WASO on Stage

WASO On Stage

VIOLIN CELLO TROMBONE Rebecca Glorie Eve Silver* Joshua Davis A/Principal 1st Violin Shigeru Komatsu • Dr Ken Evans and Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans Zak Rowntree* Oliver McAslan Liam O’Malley Principal 2nd Violin Nicholas Metcalfe Kate Sullivan Assistant Principal 2nd Violin Fotis Skordas BASS TROMBONE Fleur Challen Emma Vanderwal^ Philip Holdsworth Stephanie Dean DOUBLE BASS TIMPANI Sunmi Jung John Keene Alex Timcke Christina Katsimbardis Louise Elaerts Ellie Lawrence Christine Reitzenstein PERCUSSION Akiko Miyazawa Mark Tooby Brian Maloney Lucas O’Brien Francois Combemorel Melanie Pearn HORN Assoc Principal ★★Section partnered by Percussion & Timpani Ken Peeler Margaret & Rod Marston Louise Sandercock David Evans HARP Jolanta Schenk Robert Gladstones Bronwyn Wallis^ Jane Serrangeli Principal 3rd Horn Bao Di Tang Julia Brooke Cerys Tooby Francesco Lo Surdo David Yeh ★★ Section partnered by TRUMPET •Chair partnered by VIOLA Jenna Smith *Instruments used by these Alex Brogan Peter Miller musicians are on loan from A/Principal Viola Janet Holmes à Court AC. Benjamin Caddy A/Assoc Principal Viola Principal Alison Hall Associate Principal Rachael Kirk Assistant Principal Contract Musician˚ Allan McLean Guest Musician^ Helen Tuckey with the west AustrAliAn symphony orchestrA West Australian Symphony Orchestra

West Australian Symphony Orchestra supported by hundreds of visiting (WASO) thrives on the enthusiasm, artists, alongside the volunteers of the passion and support of our entire WASO Chorus to create exceptional community. We harness this energy performances for hundreds of thousands to create events and programs across of people each year. the state to stimulate learning and FRIDAY 26 & SATURDAY 27 MARCH participation in a vibrant cultural life. riverside theatre, perth convention and exhibition centre To learn more about WASO Our resident company of full-time musicians, visit waso.com.au or waso.com.au professional musicians are the beating connect with WASO. heart of our organisation. The Orchestra

WASO AT THE MOVIES plays a central role in the vibrancy of PRESENTED BY our creative state, and they are also

SE21_HP5_A5 ProgramAd v2.indd 1 8/1/21 10:36 am SE21_BOT_A5_ProgramCover.indd 1 11/12/20 10:27 am The West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Elders of the Indigenous Nations across About The Artist About The Conductor Western Australia and on whose Lands we work. Birds of Tokyo Vanessa Scammell Conductor Birds of Tokyo with WASO Formed in Perth back in 2004, Birds of Tokyo have grown from independent In 2018/2019, Vanessa Scammell conducted roots to become one of Australia’s most Uno / Broken Bones Sweeney Todd and Jekyll & Hyde (both popular contemporary rock bands. Songs starring Anthony Warlow), an encore Plans like “Good Lord”, “Two Of Us”, “Plans”, national tour of From Broadway to La Scala, “Lanterns”, “Brace” and “I’d Go With You The Merry Widow for Opera Australia, West Unbreakable Anywhere” have all been top 10 airplay Australian Opera and Opera Queensland hits and have lead to appearances at Circles and led symphonic tours of Planet Earth and every major festival in this country Blue Planet 2 for the BBC. Dive including Falls, Splendour In The Grass In 2021, she leads major projects with and Groovin’ The Moo, as well as In the last two years the band has LIVE – Barefoot at the Symphony; Eskimo Joe I’d Go With You Anywhere headlining slots at the AFL Grand Final Opera Australia and Opera Queensland enjoyed a run of four hit singles. This and will conduct the Sydney, Melbourne, and Lea Salonga in Concert. and NRL’s flagship State of Origin game. new material shares a strong lyrical Designed Queensland and West Australian She was Musical Director for The Divorce thread because it was all largely Over the years the band has had eleven Symphony Orchestras. (an opera commissioned for television by Silhouettic inspired by a tumultuous period in the separate songs make Triple J’s “Hottest Opera Australia, Princess Pictures and the personal life of frontman Ian Kenny. Vanessa’s concert credits include: 100”. Their breakthrough hit “Plans” ABC) and has been the Helpmann Awards Wild at Heart He dealt with his marriage breakup From Broadway to La Scala; Peter and ranked #4 on the 2010 countdown. It was Music Director for the past 13 years. Anchor taken from Birds of Tokyo’s self-titled third directly in the radio smash “The Greatest Jack starring Barry Humphries, Idina Menzel studio album, which went double platinum Mistakes” plus the double platinum © Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2020 If This Ship Sinks and spent over eight months in the ARIA certified single “Good Lord”. The top 20. The eponymous release received anthemic “Unbreakable” provided Interval (25 mins) the ARIA Award for Best Rock Album. a different perspective on the same dire situation while this year’s Subsequent records have helped the celebratory “Two Of Us” ushered in The Greatest Mistakes band carve a singular career for more the next chapter of his story. In May than a decade, including 2012’s March Two Of Us 2020 Birds of Tokyo bundled all these Fires, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA songs plus seven more onto a new album The Gap Album Chart and produced triple- called Human Design, which debuted at platinum radio hit “Lanterns”, their gold- #1 on the ARIA Album Chart. This Fire certified EP Anchor (2015) and 2016’s top #3 album BRACE. On ANZAC day 2020, during the height Mercy Arms of the Australian COVID-19 response, More than seventy Birds of Tokyo songs Brace Birds of Tokyo with West Australian have featured on Triple J, making them Symphony Orchestra performed Good Lord one of the station’s three most played ‘Unbreakable’ for Music from the Home artists of this millennium. The band are Front. The concert was held across Motionless / Lanterns also the only artist in history to win “Rock Australia and New Zealand to pay tribute Work Of The Year” on five separate to the workers on the frontline of the A WASO COMMISSION occasions at the APRA Awards. pandemic response. Over 1.1million Musical arrangements by Nicholas Buc performed in this world premiere season commissioned Australians tuned in to the broadcast. by West Australian Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with Birds of Tokyo. Birds of Tokyo capped off 2020 by releasing Summer anthem “Weekend”.

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