Cairns Concert Orchestra in Cairns, Queensland, Australia | Community organisation

Cairns Concert Orchestra

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 409 093 447

Address: 67-71 Greenslopes Street 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.cairnsconcertorchestra.org.au/

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25.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that commencing Monday 3 August, ABC Classic will broadcast a wonderful week of Festival concerts. Each day, from Monday through to S...unday, tune in to listen to a concert from one of the past three years of Festivals. ABC Classic are a valued partner of the Festival, recording a number of our concerts each year, and we are thrilled that they will present their recordings of our concerts over this week - which would have been AFCM 2020! See more

24.01.2022 Come along and support some of our players who will be performing in the NQ Chamber Orchestra Classical Favourites event on Sunday 20th September at Cairns Performing Arts Centre Tickets are still available via the link: https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au//classi/classical-favourites Classical Favourites will include staples of the String Orchestra repertoire, such as Grieg's Holberg Suite and Holst's St. Paul's Suite. Also featured will be equally beautiful works by lesser known composers - such as Kalinnikov's expressive Serenade for Strings and the lively Suite for Strings by Rutter.

24.01.2022 Tune in to ABC Classic at 5pm AEST today to enjoy a recording from our current concert hall series, ACO Transfigured, broadcast in full: https://ab.co/2FdtaKI R...ecorded live at last night’s City Recital Hall performance, this one-hour broadcast includes William Barton’s ‘Didge Fusion’, featuring William on guitar and didgeridoo, Mendelssohn’s beloved String Quartet in D major, Op.44 No.1, and Schoenberg’s majestic ‘Transfigured Night.’ We dedicate the recording to our ACO family in Victoria as they keep safe during lockdown. For those in Sydney, final tickets to tomorrow’s live performances at 1:30pm and 7pm are available now: http://bit.ly/ACOTransfigured

24.01.2022 | EVENT COMING TO CAIRNS! | 'Where Song Began' is a musical celebration of Australia's birds and how they shaped the world. Join two of Australia's most adventurous musicians, Simone Slattery (violin, vocals, Australian National Academy of Music) and Anthony Albrecht (cello, The Juilliard School), for a concert experience like no other, described as "Spectacular" by Limelight Magazine. ... Thursday the 8th of October, 7pm | St Monica's Cathedral, Cairns Adults $30, Concession $25, U18 $5 The program includes music spanning 300 years, from Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and J.S. Bach to Arvo Pärt and new Australian works, enhanced by a film of evocative visual projections, and an immersive soundscape. Performance length: 60 minutes without interval, including a Q&A. For more information about this program visit www.wheresongbegan.com Program: Arvo Pärt - Fratres for solo violin, 1977 Sarah Hopkins - Reclaiming the Spirit, 1993 Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending, 1917 Chris Williams - bird, songs, seas, 2017 Ross Edwards - Ecstatic Dance No.2, 1990 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Cucu Sonata, 1664 J.S. Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, c.1720 David Lang - Anthochaera carunculata (Red Wattle Bird), New Commission, 2017 Ngarra Burra Ferra - Yorta Yorta hymn Presented by the Bowerbird Collective, with support from Cook Shire Council, the Cooktown District Community Centre and the Weipa Town Authority. Book online for Cairns, Atherton or Innisfail concerts https://wheresongbegan.com/

23.01.2022 We have created a SPOTIFY PLAYLIST with the concert repertoire from Saturday! Hope you enjoy! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2wgHDUAmqwOEs66zqkJsX3

23.01.2022 | CALLING FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST | **PLEASE COMMENT BELOW OR DM US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE BELOW CONCERT** Rhythm of Dance - additional concert... After a sell-out event, we are now seeking expressions of interest to hold another Rhythm of Dance concert on 5th October (QLD Public Holiday), 5pm - 6pm at the Cairns and District Junior Eisteddfod Hall, 67-71 Greenslopes St, Edge Hill. We will confirm the details if there is enough interest from our Cairns Community. A small concert of dance music, including pieces such as 'Irish Legend', 'Lord of The Dance', Danza Latina', 'Por Una Cabeza', 'Transylvania Tango' and more! Conducted by Robert Johnstone, led by Concertmaster Jessica Connell. Solos performed by Jessica Connell (violin) and Erin Welser (viola). Ticket price would be $15 Limited seats

23.01.2022 Another photo from the Archives! Cairns Civic Orchestra, 1983 Back row: Joan Byfield, Tom Fuller, David Payne, Mandy Gibbons, Karen Hales, Jack Mawdsley, Chuck Kehoe, Christine Broughton, Bevan Cole, Llyod Davies, Sharon Montgomery, Chris Andrews, Michael Hendersen... Mid row: Joy Turner, Shirley Lennon, Kath Cowan, Margaret Neate, Rosemary FitzRoy, Janice Argent, Browyn Mathieson, Bill Stokes, Marjorie Jennings, Fred Schipke, George Schipke, Gordon Markey, Don Fry Front row: Elaine Fox (Concert Mistress), David Martin, Betty Brandon, Priscilla Leinseter, Colin Fox (Conductor), Gwen Watson, Cheryl Dunstan, Phyll Nickson, Brough Warren

22.01.2022 Time is running out! If you would like to come along to our concert this Monday, we only have a handful of tickets left! Please book so you don’t miss out on this great event! https://www.trybooking.com/BLRZV

22.01.2022 https://news.griffith.edu.au//how-music-helps-us-cope-dur/

21.01.2022 | FINAL TICKETS | We have about 20 tickets left for tomorrow’s concert! If you want one, book ASAP as they will sell out! https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=681511&

20.01.2022 3 more sleeps until we get to do this again! Are you joining us?

17.01.2022 For anyone interested in seeing André Rieu's Magical Maastricht: Together in Music, there are sessions tomorrow: Wednesday 28/10 10.30am Cairns Central 12.45pm Smithfield... Tickets via the link below. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1175510599512121

14.01.2022 Exciting news!! Pop into Grilld Cairns in the month of November, order some scrummy food and pop your token into the CCO Local Matters jar for our chance to win $300! Thank you Grilld Cairns for the opportunity Burgers here we come!

13.01.2022 Our concert schedule has really been been thrown off track this year due to COVID but we are committed to bringing the Cairns community beautiful musical performances! Our first performance of the year was such a success, even with limited seating because of restrictions, it sold out very quickly! We had a fantastic audience who joined us but unfortunately many people missed out on the concert. We since asked the Cairns community if they were interested in a second concert and we had an overwhelming response with huge demand! We are so pleased to announce that we are holding a second concert for Rhythm of Dance on the upcoming public holiday, 5th October! Tickets are $15 and can be purchased via our website https://www.cairnsconcertorchestra.org.au/upcoming-events

13.01.2022 Photos from Rhythm of Dance concert Harlequin Photography

12.01.2022 Julian Thompson gives a riveting performance of Svante Henryson’s Black Run for solo cello. Speaking on the inspiration behind this recording, Julian says: I’d... talked with my wife Clara about exactly this; a highly infectious virus with an incubation period long enough for it to spread like wildfire. I’d even gone as far as talking with my brother Mick about bats being the likely origins of such a virus, mammals like us living as they do in large colonies, super colonies even, that act as hot houses of viral evolution. Not once did it cross my mind that a virus of this nature would leave the concert halls of the world empty and silent... So, we do what we can... More bluegrass I hear you say? Oh hells yeah! The title of this work, Black Run by Svante Henryson, always reminds me of a trip to the winter wonderland of Hokkaido, back when the ACO ran the Niseko Winter Music Festival. A group of us were out on the mountain, skiing with a much younger Leonardo Tognetti who, being a good skier even then, was focussed on finding the steepest black runs to attack. Having found such a pitch down he went. Our wonderful Aiko worried, I suspect, for Leo’s safety, turned down the steep slope to follow, completed one turn, froze and then straight lined it, literally at breakneck speed, down the mountain. We were all absolutely terrified. The sight of Aiko in full flight is still burnt onto my retina, legs bouncing, skis chattering, hurtling like a bullet down a brutal mogul run! Somehow, and I still don’t know how, Aiko held it all together and made it through unscathed, we found her a little rattled but laughing at the bottom. So Aiko... Suffice to say it’s a wild ride." Please consider supporting the ACO and our free digital season, ACO HomeCasts, with a tax-deductible donation: http://aco.com.au/donate

12.01.2022 #videooftheday Rose was forced to leave her 1850’s Beirut home due to the damage from the explosion. Instagram user, Sarah Barakatt captured this beautiful moment when one of the volunteers helping Rose move grabbed his violin and played for her. Take a look!

07.01.2022 Photos from Adventure with Strings concert Harlequin Photography

06.01.2022 Hi folks, tickets to our upcoming concert on 5th October (public holiday) are selling quickly once again! So please book ASAP if you would like to come along to our 2nd Rhythm of Dance Concert so you don't miss out! Bookings are essential! https://www.trybooking.com/BLRZV

05.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OzUZwngaY0

02.01.2022 We are almost SOLD OUT for this event! If you want one of the final tickets please book it now! https://www.trybooking.com/BLRZV

01.01.2022 Hi folks! Our upcoming Rhythm of Dance concert is officially SOLD OUT! However...If you have missed out this time but are still interested, please let us know either by Facebook, or the contact details listed on our website.We may look at a second concert if there are enough people interested. Thank you all for your strong support during these challenging times. We are so pleased and cannot wait to entertain you with beautiful music!