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Woden Valley Youth Choir
Woden Valley Youth Choir is a community choir based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It performs not only in Canberra, but also across Australia and internationally during regular tours. The name derives from the Woden Valley district of Canberra. There are six choirs, within the organisation, catering for different ages and voice ranges: * Leonis Voices (for ages 7 to 12) * Australis Voices (for ages 12 to 25) * Centauri Voices (for youth with low and transitioning voices) * Pegasi Vocal Ensemble (for ages 10 to 12) * Spectra Vocal Ensemble (for ages 12 to 25) The Artistic Director of the choir and conductor of Australis Voices is Olivia Swift with Jade McFaul (Leonis), and Lucus Allerton (Centauri) also conductors for the choir. One of the choir's biggest changes is the introduction of a group for young men, as previously, boys whose voices were transitioning from soprano and alto to tenor and Bass (voice type), bass were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the List of cities in Australia by population, eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2021, Canberra's estimated population was 453,558. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John the Baptist Church, Reid, St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Following a long dispute over whether Sydney o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expo 88
World Expo 88, also known as Expo 88, was a specialised Expo held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, during a six-month period between Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988, inclusive. The theme of the Expo was "Leisure in the Age of Technology", and the mascot for the Expo was an Australian platypus named Expo Oz. The A$625 million fair was the largest event of the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations of the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Harbour. Expo 88 attracted more than 15,760,000 visitors who bought tickets worth A$175 million. The event achieved both its economic aims and very good attendances, was successfully used to promote Queensland as a tourist destination and it spurred a major re-development at the South Brisbane site. The core feature of the site were the international pavilions. Many of the exposition's sculptures and buildings were retained by various entities around the state and are still in use or on display today. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngunnawal Language
Ngunnawal/Ngunawal is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngunnawal. Ngunnawal is very closely related to the Gandangara language and the two were most likely highly mutually intelligible. As such they can be considered dialects of a single unnamed language, but this is the technical linguistic usage of these terms and Ngunnawal people prefer to describe their variety as a language in its own right, as also do the Gandangara. Classification Gundungurra/Ngunawal is generally classified to fall within the tentative (and perhaps geographic) Yuin–Kuric group of the Pama–Nyungan family. Location The traditional country of the Ngunnawal is generally thought to have extended from near Goulburn, west to Boorowa, south through Canberra, perhaps to Queanbeyan, and extending west to around the Goodradigbee River. Sounds Ngunawal vowels Current status The Ngunnawal community has for some years been engaged in work to revive the language with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hall, Canberra
The Albert Hall is a hall in Canberra, Australia, used for entertainment. It is on Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra, Commonwealth Avenue between Commonwealth Bridge and the Hotel Canberra in the suburb of Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Yarralumla. Overview The hall was opened on 10 March 1928 by the Prime Minister, Stanley Bruce. Bruce named the hall, explaining at the opening ceremony that he had chosen the name from the Royal Albert Hall in London and also because it was the first name of The Duke of York (later George VI) and furthermore that it commemorated the "Albert, Prince Consort, Consort of the Queen Victoria, Queen who had proclaimed the Federation of Australia, Australian Commonwealth". The hall was originally designed by the Federal Capital Commission architect David Limburg, under Chief Architect Henry Rolland, then amended before construction. It is in the Federal Classical style. A porte-cochere at the front allows for passengers from vehicles to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Leek
Stephen Leek (born 1959) is an Australian composer, conductor, educator, and publisher who specialises in choral music. Early life Leek was born in Sydney in 1959, lived in Brisbane from 1964 through 1969, and then spent the rest of his childhood in Canberra. After coming late to music, Leek took up piano and percussion, and later the cello as a teenager, and became active as a member of many musical organisations including the Canberra Children's Choir, Canberra Youth Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra and his own vocal group, VOCE. He attended Torrens Primary School, Melrose High School and Phillip College (now Canberra College). Following school and after a period of working in Sydney, Leek returned to Canberra in 1979 and commenced a Bachelor of Arts (Music) degree at the Canberra School of Music graduating with a double degree – the first student to achieve this honour. After graduating in 1984 with a double degree majoring in Cello Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Whitwell
Sally Whitwell (born 1974) is an Australian classical music pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and teacher. She has released four solo albums, ''Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass'' (3 June 2011), ''The Good, the Bad and the Awkward'' (18 May 2012), ''All Imperfect Things: The Piano Music of Michael Nyman'' (6 September 2013) and ''I Was Flying'' (5 June 2015) all on the ABC Classics record label. All three albums have peaked in the top 5 on the ARIA Charts' Classical Albums. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 Whitwell won the Best Classical Album award for ''Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass''. In 2012 she was nominated in the same category for ''The Good, the Bad and the Awkward''. She won the same category in 2013 for ''All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman''. Virginia Read won Engineer of the Year for that album and was also nominated for Producer of the Year. Biography Whitwell was born in 1974 and grew up in Canberra. She learned to play th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra College
The Canberra College (formerly known as the Phillip College) is an Australian Capital Territory public school, which educates students from year 11 to year 12. In 2022, Simon Vaughan was appointed Principal, taking over from Michael Battenally. The school was founded in 1976 under the name of Phillip College after secondary schools were in demand while a working party recommended the establishment of autonomous education. A Commonwealth Teaching Service was approved in September 1970 to provide teachers in Canberran schools.NAA: A5869, 535, September 1970. The name of the school was changed and reopened under the name of the Canberra College in 1997 after the Stirling College in Stirling amalgamated with the Phillip College. It was officially opened on 19 March 1997 by the Minister for Education and Training, Bill Stefaniak. The Canberra College offered the International Baccalaureate diploma in its curriculum until 2017 when it was discontinued for the following year. The coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra Grammar School
, motto_translation = For God, for Church, for Country , city = Red Hill , state = Australian Capital Territory , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = independent, co-educational, day and boarding , denomination = Anglican , established = 1929 , chairman = Steve Byron , head_of_school = Justin Garrick , chaplain = Andrew Robinson , staff = 554 , teaching_staff = 191 , campuses = Red Hill Campus (junior and senior),Northside Campus (PK to 2), Southside Campus (PK to 2) , colours = Navy blue, sky blue & gold , slogan = Ready for the world , revenue = A$57,200,000 , affiliation = Associated Southern Colleges , enrolment = 2,028 (ELC-12) , homepage = C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra International Music Festival
The Canberra International Music Festival is a music festival based in Canberra, Australia. It was founded by Ursula Callus (1939–2001), former President of Pro Musica Incorporated. The first Festival was originally called the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival and was held in April 1994. It won the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Music Innovation. Since 1997 the Festival has been an annual event, and in 2008 it was renamed the Canberra International Music Festival. From 2005 to 2008 it went through a period of rapid expansion, paid for by Arts patron Barbara Blackman and now presents around 30 concerts annually. Peter Sculthorpe is composer laureate of the festival and was the subject of a retrospective in 2009, where his opera/music theatre work ''Rites of Passage'' was remounted for the first time in 35 years. This focus was timed to coincide with his 80th birthday. Other significant commissions and premieres in the Festival include Arvo Pärt's Fourth Symph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Arboretum Canberra
The National Arboretum Canberra is a 250-hectare (618 acre) arboretum in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, created after the area was burned out as a result of the Christmas 2001 and 2003 Canberra bushfires: The Himalayan Cedar forest lost about one third of its trees, and the commercial Radiata Pine plantation was burned out, allowing the arboretum to be created. In 2004, the Government of the Australian Capital Territory held a nationwide competition for an arboretum, which was to be part of the recovery from the 2003 bushfires. The winning design by landscape architects Taylor Cullity Lethlean and architects Tonkin Zulaikha Greer proposed 100 forests and 100 gardens focussing on threatened, rare, and symbolic trees from around the world. The site has been planted since 2005, and includes ceremonial trees planted by visiting heads of government and ambassadors. It was officially opened in February 2013. Over 15,000 visitors came to the Opening Day Festival. Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concert
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings, from private houses and small nightclubs, dedicated concert halls, amphitheatres and parks, to large multipurpose buildings, such as arenas and stadiums. Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are sometimes called ''arena concerts'' or ''amphitheatre concerts''. Informal names for a concert include ''show'' and ''gig''. Regardless of the venue, musicians usually perform on a stage (if not actual then an area of the floor designated as such). Concerts often require live event support with professional audio equipment. Before recorded music, concerts provided the main opportunity to hear musicians play. For large concerts or concert tours, the challenging logistics of arranging the musicians, venue, equipment and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony Orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass * woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon * Brass instruments, such as the horn, trumpet, trombone, cornet, and tuba * percussion instruments, such as the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, and mallet percussion instruments Other instruments such as the piano, harpsichord, and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone as soloist instruments, as may the concert harp and, for performances of some modern compositions, electronic instruments and guitars. A full-size Western orchestra may sometimes be called a or philharmonic orchestra (from Greek ''phil-'', "loving", and "harmony"). The actual number of musicians employed in a gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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