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I never use a score when conducting my orchestra. Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?

-- Dimitri Mitropolous

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1846

Adolphe Sax is granted a patent for the Saxophone, said by Grainger to be the most expressive wind instrument and closest to the human voice.


Last Updated : 2011-10-23 02:57:26
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Upcoming Concerts


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The Grainger Wind Symphony presents

Australian Made

Our concert marks the 50th anniversary of Grainger's death, and celebrates our own 25th anniversary.

Date: Saturday 26 February 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: St Stephen's Anglican Church
Cnr Docker Street & Richmond Terrace
Richmond
Ticket prices: $20 Adult, $15 Concession
How to buy: Tickets available at the door
Featured works:
(subject to change without notice)
Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, and the world premiere of 'The Undone Years', a concerto for tenor saxophone and band by David Keeffe
Featured artists: The Grainger Wind Symphony conducted by Roland Yeung, with Jason Xanthoudakis, Saxophone.
Links: Click here to download a poster for this event.

The Grainger Wind Symphony presents

March Madness

Bands and marches go together like hand in glove. Come and go mad with us as we strut our stuff with some well-known and not-so-well-known tunes.

Date: Sunday 27 March 2011
Time: 3pm
Venue: St Stephen's Anglican Church
Cnr Docker Street & Richmond Terrace
Richmond
Ticket prices: $20 Adult, $15 Concession
How to buy: Tickets available at the door
Featured works:
(subject to change without notice)
Dambusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ImPercynations and more!
Featured artists: The Grainger Wind Symphony conducted by Roland Yeung.
Links: Click here to download a poster for this event.

The Grainger Wind Symphony presents

By Invitation

At this annual event we invite advanced groups from local schools to join us in a lively concert.

Date: Saturday 4 June 2011
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: James Toutalis Auditorium
Methodist Ladies' College
207 Barkers Road
Kew
Ticket prices: $20 Adult, $15 Concession
How to buy: Tickets available at the door
Featured works:
(subject to change without notice)
Gershwin's "Catfish Row"
Featured artists: The Grainger Wind Symphony conducted by Roland Yeung.

The Grainger Wind Symphony and ABODA present

2011 Conducting Masterclass and Seminar


Date: Wednesday 8 June 2011
Time: 5.30pm - 10pm
Venue: De Young Performing Arts Centre
Carey Baptist Grammar School
349 Barkers Road
Kew
Featured artist: Benjamin Northey.
Links: Click here to download a brochure and application for this event.

The Grainger Wind Symphony is performing at

2011 Billy Hyde Melbourne Schools Bands Festival


Date: Sunday 14 August 2011
Time: 7pm onwards
Venue: Robert Blackwood Hall
Monash University
Wellington Road
Clayton
Featured works: Excerpts from "Queen Symphony".

The Grainger Wind Symphony presents

Grainger at the Proms


Date: Saturday 17 September 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: St Stephen's Anglican Church
Cnr Docker Street & Richmond Terrace
Richmond
Ticket prices: $20 Adult, $15 Concession
How to buy: Tickets available online and at the door
Featured works: "Land of Hope and Glory" and other favourites
Featured artist: Kristian Gregory.

The Grainger Wind Symphony presents

Queen Symphony
featuring A Kiss Before the World's End


Date: Saturday 3 December 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: Iwaki Auditorium
ABC Southbank Centre
Southbank Bvd
Ticket prices: $30 Adult, $25 Concession (for group bookings contact us).
How to buy: Tickets available online and at the door (unless sold out)
Featured works: The Queen Symphony, by Tolga Kashif
from tunes by Freddie Mercury and Brian May
“A Kiss Before the World's End” for viola and wind ensemble
by Houston Dunleavy (World premiere)
Featured artist: Brett Deubner (viola)
Links: Click here to download a small poster for this event.
  Click here to download an A3 poster for this event.
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