North Sydney Symphony – Dvorak, Mozart and Vaughan Williams

North Sydney Symphony – Dvorak, Mozart and Vaughan Williams

  The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Hillinger with concertmaster Shuti Huang and clarinettist Frank Celata perform the music of Dvorak, Mozart and Vaughan-Willams.  The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra was the first orchestra to be established on Sydney’s North Shore, founded in 1947 by the late Dr Alan Bellhouse M.A. who conducted it…

Amina Edris wins Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald’s Operatic Aria Award.

Amina Edris wins Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald’s Operatic Aria Award.

  Soprano Amina Edris from Christchurch, New Zealand has won the 2013 Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald’s Operatic Aria Award. Singing Steal Me Sweet Thief from The Old Maid and the Thief by Menotti and Caro Nome from Verdi’s Rigoletto, Edris beat her compatriot from Auckland, baritone James Ioelu into second place. He sang Non piu andrai from…

Symphony, Opera and Art Song from the North Sydney Symphony

Symphony, Opera and Art Song from the North Sydney Symphony

    Love, death, longing or just sheer beauty, the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s August concert has music to warm your heart this winter. On the programme are the ominously dramatic of overture to Verdi’s opera The Force of Destiny, (featured on the soundtrack of the classic French films, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources),…