Amy Brookman
Madeleine Jevons
Anthony Chataway
Jack Ward
An exciting addition to Australian chamber music making, the Penny Quartet are rapidly gaining a reputation as a fresh interpretative voice with drive and passion. Founded in early 2014, the group brings a vibrant approach to their performances across the country.
In their inaugural year, they were nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, were the recipients of the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and winners of the Australian National Academy of Music Chamber Music Competition. Since then, the Penny Quartet have been ensemble in residence at the Four Winds Festival, presented independent recital tours across Australia and made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA.
Penny Quartet regularly collaborate and record with various composers and musicians, both independently and as Festival artists. They have been part of the “Local Heroes” subscription series at the Melbourne Recital Centre since late 2017 and are two-time recipients of the MRC Contemporary Masters Award. Penny Quartet are Featured Artists with Musica Viva Australia's regional touring program.
With diverse individual backgrounds and experiences across the globe, the group brings together years of knowledge and training to create a mature quartet sound. The Penny Quartet's repertoire is wide and varied; a love for the core quartet repertoire is intertwined with an urge to explore less charted territory.
The Penny Quartet gratefully takes their name from preeminent cellist and chamber musician Howard Penny. For more information about Howard and his extraordinary work, click here.
Madeleine Jevons
Anthony Chataway
Jack Ward
An exciting addition to Australian chamber music making, the Penny Quartet are rapidly gaining a reputation as a fresh interpretative voice with drive and passion. Founded in early 2014, the group brings a vibrant approach to their performances across the country.
In their inaugural year, they were nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, were the recipients of the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and winners of the Australian National Academy of Music Chamber Music Competition. Since then, the Penny Quartet have been ensemble in residence at the Four Winds Festival, presented independent recital tours across Australia and made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA.
Penny Quartet regularly collaborate and record with various composers and musicians, both independently and as Festival artists. They have been part of the “Local Heroes” subscription series at the Melbourne Recital Centre since late 2017 and are two-time recipients of the MRC Contemporary Masters Award. Penny Quartet are Featured Artists with Musica Viva Australia's regional touring program.
With diverse individual backgrounds and experiences across the globe, the group brings together years of knowledge and training to create a mature quartet sound. The Penny Quartet's repertoire is wide and varied; a love for the core quartet repertoire is intertwined with an urge to explore less charted territory.
The Penny Quartet gratefully takes their name from preeminent cellist and chamber musician Howard Penny. For more information about Howard and his extraordinary work, click here.