The Willoughby Symphony’s inaugural concert for the 2016 Season, Pure Elation, opens with the concert Gala a glorious celebration of romantic arias by opera’s greatest lovers. Under the baton of internationally renowned Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, Dr Nicholas Milton, with special guest soloists, soprano Taryn Srhoj, tenor Michael Butchard and mezzo-soprano Jermaine Chau, the magnificent Orchestra and…
Congratulations to two outstanding Australian musicians have been recognised in the Australia Day Honours for 2016! Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra since 2001, Dr Nicholas Milton, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the arts, particularly to classical orchestral music performance, as…
The nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards are out! Congratulations to the Australian conductor Dr Nicholas Milton who conducts 25-year-old German pianist Joseph Moog with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern in a recording nominated for the Best Classical Instrumental Solo. The recording of piano concertos by Grieg and Moszkowski is on the Onyx Classics label. Nicholas…