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ERNST & YOUNG PRESENTS

3pm, Sun 22 JulyPerth Concert Hall

In tune with our community At Ernst & Young we are passionate about helping people achieve their potential. Nowhere is this passion so rewarding as in our significant sponsorship of the Arts and, in particular, our support for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Music feeds the soul. It uplifts, inspires and enlightens us. And, in this fast-paced life, it offers us moments of stillness and reflection.

Arts sponsorship enriches our community, encouraging creativity and broadening perspectives – it’s how Ernst & Young makes a difference.

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At the concert

Connect with WASO

Watch, Listen, Learn

Many WASO performances are recorded by ABC Classic FM for delayed broadcast. For further details please refer to limelight magazine or www.abc.net.au/classic

Tune in to 720 ABC Perth for breakfast on Friday mornings when Prue Ashurst joins Eoin Cameron to provide the latest on classical music and learn more about WASO’s upcoming concerts.

WASO Podcasts Go behind the scenes and deeper into the music. Listen to our podcasts at at waso.com.au

PlaylistsListen to the complete playlist for our Masters, Classics, Morning Symphony and Chamber concerts at waso.com.au

WASO WebcastsWASO will be streaming five concerts live and on demand in 2012, thanks to iiNet. Visit waso.com.au to find out more.

YouTubeSee interviews and behind-the-scenes action at www.youtube.com/WestAustSymOrchestra

Cough Lozenges Free cough lozenges are available from the WASO Customer Service Desk in the foyer before each performance and at the interval.

First Aid There are St. John Ambulance officers present at every concert so please speak to them if you require any first aid assistance.

Beverages Refreshments are available in the Wardle Room and foyer an hour before the concert.

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WASO joins vocal phenomenon, Rajaton performing ABBA Classics – Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia,

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ProgramERNST & YOuNG FAMILY CONCERT

Play Me a Picture3pm, Sunday 22 July 2012

Featuring excerpts from:OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld: Can CanHANDEL Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba JOHN WILLIAMS Harry Potter – SuiteGRIEG Peer Gynt – Suite No.1: MorningRAVEL Mother Goose – Suite: Danse de RouetBRAHMS Hungarian Dance No.5COPLAND Rodeo: Hoe DownPETER SCuLTHORPE Kakadu (excerpt)JOHN WILLIAMS E.T.: Flying ThemeWAGNER Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries

Warwick Potter, conductorPhil Doncon, artist (pictured)

Rhoda Lopez, presenter Concert Partner

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Warwick Potter is one of Australia’s leading conductors. He has conducted WASO on many occasions across a variety of musical genres. His WASO collaborations have included projects with The Panics, Justine Clarke, Jay Laga’aia and Andrew MacFarlane. He specialises in education and family concerts and has also conducted the Adelaide, Canberra, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras in these fields. His subscription concert credits include Camerata of St.John’s, Darwin Symphony Orchestra and Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted for Queensland Music Festival and Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival. He is currently directing and conducting Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s award winning education program, Noteworthy.

A leading music educationalist, Warwick has conducted youth and community orchestras across Australia including university of Queensland Symphony Orchestra,

Queensland Youth Symphony, Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony, Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Young Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and St.Lucia Orchestra as well as Western Australian Youth Orchestra in Perth. He is Head of Woodwind and Brass at university of Queensland and is in high demand for a variety of education projects in Queensland. He was a technical advisor for Australian Examination Music Board revamped bassoon syllabus launched recently. As a player, he has played Guest Principal for WASO and Queensland Symphony Orchestra as well as touring nationally with Australian Chamber Orchestra on multiple occasions.

His future engagements include conducting Canberra Symphony Orchestra at the prestigious Mittagong International Piano Concerto Competition in 2013 as well as return engagements with WASO and Canberra Symphony Orchestra.

Warwick Potter Conductor

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Phil Doncon co-founded and performed in Artworks Visual Arts Theatre from 1997 – 2003. When the group wound up in 2004, he thought he was hanging up his performance painting brushes permanently.

In 2006, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra invited Phil out of retirement to perform the first of the Play Me a Picture series, but it wasn’t until 2008, while painting a striking desert scene as part of the Play Me a Picture series with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, that he had an epiphany. He realised at that moment, he was totally in his element, and that this is exactly what his life should be about.

From that point on, Phil launched into a solo performance painting career, putting together an array of performances for orchestras, schools and festivals. Since then, Phil has performed to rave reviews, in schools in Perth, Melbourne and regional WA. His performances emphasise pursuing your passions, being proactive and taking calculated risks in both art and life.

Phil has also performed the Play Me a Picture series with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

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Rhoda has been nominated for the WA Equity Benevolent Guild Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2011 for her work in Scent Tales (Little y Theatre, Blue Room), and Titus Andronicus (Class Act Theatre), and Tough Girls – a new Australian Musical (VitalStatistix Theatre Adelaide & Deckchair Theatre Perth).  

Her training includes studying at the WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), completing a Certificate II and Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre. Rhoda has also MC-ed various events, from many of the Philippine Independence Day Balls to live children’s shows. She has experience as a tutor for voice, singing, movement and leadership, mainly through Barking Gecko Theatre Co, and Rotary International. Rhoda has just finished a show called Kitchmas in July, for the Downstairs at The Maj Cabaret season. 

Rhoda’s love of the arts stems from her Filipino background and her upbringing in Zambia.

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Phil Doncon Artist

Rhoda Lopez Presenter

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Activities

ColourMe In!

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Spot the difference! Who’s missing in the second picture?

Answer: Instruments and musicians missing in the second picture: piano, two timpani, cymbals, tubular bells, one French horn, tuba, oboe/cor anglais, one double bass, one viola, one second violin, the conductor.

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Activities

ColourMe In!

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Spot the difference! Who’s missing in the second picture?

Answer: Instruments and musicians missing in the second picture: piano, two timpani, cymbals, tubular bells, one French horn, tuba, oboe/cor anglais, one double bass, one viola, one second violin, the conductor.

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ViolinMargaret BladesAssoc ConcertmasterSemra Lee Assistant ConcertmasterGraham Pyatt A/Principal 1st ViolinJohn Ford Principal 2nd ViolinFleur ChallenDorothy FordBeth HebertSara Herriman^Shaun Lee-ChenLena Mackenzie^Akiko MiyazawaLucas O’Brien^Anna O’HaganKen PeelerBrendon RichardsJolanta SchenkJane SerrangeliEllie ShalleyJacek SlawomirskiTeresa Vinci^Andrea White^David Yeh

ViolaGiovanni Pasini Berian Evans Kierstan ArkleysmithAlex BroganBen Caddy^Katherine DrakeAlison HallAllan McLean

CelloLouise McKayShigeru KomatsuEve SilverFotis SkordasTim SouthXiao Le Wu

Double BassAndrew RootesElizabeth Browning^Christine ReitzensteinLouise Ross

FluteAndrew Nicholson Mary-Anne Blades Michael Waye Principal Piccolo

OboeLeanne GloverA/PrincipalStephanie Nicholls^Elizabeth CheeA/Principal Cor Anglais

ClarinetAllan Meyer Philip Everall^Lorna Cook

BassoonJane Kircher-Lindner Oscar Garrido de la RosaPrincipal Contrabassoon

HornDavid Evans Robert Gladstones Principal 3rdJenna Breen Francesco Lo Surdo

TrumpetEvan Cromie A/PrincipalBrody Linke^Peter Miller

TromboneJoshua Davis Liam O’MalleyPhilip Holdsworth Principal Bass Trombone

TubaCameron Brook

TimpaniAlex Timcke

PercussionTroy Greatz A/PrincipalRobyn Gray^Paul Tanner^

HarpSarah Bowman

CelesteGraeme Gilling^

On Stage Today

PrincipalAssociate PrincipalGuest Musician^

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How your donation supports the OrchestraDonations made to WASO’s Private Giving program ensure that the Orchestra can continue to present Family Series concerts such as Play Me a Picture and a wide variety of other special community activities.

WASO’s community of Patrons individually make financial contributions that have a genuine impact on the scope and quality of performances and activities that the Orchestra are able to provide to the Western Australian community. As music lovers, they contribute to sharing the joy of music with current and future generations and help ensure Western Australians continue to have a world class symphony orchestra based in their state.

Contributions made through WASO’s Philanthropy programs support all aspects of the Orchestra’s activities including community and education programs and special events.

Donations in 2012 help support:

Free public performances by the Orchestra, including the Symphony in the City concert in December, which attracts 20,000 people every year.

Three wonderful family concerts each year enjoyed by hundreds of children. Many more children delight in our EChO cushion concerts across the Perth metropolitan area, from Joondalup to Fremantle.

The touring of different sized WASO ensembles into schools and communities all over Western Australia – touching the lives of thousands of young Western Australians in all corners of the state.

A WASO Chamber Orchestra performing in the Starlight Theatre at Princess Margaret Children’s Hospital six times a year bringing moments of joy to the lives of very ill children, their parents and the staff.

Please help us share the joy of music and become more deeply involved in the life of WASO. To learn more or to become a patron, please call Alecia Benzie, WASO’s Executive Manager, Private Giving, on 9326 0020 or email benziea@waso.com.au. Donations are fully tax deductible.

Every gift makes a difference.

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Suitable for 6 to 13 year olds.

Warwick Potter, conductor

Join WASO at this spine-tingling and spooky Halloween family concert. Dress up as a scary character and come and hear

some of the best-known eerie music of all time!

3pm, Sun 28 OctoberPerth Concert Hall Tickets $20*

FAMILY SERIES