WAAPA 2019 Performance Program

PERFORMANCE2019 PROGRAM WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

1 Welcome I am extremely proud that Edith Welcome to the wonderful world Cowan University has been voted of WAAPA. No. 1 in Creative Arts in the Our productions and concerts national Quality Indicators for are the very core of the students' Learning and Teaching (QILT) for training. Working with the finest 2018. In large part that is due to international and national artists, the excellence of WAAPA. alongside WAAPA's dedicated I am constantly amazed and staff, our exceptional students delighted at the quality of the produce the most tantalizing concerts and shows which I variety of performances regularly attend. From superb throughout the year. recitals on historical keyboard instruments, to sumptuous Come and see for yourself why musicals and innovative WAAPA is considered one of the contemporary performances held best performing arts academies in in The Edith Spiegeltent, there is the world. truly something to suit all tastes. Please join me at a range of these incredible performances. Professor Julie Warn AM Executive Dean and Director

Professor Steve Chapman CBE Vice-Chancellor

OPEN DAY SUNDAY 11 AUGUST, 10.00AM – 3.00PM

You're invited to come behind the scenes at WAAPA. ECU's Open Day at the Mount Lawley campus gives you the perfect opportunity to see our talented students in action in rehearsals, classes and short concerts. Speak with staff members about course options and learn about auditions. Marvel at the design work, costumes and props on display. Check out the superbly equipped lighting and sound studios, the music technology labs and the scenery construction workshops. Explore the campus, take a backstage tour and attend information sessions. A detailed program of events will be posted on the WAAPA website waapa.ecu.edu.au Image: Harpsichord soundboard decoration by Bruce Kennedy 2017 Founding Pianos. Photo by Kathy Wheatley 2 2019 3 Program Index Mar Apr May Jun Aug Sep Oct Nov 15-20 4 2-4 1 1 6-7 6 1-2 The Cherry Musical Fairy Tales 9 Alchemy 11 Solo Stage: Pat Metheny The Warana Prize 21 Alice Giles: Life on Earth 46 Orchard 41 Here Now 46 Songbook 16 Harp Celebration 25 11&13 3-9 10 1-3 15-21 Katie Noonan When the Rain 1 7 Postgraduate 7-10 Reason for Being 36 Romeo and Juliet 40 in Concert 9 Stops Falling 41 Double Trouble! 15 Phat Funk! 17 Research Sound Spectrum Showcase 37 2019.2 25 2 3-9 15-21 11 14-20 8 Festive Strings 29 The Wonderful Fauré's Requiem 10 Machinal 41 Love Me Tender 41 Full Blown 11-12 9 World of Dissocia 51 Wagner 16 Songbook The Parisian 15-21 13 4-10 14-20 Sessions 20 Guitar 26 Rise Aboriginal 16-23 Beethoven: 34 The Misanthrope 43 9 Performance 44 Company 50 Moonlight Mix't Mallets 16 11-21 10 and Pathétique 11 6-10 15-22 Tilt 47 Australian Brass 16-23 22 Sound Spectrum 11 Quintet 26 2019.1 11 Strictly Ballroom 52 Verge 35 Defying Gravity 18 Open Day 2 12 Under the Stars 9 11 Hooks, Riffs 9 Indian Ocean and Grooves 11 15 Ensemble 21 Westwards by 23 The Music of Iceberg to the People 12 Better Git it in WAAPA in Your Soul 12-14 Tokyo Bay 26 the Park Jul 16 8 11 Radio Active 28 22 Perth 21 11-17 Mozart to Birdland Sondheim 12 Massed Sax 2019: Musicá Tambor 43 Whirled Music 15 Perú 18 13 11-12 Too Darn Hot! 21 11-17 Romantic 23 The Hope Fault 43 13-14 Tchaikovsky 13 Paul Cesarczyk: Guitar Artistry 18 Power.Passion. 12-19 16 Percussion 22 Cry-Baby 51 23-29 From Beatles 19-21 14-19 to Bowie 12 An Ideal Husband 42 Steve Reich's Die Fledermaus 27 18 23-29 Drumming 23 Beats 'n' Pieces 12 The Taming of 16-19 the Shrew 43 25 Really Big 22-25 Royal Over-Seas Democracy 46 The Body Politic 36 24-31 League Showcase 25 Sweet Charity 51 17 23 26 Mesdames et WAAPA Jazz Young 27-31 Crossing Borders 37 Messieurs 28 Artists Ensemble 14 Unleash 34 27 19 Edith Cowan University 23 29-30 Passionate Strings 24 The Seven Last acknowledges and respects its Ecstatic Waters 14 Glory! 19 Words of Christ continuing association with the 28 on the Cross 29 24 30 Marvels and Nyoongar people, the traditional 23 Eine kleine Radio Active Curiosities 25 custodians of the land upon Nachtmusik 14 Albany 18 Classical Music which its campuses stand. TBA! Accolades 29 25 31 In the Dark 36 Brassed Off 31 Returns Richard Bonynge • Aboriginal Performance 14 Gala Concert 18 Spooktacular! 29 • Acting 29-31 30-31 • Dance Solo Stage: Reason for Being • Films 36 Here Now 46 • Music 31 • Music Theatre 30 Life on Earth 46 • Performing Arts The World of Sergei • Research Rachmaninoff 15 4 Program Index 5 Music CLASSICAL VOICE & OPERA CLASSICAL FOUNDING PIANOS SERIES Fauré's Requiem Defying Gravity Under the Stars Beethoven: Moonlight and Pathétique Mozart to Sondheim Musical Fairy Tales Double Trouble! Richard Bonynge Gala Concert Hooks, Riffs and Grooves Marvels and Curiosities Die Fledermaus Alchemy The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross COMPOSITION & From Beatles to Bowie MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Beats 'n' Pieces JAZZ Romantic Tchaikovsky Sound Spectrum 2019.1 Katie Noonan in Concert Ecstatic Waters The Music of the People WAAPA Jazz Young Artists Ensemble Eine kleine Nachtmusik Sound Spectrum 2019.2 Brassed Off Returns The World of Sergei Rachmaninoff Westwards by Iceberg to Tokyo Bay Pat Metheny Songbook Massed Sax 2019: Whirled Music Better Git it in Your Soul CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Full Blown Wagner Phat Funk! Mix't Mallets Radio Active (Albany & Perth) Musicá Tambor Perú Glory! Paul Cesarczyk: Guitar Artistry Too Darn Hot! Songbook Sessions The Warana Prize Indian Ocean Ensemble SPECIAL EVENTS Power.Passion.Percussion WAAPA in the Park Steve Reich's Drumming Passionate Strings Royal Over-Seas League Showcase Alice Giles: Harp Celebration The Parisian Guitar Australian Brass Quintet Mesdames et Messieurs Classical Music Accolades Spooktacular! Festive Strings

6 Glitter and Be Gay 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath 7 Defying Gravity FREMANTLE ARTS Tickets Bookings now open CENTRE $24 Full Tickets fac.org.au Under the Stars 1 Finnerty St, Fremantle $15 Concession/Friends or 9432 9555

Music Director Percussion virtuosi Callum Moncrieff and Pavan Kumar Hari join Mar Tim White Defying Gravity to create musical magic. The rapturous sounds of ancient and modern percussion soar through the trees and M T W T F S S Performed by gardens of the Fremantle Arts Centre in an evening of musical 22 Defying Gravity percussion ensemble masterworks. Peter Sculthorpe's How the Stars Were Made 7.00pm with Callum Moncrieff fills the air with energy and rhythm, and Astor Piazolla's Tango and Pavan Kumar Hari Suite brings the magic of Latin American dance to life. Enjoy an *Gates open at 6.00pm unforgettable night of beautiful music under the stars!

Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 5 Feb Musical Fairy Tales AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 12 Feb

Music Director A night of fairy tales, surprise and magic as WAAPA's leading Apr Tim White Classical Music students perform a gorgeous program of chamber Performed by music. Myths and stories abound, as student ensembles explore a M T W T F S S Classical Music world of musical fantasy in Claude Debussy's delightful Children's 4 students Corner and Maurice Ravel's ravishing Mother Goose Suite.

7.30pm

Katie Noonan in Concert GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE

The multi-platinum selling and five-time ARIA award-winning singer and songwriter Katie Noonan performs the timeless music of Lennon, McCartney and more. One of Australia's best and most beloved performers, the angelic voice of Noonan will be accompanied by WAAPA's talented Jazz students in an evening of outstanding artistry. Katie Noonan's visit is generously WAAPA in the Park supported by Brigid and Ronald W. Woss AM of the Woss Group of Companies. RON STONE PARK, Mount Lawley (opposite WAAPA)

An annual tradition since 2007, WAAPA in the Park is a family- Music Directors Mar friendly evening of fabulous music performed in Ron Stone Park. Jamie Oehlers and Victoria Newton Performed by Katie Noonan and Jazz students M T W T F S S The City of Stirling, Edith Cowan University and WAAPA proudly 23 present Australia's premier performing arts academy in concert. Be wowed by the phenomenal Phat Funk Band and WAAPA's most Tickets accomplished Jazz and Contemporary musicians as they rock, bop $39 Full 7.00pm Apr $27 Concession/Friends and strut their way through an awesome collection of old and new FREE EVENT funk, soul, pop and jazz classics. Bring your picnic rug and hamper, M T W T F S S Bookings open and enjoy an evening of exciting musical talent. 11 13 Friends 5 Feb Public 12 Feb Music Directors Mike Eastman, Victoria Newton, Carrie Pereira and Chris Tarr 7.30pm Performed by Jazz and Contemporary Music students

8 WAAPA in the Park 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Photo by Cybele Malinowski Music 9 Beethoven: Moonlight Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $32 Full Friends 5 Feb Fauré's Requiem and Pathétique AUDITORIUM $26 Concession/Friends Public 12 Feb ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL Victoria Square, Perth Performed by The exquisite Moonlight and Pathétique sonatas headline a Apr Mike Cheng-Yu Lee program of favourite Beethoven piano masterpieces performed Renowned Australian choral conductor by visiting guest fortepianist, Mike Cheng-Yu Lee. An avid Apr Jonathan Grieves-Smith, Artistic Director of M T W T F S S proponent of historical pianos, Lee will perform on WAAPA's Melbourne's Hallelujah Junction and Hamer 13 world-class 18th century replica Walter fortepiano to bring M T W T F S S Beethoven's scintillating music to life. Singers, leads WA's finest young singers 3.00pm 11 and orchestral players in Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, filling St Mary's Cathedral with the 7.30pm transcendental beauty of this sublime work. Performed with Telemann's Concerto in E minor Tickets for Two Violins and Basso Continuo $32 Full , Poulenc's $26 Concession/Friends Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence and foundingpianos.com.au Elgar's They Are At Rest, this promises to be a Bookings open choral highlight event of the year. Friends 5 Feb Hooks, Riffs and Tickets Bookings open Public 12 Feb Music Director RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 5 Feb Jonathan Grieves-Smith Grooves AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 12 Feb Performed by WAAPA Symphonic Choir, Chamber Choir, Music Director From the smallest musical ideas come some of the greatest Classical Voice students, String Camerata and Apr Matt Styles music. The infectious rhythms and riffs of Steve Martland, Stewart Smith (organ) Performed by Moondog, Michael Nyman and Philip Glass are performed by M T W T F S S Matt Styles with the Classical, Jazz and Contemporary Music students. Under 18 Classical, Jazz and the direction of Matt Styles, they will be joined by WAAPA's Contemporary sensational sax band 'Phone Co. to present a night of rapturous 7.30pm Music students melodies and energising minimalism. You'll be hooked!

Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 2 Apr Alchemy AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr

Music Director The legendary Michael Askill founded Synergy Percussion and May Tim White inspired generations of Australian musicians to explore the Performed by magical possibilities of percussion. Askill powers up Defying M T W T F S S Defying Gravity Gravity with his extraordinary musical skills and experiences in a 2 3 4 percussion super-charged, dance-inspired evening of musical entertainment ensemble with – a joyful and profound show brimming with surprise, delight 7.30pm Michael Askill and wonder… and supreme musicianship. Matinee Sat 4 May, 2.00pm

Sound Spectrum SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACE 2019.1 ECU Mount Lawley FREE EVENT

Music Director WAAPA's Composition and Music Technology students and staff May Lindsay Vickery break out a stunning array of original works at ECU's Spectrum Performed by Project Space. New voices of the next generation of composers, M T W T F S S Composition and sound artists and improvisers will perform over 10 hours of 6 7 8 10 Music Technology world premieres. The concerts feature the Listener Ensemble, students and staff ECUatorial, the Western Australian Laptop Orchestra, Shock of 7.30pm the New and more.

10 Mozarts Requiem 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Music 11 The Music of RICHARD GILL the People AUDITORIUM FREE EVENT Romantic Music Director This year marks 100 years since influential American folk singer/ May Lindsay Vickery songwriter and political activist Pete Seeger was born. Famous Performed by for his songs Where Have All the Flowers Gone and If I Had Tchaikovsky M T W T F S S Composition and a Hammer, Seeger was a powerful force in popularising protest 9 Music Technology folk songs and civil rights anthems such as We Shall Overcome. Romantic music at its best, as trumpet virtuoso students and staff Today's folk music has found voice in numerous sub-genres. In 7.30pm Brent Grapes - Principal Trumpet of WASO, Head this concert the students reshape contemporary folk music to of Brass at WAAPA, and member of the Australian reflect the rise of a myriad of sub-genres including psych-folk, Brass Quintet - joins the WAAPA Symphony urban folk, nu-folk, acid folk and so many more. Orchestra in a thrilling concert of orchestral masterworks. WAAPA graduate Christopher Dragon, Associate Conductor of the Colorado GOVERNMENT Tickets Bookings open Symphony, conducts Tchaikovsky's passionate HOUSE BALLROOM $32 Full Friends 2 Apr Romeo and Juliet Overture; Grapes' trumpet soars Mozart to Sondheim St Georges Tce, Perth $26 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr with beauty and drama in Arutiunian's beloved Trumpet Concerto, and the orchestra dazzles in Music Director The magnificent Government House Ballroom is filled with the Tchaikovsky's spectacular and exciting Symphony Emma Matthews glorious voices of WAAPA's talented Classical Voice students May No 4. Don’t miss this astonishing performance! Performed by as the WAAPA Symphonic Choir and Classical Voice senior M T W T F S S WAAPA Symphonic students sing repertoire from Mozart to Sondheim. Featuring Music Director 11 Choir and Classical Opera Australia singing star and WAAPA's Head of Classical Christopher Dragon Voice students with Voice Emma Matthews and renowned Australian baritone Performed by 3.00pm Emma Matthews Michael Lewis, this will be a concert to remember. WAAPA Symphony Orchestra with soloist Brent Grapes and Michael Lewis All Saints' College Centre May for Performing Arts M T W T F S S All Saints' College 11 Ewing Ave, Bull Creek From Beatles Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 2 Apr 7.30pm to Bowie AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr

Music Directors WAAPA's Classical Guitar students get their groove on! The Churchlands Concert Hall May Jonathan Paget smooth, mellow sound of the nylon-stringed guitar might be May Churchlands Senior Melissa Fitzgerald more often associated with classical music, but this concert High School M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Performed by showcases arrangements of pop and rock classics from musical 20 Lucca St, Churchlands 16 Classical Guitar legends such as the Beatles, Gypsy Kings, David Bowie and 12 students with much more. 3.00pm 7.30pm Plectra Guitar Ensemble Tickets Bookings open $32 Full Friends 2 Apr $26 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr All ticket sales through the WAAPA Box Office. Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 2 Apr Beats 'n' Pieces AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr

Music Directors Multi-award-winning Quey Percussion Duo is internationally May Gene Koshinski renowned for dynamic performances that combine classical Tim Broscious training with a love of global and popular music. With jaw- M T W T F S S Performed by dropping virtuosity and a flair for the unexpected, the North 18 Quey Percussion American duo of Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious parade Duo (USA) their musical skills and passions in this showcase performance. 7.30pm

12 Photo by Nik Babik Music 1313 WAAPA Jazz Young The World of Sergei Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 2 Apr Artists Ensemble THE EDITH FREE EVENT Rachmaninoff AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr

Music Director In an exciting collaboration, WAAPA and WAYJO come together Music Director Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the last great pianist-composers May Jamie Oehlers to present a showcase of the rising stars of the jazz world. May Anna Sleptsova in a tradition stretching back to Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and Performed by High school students from Years 10, 11 and 12 across WA are Performed by Brahms. His works pushed the values of the Romantic era deep M T W T F S S Jamie Oehlers and invited to perform with this elite group and receive tutoring by M T W T F S S Classical Piano into the 20th century, and remain an essential part of today's 23 selected WA high WAAPA's own, Jamie Oehlers. The group meets for six weeks 30 students classical repertoire. WAAPA's leading piano students celebrate the school jazz students to workshop tunes and ideas for exploration and improvisation, music of Rachmaninoff and his contemporaries in what will be a 7.00pm 7.30pm culminating in this unique concert. night to remember.

Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 2 Apr Ecstatic Waters AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr Tickets Bookings open Music Director WAAPA's Symphonic Wind Ensemble explores the extremes RICHARD GILL $32 Full Friends 2 Apr May Philip Everall of human emotion in a concert of contrasts. Stephen Bryant's Double Trouble! AUDITORIUM $26 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr Performed by epic work Ecstatic Waters pits the expression of our young M T W T F S S Symphonic Wind musicians against the rigour and power of electronic sounds Music Director "I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot 23 Ensemble with – and the result is exhilarating! This concert also features the Jun Geoffrey Lancaster cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new" – Michael Howell sublime classic Concertino for Flute and Wind Ensemble by Performed by these were the words in 1939 of Sergei Rachmaninoff, the last 7.30pm (flute) Cécile Chaminade, expertly performed by WAAPA's own flute M T W T F S S Geoffrey Lancaster of the Russian Romantics. Eighty years later, his music, marked tutor, Michael Howell. 1 and James by a love for his homeland and a life of depression, triumph, Huntingford and exile, still lives and resonates with both young and old 3.00pm today. WAAPA's leading pianists celebrate the music and life of Sergei Rachmaninoff and the music of his contemporaries, friends, and antagonists in what will be an unforgettable concert. Eine kleine Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 2 Apr Nachtmusik AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr foundingpianos.com.au Music Directors Its official title might be Serenade No.13 in G Major K.525, but May Paul Wright everyone knows it by the nickname its brilliant composer gave Geoffrey Lancaster it: Eine kleine Nachtmusik. This perennial Mozart favourite is M T W T F S S Performed by performed by the WAAPA String Camerata along with Joseph 24 String Camerata, Haydn's passionate Symphony No. 44 in E minor. An evening of Massed Sax 2019: HALE SCHOOL Tickets Bookings open Paul Wright succulent and sublime classical music. Unwin Ave, $20 Full Friends 2 Apr 7.30pm (violin) and Whirled Music Wembley Downs $15 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr Geoffrey Lancaster (fortepiano) Music Director Now in its seventh year, the WAAPA Massed Sax project is on Jul Matt Styles again! The first and still only one of its kind in Australia, this Performed by event brings together staff and students from a number of M T W T F S S schools across WA, along with saxophone enthusiasts from Tickets Bookings open Matt Styles, 28 $20 Full Friends 2 Apr WAAPA 'Phone Co. the wider community. Led by WAAPA saxophone lecturer Matt and the Massed Sax Styles and WAAPA's 'Phone Co., this is an event where the Brassed Off Returns THE EDITH $15 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr 7.00pm Orchestra saxophone brings together jazz, classical, contemporary and Music Director Last year's hit concert Brassed Off returns for 2019! Join 'whirled' music! May Jeremy Greig WAAPA's Jazz Brass students and special guests as they lift Join the 2019 Massed Sax Orchestra by registering as a Performed by the roof off The Edith Spiegeltent with favourite New Orleans participant or be a supporter in the stands by purchasing a John Inverarity Music M T W T F S S Jazz Brass funk and street grooves. Be blown away by their high-energy ticket for the concert. 25 renditions of the music of Youngblood brass band, Dirty Catfish, and Drama Centre students, staff and HALE SCHOOL See website for further details community and many more New Orleans beats. waapa.ecu.edu.au 7.30pm Unwin Ave Wembley Downs

14 Music 15 Pat Metheny Tickets Bookings open $20 Full Friends 23 Jul Songbook THE EDITH $15 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Director American jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny is the only Aug Freddie Grigson musician to win Grammy Awards in 10 categories. He has Performed by played with music greats such as Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, M T W T F S S Jazz Guitar Chick Corea and Michael Brecker, and his compositions have 1 students dominated the contemporary jazz, Latin and jazz-fusion genres for more than four decades. WAAPA's Jazz Guitar students 7.30pm honour this guitar great in a concert of music from the Metheny songbook, spanning his exceptional career.

Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 23 Jul Full Blown Wagner AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Directors Renowned for their mastery of orchestral colour, the treatment Aug Brent Grapes of the brass and woodwinds by Richard Wagner and Richard Philip Everall Strauss has left a lasting legacy on composers to this day. This M T W T F S S Performed by concert showcases some of the greatest brass moments from 8 Brass and these late-Romantic giants, including the rich tonal tapestry of Woodwind students Strauss' Feierlicher Einzug and The Gathering of the Armies 7.30pm from Wagner's opera Lohengrin.

Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 23 Jul Mix't Mallets AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Director Paul Tanner is one of Australia's most versatile percussionists, Aug Paul Tanner performing with new music groups including Magnetic Pig, Performed by Nova Ensemble and New York's Bang on a Can All-Stars. M T W T F S S Paul Tanner and The core of Paul's percussion set-ups is the marimba and 9 guests vibraphone, and he features these entrancing instruments in a program of his favourite solos, featuring some surprise musical 7.30pm guests including the Mix't Trio. Phat Funk! THE EDITH

Get down and boogie with a choice selection of Better Git it in Tickets Bookings open $20 Full Friends 23 Jul Aug classic soul, neo-soul, funk and R&B favourites in a Your Soul THE EDITH $15 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul concert of sensational sounds and glorious grooves M T W T F S S by the WAAPA Phat Funk Band. These talented Music Director Charles Mingus was a firebrand bandleader, virtuoso jazz 7 student musicians will bring the house down with Pete Jeavons musician and prolific composer. His music, with its rapid their powerful performance, soaring horn section and Aug 7.30pm Performed by shifts in mood and tempo, blurred the boundaries between blistering solos. M T W T F S S Mingus Ensemble improvisation and composition. WAAPA's Jazz students play a Tickets Music Director Ben Falle 15 selection of Mingus' most famous works, tinged with soul, hard $20 Full bop, gospel, free jazz and classical music, in an uplifting tribute $15 Concession/Friends Performed by Phat Funk Band with Ben Falle 7.30pm concert to this American jazz legend. Bookings open Friends 23 Jul Public 30 Jul

16 WAAPA in the Park 2017. Photo by Stephen Heath Music 1717 Tickets Bookings open $20 Full Friends 23 Jul Musicá Tambor Perú THE EDITH $15 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Director A festive family evening of dynamic, passionate music! Be part Daniel Susnjar Glory! Aug of a live recording of Afro-Peruvian music composed by multi award-winning drummer/composer/educator Daniel Susnjar, Performed by RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM M T W T F S S Daniel Susnjar and who drew inspiration from overseas stints soaking up coastal 22 WAAPA Mini Big Peruvian rhythms. The outstanding WAAPA Mini Big Band gets Band a Latin-beat boost from Susnjar's expert drumming skills and Two of WAAPA's outstanding showcase choirs 7.30pm standout WAAPA Percussion students performing on traditional Aug come together to raise the roof with glorious choral Peruvian instruments. singing. Hear the joyful sound of young voices singing M T W T F S S heavenly praises, with repertoire from the 16th 29 30 century through to the modern era. These two hugely popular choirs, led by two extraordinary directors, will 7.30pm Paul Cesarczyk: Tickets Bookings open bring tears to your eyes - for all the right reasons! RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 23 Jul Tickets Guitar Artistry AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul $29 Full Music Directors $24 Concession/Friends Micheál McCarthy and Carrie Pereira Performed by Polish-born American classical guitarist Paul Cesarczyk made Bookings open Performed by Paul Cesarczyk and Aug his New York City debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 17. Since Friends 23 Jul Eneksis Vocal Ensemble and Jonathan Paget then, he has built an international reputation as an exceptional Public 30 Jul WAAPA Gospel Choir M T W T F S S soloist and brilliant teacher at Mahidol University in Thailand. In 23 this concert of classical guitar artistry, Cesarzyck performs solo and is joined by WAAPA's own Jonathan Paget for duets on 7.30pm 19th century guitars.

ALBANY Bookings open ENTERTAINMENT Tickets Tuesday 20 Jun CENTRE $36 Full ticketek.com.au Radio Active Albany 2 Toll Place, Albany $26 Concession/Friends Tel: 9844 5005

Music Directors Radio Active in residence is a unique performance presented Aug Mike Eastman by the students of Albany Senior High School, Great Southern Ric Eastman Grammar and WAAPA. It is the culmination of a series of M T W T F S S Carrie Pereira workshops run over a week by the WAAPA Contemporary Music 30 Performed by staff combining secondary and tertiary students, who present a Contemporary Music special, one-off performance in one of WA's finest theatres. 7.30pm students with The performance covers a wide musical base from pop to rock, Albany Senior High School and R 'n' B to soul and funk classics in a spectacularly produced Great Southern concert with a huge cast of talented young musicians and Grammar students singers.

Richard Bonynge Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $35 Full Friends 23 Jul Gala Concert AUDITORIUM $29 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Director WAAPA, in partnership with the West Australian Opera, Aug Emma Matthews welcomes Maestro Richard Bonynge for an evening of stories Performed by and songs. Join us for a gala concert in his honour, as rising stars M T W T F S S Classical Voice of the Classical Voice department sing the bel canto repertoire 31 students loved by this great Australian conductor. After the concert enjoy a complimentary glass of bubbly and hear opera stories aplenty 7.30pm with Richard and Australia's favourite soprano, Emma Matthews.

18 Rejoice 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Music 1919 Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 23 Jul The Warana Prize AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Director A night of drama and superb musicianship as WAAPA's three Sep Peter Moore OAM leading instrumentalists join the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra Performed by to battle it out in the final of the prestigious 2019 Warana M T W T F S S WAAPA Symphony Prize, as each student performs their favourite concerto 6 7 Orchestra with the movement. To round out the program, inspirational conductor finalists for the Peter Moore leads the orchestra in Mendelssohn's evocative 7.30pm 2019 Warana Prize Hebrides Overture and Elgar's beloved Enigma Variations. A wonderful evening of orchestral music at its best.

Indian Ocean Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 23 Jul Ensemble AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Directors WAAPA's elite student chamber ensemble dazzles in a program Sep Paul Wright of superb chamber music, including an arrangement of Richard Tim White Strauss' tone poem Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, the musical M T W T F S S Performed by misadventures of a German peasant, and Bohuslav Martinů's 12 Indian Ocean jazz-inspired La Revue de Cuisine, a delightful musical ballet for Ensemble kitchen utensils. WAAPA's leading music students entertain you 7.30pm with their imagination and virtuosity.

Tickets Bookings open GEOFF GIBBS $37 Full Friends 23 Jul Radio Active Perth THEATRE $27 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Music Directors Radio Active is a high-energy celebration of chart toppers from Sep Mike Eastman the 50's through to today's hits. The show features a diverse Ric Eastman repertoire of music from pop to rock, R'n'B to soul and funk Songbook M T W T F S S Carrie Pereira classics in a spectacularly produced concert with a huge cast of 12 13 14 Performed by highly talented young musicians and singers. Contemporary Sessions 7.30pm Music students THE EDITH

WAAPA's Music Artists present their fabulous original works along with creative rearrangements of iconic tunes from song masters of our modern times. The Tickets Bookings open $20 Full Friends 23 Jul performances include solo, duo, trio and band pieces Too Darn Hot! THE EDITH $15 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul plus full vocal choir renditions. Music Director Come and be serenaded by the WAAPA Jazz Vocal Ensemble Music Director Vinnie Crea Victoria Newton as they propel you into the wonderful world of close harmony, Performed by Music Artist students Sep Performed by hot jazz and blazing grooves! Cool down to the timeless classics M T W T F S S of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, and Duke Ellington; Tickets Jazz Vocal Sep $20 Full 13 Ensemble swoon to the sounds of sun-drenched samba, soul and bossa $15 Concession/Friends nova; with beautifully crafted arrangements made famous by M T W T F S S 7.30pm New York Voices, The Idea of North, Real Group, London Vocal 11 12 Bookings open Project and more. Friends 23 Jul 7.30pm Public 30 Jul

20 Songbook Sessions 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Music 21 Power.Passion.Percussion Steve Reich's Drumming RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM

International percussion virtuosi Fiona Digney (multi- Steve Reich's masterpiece, Drumming, is an Sep percussion) and Robert Oetomo (marimba and Sep overwhelming and unforgettable experience. Unique, vibraphone) dazzle with their extraordinary skills and astonishing, pioneering, enchanting and mesmerising, M T W T F S S musicianship in a celebration of the imagination, energy, M T W T F S S Drumming sweeps audiences into another realm – 13 14 passion and power of percussion. Defying Gravity joins 19 20 21 a musical universe where time stands still, where rhythms in to explore a mystical world of exotic instruments, shimmer with joy, and melodies unfold until they sparkle 7.30pm seductive timbres, breathtaking images, and the 7.30pm like stars in the sky. Tickets overwhelming power of rhythm! Matinee $29 Full Sat 21 Sep, 2.00pm Music Directors $24 Concession/Friends Music Director Tickets Aaron Logan, Fiona Digney and Tim White Bookings open Tim White $29 Full Performed by Friends 23 Jul Performed by $23 Concession/Friends Defying Gravity Public 30 Jul Fiona Digney and Robert Oetomo with Defying Gravity Bookings open Friends 23 Jul Public 30 Jul

22 Photo by Kathy Wheatley Music 2323 Royal Over-Seas Bookings open Passionate Strings RICHARD GILL Tickets Friends 23 Jul League Showcase AUDITORIUM $24 Flat fee Public 30 Jul RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM Music Director The Royal Over-Seas League assists WAAPA's most talented A night of romance and passion, as Paul Wright directs WAAPA's Stewart Smith music students to achieve their dreams on stage in Australia and String Camerata in a ravishing program of music for strings. From the Sep Performed by internationally. This concert showcases the winners of the ROSL dynamic sounds of the Baroque through to the magical world of high M T W T F S S Winners of the prizes in Chamber Music, the Music of Bach, Improvisation, Art romance, the String Camerata transports you to a place of dreams, 25 2019 ROSL Music Song, Early Keyboard and Composition. WAAPA is proud to centred around the rich melodic tapestry of Joseph Suk's masterpiece, Prizes partner with the Royal Over-Seas League in recognising and Serenade for Strings in E-flat major. Be swept away by a night of 7.30pm supporting the stars of tomorrow. soaring string music! Music Director Paul Wright Performed by String Camerata and Paul Wright Marvels and Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $32 Full Friends 23 Jul Tickets Curiosities AUDITORIUM $26 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul Sep $29 Full $24 Concession/Friends M T W T F S S Music Director WAAPA staff and students introduce and play instruments Geoffrey Lancaster from WAAPA's astonishing collection of Historical Keyboard 27 Bookings open Sep Friends 23 Jul Performed by Instruments. Square pianos, grands of varying ages and 7.30pm Public 30 Jul M T W T F S S Piano students and nationalities, harpsichord, clavichord, harmonium and antique 28 Geoffrey Lancaster synthesisers – this is a concert to fire the imagination, move the heart and to delight the ear. 3.00pm

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Tickets Alice Giles: $30 Full Bookings open RICHARD GILL $20 Concession/Friends Public 23 Jul Harp Celebration AUDITORIUM FREE 12 years and under harpsocietywa.org.au

Music Director In the hands of the brilliant Alice Giles AM, the sound of the Oct Alice Giles harp ignites the imagination and transports listeners to places Performed by of exotic beauty. One of the world's leading harp soloists, the M T W T F S S Alice Giles and Australian-born musician leads the Perth Harp Festival in a 6 stars of the Perth celebration of exquisite harp music showcasing the talents of 2.00pm Harp Festival Perth's harpists. All ticket sales through The Harp Society of WA.

Sound Spectrum SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACE 2019.2 ECU Mount Lawley FREE EVENT

Music Director WAAPA's Composition and Music Technology students and Oct Lindsay Vickery staff break out a stunning array of original works at ECU's Performed by Spectrum Project Space. New voices of the next generation of M T W T F S S Composition and composers, sound artists and improvisers perform over 10 hours 7 8 9 10 Music Technology of world premieres. The concerts feature the Listener Ensemble, students and staff 7.30pm ECUatorial, the Western Australian Laptop Orchestra, Shock of the New and more.

24 Glitter and be Gay 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Music 25 The Parisian Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 10 Sep Guitar AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep Die Fledermaus Music Director Join us for a celebration of the beauty, passion and romance GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE Oct Jonathan Paget of the Parisian guitar. From 16th century counterpoint through Performed by to post-modern guitar bards such Dyens and Kleynjans, M T W T F S S Created by the waltz king Johann Strauss Jr, Classical Guitar the French have had a long love affair with the guitar. Enjoy Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is a heady mix of 9 students, musical gems from this rich body of work performed by the Oct Plectra Guitar Classical Guitar students and Plectra Guitar Ensemble, with sparkling music wrapped around a brilliant 7.30pm Ensemble and a highlight performance by WAAPA's classical guitar expert M T W T F S S farce. In this lighthearted tale of love, revenge the Indian Ocean Jonathan Paget of Ferdinando Carulli's Petit Concerto 14 15 16 17 18 19 and mistaken identities, the madcap action Ensemble with de Société on a period instrument, accompanied by the follows Eisenstein who would rather party than Jonathan Paget 7.30pm Indian Ocean Ensemble. go to gaol; his wife Rosalinde who is keen to teach him a lesson; and their pert maid Adele, Tickets whose eye for the main chance is unwavering. $45 Full $39 Concession/Friends In this effervescent new production, Viennese decadence is a natural match for the neurotic Bookings open escapism of contemporary celebrity culture. Friends 10 Sep Public 17 Sep Director Australian Brass Tickets Bookings open Rachel McDonald RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 10 Sep Music Director Quintet AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep Burhan Güner Performed by Performed by Australia's most outstanding brass players dazzle in a concert Classical Voice students with the Oct Australian Brass of showcase works for brass quintet. Led by David Elton, former WAAPA Symphony Orchestra Quintet Head of Brass at WAAPA and now Principal Trumpet of the M T W T F S S London Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Brass Quintet is a 10 who's who of Australian brass – starring Elton and Brent Grapes (WAAPA, WA Symphony Orchestra and Australian World 7.30pm Orchestra) on trumpet, Ben Jacks (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) on horn, Scott Kinmont (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) on trombone and Shannon Pittaway (NZ Symphony and Australian World Orchestra) on bass trombone. This is brass at its best!

Westwards by Iceberg RICHARD GILL to Tokyo Bay AUDITORIUM FREE EVENT

Music Director In 1969, The Scratch Orchestra sprang into being in London. Oct Lindsay Vickery Led by Cornelius Cardew, this experimental music ensemble Performed by spent the next five years challenging the ideas of what it is to be M T W T F S S Composition and a composer, a musician, an audience, an amateur or an expert. 11 Music Technology This grand experiment in collective music-making allowed students and staff anyone to join, used graphic scores, and emphasised free 7.30pm improvisation. Fifty years on, WAAPA's Composition and Music Technology students celebrate the zany, shape-shifting world of The Scratch Orchestra.

26 Music 2727 The Seven Last Words Tickets Bookings open Mesdames et Messieurs RICHARD GILL $32 Full Friends 10 Sep of Christ on the Cross AUDITORIUM $26 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM Performed by Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Book a ticket and take a step back into time as WAAPA's Oct Geoffrey Lancaster is a deeply moving masterwork that serves as a meditation on Oct multi-talented team of pianists and the illustrious Professor the Passion of the God-Man. Filled with gravitas, hope and the David Tunley recreate the sophisticated and intimate M T W T F S S 'light' of redemption, Haydn regarded this work as the best that M T W T F S S musical salons of France. These fashionable drawing rooms 19 he had composed. Originally written for orchestra, Geoffrey 17 in nineteenth-century Paris became an important feature Lancaster performs a version for solo fortepiano that was 3.00pm praised and sanctioned by the composer himself. 7.30pm of cultural life as well as a platform to launch the careers of many musicians. Enjoy a selection of well-loved and hidden Tickets gems from the French piano repertoire. $29 Full $24 Concession/Friends Mesdames et Messieurs, be our guest! Music Director Bookings open foundingpianos.com.au Anna Sleptsova Friends 10 Sep Public 17 Sep Performed by Classical Piano students with Master of Classical Music Bookings open Ceremonies David Tunley RICHARD GILL Tickets Friends 10 Sep Accolades AUDITORIUM $24 Flat fee Public 17 Sep

Music Director A night of celebration and achievement as WAAPA's Music Oct Stewart Smith prizewinners showcase their extraordinary skills. Every year, Performed by WAAPA's top classical musicians vie for a glittering series of M T W T F S S 2019 Music performance prizes and scholarships. Tonight, the recipients of 23 Prizewinners these prizes dazzle you with their award-winning virtuosity.

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Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 10 Sep Spooktacular! AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep

Music Director It's on again! WAAPA's Symphonic Wind Ensemble celebrates Oct Philip Everall Halloween in style with a rip-snorter of a concert! Featuring John Performed by Adams' modern classic A Short Ride in a Fast Machine, and M T W T F S S Symphonic Wind Jeffrey Hass' especially spooky Lost in the Funhouse, this concert 31 Ensemble will be a refreshingly fun and fiery end to the concert season. 7.30pm

Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $29 Full Friends 10 Sep Festive Strings AUDITORIUM $24 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep

Music Director Described as 'the most ethereal of Brahms's larger works', Nov Paul Wright the String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 is a musical love Performed by letter to Agathe von Siebold, with whom the composer was M T W T F S S String students romantically linked. Their relationship had ended by the 2 time Brahms completed the Sextet, giving the entire work a bittersweet tone. Rounding out the program will be a selection 7.30pm of beautiful solo and ensemble works guaranteed to lift the spirits and move the soul.

28 Classical Music Accolades 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Music 29 FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS CLASSICAL TUESDAYS BOX BEATS GRINDHOUSE GROOVES

RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM MUSIC BOX GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1.10PM 12.30PM, JAZZ TUESDAYS 12.30PM, JAZZ and CONTEMPORARY A tasty Tuesday series of free classical lunchtime 2.30PM, CONTEMPORARY WEDNESDAYS Break for lunch and groove along with concerts featuring staff, students or visiting guests WAAPA's Jazz and Contemporary Music WAAPA's Jazz and Contemporary Music serving up sumptuous musical treats for hungry staff and students, along with special visiting students at the Grindhouse Café. GRADUATION ears! guests, provide energetic sounds for that afternoon pick-me-up. 26 February Contemporary Music RECITALS Semester 1 5 March Contemporary Music Graduation recitals are the highlight of a music 27 February Contemporary Music student's studies and bring WAAPA's 2019 26 February Student Showcase 26 March Contemporary Music 12 March Jazz Staff music calendar to a thrilling conclusion. After 5 March Craig Dalton (piano) and 21 May Contemporary Music 13 March Contemporary Music years of hard practice and performance the Fiona McAndrew (voice) 28 May Contemporary Music standard of these recitals is exceptional as is 27 March Contemporary Music 12 March Mix't Trio 30 July Contemporary Music the diversity on offer. 16 April Afro Peruvian Ensemble 19 March Postcards from WAAPA Staff 6 August Contemporary Music Don't miss these fabulous concerts spanning 17 April Contemporary Music classical, contemporary and jazz. There is 26 March Piano Showcase 20 August Jazz Vocal Ensemble 15 May Contemporary Music something for every type of music lover. You 2 April Symphonic Choir 17 September Contemporary Music 29 May Contemporary Music will witness outstanding ensembles of every 16 April Sound Spectrum Redux I 15 October Contemporary Music size and variation performing repertoire 30 April Defying Gravity 7 August Contemporary Music from across the spectrum as well as plenty of 14 May Warana Prize Semifinal 21 August Contemporary Music stunning original works by the Composition & Music Technology students. 21 May Symphonic Wind Ensemble 10 September Jazz Ensemble 25 September Contemporary Music 28 May Eneksis Vocal Ensemble Jazz and Contemporary Music 16 October Contemporary Music STUDIO SESSIONS Semester 2 22 October Jazz Ensemble THE ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB JAZZ STUDIO 30 July Edward Neeman (piano) 23 October Contemporary Music 191 Beaufort Street, Perth 1.10PM, CONTEMPORARY WEDNESDAYS 6 August Royal Over-Seas League OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 29 October Jazz Ensemble Uplifting sets of acoustic rock, folk, soul Bach and Art Song Competitions These recitals are ticketed and bookings are 30 October Contemporary Music and pop from WAAPA's talented singer- essential via ellingtonjazz.com.au 13 August Richard Gill Award songwriters. 20 August Guitarissimo! 20 March Contemporary Music 27 August Indian Ocean Ensemble 3 April Contemporary Music Music Artists 10 September Royal Over-Seas League SPIEGEL JAZZ 1 May Contemporary Music THE EDITH Chamber Music Competition THE EDITH 22 May Contemporary Music 14-15 NOVEMBER 17 September Defying Gravity 12.30PM, JAZZ TUESDAYS 31 July Contemporary Music 24 September Sound Spectrum Redux II Put a spring in your step with these energising 14 August Contemporary Music Classical Instrumental, Classical Voice 15 October Piano Showcase free jazz gigs. 28 August Contemporary Music and Composition & Music Technology 22 October Symphonic Wind Ensemble 19 March Jazz Ensemble RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM 29 October Eneksis Vocal Ensemble 2 April Blakey Ensemble NOVEMBER 30 April Mingus Ensemble 14 May Latin Ensemble 27 August Jazz Ensemble See website one month prior to recital date for full details waapa.ecu.edu.au 24 September Jazz Ensemble

30 Music 31 Dance Rise Unleash Verge

The Body Politic In the Dark Reason for Being

32 Verge 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath 33 Verge GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE Rise GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE On the verge of their professional careers, WAAPA's first dance season for the year lifts off with neo-classical and WAAPA's graduating dancers celebrate their contemporary dance works created by international and award-winning Nov May final season as students in a dazzling display choreographers. Sasha Janes, faculty member at Indiana University M T W T F S S of technical skill, versatility and passionate M T W T F S S Bloomington, brings his extensive international experience as a dancer 16 performance. WAAPA welcomes acclaimed 4 and choreographer back home; local dance legend Claudia Alessi, 18 19 20 21 22 23 Belgium-based dancer, choreographer 6 7 8 9 10 whose multi-awarded career spans 27 years, promises an exciting mix 7.30pm and teacher Helder Seabra, founder of of dance and physical theatre; Melbourne-based Lauren Langlois is HelKa vzw and former dancer with renowned 7.30pm an award-winning dancer and emerging choreographer who was the Tickets dance companies Wim Vandekeybus and recipient of the 2017 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship; and WAAPA's Classical $34 Full Tickets Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui; award-winning Australian Dance Coordinator Kim McCarthy was principal dancer with the $29 Concession/Friends $28 Full dancer Delia Silvan, a founding member of Compañia Nacional de Danza under Nacho Duato. With such brilliant $23 Concession/Friends Bookings open Leigh Warren and Dancers, remounts Shimmer, expertise and fierce creativity to guide them, WAAPA's talented Friends 10 Sep which won Warren an Australian Dance Award Bookings open dancers will rise to new artistic heights. Public 17 Sep for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography; Friends 2 Apr Public 9 Apr Choreographers Sasha Janes, Lauren Langlois, Claudia Alessi and Kim McCarthy Tara Soh, featured dancer with Chunky Move, the Australian Dance Theatre and one half of Performed by 2nd and 3rd Year Dance students dance film collective The Samara Wives, returns to her alma mater to choreograph an exciting new work; and Kim McCarthy remounts scenes from the beloved Romantic ballet, Coppélia. DOLPHIN THEATRE, Unleash UWA 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley Choreographers Helder Seabra, Leigh Warren, remounted by The graduating dancers unleash their creativity by choreographing their Delia Silvan, Tara Soh and Kim McCarthy Aug own dance works, performed by their peers. To round out this student-led Performed by season, Composition and Music Technology students compose imaginative 2nd and 3rd Year Dance students M T W T F S S soundscapes for these highly original performances. 27 28 29 30 31* Choreographers 3rd Year Dance students 7.30pm Performed by WAAPA Dance students Matinee Music composed by Composition and Music Technology students Sat 31 Aug, 2.00pm Tickets Bookings open *No evening performance $25 Full Friends 23 Jul $20 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

34 Verge 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Dance 35 Research Tickets Bookings open Postgraduate Research Showcase GEOFF GIBBS $28 Full Friends 2 Apr The Body Politic THEATRE $23 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM

Choreographers LINK kicks off its 2019 season with a triple bill of new WAAPA has a thriving postgraduate research program covering a May Niv Marinberg dance works by outstanding international and local guest Sep broad range of performing arts disciplines, with a particular strength Raewyn Hill choreographers. Raewyn Hill, Artistic Director of Co3 Australia, in practice-led research. Our strengths include interactive digital music M T W T F S S M T W T F S S Scott Elstermann remounts her 2016 piece, Carnivale; Israeli choreographer systems, performance practice on historic pianos, new directions in 10 22 23 24 25* Performed by and former rehearsal director of L-E-V Dance Company, Niv jazz, theatre-making, choreography, and much more. This free event is LINK Dance Marinberg explores the intuitive correlations between music and in part a performance showcase, and in part a series of short research 7.30pm Company 7.30pm movement; and Scott Elstermann, who in 2018 became the first presentations. It offers a rare opportunity for audiences to sample innovative arts projects in their nascent stages, and to view the ideas Matinee Australian and youngest-ever artist to receive the prestigious FREE EVENT Sat 25 May, 2.00pm Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance and Choreography. that will transform the future of arts discourse. *No evening performance Hosted by WAAPA Higher Degree by Research students

Bookings open Tickets Friends 23 Jul In the Dark TBA Public 30 Jul

Choreographed by “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Sep Michael Whaites in – Alfred Hitchcock collaboration with the LINK Dance Fear is a state of mind that can have physical repercussions. Dates and location Devised and directed by Artistic Director Michael Whaites in to be advised Company collaboration with the LINK dancers, In the Dark examines our Performed by fears and explores the ghost stories of our past. This site-specific LINK Dance performance will be devised by the Dance students in response Company to a given environment that is both inspiring and challenging. The performance location and dates will be revealed in June. Visit the WAAPA website for further details waapa.ecu.edu.au MSA Conference 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Films ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Reason for Being Perth Cultural Centre, Roe St, Perth Crossing Borders LUNA CINEMAS, LEEDERVILLE

Choreographer Raewyn Hill A program of short films exploring the theme, Crossing Borders, created Performed by LINK Dance Company and Co3 Australia Sep by the 2019 Screen Academy class of producers, writers, directors, cinematographers, sound designers and editors. The films feature the Continuing on from an exciting new partnership in 2018, M T W T F S S talents of WAAPA's Acting students as well as Composition, Sound, LINK performs alongside Co3 Australia, WA's flagship 26 Costume and Design students. The WA Screen Academy is proudly contemporary dance company, in the world premiere of 6.30pm sponsored by the Nine Network who will broadcast the films in October. Raewyn Hill's Reason for Being at the prestigious Art Gallery For further information, ecu.edu.au/wa-screen-academy of Western Australia. Alongside Hill's signature movement language, architecture firm Hassell and composer Eden Mulholland collaborate with artists from a range of disciplines to bring the space to life. Experience this creative response to the State Art Collection and Gallery architecture re-interpreted through contemporary dance and collaborative performance. Oct Tickets Nov TBA Bookings open M T W T F S S Ticketing co3.org.au 30 31 1 2 3 7.30pm

36 Co3 Katherine Gurr at AGWA. Photo by Toni Wilkinson 37 Acting Romeo and Juliet The Misanthrope The Cherry Orchard The Taming of the Shrew When the Rain Stops Falling An Ideal Husband Machinal The Hope Fault Love Me Tender Birdland

38 The Crucible 2018. Photo by Jon Green 39 Tickets Bookings open PERTH COLLEGE $28 Full Friends 5 Feb Romeo and Juliet The Cherry Orchard Judith Cottier Theatre $23 Concession/Friends Public 12 Feb

STATE THEATRE CENTRE Written by Chekhov's final masterpiece is a bittersweet comedy about a Studio Underground Mar Anton Chekhov once-wealthy family whose idleness and extravagence have brought them to the brink of bankruptcy – and with it, the sale A girl and a boy lock eyes at a party and M T W T F S S Directed by fall madly in love. Set against a background Michael Abercromby of their estate and beloved cherry orchard. Writer/director 15 16 Michael Abercromby, co-Artistic Director of Sydney-based of feuding families, Shakespeare's timeless Performed by 19 20 JackRabbit Theatre, returns to his alma mater to put his own tale of star-crossed lovers is fuelled by a 2nd Year reckless passion that has devastating and fatal 7.30pm Acting students spin on one of the world's most renowned stage plays. consequences. Renowned English actor and Matinee director Michael Jenn returns to WAAPA to Sat 16 Mar, 2.00pm direct one of the greatest love stories ever told. Written by 31 Lawley Crescent William Shakespeare Mount Lawley Directed by Michael Jenn Performed by 3rd Year Acting students When the Rain Tickets Bookings open Tickets ROUNDHOUSE $36 Full Friends 2 Apr Stops Falling $29 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr Mar $39 Full THEATRE $32 Concession/Friends M T W T F S S Written by Alice Springs in the year 2039. A fish falls from the sky and lands Bookings open Andrew Bovell at the feet of Gabriel York. And it still smells of the sea. It's been 15 16 May Friends 5 Feb Directed by raining for days and Gabriel knows something is wrong. 18 19* 20 21 Public 12 Feb M T W T F S S Peggy Shannon WAAPA is delighted to welcome Dr. Peggy Shannon from Tel: 6212 9292 3 4 7.30pm Performed by Toronto's Ryerson University to direct this time-travelling drama ptt.wa.gov.au 6 7* 8 9 that raises questions about sustainability and climate change, Matinee Booking fees may apply 3rd Year Sat 16 Mar, 2.00pm 7.30pm Acting students father-son relationships and the past's ability to devour the future. *Post-show discussion on Matinee Tue 19 Mar 174-176 William St, Perth Sat 4 May, 2.00pm *Post-show discussion on Tue 7 May Tickets Bookings open ENRIGHT $28 Full Friends 2 Apr Machinal STUDIO $23 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr Written by Written in 1928 and inspired by the true story of the first woman May Sophie Treadwell to be executed by electric chair in New York, Sophie Treadwell's Directed by expressionist play Machinal is an unforgettable portrait of a M T W T F S S Jeffrey Jay Fowler young woman suffocating at home and work. Jeffrey Jay Fowler, 3 4 Associate Director at Black Swan State Theatre Company, Performed by 6 7 8 9 directs this unflinching vision of claustrophobia and entrapment 2nd Year that drives a young woman to commit a terrible act. 7.30pm Acting students

Tickets Bookings open ENRIGHT $28 Full Friends 2 Apr Love Me Tender STUDIO $23 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr Written by In a dreamscape of an Australian backyard, the story of a father Jun Tom Holloway and daughter is teased out. Inspired by Euripides' Iphigenia Directed by in Aulis, this vision of contemporary Australia draws on modern M T W T F S S Katt Osborne Australian experiences from the Black Saturday bushfires to pre- 14 15 teen sexuality and domestic rituals. Performed by 17 18 19 20 2nd Year Director/producer Katt Osborne, co-founder of The Last 7.30pm Acting students Great Hunt, brings her wealth of experience to this bold and emotionally powerful play about love and sacrifice.

40 A Streetcar Named Desire 2018. Photo by Jon Green Acting 41 Tickets Bookings open ROUNDHOUSE $36 Full Friends 2 Apr The Misanthrope THEATRE $29 Concession/Friends Public 9 Apr An Ideal Written by Is it possible to tell the truth and nothing but? Alceste despises Jun Moliere hypocrisy in society – yet he loves Célimène, who is the very personification of the false morals he scorns. Moliere's comedy M T W T F S S Directed by Husband Humphrey Bower of manners asks how far one should accept the rules of the 14 15 society in which one lives. It shouldn't surprise us that more than Performed by ROUNDHOUSE THEATRE 17 18* 19 20 350 years later, hypocrisy and niceties, truth and deception, are 3rd Year still alive and well. Successful politician Sir Robert Chiltern has 7.30pm Acting students it all – money, power and the love of his Matinee adoring wife. But he also has a murky secret Sat 15 Jun, 2.00pm in his past that, if revealed, will bring down all *Post-show discussion on Tue 18 Jun he stands for and the marriage he cherishes. Oscar Wilde's 1889 comedy of manners about hypocritical moralities in high-society The Taming of Tickets Bookings open ENRIGHT $32 Full Friends 23 Jul London speaks to a modern generation the Shrew STUDIO $26 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul about the gap between political and private morality. Wilde questions power, politics and Written by Director Peter Zazzali from the University of Kansas tackles love in a way that skewers the very notion of Aug William Shakespeare's controversial battle-of-the- sexes comedy about Shakespeare power and gender. Baptista has two daughters: docile, beautiful 'an ideal'. M T W T F S S Directed by Bianca who is much sought after by the noblemen of the town, 23 24 Written by Oscar Wilde Peter Zazzali and ill-tempered Katherine, whose acid tongue keeps suitors at Directed by 26 27 28 29 bay. In the tradition of the times, Katherine – as the oldest – must Priscilla Jackman Performed by Performed by marry first. Bianca's many suitors can't afford to wait, so in a wild 3rd Year Acting students 7.30pm 2nd Year Acting students scheme to find a husband for Katherine, they convince the wily Matinee Petruchio to take on the challenge. Aug Sat 24 Aug, 2.00pm M T W T F S S Tickets Tickets Bookings open $36 Full $32 Full Friends 10 Sep 23 24 $29 Concession/Friends Birdland THE EDITH $26 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep 26 27* 28 29 Bookings open Written by What's the price of mega-fame and limitless money? Rock star 7.30pm Friends 23 Jul Oct Simon Stephens Paul is on the final week of his sold-out world tour – and on the Public 30 Jul Matinee Directed by verge of cracking up. He's made a Faustian pact with fame, Sat 24 Aug, 2.00pm M T W T F S S Andrew Lewis shifting from capricious arrogance to destructive venom as 11 12 his life spirals out of control. From the Olivier Award-winning *Post-show discussion on Performed by Tue 27 Aug 14 15* 16 17 writer of the West End hit, The Curious Incident of the Dog in 3rd Year 7.30pm Acting students the Night-Time, comes this funny, sad and compelling satire of fame, celebrity and stardom in the 21st century. Matinee Sat 12 Oct, 2.00pm *Post-show discussion on Tue 15 Oct Tickets Bookings open ENRIGHT $32 Full Friends 10 Sep The Hope Fault STUDIO $26 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep

Based on the Novel by Iris's family – her ex-husband with his new wife and baby; Oct Tracy Farr her son, and her best friend's daughter – gather to pack up their holiday house. They are there for one last time, one last M T W T F S S Stage adaptation and Directed by weekend, and one last party – but in the course of this weekend, 11 12 Andrew Hale their connections will be affirmed, and their frailties and secrets 14 15 16* 17 Performed by revealed. Adapted from Tracy Farr's novel and directed by local 7.30pm 2nd Year actor/writer/director Andrew Hale, The Hope Fault is a story Acting students about familial connections and fault lines, and why the debris Matinee of a well-lived life matters. WAAPA in conjunction with the Sat 12 Oct, 2.00pm *Post-show discussion on Minderoo Foundation and Fremantle Press proudly presents the Wed 16 Oct premiere of this riveting new Western Australian play.

42 The Seagull 2018. Photo by Jon Green Acting 43 Aboriginal Performance Performing Arts 2019 Performance ENRIGHT STUDIO WAAPA's Aboriginal Performance program prepares students in a range of acting and performance disciplines. The one-year course culminates in the public performance of a dramatic work. Join us in a celebration of contemporary Indigenous performance and culture as we demonstrate the achievements of the 2019 ensemble. Director Rick Brayford Performed by Aboriginal Performance students

Tickets Nov $28 Full M T W T F S S $23 Concession/Friends 15 16 Bookings open 18 19* 20 21 Friends 10 Sep Public 17 Sep 7.30pm *Post-show discussion Tue 19 Nov

Solo Stage: Here Now Tilt Really Big Democracy Life on Earth

44 Fever 2018. Photo by Jon Green The Trial 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath 45 Bookings open Solo Stage: PICA 8 Apr THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE Perth Cultural Centre Tickets Tickets pica.org.au Perth Cultural Centre, 53 James St, Northbridge Here Now 51 James St, Northbridge $20 Per program or 9228 6300 Tilt

Devised and In 2019, WAAPA's adventurous young theatre-makers throw down Expect talent and daring in this program of self- performed by the gauntlet to create and perform original solo works inspired Sep devised pieces created and performed by WAAPA's May 2nd Year graduating Performance Making students at the by what matters to them, right HERE, right NOW! The works Program 1 Performance will be shaped by contemporary performance practice to boldly popular Blue Room Theatre. Powerful performances Jun Making students M T W T F S S comment on what the world needs, now and for its future. and impressive stagecraft underpin works that Program A Under the guidance of 11 12 13 14 explore the very edges of theatre making, creating M T W T F S S Samantha Chester Expect personal, political, philosophical, intimate and provocative an evening of other-worldly theatre that will inspire, and Will O'Mahony work from these emerging performance makers. 7.00pm 29 31 provoke and entertain. “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will Matinee 7.30pm Devised and performed by answer you: I AM HERE TO LIVE OUT LOUD.” – Emile Zola Sat 14 Sep, 2.00pm 3rd Year Performance Making students Program B M T W T F S S Under the guidance of Frances Barbe 30 1 Sep Tickets 7.30pm Program 2 $25 Full M T W T F S S $21 Concession/Friends + $2.00 booking fee 18 19 20 21 Bookings open 7.00pm 19 Jul Really Big OLD PERTH GIRLS Tickets Bookings open Tel: 9227 7005 SCHOOL $25Full Friends 10 Sep Matinee Online: blueroom.org.au Democracy 2 Wellington St, East Perth $21 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep Sat 21 Sep, 2.00pm or in person 9.00am - 5.00pm.

Directed by Really Big Democracy will be a site responsive work inspired by Oct David Williams the historic Perth Girls School in East Perth, drawing upon the unique architecture and atmosphere of this site to reflect on the M T W T F S S Assistant Director Samantha Nerida past and possible futures for democracy in Australia. 16 17 18 19 Devised and 7.30pm performed by 2nd Year Performance Making students

SPARE PARTS Bookings open PUPPET THEATRE Tickets Tickets sppt.asn.au Life on Earth 1 Short St, Fremantle $22 + $3.95 booking fee or 9335 5044

Directed by First loves, last rites, old wounds, fresh starts: the fleeting Oct Michael Barlow moments of life reveal their secrets in this impressionistic portrait Devised and of human life on earth. Nov performed by Cherished moments of joy, sorrow, solitude and union shimmer 3rd Year M T W T F S S in this highly visual puppet and object theatre work devised Performance and created for adult audiences by WAAPA students under the 31 1 2 Making students direction of Spare Parts Associate Director, Michael Barlow. 7.30pm

46 Tilt 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath Performing Arts 47 Music Theatre Company The Wonderful World of Dissocia Strictly Ballroom Sweet Charity Cry-Baby

48 Carousel 2018. Photo by Jon Green 49 The Wonderful World Tickets Bookings open ENRIGHT $25 Full Friends 5 Feb of Dissocia STUDIO $20 Concession/Friends Public 12 Feb

Written by Somewhere between a delayed transatlantic flight and the Mar Anthony Neilson clocks going back, Lisa has lost an hour of her life. To get it Director back, she travels to the country of Dissocia – a surreal and M T W T F S S Michael McCall wonky world, filled with insecurity guards, musical fields, time 15 16 Performed by flies and a violent scapegoat, all under threat from the Black 18 19 20 21 2nd Year Dog King. Anthony Neilson's weird and magical play about Music Theatre a young woman suffering from dissociative disorder is a bold 7.30pm students and moving drama that gives the Music Theatre students the opportunity to prove their acting skills.

Tickets Bookings open GEOFF GIBBS $49 Full Friends 23 Jul Sweet Charity THEATRE $43 Concession/Friends Public 30 Jul

Book by Sweet Charity follows the misadventures in love that befall the Aug Neil Simon gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who Music by always gives her heart and her dreams to the wrong man. With a M T W T F S S Cy Coleman book by Neil Simon and score by Cy Coleman, this Tony Award- 24 Lyrics by winning musical features classic hits such as Hey Big Spender, 26 27 28 29 30 31 Dorothy Fields If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm of Life. Director 7.30pm Shaun Rennie Matinee Music Director Sat 31 Aug, 2.00pm Craig Dalton Choreographer Michael Ralph Performed by Company 3rd Year Music Theatre ROUNDHOUSE THEATRE students

At his 35th birthday party, Bobby struggles Tickets Bookings open Mar to think of a wish to make as he blows out his ROUNDHOUSE $43 Full Friends 10 Sep birthday candles. Through a series of vignettes Cry-Baby THEATRE $37 Concession/Friends Public 17 Sep M T W T F S S featuring his lovers and friends, the commitment- Book by This jumping, jiving rockabilly musical from John Waters 16 phobic bachelor tries to make sense of the Mark O'Donnell and Hairspray is a rebellious teen comedy about 1950s bad-boy 18 19 20 21 22 23 institution of marriage and come to terms Oct Thomas Meehan Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker and his good-girl love, Allison. In with what it really means to be alive. Stephen 7.30pm M T W T F S S Music and Lyrics by a world of stuffy social codes, family secrets and puritanical Sondheim's multi-award-winning musical about 12 David Javerbaum values, can these two ever be happy together? Based on Matinee about life and love features favourite songs such 14 15 16 17 18 19 and Adam Waters' 1990 cult-classic film of the same name starring Johnny Sat 23 Mar, 2.00pm as Company, The Ladies Who Lunch, Side by Schlesinger Depp, Cry-Baby is witty, wacky and exuberantly endearing. Side and the iconic Being Alive. 7.30pm Director Tickets Chris Parker $49 Full Matinee $43 Concession/Friends Books by George Furth Sat 19 Oct, 2.00pm Choreographer Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Bernie Bernard Bookings open Director Andrew Lewis Performed by Friends 5 Feb Music Director Craig Dalton 2nd Year Public 12 Feb Performed by 3rd Year Music Theatre students Music Theatre students

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Created by Love is in the air… After each performance please join us for a complimentary supper and Q & A session with the cast Jun Baz Luhrmann Strictly Ballroom: The Musical will quick Book by step, cha cha and samba its way into your M T W T F S S Baz Luhrmann and heart when it dances onto the stage of the Craig Pearce 15 Regal Theatre as WAAPA's highly anticipated Adapted by mid-year musical. This sequinned, sparkling 18 19 20 21 22 Terry Johnson APPLICATION FORM extravaganza features larger-than-life TICK MEMBERSHIP TYPE PERSONAL DETAILS 7.30pm Music by characters, spectacular dance routines and Various Artists well-loved songs from the hit film, including Student/Concession $35 Name Matinee Director Time after Time, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, Sat 15 and Crispin Taylor Tequila and Love is in the Air, plus fabulous Young Adult (18-30) $45 Sat 22 Jun, 2.00pm Postal Address Music Director new songs by internationally acclaimed artists Senior $45 David King Tickets Sia, David Foster and Eddie Perfect. Strap Choreographer Single $65 Full on your dancing shoes for this sweet Aussie $76 Jayne Smeulders $66 Concession/Friends story about daring to dream and being true to Couple $86 + Service & booking fees Set Designer yourself. James Browne Family $98 Bookings open Lighting Designer “Experience the story that inspired the world to dance” Life Membership $625 On sale now Trent Suidgeest (once-only payment per person) through Ticketek Performed by Telephone / Mobile Tel: 1300 795 012 2nd and 3rd Year PAYMENT OPTIONS Music Theatre students ticketek.com.au – Cheques made payable to: Email and WAAPA Music BY POST students The Friends of the Academy PO Box 1556, SUBIACO WA 6904 IN PERSON – At the WAAPA Box Office ONLINE – friendsoftheacademy.org.au BY PHONE – (08) 9370 6895 52 53 BOOKING INFORMATION FOR CONNECT Founding Pianos PERFORMANCES AT WAAPA WITH WAAPA Edith Cowan University has become the On sale dates are listed in the program for each ticketed event. ONLINE custodian of one of the world's most Bookings can be made online, in person or by phone. significant collection of 18th, 19th and waapa.ecu.edu.au BOX OFFICE HOURS PARKING 20th century keyboards in the world, FACEBOOK donated by Stewart Symonds and fellow WAAPA Box Office is open Parking after 6.30pm weekdays collector David Forward. Monday to Friday and all weekend is free in all facebook.com/waapa.ecu The collection, known as the Founding 9.30am–12.30pm, campus carparks. Limited paid NEWSLETTER 1.00pm–3.30pm. street parking is available along Pianos, is comprised of instruments that are the last remaining pieces of their kind Box Office opens 45 minutes prior Bradford and Learoyd Streets To receive WAAPA's official to performances. adjacent to the Academy. newsletter, Inside WAAPA, go to globally. waapa.ecu.edu.au/news/enews One such instrument is the First Fleet PHONE BOOKINGS DISABLED ACCESS piano, which arrived in Australia on board Contact the Box Office on ACROD parking is available in NAME YOUR SEAT the flagship vessel HMS Sirius, and is the first keyboard instrument played on (08) 9370 6895 Carpark 4, near the main entrance Make a tax deductible donation A $4.00 handling fee applies. as well as Carpark 3 on Bradford to WAAPA by naming a seat in a Australian soil. Street. Most WAAPA venues offer ONLINE BOOKING WAAPA venue The acquisition of this incredible wheelchair access – for further waapa.ecu.edu.au/friends-and- collection forms an important part of details please enquire at the Box Refer to the “Bookings Open” sponsors/name-your-seat WAAPA's music strategy. It also marks Office on 9370 6895 when booking. dates for each performance for the commencement of a multimillion- online bookings. All ECU campuses are now smoke-free. dollar program to capture and preserve For your convenience you can PERFORMANCE START TIMES All details correct at time of going a collection that features the most now print your tickets at home, be to print. Visit waapa.ecu.edu.au for full Please check start times as some and current listings. sure to print them individually and significant historic keyboard through to performances may be subject to present at the venue for entry. Anton Maz the most modern pianos. lockout. Tickets must be collected You can also choose to have them Marketing Manager 15 minutes prior to commencement To be part of this incredible journey mailed out or collect at the venue Kathy Wheatley of performance. Marketing Coordinator please visit: foundingpianos.com.au prior to performance – a fee of Graphic Design $2.00 applies. Telephone: (08) 6304 2761 or email Heather Pearson Marketing and Communications [email protected]

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