Barry Singh is the artistic director and conductor of the

Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra is an Australian orchestra based in Tweed Heads NSW, New South Wales. The orchestra is the premier orchestra for the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers region. It was created in 1991 by Barry Singh, who was ...

. His journey from a banana plantation in the

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Hinterland to the

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and to the establishment of the premier orchestra for the

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and

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has been featured on ''

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'' on

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. In 2001, Singh was awarded the prestigious Individual Regional TOAN (The Orchestras of Australia Network) award for fostering excellence in an orchestra in a regional area.TOAN award

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