Frozen In Concert
WASO at the Movies
Friday 12 July, 6.30pm & Saturday 13 July, 1pm and 6.30pm | Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre
Jen Winley | Conductor
West Australian Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and Elders of Country throughout Western Australia, and the Whadjuk Noongar people on whose lands we work and share music.
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DISNEY presents
Frozen In Concert
Duration: 2 hours 10 mins (including 20 mins interval)
The performance is a presentation of the complete film Frozen with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.
Original Soundtrack available from WALT DISNEY RECORDS at Disneymusicemporium.com
Distributed by WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES
© 2013 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Starring:
Kristen Bell
Idina Menzel
Jonathan Groff
Josh Gad
Santino Fontana
Alan Tudyk
Ciaran Hinds
Songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Original Score by Christophe Beck
Story by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Shane Morris
Screenplay by Jennifer Lee
Executive Producer John Lasseter
Produced by Peter Del Vecho, p.g.a.
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Jen Winley conductor
About the Songwriters
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez are the Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy-winning, married songwriting team behind the Disney animated films, Frozen and Frozen 2. Together they also wrote the Oscar-winning song “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco and songs for Marvel’s WandaVision (Emmy Award win for “Agatha All Along”). They wrote songs for the Obama’s series We the People and adapted Frozen for the Broadway stage.
Robert co-conceived and co-wrote the hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, both earning him Tony Awards. Kristen’s show In Transit made history as the first all a cappella musical to run on Broadway, after an award-winning Off-Broadway run.
Anderson-Lopez and Lopez have written for television, film and stage, including Finding Nemo: The Musical; songs for “The Wonder Pets” (two Emmy Award wins) and the Winnie the Pooh animated film. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez both serve on the Dramatist Guild Council. Graduates of Yale University and Williams College, respectively, they now reside in Brooklyn with their two daughters.
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About the Composer
Christophe Beck
Canadian composer Christophe Beck started piano lessons at five, and by eleven he was learning Bee Gees songs by ear and performing with his first-ever band, the unfortunately-named Chris and The Cupcakes. During high school he studied piano, saxophone, and drums, and wrote many tender 80’s love ballads.
While studying music at Yale, Beck wrote two musicals with his brother Jason (a.k.a. Gonzales, the Paris-based pianist-producer-TV Host-prankster), as well as an opera based on “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe.
Upon graduation, Beck moved to Los Angeles to attend USC’s prestigious film scoring program, where he studied with Jerry Goldsmith. A personal recommendation from the legendary Buddy Baker, then head of the USC Music Department, led to his first assignment for a Canadian TV series called White Fang. Several TV series later, he was asked to score the second season of WB Network’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beck received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for his score to the Buffy episode, “Becoming, Part 1.”
In 2000, the cheerleading comedy Bring It On launched Beck’s film career, which includes such diverse credits as Under The Tuscan Sun, Edge of Tomorrow, Crazy Stupid Love, Pitch Perfect, and the Hangover trilogy. More recently, Chris scored the Oscar® and Grammy®-winning animated film Frozen, and both of Marvel’s Ant-Man films.
Christophe works out of his studio in Santa Monica, California.
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About the Conductor
Jen Winley
Conductor
Jen Winley is WASO’s Associate Conductor.
Jen began her career in percussion and timpani working principally with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and regularly with Orchestra Victoria and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). She then spent several years as a classroom music educator and loves being able to combine her passions for music and education when working with young people.
Jen made her professional conducting debut in 2020 with several orchestras in Perth including WASO and Perth Symphony Orchestra. Jen is a highly versatile conductor and enjoys working on a wide variety of projects. She has conducted WASO in mainstage concerts, Family, Education and Outreach projects, regional tours, Films in concert, and contemporary and recording projects. Jen is also proud to have conducted the WA Youth Orchestra since 2019.
In 2023, Jen made her debut as conductor with West Australian Opera and Queensland Symphony Orchestra and in November 2023 WASO announced Jen as their Associate Conductor. The two-year appointment sees Jen become the first Associate Conductor in the organisation’s history. 2024 sees Jen make her debut with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and her subscription concert debut with WASO.
Outside of music, Jen loves learning French and planning her next trip to Paris, Lindy Hop dancing, and is obsessed with her little schnoodle Luna that she shares with her partner, WASO cellist, Nick Metcalfe.
Jen Winley is supported by the Simon Lee Foundation and JACE Foundation.
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WASO on Stage
VIOLIN
Semra Lee
Assistant Concertmaster
• MACA
Alexandra Isted
Principal 1st Violin
Zak Rowntree
Principal 2nd Violin
Kylie Liang
Assoc Principal 2nd Violin
• The Baker Family
Kate Sullivan
Assistant Principal 2nd Violin
Sarah Blackman
Stephanie Dean
Amy Furfaro
Rebecca Glorie
• Rosalind & Lyndsay Potts
Emma Hunt
• Ulrich and Gloria Kunzmann
William Huxtable
Sunmi Jung
Christina Katsimbardis
Kathryn Lee
Karen Matoba^
Andrea Mendham
• Dale & Michael Kitney
Akiko Miyazawa
• MIMI
Lucas O’Brien
Melanie Pearn
Louise Sandercock
• Unnamed
Jane Serrangeli
• Philip & Frances Chadwick
Cerys Tooby
Teresa Vinci ̊
Samantha Wickramasinghe
• The Baker Family
VIOLA
Daniel Schmitt
Alex Brogan
Kierstan Arkleysmith
Benjamin Caddy
• Future Logic
Alison Hall
James Munro
Elliot O’Brien
Helen Tuckey
CELLO
Rod McGrath
Isaac Davis
Jeremy Garside
Shigeru Komatsu
• Unnamed (2)
Oliver McAslan
• M & D Forrest and Michelle Todd
Nicholas Metcalfe
• The Gregg Family
Fotis Skordas
• Unnamed
Tim South
DOUBLE BASS
John Keene
• Janet Holmes à Court
AC & Gilbert George
Robin Brawley
Elizabeth Browning^
Oakley Paul^
Christine Reitzenstein
Giovanni Vinci
FLUTE
Mary-Anne Blades
• Unnamed
PICCOLO
Sonia Croucher
OBOE
Liz Chee
Assoc Principal
• Ruth E. Thorn and
Michael & Helen Tuite
COR ANGLAIS
Jonathan Ryan
• Joshua & Pamela Pitt
CLARINET
Som Howie
BASS CLARINET
Alexander Millier
BASSOON
Jane Kircher-Lindner
• Meg O’Neill, Chase Hayes & Vicky Hayes
CONTRABASSOON
Chloe Turner
HORN
★ Rod & Margaret Marston
David Evans
Eve McEwen
Robert Gladstones
Principal 3rd Horn
Julia Brooke
Dorée Dixon^
Francesco Lo Surdo
TRUMPET
Jenna Smith
Acting Principal
• John & Nita Walshe
Fletcher Cox°
Koominka
TROMBONE
Joshua Davis
• Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans & Dr Ken Evans AM
Liam O’Malley
• Dale & Greg Higham
Matthew Walker^
Jeremy Alderson^
TUBA
Chloe Higgins
TIMPANI
Alex Timcke
• Jean & Peter Stokes
Francois Combemorel
PERCUSSION
Francois Combemorel
Assoc Principal Percussion & Timpani
• Jim & Freda Irenic
James Chong^
Carissa Soares^
Robyn Gray^
HARP
William Nichols^
KEYBOARD
Adam Pinto^
Adrian Soares^
GUITAR
Rick Webster^
ELECTRIC BASS
Karl Florisson^
DRUM KIT
Michael Perkins^
KEY
Principal
Associate Principal
Assistant Principal
Contract Musician°
Guest Musician^
★ Section supported through the Duet program by
• Chair supported through the Duet program by
* Instruments used by these musicians are on loan from Janet Holmes à Court AC.
About WASO
Engage | Excite | Experience | Educate
From the centre of Perth to the furthest corners of the state, we have provided the soundtrack to life in WA since 1928.
As the State Orchestra, Perth’s first and finest, WASO is the largest employer of performing artists in Western Australia and reaches two million people with musical experiences each year on stage, in our community, and online.
From concert halls to classrooms, hospitals to aged care, we bring joy, inspire learning, and nurture participation in our community, because everybody deserves the opportunity to experience live music. Every year, through community and leading industry partnerships, we engage a new generation of young and emerging artists to help secure a bright future for music in Australia.
We celebrate our rich classical music heritage with great artists from all over the world and commission and perform new repertoire to renew and expand it.
The Orchestra collaborates widely with major arts companies and independent artists, performing opera to ballet, movies to musicals, jazz to rock. We champion the diversity of music in all its forms, with a team of talented and passionate people who create unforgettable experiences for all West Australians to enjoy.
Asher Fisch is Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of our Orchestra and we are proud to call Perth Concert Hall home.
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