Amy Brookman
Madeleine Jevons
Anthony Chataway
Jack Ward
An exciting new 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.
Based in Melbourne, the Penny Quartet formed at the Australian National Academy of Music. In their inaugural year, they were nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, were the proud recipients of the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and winners of the ANAM Chamber Music Competition. In 2015 the Penny Quartet were an ensemble in residence at the Four Winds Festival, presented a recital series at the University of Queensland and made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA.
2016 saw Penny Quartet collaborate and record with various composers and contemporary artists, perform at the Four Winds Festival and present a recital tour across Australia. 2017 highlights include their first solo outing at the Melbourne Recital Centre, where they have been part of the “Local Heroes” subscription series since 2018 and recipients of the Contemporary Masters Award.
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 new 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.
Based in Melbourne, the Penny Quartet formed at the Australian National Academy of Music. In their inaugural year, they were nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, were the proud recipients of the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and winners of the ANAM Chamber Music Competition. In 2015 the Penny Quartet were an ensemble in residence at the Four Winds Festival, presented a recital series at the University of Queensland and made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA.
2016 saw Penny Quartet collaborate and record with various composers and contemporary artists, perform at the Four Winds Festival and present a recital tour across Australia. 2017 highlights include their first solo outing at the Melbourne Recital Centre, where they have been part of the “Local Heroes” subscription series since 2018 and recipients of the Contemporary Masters Award.
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.