Glebe Music Festival

The Glebe Music Festival in Sydney, Australia, grew out of the many informal musical soirées held at the early 19th century Glebe villa Margaretta Cottage from the late 1960s. The late Dr Vincent Sheppard built up a unique collection of keyboard instruments including an 18th century Dutch chamber organ, a 19th century Kapps grand piano, a Sperrhake harpsichord, a pedal piano and a clavichord. A copy of a Rucker's Flemmish double harpsichord, an original Clementi fortepiano dating from 1809, an Erard Bi-Cord grand piano dating from 1859 and a second Dutch pipe organ have been added to the collection. On 13th June 2011 David McIntosh was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List with the award of Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia. The citation reads: "For service to medicine, particularly in the areas of vaccines and infectious diseases, as an academic, and to the community through the Glebe Music Festival". The underlying philosophy of the annual Glebe Music Festival is to bring together local and international musicians at different stages of their careers. Venues for concerts include the refurbished Glebe Town Hall, St Scholastica's Chapel, Gleebooks, the Record Reign Hall at St John's Bishopthorpe, Margaretta Cottage, and the Great Hall at the University of Sydney.