This year on Sunday 12 September the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra will perform for us again. Last year’s recital was an unexpected joy, providing a true up-close-and-personal experience of a fine orchestra. The Yea Shire Hall seems large until you fit a 60-piece orchestra into it – the players take up half of the floor space, as well as the stage.
Last year was a learning opportunity for us – what to do, what not to do. While it was a thrilling event for all present, we have improved our processes this year. The 190 strictly limited tickets will be prepaid and are now on sale. We had our first successful morning of selling outside the local supermarket on 5 June, and now we’re taking bookings by phone and generally doing everything in our power to make it a sell-out well ahead of time. You will be allotted specific seats when you book and we will do all we can to ensure that your seat numbers don’t change.
STOP PRESS:
Tickets are now on sale.
Good seats still available.
Call 5796 9200 to book.
Tickets
After much consideration we have decided on three grades of seating this year:
- Premium seats are the front four rows on the ground floor, closest to the orchestra. Patrons in these seats will have the closest view of the players – as close as two metres in some cases – and will have an experience that can’t be obtained at larger city venues. The price for these seats is $30.00 – with no concessions available.
- Standard seats are the rest of the ground floor seats. These are $25.00, with concession tickets available at $20.00.
- Balcony seats are … on the balcony! The view can be a little restricted by the ironwork at the front of the balcony, but there’s a great overview of the entire orchestra. These seats are $20.00 – with no concessions available.
So tickets are $20, $25 and $30 depending on your preference and concession status.
Buy your tickets at one of the street stalls, reserve them by phone on 03 5796 9200 or book via email on sales@100kNorth.com.
About the Concert
The magic of Mozart. The fire of Beethoven. The passion of Bottesini. The beauty of Snow Rising by Australian composer Katherine Rawlings. And a little Shumann to boot.
Mark Shiell – conductor
Damien Eckersley – double bass
Phoebe Russell – double bass
Program
- Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
- Rawlings – Snow Rising
- Bottesini – Passione amorosa for two double basses
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
- Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Mark Shiell
Our conductor on 12 September, Mark Shiell is Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra. He has established a reputation as one of the leading Australian conductors of his generation. During the last 3 years his guest conducting appearances have included the West Australian Symphony, Victorian Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Canberra Symphony, Sydney Sinfonia and Melbourne University Symphony Orchestra.
Mr Shiell is currently the Principal Conductor of the Canberra Concerto Orchestra, Choir of the Southern Cross and the Macquarie Philharmonia. His passion for working with and encouraging young musicians is well known and he is regularly invited to work with youth orchestras across Australia and in Asia. A devoted interpreter of new music, Mark is a regular guest conductor with the renowned Sydney- based ensemble, Halcyon. He has also conducted numerous Australian and World Premieres with other ensembles including the Melbourne New Orchestra, of which he was both co-founder and Principal Conductor and in the field of opera with works such as Matthew Hindson’s Love, Death, Music and Plants and Emma O’Briens Avatara.
Originally a flautist, Mark Shiell studied at the Victorian College of the Arts where he won the Gwen Nisbett Award for Outstanding Musical Achievement. His conducting study began with Graham Abbott through Monash University and with John Hopkins in the renowned Masters Program at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne. Further study has taken him to Moscow, St. Petersburg and Perugia where he has been pursuing the teachings of the great Russian conducting pedagogue, Ilya Musin.
About the Orchestra
The Zelman Symphony Orchestra is Melbourne’s longest-running community symphony orchestra with a history dating back to 1906.
The Orchestra is a mix of professional and amateur players and provides them with opportunities to fulfill their passion for playing fine music, to enhance their skills, and most importantly to share the spirit and joy of fine music with their friends and the wider community. It also provides established and developing conductors and soloists the opportunity to perform with a full symphony orchestra.
The Zelman Symphony performs works from the Baroque to the present day in regular concerts, primarily in the inner-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Fortunately for us in Yea, they also play some dates outside the metro area!
