Margaret Schofield
Schofield was born in Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Melbourne. She gave many recitals and broadcasts for the ABC and toured Australia in 1946 with the cellist Edmund Kurtz before leaving for England, where she studied under Solomon.
She worked for the BBC, MZBC, and in the USA and Canada, in recital and broadcast situations. In London she gave a recital at Wigmore Hall. More recently Margaret has played concertos with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, accompanied ABC visiting artists, performed for Musica Viva, and been Chief Study teacher at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne.
Margaret Schofield is featured on the following titles
Tuba Magnifique
Ian King, painter, scientist and tuba player extraordinaire, joins pianists Margaret Schofield and Dean Sky-Lucas for a wide-ranging recital that is truly très magnifique, spanning Spanish dances, Bach, Fauré and Kreisler.
Margaret Schofield also appears on
Tuba Recital
One of the world’s finest tuba players, and the first to give a tuba recital in Australia, Ian King presents a programme from Bach and Vivaldi through to Paul Hindemith’s remarkable Sonata for Tuba and Piano.
Rhapsodie
Australian saxophonist Peter Clinch presents a recital of fine classical chamber music. Often linked with jazz, the saxophone is heard here in a classical programme that ranges from the Italian Baroque to the early twentieth century.