Description

Lunchtime Concert Series

Monash Academy Orchestra
Rachael Beesley conducts Haydn & Mozart

Students, staff and the general public are welcome to attend this FREE event. (Registration not required).

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Please view the information here before you come to campus.

About the Performance

Experience the joy of the Monash Academy Orchestra performing live on stage in a celebratory program of musical exploration.

Delving into the Classical era, the orchestra will explore the theoretical and practical aspects of performing exhilarating symphonic works by Haydn and Mozart in an historically informed performance style by bringing the history and context of these works alive. The energy and drive of the Classical symphony is reinforced in this program where both Haydn and Mozart utilised the drama of trumpets and timpani and the harmonic beauty of horns and woodwinds together with the textures and timbres of the strings to create unity and grandeur, variety and nuance.

Featuring

Rachael Beesley Conductor

Members of the Monash Academy Orchestra

Program

JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No.104 in D major ‘London’

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No.31 in D major ‘Paris’

Artists

Rachael Beesley - Violinist, Conductor and Music Educator

Rachael Beesley is an internationally renowned Australian/British violinist, director and music educator and co-artistic director of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra. A graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne - Bachelor of Arts in Music, Graduate Diploma of Arts in Music and from The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, The Netherlands - Master of Music, Rachael performs internationally as concertmaster and director with distinguished ensembles and orchestras including for Pinchgut Opera, Opera Australia and Victorian Opera. Recent engagements include as conductor/violin with Teatro Nuovo New York and director/violin of the Canberra Symphony, Melbourne Chamber and Adelaide Baroque Orchestras. Rachael features on over 50 album recordings and broadcasts for radio and television and is in demand as a chamber musician and soloist, regularly collaborating with contemporary composers. As a highly regarded educator and mentor, Rachael teaches at The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague and the Melbourne and Sydney Conservatoriums.

VIOLIN ONE  
Alyssa Wong   
Clarisse Liew  
Caitlin La    
Hannah Liew    
Michelle Iskhakbaev    
Lauren Loh

VIOLIN TWO  
Ella Summers  
Paul Hwang  
Claire Huang  
Tintin Cao  
Jasmin Buell  
Kavindra Widodo  
Alice Freeman

VIOLA  
Merewyn Bramble*  
Layla Maitri  
Alice Choate  
Eunise Cheng  
Amethyst Gration

CELLO  
Tara Skelton  
Blair Harris*  
Isambard Knox-Johnson    
Brianna Rowling    
Emily Wu    Xiao Xiao

DOUBLE BASS  
Vivian Qu*    
Oakley Paul*

FLUTE
Frederick Branson
Hannah Phillips

OBOE
Benjamin Roe
Nakita Choi

CLARINET
Freya Parr  Maya-Jayne Howat

BASSOON
Matthew Kneale*
Hannah Hunt

FRENCH HORN
Henry Eames
Sienna Machin

TRUMPET
Rebekka Walker
Alessandra Vodanovich

TIMPANI
Grace James

*guest musician

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View our previous concerts on our website.