Composer, Paul Patterson came into School on Tuesday to work with harpist Juliana Myslov and a string quartet (Juhee Yang, Ming Chak Chan, Jo Eun Shim and Lydia Dobson) to rehearse his Fantasia for Harp and Orchestra, which Juliana will be performing in Australia in the Summer.
In March, Juliana won First Prize at the prestigious Dutch Harp Festival in Utrecht. The competition, which is held every two years, is open to contestants from any country and of any age.
As well as First Prize (€10,000 and concert tour in 2015, including a recording of one of the concerts of the tour), Juliana additionally won the Audience Award (€2,500), and the prize for best interpretation of festival commission Fantasia, presented by the composer Paul Patterson himself.