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Francesca was the recipient of a BRO Encouragement Award in 2019. Francesca played 1st oboe for the first time in the BRO this year (at the AFCM Concert) and "nailed" the famous Cor Anglais solo in the Dvorak Symphony in the March Concert. Francesca has been consistently attending rehearsals, and shown great improvement ...
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Angus was the recipient of a BRO Encouragement Award in 2018. Angus writes...
I am very thankful to the Barrier Reef Orchestra for the amazing opportunities rehearsing and performing with the orchestra has granted me. Over the years it has been one of my favourite pastimes, and it has helped my musical skills immeasu...
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Lachlan was the recipient of a BRO Encouragement Award in 2018.
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Aidan was the recipient of a BRO Encouragement Award in 2017. Aidan writes...
Throughout my time in Townsville I have loved being a part of the Barrier Reef Orchestra. It has given me an avenue to channel my love of music and performance throughout university, something I sorely missed. The BRO Encouragement award has ...
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Annie was the recipient of a BRO Encouragement Award in 2017. Annie Doherty (left) is seen here with with her sisters, Rosie and Margot, who all play in the Orchestra.
Annie writes...
I have been playing the French horn for little over eight years now, and I have never enjoyed it so much as when playing with the ...
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Gwyn Roberts has had a very active career as a cellist, conductor and music educator. He was Musical Director of the Queensland University Symphony Orchestra for 25 years, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Music. His varied career as a cellist has seen him play principal cello with Tasmanian, Adelaide, Auckland and ...
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Mark Eager is an exciting and passionate conductor with extensive knowledge in the orchestral field. Underpinning this is his 25+ years of experience as a world-class soloist and orchestral player, predominantly for the BBC but also with most major UK orchestras.
During this time Mark played the world premières of ...
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The multiple award-winning conductor Theodore Kuchar is the most recorded conductor of his generation and appears on over 140 compact discs for the Naxos, Brilliant Classics, Ondine, Marco Polo, Toccata Classics and Centaur labels. He presently serves as the Principal Conductor of the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra ...
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A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Tanya Christensen attained a Bachelor of Music, majoring in singing.
As a professional singer, Tanya has performed nationally and internationally with major musical theatre and opera companies, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group, Opera Australia, ...
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Justin Ankus began playing the electronic organ as a teenager and by the age of 15 he was playing for his local parish church. After leaving school, Justin started taking pipe organ lessons with the organist of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. At the same time, he started accompanying and co-conducting the Sydney Lithuanian ...
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