"Stringspace were perfect and Alicia and I couldn't
have been happier with what and how you played. You set the exact tone
we were after for
our
big day.
We have had many positive comments about how good you guys were from a
lot of our guests and will happily recommend you to anyone.
We are still honeymooning in Indonesia but wanted to make sure you knew
that you played an important part in our very special day. It wouldn't
have been the same without you guys." Andrew
Wickens
Stringspace
is Sydney's #1 String Quartet Booking Agency.
Our musicians
are graduates of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, who have performed
in Sydney's highest profile orchestras:
Sydney Symphony
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Australian Opera & Ballet
Orchestra
Australian Brandenburg
Orchestra
We are the preferred
string quartet of Aria Restaurant, Circular Quay.
Stringspace violinists can
be seen in the Opera House's Ship
Song Project.
We are also recommended by
Athol Hall, The Style Salon, Gunners Barracks, Vaucluse House, NSW
State Library, Government House, The STC Wharf Restaurant, Jonah's
Palm Beach, Sergeants Mess Mosman, Le Kiosk Manly,
Tower Estate Pokolbin, Ferrari Maserati, Sweet Art & the National
Portrait Gallery.
Stringspace has an extensive
repertoire list which includes stylish classical and more modern pop
music. Our musicians all have an artistic approach and are extemely
experienced and professional. We are perfect for your wedding, corporate
event or party.
Please note: a range of pricing
options are available to help fit within most budgets. Please view
our Costs & Bookings page.
Stringspace
have performed at many venues in Sydney. To see if Stringspace have
previously performed at the location you are interested in booking, click
here.
To listen
to Stringspace Live Classical & Pop mp3 recordings please click here.
2012:
Stringspace String Orchestra perform with Lily Dior
Solo harpist in tv advertisement filmed at Premier
Studios, Melbourne
2011:
Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting Dinner hosted by Prime
Minister Julia Gillard | Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting Dinner hosted
by the Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd |Celebration
of leading gene therapy scientist Professor Pamela
Russell at the
Prostate Cancer
Foundation dinner, The Hilton | Richard
Mercer "Love
Song Dedications" Album
launch for Mix 106.5 | Million Dollar Makeovers Launch
|Australian Hearing Association Cocktail
Party, Perth & Christmas Party, Sydney| Vodafone Cocktail
Party @ Fairfax & Roberts | Innocean
Product Launch @ the National Portrait Gallery |Cast
Adrift Corporate Video
Performance |Woman's
Day "Royal
High Tea" in celebration of the Royal Wedding |Gourmet
Travellers Awards Night |Grand Chapitre
Dinner |Hamilton
Island event
for the Australian Hotels Association | NSW
Cancer Research Awards | Bundanoon
Arts Festival Concert | Jones Lang LaSalle Cocktail
Function | Garvan
Institute of Medical Research Gala Fundraising Evening
at Fox Studios (String
Quartet & Jazz band) | Jazz
band's for Ticketek's VIP Andre Rieu evenings throughout
Australia | Opening of the Inner Worlds Exhibiton at
the National Portrait Gallery for
the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet | 100th
Year of International Women's Day launch at the MCA
| Melbourne International Flower & Garden
Show | Chanel
Summer Fashion Show @ the Museum of Contemporary Art | Private
Birthday Party for Microsoft General Manager
2011: CHOGM
- Stringspace perform at 2 dinner events
"Thank you so much for your
ongoing assistance, you are the best contact we have stumbled on!" - The
Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
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Stringspace
Musicians
include:
Maddy:
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Sydney Symphony
Performed with Daniel Johns
in the Sydney Opera House "Ship Song Project"
Performed with Mike Patton
at the State Theatre in the 2012 Sydney Festival
Violin Soloist for Stringspace
on Home & Away
Violin Soloist with Orchestra
Victoria in the "The New Romantics" Australian Ballet program
Bruch Violin Concerto soloist
with Orchestra Victoria in the Australian Ballet's production of "Pasquita"
Gold Medal winner - Brisbane
Violin Competition
TV: Dancing With the Stars & Logie
Awards.Violin soloist for Paris
Hilton product launch
Performed with Stringspace
for the following companies: Escada, Estee Lauder, Sir Richard
Branson (Virgin Home Loans Launch), Macquarie Bank, Alannah Hill
(VIP Client Night), Ferrari launch,
Australian
Stock Exchange, SwissRe, U2 + Julia
Gillard - Sydney launch of World Aids Day,
the Australian Performing Rights Association
(APRA) + many weddings etc..
Studied: National Academy
of Music on Full Scholarship; Bachelor Degree - 1st Class Honours
Madeleine studied with
Alice Waten at the Australian Institute & National
Academy
Tasmanian Symphony
Madeleine has performed
with Stringspace since 2004
Full scholarship to perform
at the Lucerne Festival Academy with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble Intercontemporin
Australian Ballet
- New Romantics review in the Melbourne Age:
"The music
overall is superb, with wonderful playing from cellist Emma-Jane
Murphy in Constant
Variants and from violin soloists Maddie and Evgeny
Sorkin and piano Stuart Macklin in After the Rain, well supported
by Orchestra Victoria under the baton of Nicolette Fraillon."
Alex:
Sydney Symphony
Australian Opera & Ballet
Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony - Shostakovich
Violin Concerto Solo
Concertmaster with the
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra for their seasons of Carmen
and Arabella
Finalist
in the Symphony Australian Young Performers Awards
Winner of the National
Youth Concerto Competition
Big Brother Scholarship
to study in London
Stringspace String Quartet
for wedding on Home & Away
High School: Sydney Conservatorium
Alex has performed with
Stringspace for many events including for the following companies:
Estee Lauder, Maserati, ABN Amro, SwissRe + many weddings etc.
Alex has performed with
Stringspace since 2004
Mirabai Peart:
Mirabai has won a reputation
amongst her peers for being one of Sydney’s most outstanding
musicial, talented and interesting violinists
Mirabai has most recently
been on a world tour with Joanna Newsom
As a freelance musician
mirabai has worked with numerous classical ensembles, including the
Alizarin Ensemble, St James Ensemble, Collegium Musicum, Halcyon,
the Michelangeli Ensemble and Stringspace
She has performed classical
and improvised music with artists including William Barton, Jim Denley,
Judy Bailey, Anna MacDonald, Peter Farrah, Sandy Evans, and as a
guest with the band 'Monsieur Camembert'.
currently, Mirabai is
involved in the free-improvising ‘Splinter Orchestra’,
Joanna Argall’s jazz quartet ‘Rosemary Jam’, gypsy
jazz group 'Doc Jones and the Lechery Orchestra', the world music
collective ‘Tapestries of Sound’ and female folk band
'De Khupe Heybners'.
Mirabai also performs currently
with the free improvisation quartet "The Noise"
Her former teachers include
Alice Waten and Christopher Kimber (classical), Sandy Evans (jazz),
and Dr. L.Subramanium (with whom she studied karnatic violin in India)
Mirabai has performed with
Stringspace since 2005
Lucie Miller| Stringspace
Founder & Director:
Australian Opera and Ballet
Orchestra (2003-2010)
New Philharmonic Orchestra
of Cologne (Germany). Including tours throughout France, Germany
and Australia
Completed a Bachelor of
Music in Violin Performance with Distinction
Graduate Diploma in Violin
Performance whilst on Scholarship (Sydney Conservatorium)
ANU Chamber Music Competition
winner (Barber String Quartet)
Sydney International Spring
Festival - Ensemble Offspring
POP concerts: Delta Goodrem,
Anthony & The Johnsons, Liza Minelli, Harry Connick Jr, Andrea
Bocelli national tour & Il Divo
Pop recordings: Delta Goodrem
TV: Australian Idol, ABC "The
Sideshow", Women's Weekly Christmas Special & Home & Away
Video clips: Human Nature
Film Soundtracks: Australia,
Happy Feet 1 & 2, December Boys & P.S I Love You
Performed Shostakovich
String Quartet #8 in nightclubs as part of the Sydney & Canberra
Fringe Festivals
Sydney Fashion Week
Grandmaster Beats Festival
@ the Hordern Pavilion
Marie Claire Awards Night
performing "Bittersweet Symphony" for their fashion parade.
Hosted by Megan Gale, Akira Isogawa & Collette Dinnigan
Stringspace Nightclub Performances
@ The Mandarin Club & The Midnight Shift
Artistic Residence with
CODA @ the Australian painter Arthur Boyd's property
Background:
Lucie
Miller is from a family of professional classical
musicians. Her father,
Richard
Miller
is the timpanist in the Sydney Symphony and her grandparents,
George & Lorna
Miller, used to run the Music Hall in Neutral Bay.
Lucie's
older sister Lamorna performs regularly as a flautist with
the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and her younger sister is a cellist
living and
working in Berlin. Lucie's sister in law is Melissa Farrow
-
flautist with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Her brother
in law is
James Nightingale, a saxophone player who performs
with
the Sydney Symphony. James is also President
of the New Music Network Australia. Her mother, Suzy Powell,
was a finalist in the ABC Young Performers & performed
regularly in the Australian Chamber Orchestra & Australian
Trust (now known as
the
Australian
Opera & Ballet Orchestra). Lucie's brother Oliver performs
regularly as
a
core member
of Stringspace (see bio
below). Lucie is married to an actor, who she met whilst working
at the Sydney Theatre Company.
Lucie founded Stringspace
in December 2003
Ollie Miller:
Oliver completed his Bachelor
of Music in Cello at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Canberra
School of Music with Lois Simpson and Susan Blake
Oliver then undertook further
studies in Amsterdam with Wim Straesser.
studied classical piano
with Gerard Willems and Michael Kieran-Harvey, Jazz piano with Judy
Bailey and Roger Frampton and percussion with Graeme Leak.
Oliver has performed as
a Cellist with many Australian ensembles and Orchestras including
the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Sinfonia Australis, Sydney
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Ensemble Offspring
and Stringspace, and has played for many Sydney musical and theatre
productions.
As a pianist and keyboardist
Ollie has performed in various jazz ensembles and pop groups and
with various orchestras and musical productions as a percussionist/drummer
High School: Sydney Conservatorium
Oliver performs in
the improvisation String Quartet "The Noise"
Oliver also performs in
his band "Amphibious"
Amphibious will be supporting
the Sydney Symphony in 2012 for the Sydney Festival
Oliver has been performing
with Stringspace since 2004
Vivien:
Currently performing
as Associate Concertmaster with the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra
Vivien began playing the
violin at age five using the Suzuki Method
In 1998 she commenced
study with Alice Waten at the Australian Institute of Music.
The following year she
was a prizewinner in the Gisborne International Music Competition
In 2001 Vivien won the
Kendall National Violin Competition and as part of the prize received
a violin made by the Australia luthier, Graeme Caldersmith. She was
also the recipient of the Order of Australia Scholarship, and was
featured on 2MBS FM and ABC Classic FM's Young Australia
Vivien completed a Bachelor
of Music degree with first class honours at the Australian Institute
of Music, Sydney
She was silver medallist
in the Master Performers Scholarship and won the Marcus Edwards Violin
Prize
Vivien has been a string
finalist in the Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards in 2002
and 2004, and has performed the Barber and Prokofiev 2 violin concerti
with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
In 2003 she won the Dorothy
Fraser Scholarship, the Richard Goldner Scholarship and the Dorcas
Maclean Travelling Scholarship.
In February 2004 Vivien
performed the Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in the Sidney Myer Music
Bowl with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She also performed Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra
Victoria to great acclaim.
She has played for Cho
Liang Lin, and has participated in masterclasses given by Salvatore
Accardo.
Vivien studied at the
Australian National Academy of Music with Alice Waten
Currently Vivien is performing
as Associate Concertmaster with the Australian Opera & Ballet
Orchestra
Vivien has performed with
Stringspace since 2006
Tom:
Sydney Symphony
Ship Song Project - Solo Violin
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Studied: Sydney Conservatorium
Concertmaster of the Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra
Tom has been performing with Stringspace since 2007
Amber Davis:
1st Violinist with Sydney Symphony
Studied: Sydney Conservatorium of Music
High School: Sydney Conservatorium
Studied with Alice Waten
Amber has been performing with Stringspace since 2004
Claire H:
Sydney Symphony
2010 Sydney Symphony String
Quartet emerging artist program
Melbourne Symphony Young
Artist Award - recording the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Concertmaster of the VCA
Symphony and Chamber Orchestra's
Awards: Mars Young Performer
Award, Finalist in the Hepzhibah Meuhin Award, Prize Winner in the
Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition, finalist in the Kendall
National Violin Competition, finalist in the National Geelong Advertiser
Music Competition, Winner of the Alastair Scott Prize
Studied:1st Class Honours
in the University of Melbourne Program for High Achievers
Melbourne International
Arts Chamber Music Festival
Solo: Melbourne String
Ensemble, Melbourne Symphony, Frankston Symphony Orchestra, Preston
Symphony Orchestra, The Victorian College of the Arts Symphony Orchestra,
The Melbourne Musicians Orchestra, National Gallery of Victoria VCA
concert series & the Art Gallery of New South Wales Sunday Concert
Series
Radio: 3MBS FM and "Rising
Stars" on ABC Classic FM
Currently studying with
Alice Waten
Claire has been
performing with Stringspace since 2007
Azumi: (harp)
Sydney harpist Azumi Lehmann is a graduate of the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Orchestra: The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
(2011), Tasmanian
Symphony Orchestra, The Australian Youth Orchestra & Sydney Philharmonia
Orchestra.
Pacific Music Festival held in
Sapporro, Japan
ABC Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music
directed by Roger Woodward
Azumi has been broadcast in recital
for ABC classic FM
Please note stringspace books harpists for indoor events
only
Katherine:
Has performed as Assistant
Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony (2011)
Studied: Bachelor of Music
(Honours) in Violin Performance at Melbourne University
Scholarship holder in the
Advanced Performance Program at the Australian National Academy of
Music, Melbourne
Currently studying on Scholarship
for a Masters Degree with Alice Waten at the Sydney Conservatorium
Solo Violin: Queensland
Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra & the Sydney Conservatorium
Orchestra
Radio: ABC Classic FM (violin
soloist & chamber musician)
Competitions: 2010 Sydney
Conservatorium Concerto Competition, finalist in the ABC Symphony
Australia Young Performer of the Year Award, 1st prize in the Australian
National Kendall Violin Competition (including Audience Choice Award),
the Hephzibah Menuhin Award and the Musica Viva prize for Chamber
Music.
Performs with the Sydney
Symphony, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber
Orchestra
Joseph (guitar):
Completed a Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium
of Music with first class honours in 2007
Has played with some of
Sydney's leading chamber ensembles including TaikOz, Ensemble Offspring,
Halcyon, the Sydney Electric Trio and
the Sydney Guitar Quartet
Has won a number of competitions and
was a finalist in 2010's Adelaide International Guitar Competition
Also
plays with some of Sydney's leading jazz/fusion/world music groups
such as the Danny G Felix Project, Roger vs. the
Man and Usutu
Teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium High School
and regularly gives lessons to students from the Conservatorium
Universtiy and University
of New South Wales
Has written music for various ensembles
including TaikOz and wrote music for Bambina Borracha Productions
successful
staging
of the Dylan
Thomas classic 'Under Milk Wood'
Has participated in masterclasses
with some of the world's best guitarists including Paul Galbraith,
Pavel
Stiedl
and Carlos Bonell
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Previous Events
2010:
Sydney Opera House lighting
of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the eve of World
Aids Day. This
event was hosted by Bono (from
U2), PM Julia Gillard and Premier
Kristina Kenneally. Governor
General Quentin Bryce and U2's The Edge also
attended.
2010:Mercedes
Prize Draw | Chifley
Plaza and Aurora Place (ABN Amro) Christmas Entrance Foyer music
| Westpac
Christmas Party | Volvo VIP client event | HSBC Corporate
Event @
the National Portrait Gallery | NSW
Treasury Department evening @ Government House | Martin Rotsey's
(guitarist from Midnight Oil) daughters wedding at Athol
Hall,
Mosman | Australian
Grand Prix event @ Ferrari Maserati | Molton
Brown Product Launch
@ Grandiflora, Potts Point |Ferrari Maserati client
event | ANZ Archibald
Prize Dinner - Art Gallery of NSW | Christian Dior Product
Launch at Darling Point | R2G
Launch for Fluor SKM - FAST JV | Australian
Guild of Screen Composers Awards - Government House
We also provided
a Jazz band to perform at the 2010 Bell Shakespeare King LearOpening
Night & 20th Anniversary Gala at the Sydney Opera House.
Stringspace
String Quartet performed for fashion designer Alannah
Hill @ a VIP Soiree event held at her Chapel Street
Store in Melbourne.
"We
have another event coming up for Christmas that we would like really
you to do. I want to book you for everything, you are great." Alannah
Hill.
"The
CD is absolutely divine" - Alannah Hill management Chapel
Street Store, Melbourne
Korean
Airline Commercial for Sky Film Productions - Stringspace provided
the Violinist
2009:
String Quartet
private lunch recital hosted by the Australian Film Director
Peter Weir at the Sound Stage.
"We
loved the Stringspace recital last Friday, thank you so
much for your help in organising this for Peter and the
crew." Kerry - Post Production Assistant for "The
Way Back.
Optus
| Rio Tinto |
MCG Grand Final |South
Australian Tourism Commission: Penfold's Winery, Adelaide | RAAF Spring Ball, Perth | BAE
Systems Awards |Australian
Institute of Management, Melbourne | Directioneering Client Christmas Party: Collins Street, Melbourne
Music for 11 Andre
Rieu VIP Ticketek events throughout Australia
2008:
Andrea
Bocelli VIP Events for Ticketek throughout Australia | Delta
Goodrem Concerts @ The Studio, Sydney
Opera House | Melbourne
Fashion Week | Oroton Product
Launch: Fraser's Restaurant, Perth |BHP |IBM event
@ New Parliament House, Canberra| Phillips
Fox - Private Viewing of Monet & The Impressionists
@ The Art
Gallery of NSW
2007:
APEC Summit
Stringspace were chosen by
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to
be the feature String Quartet at the APEC summit luncheon hosted by John
Howard for the President of the People's Republic of China
- His Excellency Hu Jintao. This event was also attended
by Former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam and formerPrime
Minister Kevin Rudd
Stringspace also provided
music for the APEC luncheon hosted by then Australian Prime Minister
John Howard in honour of His Excellency Vladimir Putin -
President of the Russian Federation at Guillaumes, Sydney Opera House.
This event was also attended by former PM Kevin Rudd.
We also performed
for APEC's Tourism NSW event | Shane Warne Modern
Masters Dinner at The Hilton. Hosted by English talk show host
Michael Parkinson | Australian
Federal Election TV ad for the Federal Government |
Special event for Vogue editor at Aria Restaurant| Carrick
Institute Awards at The Hyatt, Canberra| Press launch
concert of Delta
Goodrem's album at the Studio, Sydney Opera House |
Performance with Delta Goodrem on Australian
Idol of
her single "Believe
Again" |Live
Strings performance on the ABC tv show "The
Sideshow" | Chifley
Tower entrance foyer music for Christmas | Melbourne
Fashion Week: Gwendolynne Fashion Show
2006: Escada Cocktail
party| APRA
(Australian Performing Rights Association) Cocktail Party
at Government House| Sir Richard
Branson Launch of
Virgin Home Loans | Macquarie Bank | Stringspace
featured on the Christmas Special of Australian Women's Weekly
TV show | UBS - Sponsorship
launches in Sydney and Melbourne | Camilla
Done's wedding @ artist Ken Done's house | Australian
Republic Movement | Russell Investment
Group | APEC Australia Security
Conference | Landcare Australia Event@
the Melbourne Convention Centre| Jane Hutcheon's wedding & reception
at the Queen Victoria Building | Estee
Lauder launch of Pure White Linen at Rose Bay.
2005:SwissRe | Zspace ABC
TV Promo | Australian
Stock Exchange | Album
launch for the Captain's Package at the Mandarin
Club. Stringspace
performed pop & rock
songs as their support act | Australian
cricketer Shane Lee's wedding and reception | De
Lorenzo Hair Expo at Darling Harbour | Home
and Away | Wedding & reception
for event co-ordinator of Aria Restaurant | Wedding
music for Hopscotch Films Founder & Producer Troy
Lum at the Paper
Bark Camp | ABN AMRO
2004: Maserati
| Ferrari | Home & Away
| Coca Cola Christmas
party | The Australian Labour Party
event at the MCA | Sydney
Theatre Company's launch of the Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay.
2003:
ABN AMRO - Christmas Party
@ Amro Tower
SINGING FOR SUPPER: Stringspace musicians Bianca
Hurley and violinist Kathryn Shinnick perform at the Prime Minister's
dinner at CHOGM. Picture: Jackson Flindell. Source: PerthNow Nov 17,
2011
2011: CHOGM
Dearest Stringspace,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team for the impressive,
professional, memorable and outstanding contribution you provided for CHOGM
2011.
Our expectations were not only met but were exceeded by your professionalism,
creativeness and dedication to the event.
We thank you kindly and hope to work together again in the future.
Kind Regards,
The Official Hospitality Events Team
Jessica Sweaney | Manager Official Hospitality Events
CHOGM 2011 Taskforce -Department of
the Prime Minister & Cabinet
- Stringspace: Sydney
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