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THE NATURE OF SOUND: ELIANE RADIGUE AND LIONEL MARCHETTI MARCH M T W T F S S 23 7.30pm Music Director Cat Hope Performed by Decibel MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $20 Full $15 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February In an exciting collaboration, Decibel has commissioned new works from two of the most important living French composers in Europe, Eliane Radigue and Lionel Marchetti. This cutting‐edge concert features the first work by Radigue for an Australian ensemble, Occam Ocean Hexa II, co-signed by Eliane Radigue and Carol Robinson, and new works from Lionel Marchetti for instruments and concrete sounds. INSPIRED BY LOVE: TWO COMPOSERS, ONE MUSE APRIL M T W T F S S 7 7.30pm Music Director Patricia Price Performed by Postgraduate Classical Vocal students with Anna Sleptsova and David Wickham MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friend Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February This performance of vocal and pianistic flair shines a spotlight on the music of two giants of song from the Romantic era: Robert Schumann's charming Spanisches Liebeslieder and Johannes Brahms' endearing collection of love songs, Liebeslieder Waltzer. Solos, duets, trios and quartets for voices are accompanied by the visually thrilling 'piano four hands' – two pianists playing together on a single piano. This sparkling evening of song is collaborative music-making at its most dazzling. JAZZ HORIZONS MARCH M T W T F S S 24 7.30pm A GUITAR SCHUBERTIADE MARCH M T W T F S S 31 7.30pm Music Director Tom O’Halloran Performed by Jazz Honours students Music Director Jonathan Paget Performed by Classical Guitar and Classical Vocal students MUSIC BOX Tickets $15 Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February Come and hear the future of jazz! On the horizon are these Jazz Honours students, who are among the best jazz talent WA has to offer. In this performance they showcase original compositions and fascinating re‐workings of older songs. These students are on the cusp of career breakthroughs and, being eager to make their mark, will ensure an exciting concert. MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friend Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February WAAPA's Classical Music students invite you to a 'Schubertiade' – a musical soiree devoted to the everlasting brilliance of Franz Schubert. WAAPA's version of this unique celebration will showcase the great composer's lieder sung with guitar accompaniment. A match made in heaven, guitar and voice has a long history of producing memorable music... and what better example than Schubert's highly emotional and expressive art songs with their strong lyrical melodies and rich harmonies. MASTERS OF MUSIC APRIL M T W T F S S 8 7.30pm FRENCH FAVOURITES APRIL M T W T F S S 21 7.30pm Music Director Alexandre Da Costa Performed by Alexandre Da Costa, Graham Wood, Philip Everall and the Indian Ocean Ensemble Music Directors Brent Grapes and Philip Everall Performed by Brass Ensemble and Wind Chamber Ensemble MUSIC AUDITORIUM MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friends The Indian Ocean Ensemble – WAAPA’s elite new chamber music group – is joined by Alexandre Da Costa and friends in an eclectic evening of musical delights. Da Costa and Graham Wood perform Claude Bolling’s Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano, while Natalya Czernicziw channels Elvis Presley in Michael Daugherty’s entertaining Dead Elvis and clarinettist Philip Everall sizzles in Osvaldo Golijov’s extraordinary The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February Let us take you for a stroll down the Champs-Élysées and out into the French countryside with a selection of beguiling works for wind and brass ensembles. Featuring the rustic charm of Gounod’s Petite Symphonie, the epic grandeur of Tomasi’s Fanfares Liturgiques, and other musical petit fours along the way, WAAPA’s wind and brass students present a banquet for your ears. Bon appetit! WHAT IS HIP: A JAZZ JOURNEY THROUGH FUNK AND SOUL APRIL M T W T F S S 6 7 7.30pm Music Directors Jamie Oehlers and Victoria Newton Performed by Jazz students GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February Jazz and the blues have been the source and inspiration behind most popular music from the 1960s onward. Jazz pioneers like Lee Morgan and Cannonball Adderley forged the beginnings of boogaloo and soul, which led to a new frontier for popular music. This concert showcases these jazz-influenced genres from funk to soul and everything in between, performed by WAAPA’s incredible Jazz students. LATIN CARNIVALE APRIL M T W T F S S 28 29 30 7.30pm Matinee Sat 30 April, 2.00pm Music Director Tim White Performed by Defying Gravity with Iain Robbie and members of the Nueva Salsa Orchestra MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 16 February Public 23 February Master percussionist Iain Robbie and members of Perth’s dazzling Nueva Salsa Orchestra lead Defying Gravity in a joy-filled celebration of Latin American music. The Nueva Salsa Orchestra is the hottest Australian Latin band this side of Havana – and they power up with Defying Gravity in songs and dances that overflow with fun, energy and exhilaration. WAAPA burns with Cuban, mambo, cha-cha and salsa music in a supercharged performance of musical entertainment! MUSIC 10 11
WHIRLED MUSIC MAY M T W T F S S 5 7.30pm Music Director Matt Styles Performed by Saxophone students and staff MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 5 April Public 12 April The WAAPA Saxophone Studio presents a showcase of eclecticism and vibrancy bringing together Classical, Jazz and World Music. Presented by the Saxophone students and staff of WAAPA and featuring Basement Saxx, quartets and unforgettable solo performances, this night will leave the audience with no doubt as to the versatility and musical power of the saxophone. SOUND SPECTRUM 2016.1 MAY M T W T F S S 9 10 11 12 13 7.30pm PET SOUNDS VS REVOLVER MAY M T W T F S S 11 7.30pm Performed by Composition and Music Technology students Music Director Lindsay Vickery Performed by Composition and Music Technology students SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACE ECU MOUNT LAWLEY In an interstellar burst of creativity WAAPA’s Composition and Music Technology students and staff present over 10 hours of original music over five nights at the Spectrum Project Space. Don’t miss this chance to experience new and experimental acoustic and electronic music performances, installations, audio visual works, DJ artists and world premieres from Aletheia, Certifiable, Ecuatorial 1 and 3, Shock Of The New and others. MUSIC AUDITORIUM Tickets $10 FREE EVENT Bookings open Friends 5 April Public 12 April In 1966 across the Atlantic, a great rivalry was unfolding between two giants of the pop music world: The Beatles and The Beach Boys. The fierce competition between the groups gave rise to a pair of the most acclaimed albums of all time – The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and The Beatles' Revolver. To commemorate 50 years since the creation of these classic albums, WAAPA composers have responded with a series of new works exploring their enduring legacy. ALEXANDRE DA COSTA PLAYS BRUCH Superstar violinist Alexandre Da Costa, WAAPA’s brilliant new Head of Strings, brings Max Bruch’s beloved Violin Concerto to life in three extraordinary and inspiring concerts of orchestral masterworks. Peter Moore conducts the Faith Court Orchestra in Dvorák’s dramatic, passionate and enormously popular New World Symphony, and introduces Arturo Márquez’ electrifying Danzon No. 2 – a thrilling celebration of Latin music and energy. Music Director Peter Moore AM Performed by Faith Court Orchestra with violin soloist Alexandre Da Costa Tickets $35 Full, $27 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 16 February | Public 23 February MAY M T W T F S S 13 7.30pm MAY M T W T F S S 14 7.30pm MAY M T W T F S S 15 3.00pm THE AMBIENT GUITAR MUSIC AUDITORIUM MAY M T W T F S S 13 7.30pm Music Director Jonathan Paget Performed by Classical Guitar students and staff Tickets $26 Full $21 Concession/Friends Bookings open Friends 5 April Public 12 April The Ambient Guitar explores the mesmeric world of musical minimalism through the compelling sounds of the acoustic guitar. The program includes Steve Reich’s Acoustic Counterpoint (for 16 guitars), the seductive Cuban landscapes of Leo Brouwer, the ambient pop textures of Californian David Pritchard, and the energetic and imaginative soundscapes of Australians Robert Davidson and Nigel Westlake. Churchlands Concert Hall Churchlands Senior High School, 20 Lucca St, Churchlands All Saints’ College Centre For Performing Arts All Saints’ College, Ewing Ave, Bull Creek Judith Cottier Theatre Perth College, 31 Lawley Cres, Mount Lawley MUSIC 12 13
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