In an article by Anthony Tommasini in the March 7 edition of the New York Times, the very fine Finnish conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen; music director designate of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, muses on the future of the orchestra in the 21st-Century. The article itself is not terribly well-written, suffering from the same lack of […]
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I had the great pleasure last weekend of working with an essentially ‘scratch’ orchestra comprised predominantly of musicians teaching instrumental music in Schools in Melbourne and regional areas; including some musicians from the ADO roster, all of whom gave so generously of their time. The ADO, through Managing Director, Janine Hanrahan, and Artistic Administrator, Briony
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Happy New Year to everyone – or “Auguri” as they say in Venice from where I am writing this post. Today I have announced the preliminary concert schedule for the ADO’s 2017 season. Â More details, including dates and venues to be announced shortly. Â If you haven’t already seen it, tap here. For the Season opening
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By: Kevin Purcell I am delighted to have been asked to write the first blog on the Australian Discovery Orchestra web site. As the ADO has yet to give a performance to share, the closest thing we have is an excerpt from a 2010 concert given by the Tasmania Discovery Orchestra conducted by the late,
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