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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS 2017 PERFORMANCE PROGRAM 1 ABORIGINAL PERFORMANCE ACTING ARTS MANAGEMENT CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSITION & MUSIC TECHNOLOGY CONTEMPORARY MUSIC WELCOME COSTUME Edith Cowan University is now Come and see for yourself why DANCE the proud owner of its very WAAPA is considered one of the own Spiegeltent, the Edith, so I world’s leading performing arts DESIGN am particularly looking forward academies. JAZZ to seeing some shows in this WAAPA attracts an exciting array wonderfully atmospheric setting. of guest artists to collaborate I am also excited by the gift of the with our students to produce an Stewart Symonds Collection of 140 amazing variety of concerts historically significant pianos which and shows. includes the first piano to arrive You will be inspired by the on Australian shores. A ravishing exceptional talents and infectious series of concerts will celebrate enthusiasm of the performers this fabulous acquisition. and entranced by the imagination There are so many tantalising and skills of the students working performances at WAAPA - I intend behind the scenes. to get to most of them and I hope Invest in the future; buy a ticket to see you there. today. Professor Steve Chapman CBE Professor Julie Warn AM Vice-Chancellor Dean OPEN DAY SUNDAY 13 AUGUST, 10.00AM – 3.00PM LIGHTING MUSIC THEATRE The WAAPA / ECU Open Day is a perfect opportunity to explore behind the scenes. Come and see students in action in rehearsals, OPERA classes and short concerts. Speak with staff members about PERFORMING ARTS course options and find out about auditions. See the design PROPS & SCENERY work, costumes and props on display. Check out the superbly equipped lighting and sound studios, the music technology labs RESEARCH and the scenery construction workshops. Explore the campus, SCREEN PERFORMANCE take a backstage tour and attend information sessions. A detailed SOUND program of events will be posted on the WAAPA website waapa.ecu.edu.au STAGE MANAGEMENT 2 3 PROGRAM INDEX MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER 4 5 4-6 1-3 3 1 & 2 2-6 1 Geoffrey Lancaster in 8 Hits Plus Kaboom! Life is a Cabaret! Unleash Sound Spectrum Spring Sonatas 11 13 16 On Safari 18 31 Recital 2017.2 25 8 23 6 & & 5-11 13 14 12 1 2 2 & 3 Transcendental The Diary of The Songbook The Bach Connection Chicago & 16 8 47 4 5 Spooktacular! Bebop! Voices Anne Frank Sessions Starstruck 25 9 11 36 16 23 & 17 1-9 9-11 17-23 6 8 5-11 16-22 The New Standard Tilt 5 Im Spiegel Megan Washington A Dream Play Present Laughter 18 43 The Blind Giant is 12 37 37 Human/Machine 32 Dancing Interaction 36 18 2 24 7 6-12 16-22 Karin Schaupp and Keys in the City 17-23 Sonic Wonderment Rise Petits Fours Claire Edwardes 19 Windmill Baby 17-23 30 37 18 5-7 Revisited 40 The Tempest 11 Inventories of Bodies in 36 2 Movement 8-12 17-24 24 Dark Rain 32 18-25 20 Sound Spectrum 42nd Street Andrey Gugnin 20 Verge 17-23 Battle and Victory 2017.1 48 Piano Recital 31 Lord of the Flies 12 13 18 11 47 6 18 Kuniko Kato: Total Rosemary and Thyme: 10 The English Guitar 22 From Opera 25 Percussion 25 18 Jane Austen's Video Killed the Radio Active (Albany) 20 Come and Sing with With Love 16 Drawing Room Radio Star 14 21 Mary King 8 & 13-19 9 8 9 The Threepenny 25-31 Faith Court Orchestra: 10-13 Opera 27 Solo Stage: Love and Information The Warana Prize 39 18-25 Fazioli Fascination 38 20 Heathers: The Musical Moments of Being 12 42 46 25-31 & 13-19 14 16 As You Like It 11 JULY Momentum Radio Active 39 21 Guitar Brazilliance 38 21 Mad About Coward 14 9 11-16 WAAPA International Art 26-31 14-16 14-21 11 & 12 Chicago Hit Parade: Defying Bloody Bloody 23 Kneebody Song Academy 47 Mad, Bad and 13 17 Gravity Turns 30! Andrew Jackson 22 47 Dangerous to Know 27 9 13 15 Massed Saxophone Art Song Academy 20 16-21 Radio Active Sessions Project The Impresario and Les 14 Participant Showcase 19 One O'Clock Jump 25 17 23 Mamelles De Tirésias WAAPA in the Park 26 10 19-21 29-31 Alexandre Da Costa 16 Unleash 21 Plays Beethoven Magic Mozart & 19 25 Art Song Academy 31 Piano Homages Steve Reich Under 15 Tchaikovsky Gala Concert 17 23 24 the Stars 30 & 31 11 24-27 Tilt Twin Share 43 23 25 32 Postgraduate & Classical Music Accolades Research Showcase 25 25 33 Lincolnshire Posy Aboriginal Performance 14 TBA! Acting 28 The Secret Project & Come to the Edge 42 Dance 25 26 39 Films Sleep Music 42 Music Theatre 26 Performing Arts Winter Serenades Research 16 4 PROGRAM INDEX 5 MUSIC CLASSICAL VOICE & OPERA CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORICAL PIANO SERIES WAAPA INTERNATIONAL ART SONG ACADEMY COME AND SING WITH MARY KING STEVE REICH UNDER THE STARS GEOFFREY LANCASTER IN RECITAL MAD ABOUT COWARD BATTLE AND VICTORY JANE AUSTEN'S DRAWING ROOM ART SONG ACADEMY MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW FAZIOLI FASCINATION THE BACH CONNECTION PARTICIPANT SHOWCASE TRANSCENDENTAL VOICES KABOOM! GALA CONCERT LIFE IS A CABARET! GUITAR BRAZILLIANCE JAZZ FROM OPERA WITH LOVE LINCOLNSHIRE POSY BEBOP! SPECIAL EVENTS THE IMPRESARIO AND ALEXANDRE DA COSTA PLAYS BEETHOVEN MEGAN WASHINGTON WAAPA IN THE PARK LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS WINTER SERENADES KNEEBODY KEYS IN THE CITY ON SAFARI THE NEW STANDARD KARIN SCHAUPP AND CLAIRE EDWARDES COMPOSITION & MUSIC ONE O'CLOCK JUMP TECHNOLOGY ANDREY GUGNIN PIANO RECITAL MASSED SAXOPHONE PROJECT 8 HITS PLUS DARK RAIN SONIC WONDERMENT REVISITED KUNIKO KATO: TOTAL PERCUSSION SOUND SPECTRUM 2017.1 FAITH COURT ORCHESTRA: THE WARANA PRIZE VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR HIT PARADE: DEFYING GRAVITY TURNS 30! SOUND SPECTRUM 2017.2 MAGIC MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY HUMAN/MACHINE INTERACTION PIANO HOMAGES ROSEMARY AND THYME: THE ENGLISH GUITAR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSICAL ACCOLADES RADIO ACTIVE SESSIONS SPRING SONATAS THE SONGBOOK SESSIONS SPOOKTACULAR! RADIO ACTIVE STARSTRUCK Rai Thistlethwayte in Concert 2015 6 7 Tickets Bookings open $27 Full Friends 7 February HISTORICAL PIANO SERIES BEBOP! THE EDITH $22 Concession/Friends Public 14 February Music Director MARCH From the 1940s to the mid '50s, the bebop style shaped a The Stewart Symonds Keyboard Instrument Collection represents an unprecedented and historic M T W T F S S Jamie Oehlers generation. Jazz artists like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie bequest to Edith Cowan University. The Collection, painstakingly and intelligently assembled by 16 Performed by and Thelonious Monk were the vanguard during this time, Australian collector Stewart Symonds, is widely recognised as one of the most significant in the Jazz students creating this high paced and energetic music that reflected world and is of immense cultural value. Now preserved for posterity at Edith Cowan University, the 7.30pm the turmoil of the war times. The beboppers were known for Collection comprises some 140 instruments – including the first piano to arrive on Australian shores. their incredible technical abilities, their slightly kooky dress In conjunction with the world’s most esteemed musical instrument restorers, Edith Cowan University is sense and for living on the edge, which is all represented bringing the Collection's instruments into playing order. Voices silenced by time will be brought to life through this incredible music. and will once again be heard by lovers of music. Tickets (Audience) MARCH Bookings open COME AND SING $27 Full Friends 7 February GEOFFREY LANCASTER IN RECITAL M T W T F S S THE EDITH $22 Concession/Friends Public 14 February MUSIC AUDITORIUM 4 WITH MARY KING Music Director MARCH Don’t miss this opportunity to become a professional singer Acclaimed fortepianist and Professor of Music Geoffrey Lancaster 3.00pm Mary King for a day! Singers, aspiring singers and bathroom singers are will perform some of the most perfectly conceived, imaginative and M T W T F S S Performed by invited to our wonderful Spiegeltent to sing choruses from the innovative sonatas by Haydn and Beethoven. This recital sees the debut Tickets 18 $27 Full You! greatest musical theatre shows under the inspired direction of WAAPA’s new fortepiano, made by the renowned European master- $22 Concession/Friends 7.30pm of Mary King (UK). Places are limited; refer to website from maker Paul McNulty. 1 February for participation fees and registration. Participants Bookings open will receive a digital copy of the music in preparation for a day Performed by Geoffrey Lancaster Friends 7 February Public 14 February of workshops and rehearsals which will culminate in a joyous public concert in the evening for your friends, family and all lovers of music theatre. APRIL JANE AUSTEN’S DRAWING ROOM M T W T F S S MUSIC AUDITORIUM 22 Tickets Bookings open MAD ABOUT MUSIC $27 Full Friends 7 February 3.00pm In the fashionable Georgian age of Jane Austen’s romance novels, square AUDITORIUM $22 Concession/Friends Public 14 February pianos were the mainstay of domestic music-making. The square piano, which COWARD Tickets Conceived by features prominently in the Stewart Symonds Collection, was an English $27 Full MARCH International director and Noel Coward tragic Stuart Maunder invention that allowed compact affordable pianos to fill the drawing rooms of $22 Concession/Friends M T W T F S S Stuart Maunder takes to the stage accompanied in fine form by the one and thousands of homes. English music-making of this era includes a surprisingly 21 Performed by only Stewart Smith, Associate Dean of Music. Together they Bookings open rich repertoire of songs for piano and guitar.