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2010-02-05T20:56:32Z

--The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Footprints in South Africa
This is a film about South Africa and the community of South Africa. The film is filmed in eight communities of South Africa, includes eight business advertising, provides “blockbuster entertainment” and tells the story of success of our beloved nation.
The film “Footprints in South Africa,” is filmed over a period of eight months and begins Pre Production in February 2010 with closing of the film by end September 2010. Two months will be allocated to editing and marketing of the film for the launch of the first premier in November 2010 with other preimiers being launched in January 2011, March 2011 and May 2011.
The film enscapulates the struggles, the challenges, the ambitions and the “local” stories of everyday South Africans. The film includes eight ACTS ( and thirty two (32) scenes.
The film “Fooprints in South Africa,” is filmed in year 2010 but is shot for the year 2025. The year 2025 will perhaps tell a “new story” of South African’s as well as their perceptions about local communities, local people, local “ideas” and local “Ubuntu teachings.”
This document is open to participants, fans, ministers, community leaders, celebrities, “pioneers”, teenagers and billionaires. The film is 150 minutes and tells a “short” story of the role South Africa plays in the global diasopra of the world. The estimated distribution of the film “Footprints in South Africa,” is one billion people-post production plus five years marketing and distribution. (Shelf life.)
The film includes stories of the rich, the poor, the intermediate class and the “super rich.” The film includes interviews, advertising, “dreamy moments” of our nation and stories from our forefathers.
It would probably be impossible to produce a feature length film to flow as if a story was being told from the year 2025. “Back to the future” a film that jumps time frames to show the discovies and destruction of man was a comedy that can be used as a simple example of how we choose the story to be told.
Footprints Filmworks is an investment company that invests in internet media, print media, text media, film and distribution. The company was originally created by Omar Abdulla to become a leading film production company that PROMOTES INDO-ASIANS of South Africa to the world.
Since the company has a combined experience of 81 years in the finance, media, entertainment and teaching fields we choose to “mix and match” our qualities to tell a true story of the South African republic. This document is broken into four parts-Basic synosis of the film, Income and Expenditure, Notes to Staff and future developments.The goal of Footprints Filmworks and the associate companies we advertise with, is to bridge gaps to create blockbuster films, create “dreamy” website channels, to be market makers and to be “the best” at providing our people “the best” customer service. Footprints Filmworks chooses to be the fastest growing company in South Africa in 2010.
--Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Footprints in South Africa—Basic Synopsis—
Act 1 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
*Introduction of South Africa-Includes “black and white photographs” from the year 1500-2025.
*Includes stories from “old pioneers” from the community of South Africa-White, Black, Indian, Coloured. This is the “power history introduction” filmed in black and white to create effect for audience.
*Filmed 2nd week of February 2010—Film Location—Union Buildings, Pretoria Central, Laudium, and Waterkloof.
* Act 1 Scene 1 of film estimated time-four minutes (4)
Act 1 Scene 2
*Introduction of Footprints Filmworks and filmed business advert of company including promotion of the companies core business ethics and philosophies, the companies associated companies, the companies shareholders and the “powerhouse team” of Footprints Filmworks-includes a welcome from Managing Directors, Marketing Staff, Photographers, Videographers, Web Designers, Media Personalities, Ministers and Models.
*Filmed in the 3rd week of February 2010—Film footage required—30minutes—Film location—Zoo lake.
* Act 1 Scene 2 of film estimated time-Three minutes (3)
Act 1 Scene 3
*Helicopter, Balloon ride or Arial photographs and video footage of South Africa from Johannesburg, Pretoria, and two other communities. Includes Video footage with no actors. Includes Voiceovers and “Ubuntu Music” or South African National Anthem with flags and “past presidents.”
*Act 1 Scene 2 of film estimated time—Three minutes(3)
Act 1 Scene 4
*Business commerical Advert for local business in South Africa—Serves as revenue for the film.This will be filmed in the 4th week of February 2010.
*Act 1 Scene 4 of film estimated time—Three minutes (3)
Total time for “Footprints in South Africa” edited footage—Act 1—13 minutes.

--Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Act 2 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
*South African Apartheid Era-Stories from military personnal, bitter whites, “struggling blacks” and Indians who profited from the Apartheid reigim. The Apartheid reigm’s influence on the global community and what Apartheid stood for. Includes photographs and pictures of leaders of the 1950’s-1990’s. Filmed in Valhalla, Laudium, Soweto and Alexandria. This can include the “aparheid musems” and statues of Nelson Mandela in Sandton.
*Filmed in the 1st week of March 2010.
*Film Footage of Act 2 Scene 1 to be edited to film.—four minutes. (4)
Act 2 Scene 2
*Introduction of President of South Africa Omar Abdulla.—filmed at the Union Buildings with 150 000 crowd. (Crown to be added by videographers and photographers)
*President of South Africa Omar Abdulla inaugration 25 October 2023.
*Includes Presidential Speech to the nation and What South African’s can expect from his leadershipship.
*Filmed in the 2nd week of February 2010.
*Estimated time to be added to “Footprints in South Africa,”—three minutes (3)
Act 2 Scene 3
*Areas of South Africa to cover includes video footage, stories, “exclusive interviews” and “reality life” living in South Africa.
* Sections in Act 2 Scene 3 to cover;
Military of South Africa—Shot at the MSA of South Africa-Johannesburg—(3 minutes)
Correctional Services of South Africa—Shot at “New Lock Prison” or “Attriggville Prison”--(3 minutes)
Health Sector of South Africa—Shot at a local hospital in South Africa—(3 minutes)
Farming and Agriculture of South Africa—Shot at a local farm in South Africa—(3 minutes)
--Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com—Page 4
Act 2 Scene 4-
*Business Commercial from the community of South Africa.
* Edited time of commercial—three minutes.(3)
*Filmed in the 3rd week of March 2010.Total time edited “Footprints in South Africa” footage ACT1(13minutes) + ACT 2(22 minutes)=35 minutes of actual film produced by end March 2010.
Act 3 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
*Exclusive Interviews with a cross section of the South African community. Includes eight/one minute interviews. Stories MUST be unique from one another and include the story about the white man, the story about the black man, the story about the coloured man, the story about the Indian man and their stories about WHAT they think about one another. The aim is to bring the cross section of the community together.
*Filmed in Laudium, Escourt, Lenasia, Harrismith.
*Act 3 is a one week trip from Gauteng to Kwazulu Natal.
* Act 3 is filmed “on the roads of South Africa.”
*Act 3 is filmed in the 2nd week of April.
*Act3 Scene 1 is a total of eight minutes edited film footage. (8 minutes)
Act 3 Scene 2-
*Includes Snapshots of Kwazulu Natal including Oceans, Mountains, Rainbows and “Natural elements of South Africa.” Includes Voiceover and Music. No Actors.
*Edited film footage to “Footprints in South Africa,”-four minutes.(4)
*Filmed in the 2nd week of April whilst travelling from Gauteng to Kwazulu Natal.
Act 3 Scene 3-
*Business commercial from Kwazulu Natal.
* Edited “Footprints in South Africa” footage—three minutes(3)
*Filmed in the 3rd week of March 2010.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Summary of Time of “Footprints in South Africa” ACT1+ACT2+ACT3 (15 minutes) =50 minutes.
--Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Act 4 Scene 1—“Footprints in South Africa”
*FF: News Bulletin. This is a News Bulletin to be emailed and distributed for television purposes but will be included in the film.
*FF: News for this bulletin will include President of South Africa Omar Abdulla appearing at the G16 summit in Poland. This summit is filmed in South Africa and includes local South African’s acting as foreigners. The FF: News bulletin is a “roundtable” conference discussing the Banking and Financial Sector of South Africa.
*FF: News is to be filmed in Studio and includes backdrops of local banks and Reserve Banks. The goal of the FF: News bulletin is to promote South Africa overseas.
*This will be filmed with 16 people in a conference room in the 1st week of April and must be filmed as an actual television broadcast to media businesses.
*Edited Footage to film “Footprints in South Africa”-Five minutes (5)
Act 4 Scene 2-
*Monetary and Fiscal policy of South Africa including Past and Present minister notations about the future economy of South Africa. This S c e n e should include speeches and interviews by local government ministers about the state of the economy including growth forecasts of GPD, PPI, CPI, and RSI.
*Filmed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange—Week 2—February 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRWLNUVHuFI

* Edited Video footage to be added to “Footprints in South Africa”-four minutes (4)
Act 4 Scene 3—
• Introduction to BEE and the role black businessman play in South Africa.
• Includes “Exclusive Interviews with four black businessmen.”
• The role South African’s play in the global African Trade Industry.
• South Africa’s growth in monetary terms since our democracy.
• Estimated Edited Video Footage to be added to “Footprints in South Africa”—Four Minutes (4)
• Filmed in the 3rd week of April 2010.
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Act 4 Scene 4
• Business Commercial—Three Minutes (3)///Act1+ACT2+ACT3+Act4 (16 minutes)=66 minutes.
--The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com—Page 6
Act 5 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
*Act 5 Scene 1 deals with the Travel and Transport sector of South Africa. We have included railways, airplanes, “taxis”, cars, boats, shipping, walking and “new methods” of transport. We include and promote South Africa from “within her own borders.”
*Act 5 Scene 1 has different camera tricks by our videographers that create a “landscape” view for the audience from the cross section of South Africa.
*The goal of this act is to promote safe traveling and the promotion of “new areas” and “ancient myths” of South Africa. This can include the filming of “The Cradle of Humankind” “The Cape Sea Point”, “Robben Island” and “The Water Wells.”
*Act 5 is filmed in the Western Cape in the 2nd Week of May 2010.
*Edited film time-- Travel and Transport Sector of South Africa—six minutes (6)
Act 5 Scene 2-
*Since the 2nd and 3rd week of May will be spent in the Western Cape, the footprints team can compile “bonus footage” to the audience that has never been seen or heard before. This can include “The Garden Route”, Lush Gardens, Mountainous Regions, South African Forestry, The South African Animal Life and Bonus features for the audience.
*Act 5 Scene 2 is to promote the Western Cape, The Atlantic Ocean, The fishing Industry and “The family life of White South Africans.”
*Act 5 Scene 2—Estimated video footage of “Footprints in South Africa”—Four Minutes (4)
ACT 5 Scene 3
*This scene shows the home life of the rich, the poor, the intermediate class and the super rich of South Africans. We have four home interviews with a billionaire, a man who lives in a squatter camp, a woman who is divorced growing her children up and even our own President Omar Abdulla.
These four Interviews with home owners will include a total of Ten minutes for the film. (10 minutes)
ACT 5 Scene 4
• Business Commercial (3 minutes—edited time)
Total Time of film by end May 2010-ACT1+ACT2+ACT3+ACT4+ACT5 (23minutes)=89 Minutes
5 ACTS/20 Scenes/5 commercials/4months/”Footprints in South Africa.”

--The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Act 6 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
*FF: News Bulletin. This is a news bulletin where President of South Africa Omar Abdulla arrives in Los Angeles for the signing of the eight nations Peace Agreement. This is filmed in South Africa using Los Angeles “City life” footage. The Peace Treaty is an agreement between eight countries to abide by certain “world order” governments. We use local South African people to act this scene out in a professional manner. This is to be shot in Studio as a television broadcast.
*This Scene is to be shot in the 2nd week of June 2010, but filmed as the year June 2025.
*Total edited time to be added to film “Footprints in South Africa” –Five Minutes (5)
Act 6 Scene 2
*This scene covers the educational system of South Africa including schools and universities. This is four interviews with school teachers and four interviews with learners of South Africa. This is the success story of the cross section of South Africa.
*This scene is to be filmed at UNISA, The Footprints University, The Pretoria University and the Westville University. The schools we will cover are Hillside Primary School, Lenasia Muslim School, Waldolf Schools and Nirvana High School.
*This scene is to be filmed in the 4th week of June 2010.
*Estimated edited video footage for “Footprints in South Africa”= nine minutes. (9)
Act 6 Scene 3
*This Scene is the romantic nature of the President of South Africa Omar Abdulla and includes a romantic dance with his woman and the dreams he shares with her. The music that we will use is local South African music to create “the dreamy experience” of the film.
* This Scene will be filmed in the 1st week of July and covers edited time of four minutes (4)
Act 6 Scene 4
*This scene covers “the lighter element” of South Africa and covers prank camera, standup comedy, local mimics and clowns. This is to create a lighter element whilst watching the film and making it easier to keep focus on the stars of the film. These comic acts are acted out by people whom we have associated ourselves with and the prank camera is “acted” out by our actors and personalities.
* This Scene covers filming in the 2nd week of July and covers edited time of six minutes (6)
--The Presidential Box—Footprints Filmworks—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Act 6 Scene 5
• This Scene covers “internal public relationships” within the community of South Africa and covers scenes of black women telling their stories about their husbands, husbands telling stories of their children, children telling stories of their parents.
• This act covers the family life of “ordinary” South African’s and includes “exclusive interviews” with four families of South Africa from four different communities.
• This Scene is shot in the 2nd week of July 2010--Edited time for film “Footprints in South Africa,”= eight minutes (
Act 6 Scene 6
Business Commercial—Shot in the 3rd week of July 2010—Edited time three minutes (3)
Total Time of “Footprints in South Africa”
ACT1+ACT2+ACT3+ACT4+ACT5+ACT6 (35 minutes)= 124 minutes
6ACTS/26 Scenes/6 commercials/6months/”Footprints in South Africa.”
Act 7 Scene 1-“Footprints in South Africa”
*This act is the travel to Polokwane and includes visits to the ZCC Church, The Darus Salaam Masjid, The Christian Baptist Church and The Rama Krishna Temple. This act provides the “daily prayer” of South African’s and their stories and belief systems about God and “the greater being.”
*This scene includes conversations with black women and children and the “Ubuntu” life of residents of Polokwane.
*This scene includes video footage, pictures, and conversations by everyday South African’s telling their stories about traveling to the city to find jobs and improve the labor force of South Africa.
*This act is filmed in Polokwane in the 1st week of August 2010.
*Edited footage to be added to “Footprints in South Africa,”= six minutes (6)
Act 7 Scene 2
*This scene tells a quick snapshot of the Indian community of Nirvana including stories from local Indians and business owners. The Polokwane Indian businessman’s viewpoints and stories of their grandparents traveling from India to settle in South Africa. This covers local shopping Malls in the surrounding areas including social and academic life of the “ordinary” Indian of South Africa. Whilst the footprints team is in Polokwane we can get the cross spectrum of stories from people on the street and living in their “dwellings.”
*This scene is to be filmed in the 1st week of August 2010.
*Total edited time for Act 7 scene 3-four minutes (4)

--Footprints Filmworks—The Presidential Box—FF News—http://www.footprintsfilmworks.com
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Act 7 Scene 3
*Local African Dance done by President of South Africa Omar Abdulla around a “bola” fire with the black community of South Africa. This includes him mingling with the black “community” of South Africa including the shaking of hands and a “Speech” after the African dance.
*Act 7 Scene 3 is estimated to be shot in Polokwane in the 1st week of August 2010.
*Act 7 Scene 3 is estimated to be edited to a total of five minutes (5)
Act 7 Scene 4
*Business Commercial—three minutes edited time for” Footprints in South Africa”
*Filmed in the 2nd week of August 2010. (3 minutes)
ACT1+ACT2+ACT3+ACT4=ACT5=ACT6=ACT7 (18minutes)=142 minutes
Act 8 Scene 1 –“Footprints in South Africa”
*Business Commercial—three minutes edited time for “Footprints in South Africa”
*Filmed in the 3rd week of August 2010. (3 minutes)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Act 8 Scene 2-“Footprints in South Africa”
*Bonus features and “fun experiences” whilst the making of “Footprints in South Africa”- Includes mistakes made by actors, presenters, cameraman and models.
*Closing and “special thanks” by cast and crew of Footprints Filmworks.
*Filmed in the 4th week of August 2010. –Edited footage of ACT 8 Scene 2 -five minutes (5)
Footprints Filmworks has allocated an additional one month for “duel schedules” of our team.
Total running time: 150 minutes
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2010-02-05T16:45:03Z

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Storm Riders

2010-02-05T05:21:06Z

My My. Looking back at my last post on this thread, I must have not been exposed to college work yet. O_o

Anyway, sequel ready to be [ur=http://www.yesasia.com/global/1021973254-0-0-0-en/info.htmll]ordered on yesasia.com[/url]

I haven't watched a HK fantasy/action flick since Curse of the Golden Flower. This will be well received.

Asia's richest Woman's fortune awarded to Family

2010-02-02T02:11:09Z

Just read this today. The court case has been going on ages now. I remember there being big arguments over celebrities' fortunes by their families/spouses. For example Anita Mui (one of my favourite singers from HK genre music from 80s-90s).
[url]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8492596.stm[/url]
Feng shui artists and mediums sucking money like parasites I assume?

Reminds me of the Winchestor Mystery House when the rich woman Sarah Winchester consults a psychic/medium, dunno why.

Hugh Lane Gallery - SUNDAYS @ NOON CONCERT SERIES

2010-02-01T08:09:37Z

ADMISSION FREE

Sunday February 7th 2010 at 12.00

Mozart: The Piano Sonatas I
Fionnuala Moynihan piano

(rescheduled from January 10th)
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The first in a five concert series featuring the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas
performed in chronological order by Irish pianist Fionnuala Moynihan.

Sonata no.1 in C major K279

Sonata no.2 in F major K.280

Sonata no.3 in B flat major K.281

Sonata no.4 in E flat major K.282

Sonata no.5 in G major K.283

This 5 concert series is presented with the assistance of funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award

Fionnuala Moynihan completed her doctorate in Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music where she studied with Dr. John O’Conor and Professor Reamonn Keary. She is the first person to be awarded a Doctorate in Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Dublin City University. Fionnuala began her piano studies at the Cork School of Music where she studied with Eleanor Malone. In 2001 she received her Honours Bachelor of Music degree from the Birmingham Conservatoire where she graduated with the Graduate award for pianists and the prestigious Weingarten scholarship enabling her to commence her studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. From 2001-2004 Fionnuala studied with Professors Kornél Zempleni and Balazs Szokolay at the Franz Liszt Academy after which she returned to Ireland where she was awarded her Masters of Music degree from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Dublin City University. Fionnuala also studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1999-2000 where she studied with Madame Brigitte Engerer and at the Aspen Music Festival and School where she studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky. Fionnuala has been awarded many prizes both at home and abroad including a Bank of Ireland Millenium Scholarship, the prestigious Maura Teissier Bursary and the Rena Menasche Award from the Tel-Hai Piano Masterclass series held in Israel. She was awarded the John Field Prize at the 2009 AXA Dublin International Piano Competition, Ireland held in May of this year. Fionnuala currently teaches piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. In July 2008 she was a member of the jury for the National Marcel Khalifeh Piano Competition held by the Edward Said Conservatory in Jerusalem. Fionnuala has given recitals and concerto performances throughout England, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, U.S.A and Hungary as well as in Irish venues such as the John Field Room at the National Concert Hall, Áras an Uachtarán, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, National Art Gallery, Cork Opera House, Bantry House and the Crawford Art Gallery. Recently she performed as soloist with the R.T.E. Concert Orchestra at the National Concert Hall, Dublin as part of their Summer Lunchtime series, broadcast live on Lyric FM. In February of this year she performed Bach’s Goldberg Variations to critical acclaim in the John Field Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Fionnuala will perform the complete cycle of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas in the Hugh Lane Gallery concert series between January and June 2010. She has been invited to give a series of lecture recitals in Ireland and Poland to commemorate the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth in 2010.

For further information contact
Gavin O’Sullivan
ph: +353-87-2456971
address: DUBLIN CITY GALLERY HUGH LANE, PARNELL SQ., DUBLIN 1, IRELAND
email: gmusic@indigo.ie
website: www.hughlane.ie

The Sundays @ Noon Concert Series is funded by Dublin City Council and grant aided by The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Hugh Lane Gallery - SUNDAYS @ NOON CONCERT SERIES

2010-02-01T02:45:28Z

that's a lot of updates. I think I'll link post the link to FB for the peeps in Dublin.

Retro games room

2010-02-01T02:41:49Z

[?] block cushions!

Hugh Lane Gallery - SUNDAYS @ NOON CONCERT SERIES

2010-01-24T12:05:07Z

ADMISSION FREE

Sunday January 31st 2010 at 12.00

Paul McNamara tenor
Philip Mayers piano

Schumann / Wolf Recital

Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann and the 150th of the birth of Hugo Wolf, Paul McNamara and Philip Mayers return to the Hugh Lane Gallery with this Schumann / Wolf recital.

Vier Husarenlieder von Nicholas Lenau Robert Schumann
Der Soldat I & II Hugo Wolf
Husarenabzug, Hauptmanns Weib, Mein altes Roß Robert Schumann
Der Musikant Hugo Wolf
Der Spielmann, Der Bräutigam und die Birke Robert Schumann
Bei einer Trauung, Selbstgeständnis Hugo Wolf
Sehnsucht, Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden Robert Schumann
Begegnung, Der Glücksritter, Lieber Alles Hugo Wolf
Der Soldat Robert Schumann
Der Tambour Hugo Wolf
Die beide Grenadiere, Dichters Genesung Robert Schumann
Auftrag Hugo Wolf

Supported by the Wagner Society of Ireland

From Ireland, Paul McNamara is an honours music graduate of University College, Cork. He has been the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the Opera scholarship of the Royal College of Music in London and the Bayreuth Bursary of the British Wagner Society. Furthermore he was one of eight finalists in Seattle Opera’s inaugural International Wagner Competition 2006.Currently based in Berlin, he has sung in several German theatres including Kiel, Neustrelitz, Darmstadt, Weimar, Wiesbaden and Chemnitz, while recent notable successes have included his critically acclaimed début at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Braunfels’s Szenen aus dem Leben der Heilige Johanna and the title role in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg for which he was nominated as “Singer of the Year” in the German magazine “Opernwelt”. Elsewhere he has appeared at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Opera Ireland, Cape Town Opera, at the Janáček Festival in Brno and at the Opera Leśna in Sopot (Poland), as well as at the festivals in Batignano, Buxton, Aldeburgh and Covent Garden. In addition to Wagner’s Erik, Loge, Tannhäuser, Tristan and Parsifal, McNamara’s extensive repertoire encompasses roles such as Mozart’s Idomeneo, Max in Weber’s Der Freischütz, Lenski in Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin, Canio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Barinkay in Johann Strauss’s Der Zigeunerbaron, the Prince in Dvořák’s Rusalka, Bacchus in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Tichon in Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová, Guido Bardi in Zemlinsky’s Eine florentinische Tragödie, the Tambourmajor in Berg’s Wozzeck, and Harold Mitchell in André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Also a keen recitalist and concert singer, in December 2001 he made his début at the Berlin Philharmonie singing Finzi’s cantata Dies Natalis with the Deutsches Kammerorchester. Other concert engagements include appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, the SWR-Rundfunkorchester and the Stavangar Symfoniorkester

Philip Mayers was born in Australia. He graduated with distinction from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, having studied piano with Max Olding, and went on to complete a post-graduate diploma at the Conservatorium's Opera School. The following three years were spent as a freelance musician in Australia and New Zealand, performing with various ensembles specializing in contemporary music while, at the same time, maintaining a close relationship with the national opera and ballet companies. In 1986 he won the piano prize in the national concerto competition "Young Performer of the Year" and, a year later, was awarded a grant by the Australia Council which enabled him to study lied and chamber music with Phillip Moll in Berlin and attend masterclasses with Geoffrey Parsons and Dalton Baldwin. Further studies ensued with Zelma Bodzin in New York.Now based in Berlin where he is much in demand as an accompanist, vocal coach and chamber music partner, Philip Mayers has performed at major festivals such as Montreux, Aldeburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, La Roque d'Anthéron, Wratislavia Cantans (Poland), the London Proms Late Night Series, the Berliner Festspielen and Dresdner Neue Musiktage, and numerous radio and CD recordings, including several with RIAS Kammerchor for Harmonia Mundi. Choral music is indeed a major focus, with numerous concerts to his credit, not only with RIAS, but also the Rundfunkchor Berlin, NDR Chor Hamburg and the Chorus Musicus Köln under Christoph Spering. His interest in opera has continued and has resulted in engagements as Musical Director with companies such as the Berliner Kammeroper, Opernfestival Schloss Rheinsberg, the Berlin Konzerthaus and most recently, for the MaerzMusik and Schwetzingen festivals.

For further information contact
Gavin O’Sullivan
ph: +353-87-2456971
address: DUBLIN CITY GALLERY HUGH LANE, PARNELL SQ., DUBLIN 1, IRELAND.
email: gmusic@indigo.ie
website: www.hughlane.ie

The Sundays @ Noon Concert Series is funded by Dublin City Council and grant aided by The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Kids zone a play zone

2010-01-22T22:12:00Z

We all know that, there are lots and lots of opportunities for kids to shine in the field of advertisements. Kids are dreams of tomorrow, but how? It’s a usual question we hear from the people around. It’s the advertising agencies, who gives the right answer to them, through their activities.

Kids play a major role in advertisements and modeling field. It’s the age of every naughtiness, where they are ready to do anything, which any other human beings, belonging to all other age categories found impossible to perform.

To[b:2d9036a71e][i:2d9036a71e] become a kid model[/i:2d9036a71e][/b:2d9036a71e] is not a hard task as far as today’s world is considered. Parents are found to be the great motivators of today’s kid’s, as it’s make their kid, a real full fledged professional within such a small age.