Hannah Kolos completed her HSC at Meriden School in 2019 and Bachelor of music performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2023 under the guidance of Julian Smiles. She is currently completing an Honours degree in Pathology at the University of Sydney.
Hannah’s passion is certainly reflected in her achievements. While at school she completed a Certificate of Performance (CMusA), an Associate Diploma in Performance (AMusA), and a Licentiate Diploma in Performance (LMusA). She has performed twice at The National Cello Institute in Los Angeles, and with the Australian Youth Orchestra in the Young Symphonists program. Hannah received the Commonwealth Parliamentarian’s Merit Award in Arts and Culture, and the Strathfield Council Youth Achievement Award. She has been given opportunities to perform with the Orpheus String Orchestra as a soloist as well as the Australian All Schools Music Festival where she held the position of associate principal cellist. Since leaving school Hannah has attended the Australian Youth Orchestra, National Music Camp, received a Sydney Conservatorium of Music Scholarship, participated in their Orchestra European Tour in 2022 and most recently performed in the Australian Showcase at the 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition.
In recent years, Hannah has redirected her focus towards engaging in community performances, specifically in the Blue Mountains, alongside volunteer performances at The Royal North Shore Hospital Festival of Music.
Alongside her passion for music, Hannah enjoys volunteering in the Rural Fire Service, surfing and is deeply fascinated by science. She is pursuing this through her research this year into immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer.
Melissa Coleman is an active freelance flautist who enjoys performing both flute and piccolo in a wide range of settings – particularly solo, orchestral, wind symphony, chamber music and music theatre genres.
Melissa studied with James Kortum at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, attaining her Bachelor of Music, majoring in Performance; then later with Alexa Still at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she attained her Master of Music degree in 2013.
Melissa is a core member of Sydney’s prominent chamber music ensemble Sirius Chamber Ensemble. A specialist in contemporary flute techniques, Melissa is especially passionate about promoting and performing contemporary Australian chamber works and collaborating with composers in the creation of new music; and has premiered many new works.
Melissa is also a passionate educator, maintaining a thriving flute and piccolo studio.
Hannah and Melissa will be accompanied by TWC member, Jeanell Carrigan, Associate Professor in Collaborative Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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