Emerging flautist, educator and researcher Eliza Shephard talks about growing up regionally, the extended flute, her bold recording project and being Ensemble Offspring’s 2022 Hatched Associate Artist.

Eliza Shephard is a vibrant performer and fervent contemporary musician in Melbourne. She is a specialist on the Glissando Headjoint, and a highly sought-after chamber musician. She is a semi-finalist for the ABC Young Performers Award and a finalist of the Freedman Fellowship 2021. Eliza is passionate about amplifying the voices of female musicians and composers, as showcased through her recording project ‘March of the Women’.

Eliza Shephard: https://elizashephard.com/
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– Discussed in this episode –
• ABC Young Performers Award: http://youngperformersawards.org/
• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/
• Virginia Taylor: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/taylor-virginia
• Teresa Rabe: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/teresa-rabe
• Australian National University (ANU): https://www.anu.edu.au/
• Robert Dick: http://robertdick.net/
• The Australian National Academy of Music  (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/
• Richard Tognetti: https://www.aco.com.au/the-orchestra/musicians/richard-tognetti
• Simone Young: https://www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/simone-young
• The Glissando Headjoint – Eliza Shephard: https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/393197/Shephard,Eliza_Final%20Thesis_redacted.pdf?sequence=1
• Greg Pattillo: http://www.pattillostyle.com/
• Three Beats for Beatbox Flute – Greg Pattillo: https://store.payloadz.com/details/2515986-music-classical-three-beats-for-beatbox-flute.html
• March of the Women: https://elizashephard.com/march-of-the-women
• Wirripang: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/
• Mungala – Brenda Gifford: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/gifford-brenda-mungala/35636
• Claire Chase: http://www.clairechase.net/
• Ned McGowan: https://www.pearlflute.com/artists/ned-mcgowan
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Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien Ricketson
Closing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van Reyk

The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/