Secondary Students
WASO’s Secondary Music Program enhances and consolidates the present WACE Courses on offer from the Department of Education as well as introducing the secondary students to the unique live experience of Open Rehearsals, Morning Symphonies and Fabulous Fridays.
2013 secondary students' events
WACE DESIGNATED WORKS CONCERT
Years 10-12 | 75mins
11.00am, Wednesday 6 March
John Inverarity Music & Drama Centre, Hale School
***FULLY BOOKED***
Please email lakec@waso.com.au to be added to the waiting list. We will contact you if seats become available.
Following the 2012 sell-out WACE Designated Works concert, WASO is proud to perform a selection of the symphonic and concerto works from the new 2013-2015 School Curriculum and Standards Authority list of Designated Works. Presented by WASO’s Education Manager, Prue Ashurst, this informative, analytical and entertaining 75 minutes will provide your students with a firm foundation covering the compulsory areas of study in Western Art Music.
Recordings of the works are available at waso.com.au and resource notes will be provided at the concert.
Works to include:
BACH, J. S. Brandenburg Concerto No.2: Allegro moderato
MOZART Horn Concerto No.3: Allegro maestoso
MOZART Symphony No.40: Molto allegro
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 Classical: Allegro con brio & Gavotte
Peter Moore, conductor
Prue Ashurst, presenter
TICKETS
$10 per student (1 free teacher per 10 students)
$10 subsequent teacher & supervisor tickets (maximum 6 tickets)
MORNING SYMPHONY
Years 6-12 | 60mins
Q&A session commences at 10.15am
Concert commences at 11.00am
Perth Concert Hall
WASO’s Morning Symphonies are a great way to introduce students to an orchestral concert and learn more about the life of our professional musicians. Join Education Manager, Prue Ashurst and a WASO musician for an informal Q&A session in the Terrace Level foyer of the Perth Concert Hall before the concert.
TICKETS
$10 per student (1 free teacher per 10 students)
$10 subsequent teacher & supervisor tickets (maximum 6 tickets) (upper gallery only)
1. Tchaikovsky ’s Pathetique
Thursday 14 March
JOHN ADAMS Slonimsky’s Earbox
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 Pathétique
Paul Daniel, conductor
2. Verbitsky ’s Europe
Thursday 9 May
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien
KODALY Dances of Galanta
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Vladimir Verbitsky, conductor
3. Mozart & Mendelssohn
Thursday 8 August
MOZART Serenade No.6 Serenata notturna
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 Scottish
Paul Daniel, conductor
4. Asher Fisch Conducts
Thursday 5 September
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
BRAHMS Symphony No.3
Asher Fisch, conductor
5. Sol Gabetta Plays Dvorak
Thursday 14 November
SMETANA Ma Vlast: Vltava [The Moldau]
DVORAK Cello Concerto in B minor
Michal Dworzynski, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cello
WASO BACKSTAGE PASS CONCERTS
Years 6-12 | 3hrs
Green Room event commences at 6.30pm
Concert commences at 7.30pm
Perth Concert Hall
Come and be part of the special WASO Backstage Pass Concerts. This is a unique opportunity for students to get a rare insight into the backstage happenings before a WASO performance. Enjoy a schools-only talk given by a WASO musician, as well as some light refreshments in the Green Room before the concert. Book early as numbers are limited.
TICKETS
$20 per student (1 free teacher per 10 students)
$20 subsequent teacher & supervisor tickets (maximum 6 tickets) (upper gallery or choir stalls only)
1. Prokofiev & Sibelius **SOLD OUT**
Friday 14 June
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3
SIBELIUS Symphony No.1
Arvo Volmer, conductor
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
2. Tchaikovsky ’s Violin Concerto **SOLD OUT**
Friday 9 August
ARNOLD Tam O’Shanter Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 Scottish
Paul Daniel, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
3. Ingrid Fliter Plays Chopin
Friday 13 September
WEBER Der Freischütz: Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.2
SCHUMANN Symphony No.1 Spring
Asher Fisch, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano
OPEN REHEARSALS
Years 8-12 | 90mins | FREE
Talk commences at 9.30am
Rehearsal commences at 10am (please be seated by 9.50am)
Perth Concert Hall
Join your West Australian Symphony Orchestra for the final rehearsal prior to the weekend’s performances. Students will be part of a unique experience as the conductor, Orchestra and soloists give the music a final polish. An introductory talk before the rehearsal will give your students an insight into the works performed.
TICKETS
Free – bookings are essential as seats are limited (maximum 30 tickets per school)
1. Piers Lane Plays Rachmaninov
Friday 22 March
WAGNER Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusberg Music
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
DVORAK Symphony No.7
Paul Daniel, conductor
Piers Lane, piano
2. Beethoven & Copland
Friday 28 June
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.4
Rory MacDonald, conductor
Allan Meyer, clarinet
3. Simone Young Conducts
Friday 2 August
ARVO PART Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10
Simone Young, conductor WORLD ARTIST
Giulio Plotino, violin
4. Mozart & Mahler
Friday 23 August
TAKEMITSU Signals from Heaven I: Day Signal AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
MOZART Serenade No.6 Serenata notturna
TAKEMITSU Signals from Heaven II: Night Signal
MAHLER Symphony No. 7
Paul Daniel, conductor
5. Strauss & Ravel
Friday 18 October
STRAUSS, R. Don Juan
JAMES LEDGER Violin Concerto WORLD PREMIERE
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
Otto Tausk, conductor
Margaret Blades, violin
