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Qso 2009 Annual Report 0.Pdf During 2009, The Queensland Orchestra (TQO) changed its name to Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO). CONTENTS 2009 ANNUAL REPORT Queensland Symphony Orchestra 2009 2 Chief Conductor’s Report 3 Board of Directors 4 Chairman’s Report 5 Management Team 2009 6 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 7 Artistic Excellence & Vibrancy 8 Engagement & Accessibility 10 Education & Learning 11 New Media 12 People & Processes 13 Financial Viability 14 Annual Financial Report 15 Applause 35 Partners 36 Queensland Symphony Orchestra – 2009 Annual Report 1 QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2009 ConCertmasters Helen Travers Flute trumPet Warwick Adeney Harold Wilson Alexis Kenny ~ Sarah Wilson ~ Alan Smith Hayley Radke » Richard Madden = Viola Janine Grantham Paul Rawson + assoCiate Bernard Hoey = John Gould ConCertmaster Raquel Bastos ° Piccolo Lynn Cole Antonio Bernal ° Paul Dhasmana * trombone Irene Garrahy Jason Redman ~ Violin 1 Kirsten Hulin-Bobart oboe Dale Truscott » Rachel Smith * Jann Keir-Haantera Sarah Meagher ~ Linda Carello bass trombone Fiona Lale Alexa Murray Margaret Connolly Tom Coyle * Helen Poggioli Louise Cottone ° Cor anglais Graham Simpson tuba Priscilla Hocking Amelia Coleman * Paula Stofman Thomas Allely * Ann Holtzapffel Nicholas Tomkin Clarinet Stephen Phillips Irit Silver ~ harP Rebecca Seymour Cello Brian Catchlove + Jill Atkinson * Joan Shih David Lale ~ Kate Travers Brenda Sullivan Patrick Suthers » timPani Tim Corkeron * Stephen Tooke Matthew Kinmont bass Clarinet Brynley White Kathryn Close Nicholas Harmsen * PerCussion Andre Duthoit David Montgomery ~ Violin 2 bassoon Matthew Jones Gail Aitken ~ Nicole Tait ~ Andrew Knox » Kaja Skorka Wayne Brennan ~ David Mitchell » Jennifer Mikkelsen Stokes Jane Burroughs Craig Allister Young Contrabassoon Faina Dobrenko Óscar Garrido de la Rosa * Simon Dobrenko Double bass Delia Kinmont ° John Fardon ~ FrenCh horn Nicola Manson Dushan Walkowicz + Andrew Bain ~ ~ Section Principal = Acting Section Principal Tim Marchmont Anne Buchanan Peter Luff = * Principal Frances McLean Paul O’Brien ° Ian O’Brien * ^ Acting Principal » Associate Principal Neridah Oostenbroek ° Michael O’Loghlin Vivienne Collier-Vickers + Acting Associate Principal Paulene Smith Ken Poggioli Lauren Manuel ° Fixed Term Contract 2 Queensland Symphony Orchestra – 2009 Annual Report CHIEF CONDUCTOR’S REPORT “We began our season with one of the legends of the operatic world, José Carreras, and continued our journey with stunning artists such as Piers Lane, Imogen Cooper, Stephen Hough, Emmanuel Plasson, Freddy Kempf, Vladimir Verbitsky, the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo and Mark Kaplan.” Looking back on my second full year as Chief Conductor QSO was proud to present a number of premieres of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, I am more throughout the season. In our Proms series we than satisfied with the developments that have taken presented music from the Bruce Beresford film, Mao’s place. We have made appointments to key desks in Last Dancer. This was the first concert performance the orchestra and have been very pleased with the anywhere of this music. Other premieres were Mark responses from our various stakeholders regarding the Grandison’s Violin Concerto and Richard Mills’ Passion great leaps forward in standards of performance at QSO. according to St Mark, both for the Contempo series. We have had a good year artistically in the concert halls At the end of the year, we said goodbye to our Tea and and have also received high acclaim for our recording. Symphony and Proms series at City Hall due to the closure of this historic venue. It was a thrill to have The distinguished line-up of guest conductors and Teddy Tahu Rhodes star in our final Last Night of the soloists in 2009 has complemented a strong series of Proms concert at City Hall, which is closed for three concert programmes. years for much needed restoration work. Our successful We began our season with one of the legends of the Music on Sundays series continued to grow with operatic world, José Carreras, and continued our journey Guy Noble at the helm as presenter and conductor. with stunning artists such as Piers Lane, Imogen In 2009, we continued to build Gold Coast and regional Cooper, Stephen Hough, Emmanuel Plasson, Freddy audiences. Our annual Northern Tour was a great Kempf, Vladimir Verbitsky, the Silver-Garburg Piano success with conductor Marco Zuccarini and young Duo and Mark Kaplan. In 2009, we welcomed new Brisbane pianist John Fisher. The season closed with a soloists including Antje Weithaas and Cedric Tiberghien memorable performance of Messiah under the baton and enjoyed impressive debuts by conductors Eivind of English choral specialist Stephen Layton, acclaimed Aadland and Marko Letonja. by many as our best ever. I am particularly proud of our presentation of the Verdi I look forward to my third year as Chief Conductor and Requiem and Haydn’s Creation, both featuring choirs continuing developments in artistic standards. under the direction of Emily Cox. New heights were reached near the end of the season with world class performances of Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. To celebrate the 80th birthday of renowned Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, we performed his Earth Cry with QSO Johannes Fritzsch violinist Harold Wilson as our didjeridu soloist. Chief Conductor Queensland Symphony Orchestra – 2009 Annual Report 3 Board OF directors greg WanChaP, Chairman Greg Wanchap is Principal of WHK Horwath, Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants. He specialises in advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, and capital raisings and is an advisor to corporations and privately owned businesses as well as serving on a number of commercial and community boards. tony DenholDer Tony Denholder is a partner in the Brisbane Commercial and Projects Group at Blake Dawson. He specialises in resources law and native title. He also advises on infrastructure development and commercial matters. Tony has advised clients in all mainland Australian States and the Northern Territory on native title aspects affecting the establishment of projects and infrastructure. Janine Walker Janine Walker is Director of the Office of Human Resources Management of Griffith University and an Adjunct Professor in the University’s Business School. Janine has held significant senior positions including HR Director of the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Director of Industrial Relations for Queensland Health and Industrial Director and General Secretary of the Queensland Public Sector Union. PhiliP braCˇanin Philip Bracˇanin studied music and mathematics at the University of Western Australia, where he was awarded MA and PhD degrees for analytical studies of contemporary music. Professor Philip Bracˇanin retired from The University of Queensland where for nine years he was Dean of the Faculty of Music, and for ten years, Head of Music. Jenny hoDgson Jenny is a Producer with the Programming Unit of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Previously she had undertaken projects with the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University and worked for the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra for eleven years including seven as General Manager. Jason reDman appointED 27 May, 2009 Jason Redman is Principal Trombonist of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed to the QSO in August 1990, and has appeared as a soloist with the QSO and The Queensland Orchestra at numerous concerts. Jason is also a Churchill Fellow, studying with leading US trombonists in the USA in 1996. Jason has a Bachelor of Music degree from Griffith University. tony keane appointed 25 NOvember, 2009 Tony is Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking Queensland for National Australia Bank. He has worked for nab for over 25 years in various positions in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. Tony has a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) degree from University of Adelaide and a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Finance from Swinburne. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. rhyll garDner RESIgned 26 AUgust, 2009 Rhyll Gardner is General Manager, Group Strategy at St. George Bank. Rhyll has over 20 years experience in banking and finance across retail, corporate and business banking, financial markets, treasury, risk, marketing strategy, product development and management and management of segment management. Prior to starting her career in banking, Rhyll studied music at the University of Queensland playing piano and clarinet. ian o’brien resigned 29 April, 2009 Ian is currently Principal Third Horn with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Ian joined the orchestra in 2002 and was appointed to his current position in 2004, prior to which he was Associate Principal Horn with Orchestra Victoria. He has worked with many of Australia’s professional orchestras and is currently the horn tutor at the University of Queensland. 4 Queensland Symphony Orchestra – 2009 Annual Report CHAIRMAN’S REPORT “A great orchestra uplifts the sounds of the everyday, beckoning people to share the exaltation of great music” Johannes Fritzsch, Chief Conductor I find it a real privilege to be part of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and a team creating artistic excellence. I am proud to write this report. The Queensland Symphony Orchestra achieved many milestones in 2009. We formally reinstated Symphony into our name after being absent for nine years. We presented 146 performances across Queensland
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