Just a reminder that rehearsals begin again on Monday, 18 January 2010. We will be playing for the City of Bayswater’s Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony on 26 January, and there will only be two rehearsals before that date so attendance is greatly appreciated.
Happy and healthy New Year to one and all!
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W.A. Symphonic Wind Ensemble’s Christmas Season Concert
Saturday, November 28th 2009, 7.30 p.m.
Morley Recreation Centre
Wellington Rd, Morley
Tickets $10 full, $6 concession
Light refreshments available
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Band members please note:
The rehearsal on 19 October is SWING BAND only!
Rehearsal on 26 October is for the full wind ensemble.
These are the last rehearsals before the concert at the Les Hansman Community Centre on the 1st of November. See you there!
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Two concerts are coming up soon! The first is a special seniors event, and the second is our regular holiday season concert. Please check back for more details closer to the time.
Sunday, 1st November 2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm – Seniors Concert, Les Hansman Community Centre, 246 Walter Road, Morley, Western Australia.
Saturday, 28th November 2009, 7:30pm-10:00pm – WA Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Swing Band Concert (wine and cheese night) – Morley Sport and Recreation Centre, Wellington Road, Morley, Western Australia. Tickets $10 full, $6 concession, available at the door.
The West Australian Symphonic Wind Ensemble is looking for a few good players. If you play percussion or lower brass, are 17 or older, and would like a chance to be part of this respected community ensemble, please email Kate Hodgkin or Ross Brennan. WASWE rehearses on Monday nights from 7:30-9:30 at the Morley Sport and Recreation Centre and performs at several concerts and community events each year.
WASWE would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Alan Lourens, conductor for last season.
For the forthcoming season we are pleased to welcome back Ross Brennan as conductor.
Ross commenced his music education at the age of 11, studying clarinet at Hillcrest Primary. He continued through yrs 8 -12 at John Forrest SHS where he was awarded the Music prize in 1976.
Ross received a Diploma of Teaching (Music) and a Bachelor of Education (Music) from Edith Cowan University WA. Since graduating he has taught in city and country schools for the Education Department of Western Australia. As a performer he has participated in the WA Government Schools Concert Band tour of London, Vienna and Switzerland (ISME) 1976, the WA Youth Concert Band and the WA Symphonic Wind Ensemble. As a director he has toured to Albany, Geraldton, Esperance, Singapore and Sydney with school bands, orchestras and ensembles. He has been Director of Music at Carine SHS since 1994 and is now the Head of the Arts. As well as his administrative and teaching responsibilities, Ross conducts the senior concert band and orchestra.
Ross has been involved with the Western Australian Symphonic Wind Ensemble for over ten years performing on clarinet, saxophone and percussion. This is his fifth season as conductor of the band.
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Attention swing band members: There will be a rehearsal on Sunday 23rd of August, 2009, from 3-5pm, in Bayswater. For more information please contact Kate at bhodgkin@bigpond.com
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The West Australian Symphonic Wind Ensemble is very pleased to welcome Dr. Alan Lourens as Guest Conductor for the band’s current season.
Dr. Lourens is a freelance conductor, arranger and composer currently based in Perth, Western Australia. Previously, Dr. Lourens has held university and professorial positions in Singapore, Dubai and Australia at leading arts institutions. Dr. Lourens has conducted orchestras and bands throughout Asia, Australia and the US, and performed on Euphonium across four continents. He has been heard nationally on Australian radio, and is in demand as a conductor and teacher of conducting through the region. He is also active in the Brass Band movement in Australia, both as a conductor and soloist. In 2008, Dr. Lourens was made a Fellow of the prestigious UK based Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in recognition of his contribution to the development of the arts internationally.
On Euphonium, he regularly appears as an international soloist, and has recorded and toured with ensembles including the Philharmonia à Vent, the Australian Wind Orchestra and the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, under such conductors as Frederick Fennell, Harry Begian, Vernon Handley, Ray E. Cramer and Simone Young. He has lectured adjudicated and conducted at universities and events throughout the US, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.
Dr. Lourens holds a Doctorate in Conducting and Masters degree in Euphonium Performance from Indiana University, where he studied conducting with Ray E. Cramer and Euphonium with Daniel Perantoni, M. Dee Stewart and Harvey G. Phillips. He received a coveted Performers Certificate for the quality of his Masters recital. His undergraduate degree is in Music Education from the Western Australian College of Advanced Education.
Prof. Lourens has many articles and music publications to his credit, including analysis contributions to the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series of books. Cimarron Publishing (USA) has released his work for both band and orchestra.
WASWE would like to thank Conductors Ross Brennan and Dale Pointon for their hard work and dedication which has contributed greatly to the success of the band’s previous seasons. Both will be taking a sabbatical from their conductors roles at WASWE and we look forward to having them back in the not too distant future.
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