear,
in a culture somewhat obsessed with youth the importance of
Australia’s two million grandmothers - as role models, carers,
even agents of economic possibility for their children - flies in the
face of stereotypes around old age and dependency, even as the
concept of ‘family’ in Australia becomes increasingly complex.
Her talk related to the audience a striking range of perspectives
and stories told by those women interviewed for the book, with
joys and strains around expectation and reality for the ‘new age
nana’ without a training manual or a union to join. The afternoon
Past Principal Mrs Phyllis Fry, College Visitor Prof Peter Doherty concluded with shared experiences over afternoon tea served in
AC and Mrs Penny Doherty with Kenneth Moore Memorial Music the Senior Common Room.
Scholar Dr Anna Goldsworthy

LUCE Number 11 2012News & Events

The Chancellor, Ms Elizabeth Alexander AM (left) with
supporter of the College, and was guest of honour at our
annual Musical Offering
8 College Fellow Mrs Jaan Enden, has been a wonderful