I thought it was a good time to reflect on the first half of our 2016-17 Season. But, it’s over I hear you say? No, actually, we’re only half-way through. But I can understand the assumption that we have concluded our current season projects. Our season starts in May each year and concludes in April-May […]
Are We There Yet? Read More »
We’ve decided after weighing up many, many options out there to abandon doing traditional newsletters (sorry about that AWeber, MailChimp etc). One of the simple reasons is that by either occasionally visiting the ADO website or following us on Facebook will keep you up-to-date with everything going on with the Australian Discovery Orchestra. But the
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Today, I begin writing to successful auditionees who have obtained a chair in the 2016-17 ADO season. It has been a privilege to take part in watching well over 100 video auditions submitted from all around Australia and quite a few from Australian musicians currently living overseas. Doing auditions via video submission comprising the entire
12 Weeks Today Until Our Season Opening Concert Read More »
With the first performance of the ADO coming up on May 29, I thought I would write a short introductory piece to the suite that Aaron Copland extracted from his ‘Americana’ opera, The Tender Land which we are performing along with Brenton Broadstock’s Made in Heaven: Concerto For Orchestra (rev.). I find it fascinating that
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With the New Year nearly upon us, we have reached the milestone date of being exactly one month from the closing date of our audition deadline – 29 January 2016. So don’t let the holidays get too far advanced before you fire up your instrument and submit your online orchestral video audition at our dedicated
AUDITION CLOSING DATE IS LOOMING! Read More »
