Musician Spotlight: Zakelli Xie
Say ‘hello’ to Zakelli Xie: DSO Violinist and graduate of Darwin Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist program. Zak has been with DSO’s Young Artist Program since its inception. He describes the experience as ‘like a little musical family’ who grow together throughout the year. ‘YAP – which we lovingly call it – is such a diverse…
Musician Spotlight: Isabella Penna
Meet Isabella Penna, Darwin Symphony Orchestra’s most recent, talented Young Artist Program (YAP) graduate, and newest member of the DSO percussion section. Image: Tim Nicol Photography Isabella has been learning and performing with the DSO Young Artists since 2020 and has been playing the Timpani for 6 years. She picked up this unique instrument by…
Celebrating International Youth Day!
Join us in celebrating our wonderfully talented Young Artists this International Youth Day! We spoke with Holly, Zakelli, Isabella, Harry and Tom who are all members of our Young Artists Program. We asked them what love they love most about playing music and what music means to them in everyday life. Their wonderfully worded and inspiring responses are sure to…
DSO Conversations: Phoebe Briggs
Phoebe Briggs is Head of Music at Victorian Opera. She is a repetiteur (opera tutor or coach), pianist and conductor who has worked for Victorian Opera, Opera Australia and other major companies. As a pianist, she has appeared in concert in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Japan. DSO is delighted Phoebe will be joining…
DSO’s Young Artists Program
Ahead of our first Kids’ Classics event for the year, Hoedown, we sat down and chatted to three talented DSO Young Artists who will be performing at the family friendly concert – Harry Cass, Aisha Hayashi and Zakelli Xie – about DSO’s Young Artists Program, the recent YAP camp, and more. Harry plays the bassoon, …
DSO Conversations: Cathy Applegate
For our fourth interview in our DSO Conversations series, we corresponded with General Practitioner, composer, published author, and DSO’s Principal Cellist, the multi-talented Cathy Applegate. Cathy’s musical compositions encompass a broad range of forms, including orchestral work, film music, a ballet, choral pieces and a piano concerto. Her latest work, Conversations about the Impossible will have its world premiere on…
‘In Motion’ at Darwin Entertainment Centre
Darwin Entertainment Centre has launched a new event series called ‘In Motion’ that will feature four nights of artistic encounters with local creative talent. A ticket to an ‘In Motion’ night gives you access to four 15-minute performances in locations across the Centre, which you can ‘rove’ between in small groups. DSO is delighted to…
DSO Conversations: Stephen Pevely
In these unsettling times, it’s important to stay connected and to continue sharing our experiences. To this end, we started a interview series called ‘DSO Conversations’, where we chat to musicians about how they have dealt with the changes brought about by COVID-19 and how they are adjusting to the ‘new normal’ now that restrictions are lifting.…
Live On Fridays
This Friday 12th June join three brilliant DSO musicians – Concertmaster Tara Murphy, Principal Second Violin Netanela Nizrahi and Principal Cello Cathy Applegate – for an evening of eclectic musical performances at Brown’s Mart. This concert is part of Brown’s Mart new Live on Fridays series. Get out of the house, now that you finally…
Brass Maintenance & Repairs Workshop
Join Robert Gladstones (Principal Third Horn, West Australian Symphony Orchestra) at 6pm ACST on Monday 25 May for a free online workshop about brass maintenance and repairs. Simply email us if you’d like to register and we will send you a URL link to the workshop to participate.