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Newsle er #19 2016/2
Contact Us: 3278 1913 |PO Box 128, SHERWOOD, QLD ,4075 | [email protected]
7 May 2:30 & & 7:30pm QPAC
Rhonda Burchmore on Broadway 13 August 2:30 & 7:30pm QPAC
Sunday 15 May 2:30pm The Empire Theatre Toowoomba
Best of the Pops 8 October 2:30 & 7:30pm QPAC
New Year’s Eve 31 December
Welcome to our second newsle er for 2016. The year is flying by and we are in the final prepara ons for the famous Best of Bri sh concerts. We have two shows at QPAC on 7 May and one performance at 2.30pm at The Empire Theatre in Toowoomba on 15 May.
We are delighted to welcome back Elizabeth Lewis who has had a remarkable rise to fame with her recent Master Class appearance with Renee Fleming at the Sydney Opera House Opera Awards, and also winning the Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship for 2015.
Joining her will be much loved baritone Jason Barry‐Smith. Jason and Libby will combine in the Mary Poppins selec on from the Last Night at the Proms concert of 2014. They will also perform the somewhat dark but extremely funny “Li le Priest” from Sweeny Todd.
A crowd favourite will be the Sheryl Watkins inspired Watkins Academy of Irish Dance who will perform some of those well‐known Irish dance selec ons. Adding to the broader “Bri sh Isles” feel of the show will be Pipe Major Roddy MacDonald who will play two of the most popular pieces ever wri en for pipes.
A highlight for this year’s Best of Bri sh will be the combined choirs from the Queensland Fes val Chorus and the Toowoomba Choral Society Contemporary Choral. As a special treat we will also present for the first me the Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School Chapel Choirs. These wonderful singers will perform music from the TV show the Vicar of Dibley and some favourite songs from the musical, Oliver.
The remainder of the year is shaping up to present the most exci ng concerts that have been developed in recent years. Rhonda Burchmore will perform with the Pops for the first me in a Broadway spectacular that will also feature the students from the Music Theatre
course at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. These are Australia’s rising stars of music theatre who will be sure to thrill you with song and dance.
The final concert for the year will be your choice. Included in this newsle er is a ques onnaire that asks you what is your favourite music performed by the Pops. The Pops pin‐up‐boy Gregory Moore will headline the concert but we will also feature some of the most requested solo performances by members of the orchestra.
Keep your eye open for the New Year’s Eve concert going on sale in early July.
I look forward to seeing you all at Best of Bri sh.
Warmest regards
Patrick
Purchase Tickets: for Friends discount Phone QTIX 136 246 or online QPAC.COM.AU
Next Concerts
Best So Far—Mark Vincent
Things we have been up to recently
Musicians from the QLD Pops Orchestra will perform at the AMEB new theatre e for pre‐school children who a end the adjacent Hear and Say Centre. Hear and Say is a leader in paediatric implantable technologies (including cochlear implants) and listening and spoken language. This year more than 2,000 children and young adults impacted by hearing loss will benefit from our programs and services. It costs Hear and Say more than $10,000 each year for up to six years to teach one profoundly deaf child to learn to listen and speak. This means we must rely on our fundraising events and ac vi es, and the generous support of our donors and partners. To find out more about the work we do at Hear and Say and how you can help make a difference please explore our website. We also invite you to visit the Hear and Say Facebook and Blog and follow us on Twi er.
Hear and Say is a Be er Start provider and is ge ng prepared for NDIS in 2016.
For further informa on contact Hear and Say (07) 3850 2111.
Winner of the 2015 Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship, Elizabeth Lewis holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Studies from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU). In 2013 Elizabeth became a member of the Opera Q Studio (formerly the Opera Queensland Young Ar st Program).
During this program Elizabeth was a principal performer in a new work en tled ABANDON in collabora on with contemporary dance company
Dance North. She revised her role in this work at the 2013 World Theatre Fes val. Also, in 2014, Elizabeth became a Developing Ar st for Victorian Opera. Elizabeth has won many scholarships and compe ons including the Sydney Opera House Opera Award 2015, More Than Opera Development Award 2015 (Runner‐Up German Australian Opera Grant 2016), Victorian Opera and University of Melbourne Master of Music Scholarship 2014/15, Harold and Erika Fisher Memorial Opera Scholarship 2014 and was Runner‐Up in the 2012 Herald
The master of character, Jason Barry‐Smith has been entertaining Queensland audiences for longer than we all care to men on. In an interview for Limelight with Gillian Wills Jason says, “I like to announce the songs and be amusing. I make people feel at home, the music accessible. It’s about celebra ng the gi someone like me has been given. It’s a two way street”. Is it true from your experience that you can’t be a guru in your own village? “OK ... I made a choice that
Brisbane was the place I wanted to have a life as well as sing but not as a globe tro ng star. You can’t have both if you don’t travel. It’s a choice. A long me ago I asked myself how do I make this work if I’m based in one place. I like to think I have a big skill base and can contribute more”.
The “big skill base” is something of an understatement. Versa lity is Barry‐ Smith’s middle name. He’s not only a soloist but composes, arranges, conducts, is a creditable actor and, as a strong communicator he is commandeered to entertain at important func ons such as the launch of the Fes val of Classics at Government House last week. And, he is Opera Queensland’s Crea ve Director of Open Stage, a demanding and popular community enrichment program.
‐ See more at: h p://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Ar cle/343616,jason‐barry‐smith‐embraces‐his‐inner‐nerd.aspx#sthash.nvd32vsN.dpuf
Jenny Flo mann – Principal Oboe Jenny was a racted to the oboe’s beau ful, lyrical and pure sound quality when she was 12 years old. She spent many years in the Queensland Youth Orchestra and at the QLD Conservatorium of Music before con nuing her oboe studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Jenny was also a member of the All Souls Orchestra in London, which plays for the celebrated Prom Praise
series, and worked and toured with a large variety of ensembles in England and Europe.
On returning to Brisbane, Jenny played with the QLD Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras as well as in many musicals and other freelance engagements. The CD “Oboe d’amour” was released in late 2001, a solo CD inspired by Colin Harper’s requests for Jenny to perform as a featured ar st with the QLD Pops Orchestra. The album was extremely successful, winning the QRA’s Sunnie Award for Best Classical CD in 2002.
Jenny is currently on staff at St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly as Oboe Tutor, Music Teacher and Coordinator of Theory and Aural Studies.
Queensland Pops Orchestra is
suppor ng the Queensland leg of
Mirusia’s Australian Tour.
This Time Tomorrow
Tickets are available via her website
h p://www.mirusia.net/
(or you could wait un l New Year’s Eve)
Tyler Watkins, has been living in Ireland since the start of the year, training alongside Irish dancing’s elite in prepara on for the World Championships. She has also been compe ng in Ireland and the UK and has been very successful placing 3rd at a pres gious Galway championships. Tyler finished 12th at the All Scotland Championships – fantas c results given she is amongst a high calibre of dancers compe ng from all over the world.
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A massed choir of 120 voices made up of members of the Queensland Fes val Chorus, TCS Contemporary Choral and TACAPS Chapel Choirs along with the QPAC Organ will open Best of Bri sh with I was Glad. One of the best choral works ever wri en, courtesy of C. H. H. Parry. Used as the processional into Westminster Abbey at the marriage ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011, the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2006 and again at a Service to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Corona on of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in 2013.
Followed by La Rejouissance – Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel
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Don’t forget to bring your
clacker or squeaker for
the Sea Shan es.
Program for Best of British Act I Act II
Orchestra I Was Glad Piper & Orchestra Highland Cathedral
La Rejouissance Irish Dancers Lord of the Dance
Libby Lewis Venere Bella – Cleopatra’s aria from Guilio Cesare by Handel
Children of the TACAPS Chapel Choir
Vicar of Dibley
Oliver
Jenny Flo mann Oboe The Watermill Orchestra 007 Theme
Pipe Major Roddy MacDonald Amazing Grace Jason, Libby with the choirs
Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert
Choir Feature The Water is Wide Proms Finale
Sea Shan es Watkins Academy of Irish Dance Break out
Jason Barry Smith A Nigh ngale Sang in Berkley Square
Jerusalem
Jason & Libby A Li le Priest‐ from Sweeney Todd by Sondheim
Rule Britannia
Full cast Hello, Goodbye – Beatles Medley
Land of Hope and Glory
Mary Poppins Medley
No ticket price increase for Friends of the Pops in 2016
As promised last year, we have prepared a season where those who have supported us will receive the added benefit of no rise in ckets prices for 2016. Your support as a Friend of the Pops is extremely important to us and this small reward is our way of thanking you.
Would like to meet up with other Friends of the Pops at the 2:30pm performance?
Contact Jill Cassidy on 3848 9343 to find out more.
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Mark Vincent
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