{"id":3202,"date":"2024-06-05T23:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2024-06-05T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:52:15","slug":"soprano-emily-burke-entertains-residents-at-aveos-redmond-park-retirement-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/lifestyle\/soprano-emily-burke-entertains-residents-at-aveos-redmond-park-retirement-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Soprano Emily Burke entertains residents at Aveo\u2019s Redmond Park retirement village"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3202\" class=\"elementor elementor-3202\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06a1039 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06a1039\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-371887d\" data-id=\"371887d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8e42d elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c8e42d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I<strong>t pays to ask what really happens in a retirement village as not all have one of Australia\u2019s best-known sopranos to entertain them. It pays even more to seek out the residents who organise such events at the village.<\/strong><\/p><p>Music lover Judy Frazer-Jans, a resident at Aveo&#8217;s Redmond Park in Princess Hill, 3km north of Melbourne&#8217;s CBD, has organised more than 100 concerts at the vibrant and cosmopolitan community since 2012.<\/p><p>\u201cI began the music series to provide a performance experience for music students from the Melbourne Conservatorium and Victorian College of the Arts,\u2019\u2019 Judy said.<\/p><p>\u201cThe original students have moved on in their professional lives, although several highly accomplished performers still return to Redmond Park because they love the atmosphere and wonderful acoustics.<\/p><p>\u201cWe were delighted to have Emily return for what must be her sixth or seventh performance.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4461ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4461ff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fea158\" data-id=\"3fea158\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1037580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1037580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/emily-372x484.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gillion-portrait size-gillion-portrait wp-image-3205\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Emily (right) with pianist Deviani Segal (left) and Judy Frazer-Jans.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea3145f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea3145f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f777744\" data-id=\"f777744\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c674b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c674b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emily said afterwards it is always a genuine pleasure to entertain the appreciative audience at Redmond Park.<\/p><p>\u201cThe room is beautiful and the piano first-class, I love coming back,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely thing to be able to give back to an audience of people who have enjoyed and supported good music all their lives.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>She performed a selection of opera and musical theatre favourites accompanied by pianist Deviani Segal.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It pays to ask what really happens in a retirement village as not all have one of Australia\u2019s best-known sopranos to entertain them. 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