MUSICIAN  CONDUCTOR  RESEARCHER

Jo-Anne Kemp

A life immersed in musicality,
accomplished pianist and conductor, versatile accompanist, musical director, researcher, presenter and educator

Jo-Anne

Foundation Years & Professional Biography

Jo-Anne began her music studies in piano, violin and choral music in Cairns. Growing up in a relatively musical household – her mother sang with Cairns Choral Society, her grandmother was a pianist – the formal introduction to piano studies began at the age of 7 under the skilled tutelage of Mary Corsetti.

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Performer
and accompanist

Pianist, Accompanist, ​Répétiteur, Musical Director

Over many years Jo-Anne has received awards and recognition for her accompaniment and repetiteur skills at a state, national and international level.

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Academic
Researcher

Academic Research Interests:

Australian Music; in particular looking at the various compositional influences and inspirations of Hyde’s piano music.

Musicology - periodisation in music and classification of music genres; on a lesser level a general interest in Synaesthesia

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Adjudication

Innisfail Young Performers Competition

Mt. Isa Juvenile Eisteddfod

Burdekin Juvenile Eisteddfod

Invitation to Cairns & District Eisteddfod but not undertaken due to COVID-19

Pianist &
Conductor

Remaining in Brisbane after completing initial undergraduate studies (from 1992 – 2001)

Jo-Anne continued
to build her career
as a piano accompanist,

Presenter

“Miriam Hyde:
Variations on Rachmaninov
and Debussy”

"The Colourful Sounds
of Miriam Hyde:
Her influences and Inspirations"



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