This is a concert that we look forward to every year. We invite senior school concert bands to share the stage providing a fresh event to lift their spirits and motivation. Our hope is that all these students will continue with their music once they graduate, indeed for the rest of their lives. With their years of lessons, rehearsals and performances, the transition can be quite smooth. By Invitation is a way to give them a glimpse into the workings of a top community wind symphony playing exciting repertoire beyond school level, and to play sitting and performing alongside fellow musicians.
Date: Saturday 21st March 7.00pm
Venue: Ian Woolf Auditorium, Carey Grammar, enter Gate 1, 349 Barkers Road, Kew
Tickets: Adults $10, Concession: health card holders, students $0.00 (free) but please book in TryBooking so we can track audience numbers (Trybooking does not charge for $0 tickets)
Bookings: via Trybooking click here
To download a poster click here (when it is available)
To read more detailed program notes click here (when it is available)
To download the printed program click here (on the day of the performance)
PROGRAM
Blackburn High School Symphonic Band conductor Jason Ziino
- Streets of Forbes by David Jones
- High Country by Ralph Hultgren
Balwyn High School Symphonic Band conducted by Mr David Howes
- Rail Riffs by Brian Balmages
- The Lord of the Rings Excerpts by Johan De Meij arr. Lavender
- Prelude to a Celebration by Philip Sparke
- October by Eric Whitacre
The Grainger Wind Symphony conductor Roland Yeung
- Concerto for Two Trumpets by Antonin Vivaldi – soloists Shane Walterfang and Robert Harry.
- Armenian Dances Part 1 by Alfred Reed
- From Dawn to Dusk by Graham Lloyd
Combined Bands conductor Roland Yeung
- The Empire Strikes Back (finale) by John Williams arr. Jack Bullock