The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Hillinger and led by concertmaster Maria Lindsay, plays a programme of music themed around conflict in a concert commemorating the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. The centrepiece of the concert will be the world premiere performance of Australian composer Graham Howard’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Gallipoli’ written especially…
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…
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…