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IMaginEInspirE:

2012 CSO Season at a Glance

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PlatinumTickets to all 7 concerts in the CSO 2012 season.

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SilverTickets to all 4 Llewellyn Series concerts.

BronzeTickets to your choice of any 3 indoor CSO concerts.

Please note: While the CSO endeavours to present all works as advertised, program content or guest artists might change due to circumstances beyond our control.

2012 Shell Prom Concert: Carnevale di Canberra

Saturday 18 February 5pmgrounds of Government HouseMarc Taddei conductorBarbara Jane Gilby violinEva Kong sopranoGaetano Bonfante tenorJoin us to celebrate the 30th Prom as a bit of Venice comes to Canberra for this family Carnevale! Supported by the Embassy of Italy

12:1 St.George Corporate & BusinessBank Llewellyn Series

Wednesday 28 MarchThursday 29 MarchLlewellyn Hall 7.30pmNicholas Milton conductorGerard Willems pianoBEETHOVEN Egmont OvertureBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74 ‘Pathetique’

12:2St.George Corporate & BusinessBank Llewellyn Series

Wednesday 9 MayThursday 10 MayLlewellyn Hall 7.30pmAndrew Mogrelia conductorShefali Pryor oboeMOZART Cosi Fan Tutti OvertureR STRAUSS Oboe Concerto in D majorPALMER The Ruritanian DancesBEETHOVEN Symphony No 1

ACTEW Grand Gala:An Evening with George Gershwin

Saturday 7 JulyLlewellyn Hall 7.30pmNicholas Milton conductorPiers Lane pianoTrisha Crowe sopranofeaturing favourites such asRhapsody in BlueAn American in ParisSummertimeI Got RhythmThe Man I Loveand many more!


Wednesday 22 AugustThursday 23 AugustLlewellyn Hall 7.30pmNicholas Milton conductorWilliam Barton didgeridooJi Won Kim violinRoger Benedict violaSCULTHORPE Earth CryMOZART Sinfonia concertante in E flat majorHOLST The Planets

Matinee Magic: Dance Fever!

Saturday 15 SeptemberLlewellyn Hall 2pmMarc Taddei conductorLuda Kroitor & Csaba Szirmai champion dancersAric Yegudkin & Masha Belash champion dancersOur favourite family afternoon of music and ballroom dance.


Wednesday 24 OctoberThursday 25 OctoberLlewellyn Hall 7.30pmNicholas Milton conductorJulian Smiles celloBERLIOZ Roman Carnival OvertureSHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No 1 Op 107SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 79 ‘Organ Symphony’

Dear Music Lovers

What is there about music that is so fundamental to us? We celebrate our lives with music from birth to death and everywhere in between. Music says things we can’t put in to words; it inspires our imagination.

The CSO, our government and corporate partners, our donors, benefactors and patrons share a love not just for music, but also for what music brings to our community.

Attending a CSO concert is sharing and contributing to the excitement that can only be possible at a live music performance. This experience brings us together and enriches our lives.

And why is this important? Because however impressive our technological achievements in the modern world, we have a fundamental need for simple human connection. We need some things to be real and face-to-face. No matter how fantastic your stereo system, there’s nothing like being in the concert hall with 80 musicians right there in front of you and the music resounding in your solar plexus!

If you think CSO concerts are boring, you haven’t been to one lately! Come and discover what others are raving about as our audience numbers continue to grow in response to the exhilarating performances of our Conductors, Soloists and Musicians. Under our inspiring Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Nicholas Milton, your CSO brings fresh, dynamic and memorable artistry to the stage throughout the year. With the generous support of the ACT and Commonwealth Governments, as well as our many dedicated corporate partners, we are growing and engaging with our community like never before.

On behalf of us all, I would like to welcome you to the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 2012 concert season. Nicholas Milton has devised an inspirational program for you which brings the excitement, passion, beauty and spine-tingling thrills you’ve come to expect from your CSO. Imagine the possibilities!

Henry Laska CEO

YOUR CSO

chief conductor & artistic director Dr Nicholas Miltonconcertmaster Barbara Jane Gilby

board of directors

chair Prof Deane Terrell AOdeputy chair Dr Andrew Lu OAMsecretary Bob Clarktreasurer Alan Bunsellpublic officer Harry BluhmMelanie KontzeJohn Painter AMBarbara Walsh

management team

chief executive officer Henry Laskabusiness development, marketing & events manager Sarah Kimballorchestra manager Andrew Heronticketing & special projects officer Matthew Lendrumphilanthropy & giving manager Isobel Griffinfinance manager Tamara McKeefinance officer Jeanette Simpsonorchestra volunteer Gail Tregear

Dear Friends

It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome you to another season of thrilling music-making with your Canberra Symphony Orchestra. All of you who were with us for our spectacular concerts over the past few years know exactly what I am talking about when I refer to the inspiring, fascinating, and thrilling experiences we have shared together.

It really is a privilege and an extraordinary pleasure for me personally to make music with the

remarkable musicians of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. I want to thank all of our musicians, from the bottom of my heart, for their exceptional concentration and energy during the often intense and exhausting rehearsal periods that culminate in the wonderfully uplifting concerts we are proud to share with you, our passionate and supportive audience. May I also take this opportunity to express my thanks to our small management team, whose tireless work behind the scenes makes possible the undisputed success of our orchestra. My personal and deep thanks to our incredible Chief Executive, Henry Laska, who is the most passionate advocate for our orchestra and whose dedication makes my job significantly more enjoyable. Henry encourages all of us and leads a truly inspirational and motivated team—a family, really, that you are invited to join for another extraordinary year in 2012.

This brochure offers you a glimpse into what I promise will be a treasure trove of exquisite riches for our imagination. As always, the CSO musicians and I have invited exciting guest artists to join us to interpret for you some of the most glowing masterpieces of the literature. With each program, we will experience a tremendous excursion into the resplendence of human emotion. Music is food for our souls, and each of the concerts you share in 2012 with us will be a feast of perfect proportions.

I think that orchestras are quite miraculous organisms—humans getting together to try to make something absolutely stunningly beautiful happen at a particular moment in time. It’s quite remarkable when you think about it, and I often contemplate this tiny miracle that happens when I am privileged enough to stand in front of fellow musicians. I am increasingly and passionately convinced that the CSO is not only a unique and extraordinary organisation, but a quiet miracle-worker for good in our city.

Thank you for sharing our passion for exquisite music in 2012. Together we inspire and nourish the essential imagination in our lives.

Warmest regards

Nicholas Milton

Artistic patronage of Nicholas Milton courtesy of ActewAGL

Marc Taddei conductorBarbara Jane Gilby violinEva Kong sopranoGaetano Bonfante tenor

Saturday 18 February 2012grounds of Government House, Yarralumla5pm (gates open at 3.45pm)

->Carnevaledi Canberra

Prom 2012

2012 Shell Prom // family fun with face painting and strolling minstrels //

_ _ Supported by the Embassy of Italy featuring selections from VIVALDI, PUCCINI,ROSSINI, MASSENET and many more! _ _

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Thanks to Shell, we’ve been able to reduce Prom ticket prices, so bring your family and celebrate the Carnivale with your CSO in the stunning setting of the gardens at Government House!================

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The 30th annual Prom takes on a carnival atmosphere in our 2012 performance as we join with the Embassy of Italy for the ‘Carnevale di Canberra’! Featuring orchestral blockbusters inspired by the festivity of the richly exciting Carnevale tradition, we feature Dvorak’s rousing

‘Carnival Overture’, the ‘Barber of Seville Overture’ by Rossini, and selections from Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ performed by CSO Concertmaster, Barbara Jane Gilby while our guest vocalists thrill with love duets from ‘La Boheme’. What Italian feast would be complete without the ‘Triumphal March’ from Verdi’s ‘Aida’, or a spine-tingling rendition of ‘Nessun Dorma’?

LS 12:1 // something for piano lovers

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Nicholas Milton conductor Artistic Patronage of Nicholas Milton courtesy of ActewAGL

Gerard Willems soloist

Wednesday 28 & Thursday 29 March 2012 7.30pm

Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music

Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm

================Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Nicholas Milton opens our 2012 Llewellyn Season with a powerful selection of masterpieces. We begin with the drama of Beethoven’s ‘Egmont Overture’ with its stunning power and ferocious heroism, before Australia’s foremost Beethoven interpreter, Gerard Willems,

brings his virtuosity to the intense sound world of the 3rd Piano Concerto. After interval, Tchaikovsky’s emotionally charged Sixth Symphony, which debuted just days before his sudden death, is a deep and turbulent masterpiece to conclude a memorable concert experience.================

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“Beethoven’s Third is the turning point

in Beethoven’s concerto writing where

the soloist is the real protagonist against

the orchestra. He turns away from the

Mozartian style of concertante writing

and the orchestration is very flamboyant.

It also reflects the political tension in the

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Vienna.” Gerard Willems

Piano concerto # 3 in C minor, Op 37

LS 12:2 // Andrew Mogrelia last conducted the CSO in Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral Symphony’

Andrew Mogrelia conductor Shefali Pryor oboe

Wednesday 9 & Thursday 10 May 2012 7.30pmLlewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music


MOZARTCOSI FAN TUTTE OVERTURE

-> IN D MAJORGEORGE PALMERthe ruritanian dances

R STRAUSSoboe concerto

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special work for oboists and

really the pinnacle of our

solo repertoire. It asks for

such depth of expression and

technical mastery that make

it the type of work that you

can spend your entire life

discovering.” Shefali Pryor

================Llewellyn 2 is an evening of refined elegance with Guest Conductor Andrew Mogrelia making a welcome return to the CSO stage. Associate Principal Oboe of the Sydney Symphony and winner of the Symphony Australia Young Performer Awards, Shefali Prior showcases the intimate and beautiful ‘Oboe Concerto’ by Richard Strauss,

a gorgeously lyrical work that makes great virtuosic demands on the soloist. George Palmer’s intoxicating dances for orchestra overflow with energy and melodic appeal before the program’s joyful conclusion with Beethoven’s triumphant First Symphony. ================

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Piers Lane pianoTrisha Crowe soprano

Saturday July 7 2012 7.30pm



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ACTEW Grand Gala // book now because it always sells out

_ _with favourites such as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Piano Concerto in F, I Got Rhythm, Someone to Watch Over Me and more!_ _

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“Playing Gershwin’s two main works for piano and orchestra is Nice Work If you Can Get It. S’wonderful music, with Fascinatin’ Rhythm and That Certain Feeling. I’m Just Bidin’ My Time till we can Strike Up The Band and Slap That Bass! I hope you’ll Clap yo’ Hands even if it’s A Foggy Day , But Not for Me—for The Man I Love, George Gershwin!” Piers Lane

=====In 2012, we present a very special Gala event—An Evening with George Gershwin. Effervescent pianist Piers Lane joins us for a bewitching rendition of ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and Canberra-favourite, Trisha Crowe sings some of the most beloved show tunes penned

by George and Ira Gershwin, including ‘Stairway To Paradise’, ‘S Wonderful’ and ‘Summertime’. Nicholas Milton and the CSO add a saxophone section and go into big-band mode to perform the extraordinary ‘American in Paris’, Gershwin’s ever-popular portrayal of the city of love. Another sold-out

Gala concert is on the cards so book early! ==========

Nicholas Milton conductorArtistic Patronage of Nicholas Milton courtesy of ActewAGLWilliam Barton didgeridooJi Won Kim violinRoger Benedict viola

Wednesday 22 & Thursday 23 August 2012 7.30pmLlewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music


LS 12:3 // 80 musicians on stage!

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Sinfonia concertante-> in E flat major

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“Mozart’s glorious double

concerto is always a real treat

to play. Mozart played both

the violin and viola himself

and he understood perfectly

how to write for them. In the

sublime slow movement the

two instruments sing together

in a heavenly duet that is

simply out of this world”

Roger Benedict

========In Llewellyn 3 Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Nicholas Milton returns for a massive concert of astrological proportions. Acclaimed soloist William Barton opens the evening as the didgeridoo and orchestra blend with soaring lyricism in Sculthorpe’s moving

‘Earth Cry’ while the second act journeys across ‘The Planets’, Gustav Holst’s mighty showpiece. These two musical spheres orbit around the centerpiece of the evening, Mozart’s brilliant ‘Double Concerto for Violin and Viola’ featuring the heavenly talents of Ji Won Kim and Roger Benedict.========

Matinee Magic // fun for the whole family

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Marc Taddei conductorLuda Kroitor & Csaba Szirmai

champion dancersAric Yegudkin & Masha Belash

champion dancers

Saturday 15 September 2012 2pm


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=====Spice up your Saturday afternoon with the CSO as we feature international champion couples from the exciting world of ballroom dance. You’ve seen Luda Kroitor (five time World Salsa Champion), Csaba Szirmai (Australian and Asian Salsa Champion), Masha Belash and Aric Yegudkin (World Super

Stars Adult Latin American Champions) on TV shows such as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Strictly Dancing’—now you can see them in person dancing with your CSO!What better way to celebrate the arrival of spring and Floriade than with this is family concert featuring a fiery salsa, gorgeous waltz and passionate tango just to name a few. This concert has sold out in previous seasons, so book early and join the fun! ==========

Coming from out of town?We have special Matinee Magic packages combining your concert tickets and hotel accommodation. Check the CSO website for details: cso.org.au

LS 12:4 // This symphony from Saint-Saens was the theme music in the movie ‘Babe’.

BERLIOZroman carnival overture

#1 Op 107

SAINT-SAËNS

ShoSTAkoviChCello Concerto

symphony #3 in c minor op 78‘Organ Symphony’

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In this final Llewellyn blockbuster for 2012 we open with Berlioz’s dazzling ‘Roman Carnival’ before being joined by one of Australia’s most scintillating artists, cellist Julian Smiles. His interpretation of the remarkable ‘First Concerto’ by Shostakovich is a performance of emotional focus and searing intensity.

The evening concludes with the beloved ‘Organ Symphony’ by Saint-Saëns. This is a magnificent work like no other—with astonishing melodic turns, delicate colours, and above all, a design and architecture of immense grandeur.

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“This is one of my favourite cello concertos. It starts with menacing power and ends in a manic fury, but it is in the beauty and sadness of the second movement that the work has its heart. It also has one of the longest and most exciting cadenzas in the repertoire!” Julian Smiles

Nicholas Milton conductorArtistic Patronage of Nicholas Milton courtesy ActewAGLJulian Smiles cello

Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 October 2012 7.30pmLlewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music


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Already a Canberra Festival favourite after just two years, Symphony in the Park is an exciting initiative of the ACT Government.

In 2012 the sensational Rachael Beck and Ian Stenlake join the CSO under the baton of conductor Timothy Sexton for Hollywood Hits!, a sensational tribute to the best-loved music from your favourite movies. Selections from Grease, Beauty & the Beast, Chicago, Cabaret, The Wizard of Oz, and Fame will have you singing along at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park.

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Symphony in the Park: Hollywood Hits!Sunday 11 March 2012 7pmStage 88 Commonwealth ParkCost: freeParking: Acton Carparkwww.events.act.gov.au13 22 81

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The CSO’s Music Education Program, Noteworthy, has inspired over 25,000 young Canberrans since its inception in 2007. This has been possible due to the vision and support of the Macquarie Group Foundation who share our commitment to nurture the future of music with free, interactive music-education concerts for ACT school children.

Beginning in 2012, the ACT Government is also supporting Noteworthy so that we may enhance and develop the educational needs of our young people. Concerts are devised for specific age groups with everything from “clap along” rhythm concepts in Noteworthy Kinder to on-stage workshops with senior music students playing alongside our professional musicians. This support gives us the opportunity to further develop Noteworthy Outreach which takes our musicians to schools in our community for students with disabilities.

Noteworthy concerts are open to students in all ACT Government, Catholic and Independent Schools. The CSO thanks the Macquarie Group Foundation and the ACT Government for their inspirational commitment to young people and music in our community.

Music for young people

Student Groups for our evening concertsThe CSO encourages students to experience the thrill of live symphonic concerts with discounted tickets of just $15 and free admission for the accompanying teacher. Student Group bookings are made through a special Ticketek number 1300 364 001

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Play your part in the Canberra Symphony Orchestra! Annual Giving and Planned Giving are directly responsible for supporting and strengthening your orchestra’s artistic achievement, now and in the future. More musicians, more rehearsals, more music—the full and glorious symphonic experience you love with the CSO needs your support to make it possible.

CSO Annual Giving Program

Donations are gratefully appreciated and all contributions over $2 are tax deductible. Each donor becomes a member of our Giving Program with those pledging over $100 receiving acknowledgement in our concert programmes.

To play your part, please direct enquiries to Isobel Griffin—Philanthropy & Giving Manager on 6247 9191 or you can give online at www.cso.org.au

Chair SponsorshipsA lifetime commitment is required by musicians who dedicate their lives to the performance of classical music at this level. The pursuit of perfection in performance requires unbelievable emotional fortitude, physical stamina, and tremendous innate talent.

We invite you to chat with us about supporting those efforts through a Chair Sponsorship. Join a musician on their journey to excellence, sit with them during a rehearsal, chat about the music or instrument you truly love and deeply enhance your symphonic experience.

CSO Planned Giving

Will Power!To help ensure the future of one of Australia’s finest orchestras, consider making a Bequest to the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. Planned Giving means contributing to the CSO, while gaining access to financial benefits for yourself or for your estate. This provides creative and tax-friendly ways to support the CSO in today’s challenging economic environment.

Donations through Planned Giving are secured in our Legacy Fund which preserves your donation while using the interest earned to support the CSO’s future projects. Therefore your contribution ‘lives on forever’ providing funds for such projects as the Emerging Artist Fund, the commissioning of new Australian works, education and community outreach programs.

Your financial advisor or solicitor can help you choose the option that works best for you to ensure you share your love of music and to inspire others—now and in the future.

Together we are creating the orchestra our city deserves.

HeartStringsA program of social inclusionFor those who may be socially or geographically disadvantaged, the CSO can provide life-changing inspiration, a chance to experience beauty and possibilities that might otherwise elude them.

HeartStrings is an exciting new program which shares the generosity of community-minded donors by providing concert tickets to our young and not so young, and giving them the chance to experience the magic and wonder of a live orchestral experience. This represents a unique opportunity to help educate, entertain and inspire.

We invite you talk to us about how you can support the HeartStrings project.

Please direct enquiries to Isobel Griffin Philanthropy & Giving Manager on 6247 9191

Giving Program

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Giving Program

BequestsAnonymous 1

Maestro Legacy Circle above $4000Robert W CromptonThe Mundango Charitable Trust

Principal Members $1000 to $3999Prof Brian & Mrs Dianne AndersonBetty Beaver AMMrs June GordonMr Allan Hall AMBarbara M Hall OAMAnthony HedleyColin & Enid HolmesSir Richard & Lady KingslandMarjorie LindenmayerMr Arthur R PalmerDr Pamela RothwellThe Tall FoundationEstate of B M WardenMr & Mrs Lou Westende OAMSarah WhiteMrs Muriel WilkinsonAnonymous 2

Associate Members $500 to $999Mrs Sue AndrewD & F BeazleyMr Keith BlackburnJean & Bern BrentAnn & Miles BurgessPeter Carrigy-RyanMr Chris & Mrs Rieteke ChenowethMr HG & Mrs NM CollisAK & JE CooperHelen DouglasMs Sue DyerB & DJ GuppyMs Beverly HammondJohn & Ros JacksonJohn Kalokerinos JPMr Arthur & Mrs Helen KenyonAndrew Lu OAMGarth & Margaret MansfieldJohn MulvaneyDavid PearseAL RayMs Kerry TrueloveAnonymous 5

Supporting Members $100 to $499Nadia D Andrea Mrs Vivianne AnthrakMargaret ArcherMargaret AstonJudith BaldwinAllan BaxterGarry BealesVirginia BergerMrs Phoebe Bischoff OAMMs Dorothy BlackDaryl & Hermina BlaxlandMr Neville & Mrs Joan BostonBea BrickhillDr Peter Brown AMAnne BurhopPauline & Kevin BryantNoela & Brian CantHelen CatchatoorianJA Yeend & JG CollinsMrs Helen ConnorMr Tom & Mrs Eileen CookeFreda CosgroveDr & Mrs William CouplandMrs Merrilyn CrawfordWilliam & Dodie CrightonEddie & Hazel DavenportSusan M DawMr Henry DeaneHeather EastwoodDr Miriam FischerT & W FitzgeraldMr Peter FitzgeraldMargaret FreyMrs Gwenyth GeorgeKaren & Paul GoldsbroughBarbara GrahamGillian & Ian GrahamMs Rosemary GreavesMr A & Mrs J GreenDavid & Margaret GriffinMr Donald HarrisMr Anthony & Mrs Isobelle HaywardMalcolm & Rhondda HazellMr & Mrs Peter HendersonPatricia HewlingsMarian HillKevin & Margaret HollisMr Roger HowardLeonie HuntDD HurditchMr Rod HurleyMr Mike & Mrs Stephanie HutchinsonM & P IlberySuzanne JenningsChristine & Merv JohnstonGA JosephS Kearns & K Campbell David KennemoreAdam Kirk

Melanie Kontze & Leslie PhillipsDenise KrausDr Paul & Mrs Jan KriedemannTrish LevickPenny Lloyd JonesSue LudwigMr Slawomir MakulaKathleen MarshallMs Anita MartinDon & Helen McMichaelJudith & Tony McMichaelMr David & Mrs Sheila MiddletonMrs Lyn MoorhouseJean MoranMrs Erica MorrisonAnne MotenMarie OakesMargaret OatesMrs Pamela O’KeeffeAndre & Sylvia PadosSouthside PhysioMs Sue PidgeonWayne & Linda RobertsRobin RobinsonJR & MM SalmonG & K SarossyMr David ShelmerdineDr Kenneth ShepherdRoger & Ann SmithMr Christopher Haddon SpurgeonMr & Mrs John StephensMrs Susan Sutton Elinor SwanEmily Stewart-ReedDr Bill Stewart-ThomsonElizabeth ToveyAnne TreleavenNaomi TrenneryMrs Geraldine TriffittLeonard TuohyMs Pamela WeissHelen WeldonMrs Helen WhiteJames WilliamsDamaris WilsonDr R Woods AMCapt W Graham WrightDL WrightGraham & Evelyn Young Anonymous 53

The CSO would also like to acknowledge all donations from our Contributing Members of up to $99. Each and every donation is greatly valued and takes us one step closer to being the very best we can be.

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The CSO is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

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The CSO applauds our Partners for their valued contributions to the orchestra and our community

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The CSO would like to thank the musicians whose participation inspired this brochure, as well as RTM Design, Lindi Heap Photography and Qote!, whose imagination made it real.

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