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Freya Schack-Arnott (DK/AUS) is a contemporary cellist and nyckelharpist who enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, improviser, composer and curator; rangIng from contemporary classical repertoire to experimental, electronics, folk and popular art forms.  

Schack-Arnott regularly performs with Australia’s leading new music ensemble’s, including ELISION Ensemble (as core member) and Ensemble Offspring.

As an improviser and composer, Schack-Arnott’s current projects include: Runa Cara (experimental/ambient folk duo with Bonnie Stewart, drawing from their Scando/Irish roots), Cloudmaker (cross-cultural collaboration with 5 female musicians and winner of the the APRA Art Award ‘Best Performance of the Year 2023’), FSA/BW (experimental string duo with SSO bassist Benjamin Ward), as well as her ongoing solo project (using site-specific improvisations for impetus for composition).

Alongside her contemporary practice, Schack-Arnott is engaged as an orchestral and sessions musician, including regular seasons with Australian Opera Ballet Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and session work at Fox Studios, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and major commercial recording studios in Sydney and Melbourne. 2024 also saw extensive national touring with popular singer-songwriters such as Missy Higgins, Josh Pyke and Peter Garrett.

Schack-Arnott’s performance career has taken her to all the major festivals of Australia as well as festivals across Asia and Europe. She is also co-founder and curator of the regular 'Opus Now' music series, an ongoing project exploring relationships between the music of today and classical chamber-works.

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Madeleine Jevons

Melbourne/Naarm based violinist Madeleine Jevons enjoys a vibrant freelance career, and is a current and founding member of the Penny Quartet. She studied at the former Victorian College of the Arts and the Australian National Academy of Music, receiving multiple chamber music and achievement awards throughout, including a Freedman Fellowship nomination in 2019. She has toured throughout Europe, to the United States and across Australia.

As a lover of all musical genres, Madeleine appears regularly on contemporary recordings and live performances. She has performed extensively in many of Australia’s symphony and chamber orchestras, and collaborates at varied festivals across the country. In 2015 Madeleine held an Emerging Artist position with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the ACO Collective. She has featured as a soloist with ACO Collective and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.