Sydney Opera House 9 July
Choral and Orchestral Prelude Concert 3pm
Band concert 7pm
Tickets: www.sydneyoperahouse.com/boxoffice
02 9250 7777
Sydney Town Hall 8 July 7pm
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com.au
1300 136 166
The Festival will enable Sydney-siders to experience the impressive sound of 200 singers and 350 musicians performing together in a spectacular musical kaleidoscope of colour and brilliance, Premiering Sydney 2006.
The largest band event in the Southern Hemisphere in 2006 features outstanding American musicians filling the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall. 200 choristers will join 350 musicians in a massed band event that includes over 12 timpanis, 15 tubas, 20 trombones, 40 trumpets, 50 clarinets and a host of other instruments.
The evening Gala Band Concert on Sunday 9 July also showcases the world premiere of Dr David Gillingham's Sails of Time, a captivating new work written especially for the 8th Wonder of the World – the Sydney Opera House and for this event.
Artistic Director Dr Matthew George said "audiences could expect a world-premiere performance in a world-class venue, with work composed specifically for this particular time and space and for the musicians performing it." Dr Gillingham said he was inspired by the Sydney Opera House when he first visited Australia during the early 1970s as a Vietnam War Veteran, during the architectural icon's construction.
"The audience will be taken on a musical journey with Sails of Time leading them through the history of Sydney, Australia," he said. "Holding the story together will be the Sails of Time Theme (original music by Gillingham) and the popular folk song Click go the Shears."
The program's other major Australian premiere will be an unusual, but moving version of Gloria, conducted by Joseph Julian Gonzales from his Misa Azteca. Gonzales is internationally recognized as a highly versatile and award-winning film and television composer with credits ranging from classical to popular music.
Gonzales' Misa Azteca is for symphony orchestra, mixed choir and tenor solo and has been performed at prestigious concert theatres, including Carnegie Hall and has been inspired by traditional Aztec instrumentation, which give the work a unique sound.
The participants 2006
Southwestern College Choir, California
Saratoga High School Band Orchestra and Choir, California
San Marcos High School, California
Joubert Singers, Australia
Mission Hills High School, California
Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony, Ohio
Chapman University Wind Symphony, California
Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde, Georgia
The Composer - 2006
Dr. David R. Gillingham is a Professor at Central Michigan University. Dr. Gillingham has an international reputation for the works he has written for band and percussion. Many of these works are now considered standards in the repertoire. His numerous awards include the 1981 DeMoulin Award and the 1990 International Barlow Competition (Brigham Young University).
The Artistic Director
Matthew George is Premiering Sydney's Artistic Director. Dr George is Professor of Music, Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Bands at the University of St Thomas in Minneapolis. Professor George serves as the President of North Central Division of CBDNA.
Public Performances
Sunday 2 July
Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony with Waikato Youth Symphonic Band
St Peter's Collegiate School, Hamilton, New Zealand
Monday 3 July
Southwestern College Choir with Melbourne University Choral Society
Scots' Church, cnr Collins and Russell Streets, Melbourne
Tuesday 4 July
Saratoga High School band, orchestra and choir
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Tuesday 4 July
Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland
Saturday 8 July
All Premiering Sydney bands, orchestras and choirs
Sydney Town Hall
Sun 9 July
Premiering Sydney Prelude and Gala Concerts
Sydney Opera House
Wed 12 July
Saratoga High School band, orchestra and choir
Cairns State High School
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