Central Coast Conservatorium Honours Flute Graduate, Ms Alyse Faith, has successfully auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, to study a Master of Arts (Performance).
Ms Faith will relocate in September and is very excited at the opportunity. Ms Faith is a four-time winner of the Central Coast Conservatorium’s Woodwind Scholarship and received the Pearl Beach Music Scholarship in 2012.
As an undergraduate in Melbourne, she studied with Mardi McSullea and was the recipient of The Talent 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne Audience Vote Performer of the Season Award in 2016, and in 2017, the winner of the Most Promising Wind or Brass Award in the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition. Now 22, Ms Faith began her musical journey at age 8 at the Conservatorium, learning flute with Ms Lyn Brislan. “Lyn is one of the most inspiring people, both as a musician and as a person,” Ms Faith said. Now retired, Ms Brislan is a highly distinguished flautist and piano accompanist and taught at the Conservatorium for many years. Ms Faith remembers her first lesson in one of the holding cells in the heritage Courthouse building, which is the Conservatorium’s main campus. “One of the benefits of learning at the Conservatorium is having regular concert practice sessions and joining an ensemble. “This helped me develop the mental strength needed as a performer,” Ms Faith said.
Under the artistic directorship of Mr Patrick Brennan, Ms Faith played in the Conservatorium’s flagship ensemble, the Central Coast Youth Orchestra, as well as in woodwind ensembles. “She was one of our stellar students in our program,” said Mr Brennan, CEO and artistic director at the Conservatorium. “I am truly delighted to hear how far Ms Faith has come with her playing and it’s great to see that her dedication has paid off with her being accepted into one of the most prestigious music institutions in the world,” he said.
Source: Media release, Mar 5 Lisa Kelly, Central Coast Conservatorium