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| Phillip Wilcher |
In the 1990s your blogservant was a high school music teacher and heard a Year Twelve girl at Fairfield High School play Chiaroscuro, a beautiful 3 part piano piece by Phillip Wilcher.
Phillip was one of the original members of The Wiggles. In fact their first recording session was held in his home.
He was mentored by Miriam Hyde, one of Australia's most beloved composers. His website gives a fascinating account of his experience of learning from her. She wrote him at least 160 letters, from his early days of composing, until close to her death in 2005.
Sally Whitwell plays his Ballade sensitively. If you click through to her Youtube channel, you can read Phillip's comments about her playing.
