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Biography: Karen Ruprecht B.Mus (Hons) L.Mus.A – Bassoon Karen Ruprecht is a Brisbane based professional bassoonist and she has extensive experience in performance and teaching. Karen’s great passion for the bassoon enabled her to establish a firm position as one of the leading educators and advocates for this instrument in Queensland. Her busy schedule includes …

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Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra is proud to present a very special concert featuring a mother and son duo, Patricia Bellasi and Marco Bellasi. Originally from Australia, Patricia was a primary music teacher but decided early on that her first love was singing, and after being inspired by Italian opera and singers such as Renata Tebaldi, …

A Touch of Italy – 28th July 2019 Read More »

The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra would like to invite you to join us at our Autumn Concert – ‘Pastoral Interlude’ – with Conductor Warwick Potter and special guest soloists Billy Richardson (oboe), Nathan Christen (clarinet), Preston Ellis (french horn), and Gabrielle Kerin (bassoon) on the 7th April 2019 to be held at the Tweed Civic Centre at …

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Richard Williams – timpanist For this concert we highlight the role of Richard Williams, one of the core musicians in the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra who has been performing in our percussion section for over a decade.  The veteran timpanist is also a committee member and stage manager – he is always there to perform …

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Featuring soloist Leanne McGowan Leanne McGowan is 17 years old and is in her final year at school. She started learning violin with Yuri Djachenko and now studies with Spiros Rantos.Leanne performed as a concerto soloist with the Queensland Youth Symphony (QYS) for their opening concert in 2017 and was soloist for their international tour …

Inspirations – 21st October 2018 Read More »

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra, we turn our attention to Lyn McBurney, the person who was there from the very first NRSO performance until now.  Lyn continues to be the linchpin of the orchestra, performing her multiple crucial roles as the orchestra manager, dedicated committee member and accomplished musician.  Here …

Reflections – 29th July 2018 Read More »

We are very pleased to welcome Karol Kowalik from the acclaimed Orava Quartet to perform the Elgar Cello Concerto with us, one of the most recognizable works in the repertoire. After graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium, Karol’s professional career has followed the path of performer, teacher and also winner of the Australian Youth Classical Music …

Enchanting Cello – 22nd April 2018 Read More »

For the Russian Delights concert on 29th October 2017, the NRSO warmly welcomes guest conductor, Neil Flottmann.  We asked him some tricky questions in Q & A with Mr Neil Flottmann. Q: How did you happen to take up music as a profession? A: I was inspired by a number of music teachers, but two in particular: My …

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The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra has the pleasure of performing under the expert baton of Spiros Rantos for their upcoming Charity Concert, “Musical Treasures” at the Tweed Civic Centre, Sunday 26th March 2017, where proceeds of all raffle sales will be donated to Tweed Palliative Support. Spiros Rantos, violinist and conductor, has a reputation internationally for …

From The New World – 16th July 2017 Read More »

The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra (NRSO) welcomes back SpirosRantos to conduct ‘Musical Treasures’, a wonderfully rich and diverse programincluding works by Berlioz, Elgar, Schubert and more… to be held on Sunday 26thMarch 2017, 2.30pm NSW time (1.30pm QLD time) at the Tweed Heads CivicCentre, Brett St, Tweed Heads.In meet the players of the NRSO, we …

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