NRSO is deeply honoured to present the world premiere performance of “A Song for Gallipoli” by acclaimed Australian composer George Dreyfus AM. Featuring lyrics from poetry by World War I soldier Charles Hamilton Sorley, sung by soloist Susan Gallagher, we stand humbled and united to commemorate the Centenary of the ANZAC. Lest We Forget. George …
Barrie Gott Conducts “An Afternoon at the Proms” Barrie Gott (b.1947), M.Mus. LTCL A.Mus.A, began his music career as a professional musician, studying trumpet with John Robertson and Harry Larsen at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He subsequently joined the National Training Orchestra and was a regular casual player with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Barrie …
Conducted by Warwick Potter, featuring soloist Irit Silver Irit Silver has been Principal Clarinet of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra since 2007. She is a 2010 Churchill Fellow, having spent six months studying with Alexander Bader of the Berlin Philharmonic. She has appeared with Sydney Symphony and the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra as a guest Principal and …
Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 20th anniversary with the upcoming concert, “Memoirs”, People’s Choice Concert, on Sunday 30th March 2014. The NRSO was founded by its original Conductor and Artistic Director, Mr Barry Singh, who grew up dreaming of conducting his own orchestra one day. That dream became a reality in early 1990s, starting …
The Conductor for the NRSO’s ” Memoirs” concert is Chen Yang, a well- known and respected personality in South East Queensland musical circles. Chen has been associated with the Queensland Youth Orchestra for several decades starting as a violinist in 1975 and later appointed concertmaster from 1978 to 1980, He toured with the orchestra in …
Guest soloist John Coulton plays Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in Monumental Masterpiece. John Coulton is an international trumpet player, concert and recording artist, who has toured and performed with some of the world’s finest conductors and orchestras including the Hamburg Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Ballet Company and the London Concert Orchestra. His playing has been …
Spiros Rantos, violinist and conductor, was born in Corfu, Greece, grew up in Athens and pursued his musical studies in Vienna, Austria, where he met his wife and musical partner, Israeli born pianist Brachi Tilles.Spiros has won the International Violin competitions of Colmar, France and Forte dei Marmi, Italy and commissioned and promoted over 400 …
Meet Nathan Aspinall – talented young professional conductor Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra is delighted to welcome our first guest conductor, Nathan Aspinall. Nathan is a graduate of University of Queensland with Bachelor of Music, majoring in French Horn performance and Conducting. He is currently the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor-in-Training and has previously conducted the Sydney …
Spotlight on the Banquet Lady of the NRSO As the saying goes, behind every successful man, there is a woman. For the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra, behind every successful concert, there is Jennifer Ferris. While the NRSO prepares their upcoming concert, a “Banquet of Brahms and Beethoven”, meet the person behind the scenes who prepares a banquet …
Banquet of brahms and beethoven – 18th November 2012 Read More »
Legend has it that a Persian king, angry with his former wife for betraying him, took savage revenge on women. He would marry a new virgin each night, only to have her executed the following day. This continued until “Scheherazade”, the daughter of a nobleman, offered herself to the king. That night, she started telling …
