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Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glen Slater. Score by Alan Menken. Concert Produced by Andrew Hewitt & Bill Silva Presents, Laura Engel & Richard Kraft/Kraft-Engel Management, Tim Fox & Alison Ahart Williams/Columbia Artists Management

WASO On Stage LLC Special Guest

VIOLIN CELLO BASS CLARINET TUBA Graeme Norris Shigeru Komatsu Alexander Millier Cameron Brook A/Assistant Concertmaster Oliver McAslan BASSOON TIMPANI Zak Rowntree* Eve Silver Principal 2nd Violin Jane Kircher-Lindner Alex Timcke Fotis Skordas Rachael Aquilina^ Adam Mikulicz IN CONCERT LIVE TO FILM Tim South Hannah Brockway^ PERCUSSION Xiao Le Wu Fleur Challen CONTRABASSOON Brian Maloney Chloe Turner Francois Combemorel Stephanie Dean DOUBLE BASS Robyn Gray^ Amy Furfaro^ John Keene HORN Beth Hebert Christine Alex Morton° HARP Alexandra Isted Reitzenstein Robert Gladstones Bronwyn Wallis^ Christina Katsimbardis Andrew Tait Principal 3rd Horn Lucas O’Brien Mark Tooby Julia Brooke KEYBOARD Melanie Pearn Francesco Lo Surdo Craig Dalton^ Ken Peeler FLUTE Andrew Nicholson TRUMPET GUITAR Jolanta Schenk Mary-Anne Blades Brent Grapes Ray Walker^ Jane Serrangeli A/Principal Flute Chair partnered by NAB Baodi Tang Adrian Kelly^ ELECTRIC BASS David Yeh PICCOLO Peter Miller Pete Jeavons^ Andrew Freeman^ VIOLA TROMBONE DRUMS Alex Brogan OBOE Joshua Davis Michael Perkins^ A/Principal Viola Elizabeth Chee Liam O’Malley Kierstan Arkleysmith A/Principal Oboe BASS TROMBONE Nik Babic COR ANGLAIS Lucy Durack Philip Holdsworth Alison Hall Leanne Glover Allan McLean *Instruments used by these Helen Tuckey CLARINET musicians are on loan from Janet Holmes à Court AC. Allan Meyer Lorna Cook Sings the Musicals Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^ Friday 8 March 8pm Saturday 9 March 2pm Concert Hall West Australian Symphony Orchestra FILM WITH LIVE SOUNDTRACK PERFORMED BY WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA From the centre of Perth to the furthest corners of our state, every year since 1928, To learn more about WASO FRI 26 APRIL 5PM | SAT 27 APRIL 2PM & 7.30PM we set hearts racing with extraordinary musicians, visit waso.com.au or CROWN THEATRE music and exhilarating performances for all connect with WASO. West Australians to share. PRESENTATION LICENSED BY

PRESENTATION LICENSED BY DISNEY CONCERTS. © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Lucy Durack Sings the Musicals From Lucy

Beauty and the Beast: Overture Carousel: Waltz I am absolutely thrilled to be performing around song ideas, it became clear Simon Gleeson Music by Alan Menken Music by Richard Rodgers with the magnificent West Australian that this was going to be a delightful Symphony Orchestra. I have been a huge assortment of sweet musical treats, mixed Simon’s theatre credits include: An Popular () What Baking Can Do (Waitress) fan of theirs since I was a little girl. My mum in with some jazz classics and Disney Ideal Husband, Hay Fever and Rupert Music by Stephen Schwartz Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles took me to a WAYO Babies Proms concert magic. We wanted to create a show that ( Theatre Company); when I was very young and then my Nanna not only music theatre fans would enjoy Oklahoma!, Curtains and Chess (The Somewhere Over The Rainbow Make You Feel My Love treated me to a grown up WASO concert as but Mums, Nannas, other grandparents, Production Company); Les Misérables – (The Wizard of Oz) Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan soon as I was old enough, as she was also parents, aunts, uncles, fairy godmothers West End, London (Cameron Macintosh Music by Harold Arlen Arranged by Alex Turley a fan. Listening to a Symphony Orchestra and fairy godfathers could bring their Ltd London); Les Misérables – and particularly WASO quickly became my younger music lovers along to and Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg (The Wizard of Oz) (Cameron Macintosh Australia); Harbour Already Home favourite escapism and reminder of pure introduce them to the great WASO, as and The Republic of Myopia (Sydney Someone to Watch Over Me Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber beauty in the world, so to share WASO with I had been. I hope there is something in Theatre Company); Love Never Dies (Oh, Kay!) Lyrics by Tim Rice you all, as well as my family and friends with there for everyone! (Gustave Stage Productions); Imagine This Arranged by Graham Lloyd a repertoire list including some of my most Music by George and Ira Gershwin Thank you so much to the wonderful (New London Theatre, West End); The beloved pieces of music is a huge joy to me. Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury Theatre, West directed by Monty Python member, At Last (Sun Valley Serenade) Girl Crazy: Overture Natalie De Biasi and all at WASO for From the moment WASO’s Program making this dream that is so dear to my End); Certified Male (Edinburgh Festival); Terry Jones. Simon played the role of Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Music by George Gershwin Coordinator Natalie De Biasi, my husband heart a reality, and thank you to my mum , Three Sides and The Silver Lake. Shoes ‘Ken’ in the feature film-My Life In Ruins. Harry Warren Love Is An Open Door (Frozen) Christopher Horsey (Director and and my late Nanna for introducing me to (Sadler’s Wells) and Southwark Fair (Royal Arranged by Jack Mason and Josh Davis National Theatre, London). Simon was awarded the 2015 Helpmann Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez Co-Creator) and I first began bouncing WASO all those years ago. Award for ‘Best Male Actor in a Musical’ I See The Light (Tangled) and Robert Lopez Simon’s television credits in Australia for his performance as ‘Jean Valjean’ in Music by Alan Menken © 2013 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. include: City Homicide, , Les Misérables. He has received a further and Seachange. In the Lyrics by Glenn Slater Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) two Helpmann Award Nominations and UK he played the regular role of ‘Sid’ in multiple Green Room Award and Sydney © 2010 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg About The Artists and Walt Disney Music Company EastEnders (BBC 1) and was a member of Theatre Award Nominations for his work. Lyrics by Alain Boubil, Jean-Marc Natel and the principal cast of Kombat Opera (BBC 2) Evermore (Beauty and the Beast) Herbert Kretzmer Lucy Durack Music by Alan Menken Princess Lyrics by Tim Rice Originally hailing from Perth, Lucy Nicholas Buc (Sing on Through Tomorrow) graduated from the Western Australian Nicholas Buc is a composer, conductor If I Loved You (Carousel) Music by Matthew Lee Robinson Academy of Performing Arts with a and arranger. He studied Composition Music by Richard Rodgers The Story Goes On (Baby) Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre). Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II at the University of Melbourne, where Music by David Shire Lucy’s stage credits include the roles of he received the inaugural Fellowship of A Whole New World (Aladdin) Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. Glinda the Good Witch in both the original Australian Composers Award. As the Music by Alan Menken Australian cast of Wicked (Gordon Frost recipient of the Brian May Scholarship, Lyrics by Tim Rice Organisation) and the recent successful he completed a master’s degree in Arranged by Bruce Healey tour of Wizard of Oz (GFO), as Elle Scoring for Film and Multimedia at New © 1992 Walt Disney Music Co. (ASCAP) Woods in The Musical York University, receiving the Elmer & Wonderland Music Co., Inc. (BMI) (GFO) for which she won a Helpmann and Sneddon Kurt Photo: Bernstein Award for Film Scoring. In 2007 Sydney Theatre Award. he was nominated for “Best Original Song Network/Essential Media) and Katie Composed for the Screen” in the APRA- Lucy’s screen credits include the roles Halloway in Now Add Honey (Gristmill. AGSC Screen Music Awards, and in 2015 conductor of Sophie in The Letdown (Netflix/ Williams’ Close Encounters of the Third Nicholas Buc won the NYU Film Scoring Competition. Lucy Durack vocals Giant Dwarf) which has just wrapped Lucy’s screen writing debut Lift, in which Kind. Other live film concerts includePixar Simon Gleeson vocals filming its second season, Roxy inSisters she also stars, premiered on Ten Peach Nicholas has conducted the world In Concert, E.T., Back to the Future, Casino (Netflix/Endemol Shine Banks), Chantelle in February 2019 and is now available to premieres of Beauty and the Beast, Harry Royale, Jurassic Park, Psycho, as well as both Christopher Horsey director/choreographer “Tugger” Waugh in Doctor Doctor (Nine stream on TenPlay. Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and John Star Wars and Harry Potter concert series.