Music & Tea at the Gallery | Zengoski & Jones Guitar

Name: Music & Tea at the Gallery | Zengoski & Jones Guitar
Start: 2025-11-06T01:00:00+11:00
Location: Wollongong Art Gallery

Schedule

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Wollongong Art Gallery | Wollongong, NS

EMERGING CONCERT ARTIST SERIES
Join us in November and hear exceptional homegrown talent from Wollongong Conservatorium of Music.
This concert features an exciting collaboration between Matthew Zengoski, a promising young guitarist making his concert debut, and his mentor Nigel Jones. Matthew demonstrates strong musical instincts, technical focus, and interpretive maturity well beyond his years. His involvement in this concert marks the beginning of his public performance career, both as a soloist and in ensemble settings.
The program bridges eras and styles, inviting listeners to discover the expressive power of the classical guitar through composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Fernando Sor, Andrew York, Egberto Gismonti, Steve Erquiaga, Astor Piazzolla and Leonard Grigoryan
Nigel Jones is a respected guitarist, educator, composer and chamber musician. As Head of Guitar at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, he has helped shape the careers of many young performers and remains active as a recitalist and collaborator.
The concert opens with the WollCon Junior String Quartet, who won the Foundation Section (musicians up to AMEB Grade 4) of Strike Accord this year, a national chamber competition run by Musica Viva Australia. Caroline Wang (10) and Hector Pan (11) on violin, Noah Grote (13) on viola and Madeleine Wilkins (13) on cello have been coached by Jack Mao, piano and chamber teacher since 2023.