Eskimo Joe with WASO

SPECIALS 2018 PROGRAM WASO On Stage

VIOLIN CELLO TRUMPET Graeme Norris Louise McKay Brent Grapes EY PRESENTS A/Assistant Concertmaster Chair partnered by Penrhos College Chair partnered by NAB Rebecca Glorie Shigeru Komatsu Peter Miller A/Principal 1st Violin Oliver McAslan Katie Noonan’s Elixir with Kate Sullivan Nicholas Metcalfe TROMBONE Assist Principal 2nd Violin Fotis Skordas Liam O’Malley Eskimo Joe with WASO Sarah Blackman Michael Leunig & WASO Tim South BASS TROMBONE Fleur Challen Philip Holdsworth Stephanie Dean DOUBLE BASS Fri 26 October 2018, 8pm Friday 23 February 2018, 8pm Beth Hebert Mark Tooby TUBA Perth Concert Hall Sunday 25 February 2018, 5pm Alexandra Isted A/Assoc Principal Double Bass Cameron Brook Sunmi Jung Louise Elaerts Perth Concert Hall Lucas O’Brien Christine Reitzenstein TIMPANI Melanie Pearn Andrew Tait Alex Timcke Ken Peeler FLUTE/PICCOLO PERCUSSION Louise Sandercock Michael Waye Brian Maloney Jane Serrangeli Chair partnered by Stott Hoare Jolanta Schenk OBOE/COR ANGLAIS Paul Tanner^ Kathryn Shinnick Liz Chee HARP Cerys Tooby A/Principal Oboe Bronwyn Wallis^ David Yeh CLARINET/ PIANO VIOLA BASS CLARINET Adam Pinto^ Alex Brogan Matthew Kidd^ A/Principal Viola BASSOON/ Kierstan Arkleysmith CONTRABASSOON Alison Hall *Instruments used by these Linda Charteris^ musicians are on loan from Elliot O’Brien Janet Holmes à Court AC. Kathy Potter^ HORN Helen Tuckey Julian Leslie^ Principal Francesco Lo Surdo Associate Principal Assistant Principal Contract Player˚ Guest Musician^

Multi-Platinum selling and four-time ARIA award-winning singer and songwriter Katie Noonan returns to WASO with Australia’s ‘poet laureate’ Michael Leunig and her trio Elixir.

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Stu MacLeod guitars, backing vocals Eskimo Joe Iain Grandage Joel Quartermain drums, backing vocals Conductor Kav Temperley bass guitar, lead vocals While successfully straddling the line between commercial success and Iain Grandage composes, conducts managing to keep their Alternative and performs. He has received the Iain Grandage conductor Music roots secure, over their career, prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Eskimo Joe have racked up a long list of Arts Award, the Ian Potter Emerging All lyrics and music by Kav Temperley, Stu Macleod and Joel Quartermain (Mushroom Music Publishing) impressive stats. With 6 studio albums with other songwriters as credited Composer Fellowship, been Composer- under their belts and sales in excess of in-Residence with the WA Symphony 750,000 in Australia alone, the band has Orchestra and Musician-in-Residence at Comfort You Breaking Up seen 3 of those albums debut at number UWA, where he is currently an Honorary arranged by Rebecca Erin Smith arranged by Alex Turley 1 on the ARIA charts, with juggernaut Research Fellow and from whom he has ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’ shining for received an Honorary Doctorate. He New York Childhood Behaviour a monster 62 weeks in the Top 50 and is currently the Artistic Director of the arranged by Joseph Twist arranged by Benjamin Northey “Foreign Land”, from their fourth album Eskimo Joe continue to captivate their Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. Iain’s and Kate Miller-Heidke. Iain has won ‘Inshalla’, bringing home 2 APRA Awards, large and devout fan base, by pursuing concert works are regularly performed seven Helpmann Awards for his work Older Than You Life Is Better With You for Most Played Rock Song on Australian new horizons and embarking on new by orchestras including ACO, MSO, SSO in theatre - five for Best Original Score arranged by Jared Yapp arranged by Johannes Leubbers radio and Best Rock Song of 2010. challenges. The band will celebrate their and WASO and string quartets including and two for Musical Direction. He Planet Earth Smoke Eskimo Joe have enjoyed 35 ARIA 21st birthday in February and March, by the Brodsky and ASQ, and he is a won the APRA 2015 Vocal Work of the embarking on a national tour featuring sought-after arranger, having worked Year for his opera The Riders (Victorian arranged by Simon Kruit arranged by Jared Yapp nominations in their career thus far – a number only surpassed by Silverchair, The Sydney, Tasmanian and West with Tim Minchin, Dr G Yunupingu Opera 2014). Liar Running Out Of Needs Powderfinger, Kylie Minogue and John Australian Symphony Orchestras. arranged by Jessica Wells arranged by Joseph Twist Farnham. They have brought home 3 As their storied career continues to International Song-writing Awards, 11 evolve, Eskimo Joe have certainly come a Sarah Black Fingernails, Red Wine WAMi Awards and 8 ARIAs and 11 of their long way from their humble beginnings, arranged by Jessica Wells arranged by Rebecca Erin Smith compositions have featured in Triple as much loved indie rock kids in About WASO J’s Hottest 100 countdown, with ‘Black Connect With WASO Wake Up London Bombs Fremantle, WA. Fingernails, Red Wine’ landing 2nd place. The West Australian Symphony facebook.com/ arranged by Alex Turley arranged by Nicholas Buc For further information or publicity enquiries The stage however, is where Eskimo Joe Orchestra (WASO) is Western Australia’s WestAustralianSymphonyOrchestra please contact Catherine Haridy Management shine and the band have performed at largest and busiest performing arts Come Down Foreign Land [email protected] many significant events including: Sound organisation. Each year the Orchestra arranged by Jessica Wells with Steve Parkin (Universal Music Publishing), twitter.com/_WASO_ Relief, Live Earth, Make Poverty History, entertains, inspires and enriches the arranged by Joseph Twist From The Sea the ARIA Awards, the APRA Awards, Big people of Western Australia through arranged by Iain Grandage Love Is A Drug Day Out, Homebake, Laneway Festival, Get Involved! its world-class concert performances, instagram.com/_waso_ award-winning education and community arranged by Joseph Twist Falls Festival, Southbound, Splendour In Tonight audience members are The Grass, Triple J’s One Night Stand and programs, exciting young and emerging I’m So Tired welcome to take photos and videos wasorchestra artists programs, regional tours and its with Valgeir Sigurdsson (Mushroom Music Sky’s On Fire Sundance Film Festival in Utah, USA, on on small, hand-held devices during artistic partnerships with West Australian Publishing and Pollination Music Ltd), arranged by Simon Kruit the same stage as Crosby, Stills, Nash and the concert. Please ensure your Opera and West Australian Ballet. arranged by Joseph Twist Young. Along with a significant number of flash is turned off. youtube.com/ tours within Australia, the band have had WASO performs to more than 200,000 WestAustSymOrchestra their music released to great acclaim from We would love to see your snaps! West Australians annually and is heard Program order to be decided on the night. fans and critics alike, in the United States, Make sure you share them using around Australia and globally through its Stay up to date and sign-up to our This concert will run for approximately 90 minutes, with no interval. Canada, Europe and Korea with large #EJ21 and #_waso_ broadcasts on ABC Classic FM, Foxtel SymphonE-news at waso.com.au festivals and sold out tours to boot. Arts, and live and on-demand webcasts.