The Grainger Wind Symphony combined with The Monash University Wind Symphony Conductor: Roland Yeung Sunday 4.00pm 20 October 2019 Sir Zelman Cowen Conservatorium of Music Auditorium Performing Arts Centre, 55 Scenic Boulevard, Clayton Campus, Monash University To download a poster click here Audience numbers are limited. Bookings essential. To make a booking click here.
Saturday 31 August 2019 7.00p at St Peter’s Anglican Church Box Hill, 1038 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill Piano soloist Stuart Andrew and Alto Saxophone soloist Allanah Coldwell will feature in this challenging program. The Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky. “Strings and piano, a sound scraped and a sound struck, do not…
Conducting North West Wind Ensemble & Castle Hill RSL Youth Wind Orchestra and the Future of Concert Banding in Australia. Interview by Jared McCunnie. http://jaredmccunnie.weebly.com/articles/james-brice-interview-conducting-north-west-wind-ensemble-castle-hill-rsl-youth-wind-orchestra-and-the-future-of-concert-banding-in-australia?fbclid=IwAR3UnjDRdeStWM07_Gh7HAhO1XToCrF-tdVGvFXSkzOY0aQ_CZXjJ5xUw7E
Would players please consider buying their own music stand light? Some venues we perform in have uneven down lighting or insufficient lights. Recently, LED Music Stand Lights have fallen in price and are very effective. We would like to ask players to look into buying their own. Prices start $6.00 up to $116. There are…
The Grainger Wind Symphony wishes to bring to the attention of players in regard to the prevention of hearing loss. Hearing and listening are significant to the playing and performance skill of all musicians. With a commitment to life-ling participation and enjoyment of music, then it is important that everyone is aware of preventable loss.…
Seminar 5.20pm Wednesday 26 June This 2019 Conducting Workshop Program has concluded. Roland Yeung and The Grainger Wind Symphony are again running its conductor education programs in partnership with ABODA Victoria. This is an invitation to music teachers and community musicians who conduct instrumental music groups. A one-evening Public Seminar presented by Jo Heaton, One-on-one Conducting Tutorial and Video Workshop,…
Sunday 23 June 2019 3.30pm at Wesley College Glen Waverley in Cato Hall. Enter Gate 1 620 High Street Road, Glen Waverley. There are three sections to our invitation. Sectional Tutorial led by GWS players rehearsing the combined works and improving the student’s ensemble techniques Combined rehearsal with GWS and WGWSB players mixed in sections…
Saturday 25 May 7pm in St Peter’s Anglican Church Box Hill 1038 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill. Our second concert for 2019 features Australian composers and one composer who was commissioned to write a published work with an Australian folksong. Pre-Concert Talk 6.10pm-6.40pm Concert 7.00pm St Peter’s Anglican Church, 1038 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, next to…
Our first concert for 2019 is titled Lincolnshire Posy after the masterwork Lincolnshire Posy by our namesake Percy Grainger. The concert is on Saturday 7.00pm 30 March in St Peter’s Anglican Church, 1038 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, next to the Box Hill Town Hall. To book tickets on TryBooking, please click here A special…
The GWS Committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Chaplin as 2019 Associate Conductor after a successful selection process that included an application, audition and interview. For more information can be read about Peter Chaplin click here