SYDNEY SYMPHONY ANNUAL REPORT 2012 B sydney symphony 2012 annual report annual sydney symphony 2012 1 THE STORY OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATES THE COMPANY’S ABILITY TO ADAPT, STAY RELEVANT AND CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. Kees Boersma, Principal Double Bass with student at Playerlink Albury. 2 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2012 ANNUAL REPORT IN ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY CELEBRATES SUCCESS, RESILIENCE & GROWTH Sydney Symphony 4 Musicians 2012 6 Year in Review Chairman’s 8 Review Managing 9 Director’s Review Clockwise from top left: Sydney Five Year Symphony schools concert at the 11 Performance ABC, Ultimo; Carolyn Harris, Tutti Flute, digital Playerlink presentation Summary to Albury at the Telstra Experience Centre, Sydney; Vladimir Ashkenazy, Message from Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Sydney 12 Vladimir Ashkenazy Symphony at the Sydney Opera House; Mahler Symphony No. 2 CD cover with Vladimir Ashkenazy; Cellist Jian Wang performs with the Sydney 14 Community Symphony in Shanghai; Sydney Symphony brass section celebrate the 80 year anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Supporters – 18 Donors & Sponsors 4 SYDNEY SYMPHONY MUSICIANS 2012 CONDUCTOR Vladimir Ashkenazy Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor Sponsored by Emirates PATRON ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR CONCERTMASTER Her Excellency Professor Jessica Cottis Dene Olding Marie Bashir AC CVO Supported by Premier Partner Credit Suisse and Symphony Services International FIRST VIOLINS VIOLAS HARP HORNS Sun Yi Roger Benedict Louise Johnson Robert Johnson Associate Concertmaster Principal Principal Principal Kim Williams AM & James & Leonie Furber Chair Catherine Dovey Chair Kirsten Williams FLUTES Associate Concertmaster Ben Jacks Tobias Breider Janet Webb Principal Fiona Ziegler Principal Principal Assistant Concertmaster Geoff O’Reilly Anne Louise Emma Sholl Principal 3rd Julie Batty Comerford Associate Principal Associate Principal Euan Harvey Jennifer Booth Robert & Janet Constable Chair Marnie Sebire Marianne Broadfoot Justin Williams Carolyn Harris Assistant Principal Brielle Clapson Robyn Brookfield PICCOLO TRUMPETS Sophie Cole Sandro Costantino Rosamund Plummer David Elton Amber Davis Principal Principal Jane Hazelwood Jennifer Hoy Veolia Environmental OBOES Paul Goodchild Services Chair Associate Principal Georges Lentz Diana Doherty Graham Hennings Principal John Foster Nicola Lewis Andrew Kaldor AM & Stuart Johnson Anthony Heinrichs Alexandra Mitchell Renata Kaldor AO Chair Alexander Norton Justine Marsden Shefali Pryor TROMBONES Associate Principal Léone Ziegler Felicity Tsai Ronald Prussing Leonid Volovelsky David Papp Principal Scott Kinmont SECOND VIOLINS CELLOS COR ANGLAIS Associate Principal Marina Marsden Catherine Hewgill Alexandre Oguey Nick Byrne Principal Principal Principal The Hon. Justice AJ BASS TROMBONE Kirsty Hilton & Mrs Fran Meagher Chair CLARINETS Principal Christopher Harris Leah Lynn Lawrence Dobell Principal Alexander Read Assistant Principal Principal Associate Principal Anne Arcus & Terrey Arcus AM TUBA Kristy Conrau Chair Emma West Steve Rossé Assistant Principal Fenella Gill Francesco Celata Principal Susan Dobbie Timothy Nankervis Associate Principal Principal Emeritus Elizabeth Neville Christopher Tingay TIMPANI Maria Durek Ruth & Bob Magid Chair Richard Miller BASS CLARINET Principal Emma Hayes Christopher Pidcock Craig Wernicke Adrian Wallis Mark Robinson Shuti Huang Principal Assistant Principal Timpani/ David Wickham Tutti percussion Stan W Kornel BASSOONS Benjamin Li DOUBLE BASSES Matthew Wilkie PERCUSSION Principal Emily Long Kees Boersma Rebecca Lagos Nicole Masters Principal Roger Brooke Principal Associate Principal Philippa Paige Alex Henery Colin Piper Principal Fiona McNamara Justice Jane Matthews AO Biyana Rozenblit Neil Brawley Chair Maja Verunica Principal Emeritus CONTRABASSOON David Campbell Noriko Shimada Principal Steven Larson Richard Lynn David Murray sydney symphony 2012 annual report annual sydney symphony 2012 Benjamin Ward 5 Top to bottom: Rowena Watts, Sydney Symphony Fellow at St James Church concert in Sydney; Guangzhou Arts Festival poster featuring Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony. 6 YEAR IN REVIEW No. of No. of Paid Series Performances Programs Occupancy Ausgrid Master Series 27 9 57,085 Thursday Afternoon Symphony 9 9 19,877 Emirates Metro Series 8 8 16,104 Meet the Music 8 4 16,146 Kaleidoscope 8 4 17,261 Great Classics 7 7 15,020 CONCERTS Tea and Symphony 8 8 14,482 115 Mondays @ 7 5 5 10,716 Discovery Program 4 4 3,831 The Sydney Symphony presented 115 concerts International Pianists in Recital 4 4 4,125 in the Sydney Opera House and City Recital Hall Angel Place to 222,964 patrons. Mozart in the City 4 4 3,836 These performances included 92 concerts Gala performances 6 3 12,912 70 to which subscriptions are sold across 11 series, six gala performances and a further Commercial concerts 17 6 31,569 17 performances which fall outside the main EDUCATION Total 115 75 222,964 subscription series. ACTIVITIES IN 2012 THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY PERFORMED OVER 200 CONCERTS TO MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE. THE EDUCATION PROGRAM 30,786 knowledge seekers attended 70 Three open rehearsals were held at the education activities300,000 in 2012, excluding the Sydney Opera House, with 295 teachers and Discovery concerts. students attending. 23,890 teachers and students attended 39 Five professional learning workshops were schools concerts in Sydney and a further 2,178 held in Sydney, attracting 525 teachers teachers and students attended education and students. programs in regional areas in conjunction with the Sydney Symphony’s other touring SYDNEY SYMPHONY activities. Regional education activities took A further eight professional learning place in Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Newcastle, workshops were held in regional areas for APP DOWNLOADS Taree, Singleton and Albury. 259 teachers and students. 3,639 patrons attended 15 performances by the Credit Suisse Fellows in 2012 at venues including St James’ Church King St, Verbrugghen Hall, Blacktown Arts Centre, Goulburn Regional Conservatorium and the sydney symphony 2012 annual report annual sydney symphony 2012 South Coast Correctional Centre. 8,600OVER 7 40 BROADCASTS ON ABC CLASSIC FM 31,569ATTENDEES COMMERCIAL COLLABORATIONS The Sydney Symphony plans its seasons well in advance. Acknowledging that opportunities to perform in collaboration with popular commercial artists require a shorter planning window, the Company allocates a percentage of available orchestral playing time to these projects. This work is undertaken either with the Sydney Symphony taking the role of presenter or as a ‘band for hire’. In 2012 the Sydney Symphony performed in 17 concerts in this category which attracted 31,569 attendees. TOURING & OUTREACH The Sydney Symphony performed at two free outdoor concerts in 2012: Buzz Lightyear, Pixar in Concert. Symphony in the Domain on January 21 – 35,000 Sydney Symphony musicians performed Parramatta Park on March 10 – 4,500 in four Music4Health events in 2012, at Montefiore Randwick, Montefiore Hunters Hill, The Sydney Symphony also gave concerts in Mt Pritchard Autism Advisory and Support Orange and Armidale, as well as its debut Service and the Powerhouse Museum. performance at The Concourse in Chatswood. Sydney Symphony musicians also continued As part of the orchestra’s annual regional to contribute to the wider community in touring activities the Sydney Symphony and their capacity as teachers and members of Sinfonia ensembles performed in Grafton, community music groups. Taree and Newcastle. Members of the Sydney Symphony Brass section performed Under the direction of Principal Conductor in Armidale, Port Macquarie and Grafton. and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Ashkenazy, 300,000 Further outreach also occurred in Singleton. the Sydney Symphony toured China in 2012. Performances were given in Tianjin, Beijing, 525 40 Sydney Symphony performances were Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai and Qingdao, broadcast on ABC Classic FM in 2012, and with the tour marking the cultural highlight TEACHERS 10 concerts were sent to the European of year-long celebrations marking the 40th Broadcasting Union. anniversary of diplomatic relations between & STUDENTS Australia and China. Further outreach ATTRACTED occurred at the Xinghai Conservatory, the TO LEARNING Six performances were made available for first activities resulting from a Memorandum WORKSHOPS streaming on the BigPond website and via the of Understanding with the institution signed Sydney Symphony’s free mobile app. in October 2012. Three Mahler discs (Symphonies 9, 10 and 2) Since April 2012, the Sydney Symphony’s were released by the Sydney Symphony in 2012, mobile app has attracted approximately in addition to recordings of Prokofiev’s Romeo 4,500 visits per month. At the end of 2012, the and Juliet and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Sydney Symphony App had been downloaded 8,600 ABC Classics also released Kalkadungu, which over 8,600 times across 51 countries. featured the Sydney Symphony. 8 CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW John C Conde ao Chairman In our 80th anniversary year the Sydney to substantially increase its international The fact that Sydney Symphony has grown to Symphony celebrated success, resilience and presence in Asia and has successfully signed become a recognised brand, as well as a leader growth as an independent arts company, Memorandums of Understanding with two in orchestral music, shouldn’t be surprising to with its heritage dating back to 1932 and its significant cultural organisations in China, anyone who