Saturday 23rd March 2024 The Grainger Wind Symphony seeks to inspire young musicians to continue playing their instrument after the leave school, and be inspired to play as best they can. By performing for and with school bands, student musicians can get a close look to see how music happens. This share this concert we…
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Concert 1 2024: Celestial Light
Saturday 2nd March 7.00pm The program features live performance of music from inspirational movies. As you listen to each performance imagine the mystery, suspense and awe of their iconic scenes. The program includes music from Dr Who, Star Trek, Star Wars – episodes 4 to 7, A work by Michael Brand places the music of…
Conducting Workshop 2024 Wednesday March 27th
Conductors and those wanting to develop their skills in conducting are invited to participate in a conducting workshop led by Roland Yeung an experienced music educator, conductor and conducting teacher and a team of conducting mentors. Closing date is 13th March 2024 or as soon as the Full Participant places are full. The GWS Conducting…
Concert 6 2023: 7pm 2nd December
Concert 7.00pm Saturday 2nd December 2023 Venue: Blackburn High School Auditorium, 60 Springfield Road, Blackburn North, Victoria To book tickets using TryBooking click here To download a Poster click here To download the printed program as a pdf click here To read more details about the program click here. Bring a cushion to sit on…
Call for Original Australian Compositions 2024 – closes 31st January 2024
31st January 2024 is the deadline for submitting a score and parts in pdf for performance in 2024 at the concert dedicated to Australian compositions. However, submissions are welcome at anytime. The Grainger Wind Symphony is calling for Australian composers to submit an original composition for the Grainger Wind Symphony to perform. The Grainger Wind…
Update of GWS Child Safety Policy
Following a call for comments, the GWS Committee has accepted the update at its meeting on 8th October. The Grainger Wind Symphony has update its Child Safety Policy in line with new Child-Safe Standards according to the State Government policy. To see the policy click here. For further information on the new child-safe standards please…
Concert 5 2023: The Worth Of My Music
Performance: 7.00pm Saturday 28th October 2023 Venue: Blackburn High School Auditorium, 60 Springfield Road, Blackburn. Enter via the main entrance and walk down the breezeway alongside the Main Reception to the lowers set of buildings. Bring your own cushion to sit on! Soloist: Leo Nguyen pianoforte from the Australian National Academy of Music. To book…
Symphona our new player scheduling web-app
After 3 months of trialling over 10 apps, the GWS Committee has agreed to adopt Symphona as the GWS’s Player Management Web-app. An on-boarding process is being gradually enacted and dovetailed with other applications already used by Section Managers. NEW PLAYERS New players wanting to play with GWS are most welcome. They will have to…
Concert 4: 2023 Made In Australia
7.00pm Saturday 26th August 2023 St Peter’s Anglican Church, 1036 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, next to the Box Hill Town Hall. This project is focussed on emerging composers. Whilst there is no monetary reward to composers, the GWS is offering its resources to help composers delve deeper into writing music for the wind symphony genre.…
NEW PLAYERS EOI – DO YOU WANT TO PLAYER AND PERFORM WITH US?
Any suitably experienced and qualified players are welcome to submit an expression of interest (EOI) to play and perform in The Grainger Wind Symphony. We aim to fill all seats required by the composer’s instrumentation. New players are invited to submit an EOI anytime using a Google Form. But first please read the information on…