Author: Jeremy
This author has written 5 articles
Keeping Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #4
Jenny Jin in Sydney

Keeping Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #4

21 November 2024 After a lively recording session in Hamilton, I was off to Sydney! Having never been to Australia, I was excited to explore the city. We arrived at our hotel around 9:30 pm, right in the heart of Darling Square, where the streets were buzzing with life. I quickly dropped my luggage in the room and went to explore Sydney's night views. I had some street sweets and saw several bustling restaurants that I noted to…

Find out MoreKeeping Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #4
National String Competition – Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis
Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis

National String Competition – Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis

We sat down with Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis – our collaborative pianists for the 2024 National String Competition - to talk about what it’s like to work with a large number of young artists with a limited amount of rehearsal time…the challenges, the joys and the myriad of things that both competitor and accompanist learn through the process. How are you feeling about being one of the collaborative pianists for the 2024 National String Competition? Sarah: First…

Find out MoreNational String Competition – Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis
Keep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #3

Keep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #3

12 November 2024 Last Tuesday we played a concert in Dunedin and the composer Gillian Whitehead was actually in the audience. I'm playing one of her pieces called Bright Silence and I got to meet her backstage. She was so warm and genuine and I'm really happy that I got to meet her. After Dunedin we went to Christchurch for two days then flew to New Plymouth for a concert on Friday. That was a different experience. The…

Find out MoreKeep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #3
Keep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour blog #2
Jenny and Jeongwhan at The Hills

Keep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour blog #2

Tuesday 5 November Earlier this week we performed in Invercargill, Christchurch and Nelson. The Opera House in Invercargill was so dark that I couldn’t see the audience so I imagined that I was an opera singer on stage. The next morning, I had a 6am Zoom class in writing short fiction for my Bachelor of Music degree at Juilliard. There’s only a certain number of classes we can miss each semester so my teacher kindly agreed to let…

Find out MoreKeep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour blog #2
Keep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour blog
Jenny Jin with Sir Michael Hill and Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Keep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour blog

31 October 2024 I'm writing this blog at Hamilton Airport. We're about to fly to Invercargill for our next concert. I had some trouble with my excess baggage because of all the dresses in my bag, but we are fine now! Last night was really fun. We had an amazing concert at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts. I could see the reactions of the audience and I got to play an encore session which was Schön Rosmarin…

Find out MoreKeep Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour blog