Tuesday, December 9, 2014

FREE concerts by one of Australia’s finest school orchestras

We are staging one public concert in Boston (December 10, 2014), one in NYC (December 13) and another in the DC area (December 17) by this well loved Australian school Symphony Orchestra.


Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra 
at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Wednesday December 10, 2014 at 7.30pm

FREE CONCERT 
Auditorium Theatre 
41 Berkeley Street Boston 02116

The repertoire will be selected from: Offenbach - Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Dvorak - Cello Concerto 1st movement, Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Brumby - Festival Overture on Australian Themes, Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto 1st movement, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.3 1st movement.

at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Saturday, 13 December 2014 at 2.30pm

FREE CONCERT
405 W 59th St, New York, NY 10023

The repertoire will be selected from: Brumby - Festival Overture on Australian Themes, Dvorak - Cello Concerto - 1st movement, Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry, Handel - Ombra mai fu (Largo from Xerxes), Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla, Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto - 1st movement, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.3 - Andante & Finale.

at George Washington Masonic National Memorial Theater
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 at 1.30pm

FREE CONCERT 
101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria 22301

The repertoire will be selected from: Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla, Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry, Handel - Ombra mai fu (Largo from Xerxes), Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.3 - 1st movement.

"...remarkable performances by an orchestra of school students."
China Daily - Beijing
Melbourne Grammar has educated a record 3 Australian Prime Ministers and its alumni are leaders in all fields: corporate, civic, spiritual, sporting and political. The School’s Symphony Orchestra has a proud 60 year history touring internationally including China, Malaysia, Japan, across Europe and the United Kingdom.

The Orchestra’s Director, violinist Mark Drummond, has been concertmaster with a number of orchestras including the State Orchestra of Victoria and the Philharmonia of Melbourne and maintains an active performing career as concertmaster of the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and freelances for many distinguished international artists touring Australia - just last month Andrea Bocelli.
"It is a large orchestra of astonishingly high general quality."
The Musical Opinion - London
This US tour will see the orchestra of 56 travel the east coast, performing in Boston (Dec 10), New York City (Dec 13) and Arlington, VA (Dec 17) before they head back to Australia’s warm summer holiday festivities.

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