Sydney Contemporary Orchestra’s first concert for 2014. This event is at the LTC Theatre, Baulkham Hills High School.
Book your tickets through City Recital Hall at https://tickets.cityrecitalhall.com/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=2402
Featuring new colourful works for wind quintets by five dedicated contemporary composers from Serbia, Spain, the United States and Australia, this concert will be an exciting exhibition of new sounds

Program
Two Pieces for Wind Quintet  (World premiere) – Bozo Banovic (Serbia)
Viracocha Wind  (World premiere) – Paul Kopetz (Australia)
Variations on a Lutheran Theme (World premiere) – Juan Carlos Cuello (Spain)
Forest Bagatelles  (Australian premiere) – Kevin Wilt (USA)
Ode to the Wind (World premiere) – Brian Chatpo Koo (Australia)

Artists
Sydney Comtemporary Orchestra
Samantha Joseph – Flute/Piccolo
Niamh Dell – Oboe/Cor Anglais
Katrina Todd – Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Tian Tian Zhang – Bassoon
Arianne Rooney – French Horn

Conductor – Dr Brian Chatpo Koo

This promises to be an exciting concert featuring all new music - book now to reserve your seats!

Founded and conducted by Dr Brian Chatpo Koo, the SCO is dedicated to promoting and performing new music of all kinds from contemporary composers to enrich the musical culture of our time.

Based in Sydney Australia, the orchestra hosts regular concerts of avant-garde orchestral compositions, “Music Contemporary”, providing opportunities for composers to present their new works, and to encourage composers to pursue creative endeavours in orchestral music.

Here is a link to some of the new works premiered at the concert last year:

http://www.sydneycontemporaryorchestra.sys.org.au/index.php/about-sco

SCO’s first concert for 2014 will be a concert titled “Ode to the Winds” -

Thursday, 17 April, 2014, 8:00pm
TLC Theatre, Baulkham Hills High School.

Opera by Candlelight is a celebration of music, romance, friends and beauty.

Wonderful singers and instrumentalists from around Australia and Europe come to beautiful Mosman Art Gallery to give you the best tunes and characters from opera and operetta.

More than  a concert… the unique banquet setting creates a night of glamour and beauty for you to share with your friends.

The entertainment features highlights from “Carmen” and the “Merry Widow”. You’ll love the “Flower Duet” from “Lakme”, the “Jewel Song” from “Faust”, and Rusalka’s “Song to the Moon”. Your heart will race to Verdi’s stirring “Anvil Chorus” and the “Triumphal March” from “Aida”. The programme features 32 favourite tunes. You’ll enjoy the very best of opera and operetta… without any of the boring bits!

You will enjoy wonderful singers and sensational musicians!

An afternoon of operatic, music theatre and jazz favourites by Samantha Warhurst (soprano), Samantha Joseph (flute) and Michael Johnson (tenor) accompanied by Carl Rafferty. Guest performances by Eugene D’Souza and Basil Psarommatis.
All proceeds will go towards buying medical equipment for the children at the Pipeline Internally Displaced Persons Camp near Nakuru, Kenya.
Please join us for an afternoon of beautiful music from Bizet’s Carmen, West Side Story and Phantom of the Opera as well as jazz classics such as Skylark and Songbird. The 80 min concert will be followed by a glass of bubbly!
Tickets need to be booked prior to the event by clicking ‘Attending’ on the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/431861266930814/?ref=22    or by emailing chilan.h.nguyen@gmail.com
Adults = $25, Concession = $20

The Sydney Independent Opera Orchestra, conducted by founder Steven Stanke, provided the musical backdrop for singers Regina Daniel, Maia Andrews, Geoff Knight and Randall Stewart.  Presenting the concert on Friday night, the audience were thrilled and delighted in a concert of favourite arias and ensembles such as selections from The Italian Girl in Algiers and La Forza del Destino, Can You Hear The People Sing? from Les Miserables, ‘Soave sia il vento’ from Cosi fan tutte, and many more!

The evening was a huge success, and we all had a wonderful time singing and playing the songs we love!

See below links for reviews from the evening:

What’s on Sydney – Viva Verdi review

Weekend Notes – Viva Verdi review

Sydney Arts Guide – Viva Verdi review

***The next show from the SIO company is Don Giovanni in November 2013 (http://www.sydneyindependentopera.com.au/sydney_independent_opera_003.htm).

Throughout time, history records some of the most extravagant stories of love and passion. On January 19th, let us take you through some of the most love-filled and passion-driven songs that history has seen…

I warmly invite you to the exciting new concert “Songs of Love and Passion” – a concert for flute and soprano! Come hear the perfectly matched sounds of the flute and voice in a mesmerising set of pieces covering opera arias, jazz and more modern love songs.

All of this in the uniquely situated Christ Church, Lavender Bay. With stunning Sydney Harbour and Opera House views this lovely sandstone church is the perfect setting for Songs of Love and Passion. The tiered seating and music-friendly acoustics will ensure you see and hear the concert with ease!

Come join soprano Samantha Warhurst and flautist Samantha Joseph on Saturday 19th January 2013 for a concert full of love-filled and passion-driven songs, and then for a glass of champagne after!

Esteemed pianist Glenn Amer will be joining us on piano for the event.

DETAILS:

When: Saturday 19^th January 2013
Where: Christ Church (10-12 Walker St, Lavender Bay)
Time: 5pm
Tickets:$20 student/concession, $25 adult (at the door)

To reserve seats (and to ensure we have catered for your glass of bubbly!) phone  0438 224 466 or email info@samanthajoseph.com.au

We look forward to seeing you there! Feel free to spread the word!

Warmest regards,
Samantha Joseph and Samantha Warhurst

Saturday November 10, 5pm and 7.30pm.

The rising stars of Australian opera present your favourite tunes, choruses and duets. Sydney’s best classical music entertainment.

Great voices, wonderful selections, gorgeous ladies and handsome gents!

You’ll enjoy highlights from the great operas, operettas and musicals, including Carmen, La Traviata, The Student Prince, The Merry Widow and West Side Story.

The singers are joined by virtuoso musicians to make this a complete entertainment!

All the songs you love without the boring bits!
Book your tickets now!
http://theindependent.org.au/whats-on/ or call 1300 302 604.

Giulia and Dorvil are secretly married despite the wishes of Dormont, Giulia’s guardian and tutor, who has plans for her to marry Dorvil’s friend Blansac. Dorvil secretly visits his wife every night by climbing up a silken ladder that Giulia lowers from her balcony. Meanwhile, Giulia has a scheme to divert Blansac’s amorous attentions toward Lucilla, her cousin, who, she believes, would make an excellent wife for him.
There are the usual quota of secret assignations and unexpected arrivals but will everything end happily? This one act farsa comica is packed with lots of sparkling melodies and comic efficiency.

The Silken Ladder (La scala di seta) opens tonight, Friday September 21, at The Independent Theatre. Written by Rossini in 1812 for the Teatro San Moisé in Venice. Performed tonight in true comic fashion! Make sure you make it here by 8pm to ensure you don’t miss out on those sparkling melodies.