Classic Adventures: Wild Animals
Family Event
Saturday 28 September 2024, 10am & 11:30am | Perth Concert Hall
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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Welcome
Get ready to pack your imaginations and join conductor Jen Winley, myself, and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra on a wild musical safari! Together, we’ll journey through worlds full of mischievous fun, heroic tales, and maybe even a few sing-alongs!
First up, we’ll tiptoe into the cheeky world of Bluey, where adventure and laughter wait around every corner. Then, we’ll plunge into the water with Baby Shark — get ready, because that tune is so catchy, it’ll be doing laps around your brain in no time!
Hold onto your hats as we follow in the footsteps of Peter and the Wolf, navigating forests packed with danger and a hint of spookiness. And for our grand finale, we’ll soar through the skies on the back of a dragon with the epic music from How To Train Your Dragon.
Phew! I hope you packed plenty of snacks! And remember to keep your eyes peeled — there are creatures big and small hidden all around our stage today. How many can you spot?
So, grab your binoculars, sit back, and get ready for an unforgettable musical adventure with WASO. It’s going to be a wild ride!
Your Musical Safari Guide,
Adam
Classic Adventures: Wild Animals
Nicholas KYRIAKACIS Siren Song (3 mins)
Maria GRENFELL Roar! (5 mins)
Igor STRAVINSKY Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant (4 mins)
Joff BUSH arr. DAVIS Bluey Theme (2 mins)
arr. Wayne BRENNAN Baby Shark Theme (2 mins)
Modest MUSSORGSKY arr. RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (2 mins)
Sergei PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf (7 mins)
Gina WILLIAMS & Guy GHOUSE arr. DAVIS Bindi Bindi (5 mins)
John POWELL arr. O’LOUGHLIN How to Train Your Dragon Theme (5 mins)
Jen Winley conductor
Adam Mitchell presenter
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse special guests
This concert does not contain an interval.
Presented in association with the 2024 AWESOME Festival.
Jen Winley is supported by the Simon Lee Foundation and JACE Foundation.
Nicholas Kyriakacis received the Most Outstanding Composition Award for his original composition in WASO’s 2023 Composition Project. Composition Project is supported by the Bendat Family Foundation.
Activations
Colouring In
Unleash your inner artist to create a colourful masterpiece.
When: 9am to 11am
Where: Riverside Foyer, Level 2
Mask Making
Suit up for our musical safari with your own hand-made animal mask.
When: 9am to 11.30am
Where: Riverside Foyer, Level 2
Origami with Sanny Ang
Learn how to turn paper into animals with origami expert Sanny Ang.
When: 9am to 11.30am
Where: Terrace Side, Level 2
Paper Butterflies
Turn your hand-crafted origami creations into wonderful wands.
When: 9am to 11.30am
Where: Terrace Side, Level 2
Quiet Corner
Unwind with books and other relaxing self-paced activities in our Riverside oasis.
When: 9am to 11.30am
Where: Riverside Foyer, Level 2
Selfie Booth
Strike a pose and capture the memories at our jungle-themed photo booth.
When: 9am to 11.30am
Where: Riverside Foyer, Level 2
WA Museum Touch Table
Look through microscopes to explore the animal world up close.
When: 9am to 11:30am
Where: Riverside Foyer Level 3
Wishing Line
Write a wish and hang it up on our community wishing line.
When: 9am to 11.30am
Where: Riverside Foyer, Level 2
Conducting Workshop with Jen Winley
Learn all about conducting in this 10-minute workshop with WASO Associate Conductor, Jen Winley.
When: 9.30am and 11am
Where: Terrace Level Corner Stage, Level 2
Click here for the map.
Download and complete our Wild Animal Word Search at home.
About the Artists
Adam Mitchell
Presenter
Adam is an award-winning stage director known for his inventive Theatre, Music Theatre and Opera productions. He has experience at working across artforms in theatres, concert halls and festivals creating works for adults, families and children.
He was the Associate Director for Black Swan State Theatre Company and has directed more than 20 productions for the company, including Oil, Every Brilliant Thing, Next to Normal, Clinton: The Musical, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and When the Rain Stops Falling.
Other highlight works include The Snow (Barking Gecko Theatre Company); independent work La Fanciulla del West (Freeze Frame Opera); and commercial production Fame - The Musical (Crown).
He regularly directs theatre, opera and music theatre for The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), has worked with West Australian Opera, The National Institute Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Victoria College of the Arts, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Playwriting Australia, Sydney and Melbourne Theatre Companies, Barking Gecko Theatre Co. and The Australian Theatre for Young People, and is a member of the Lincoln Centre Theater Directors Lab (New York).
About the Artists
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 subscription concert debut with WASO.
Jen Winley is supported by the Simon Lee Foundation and JACE Foundation.
About the Artists
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
Special Guests
Guitar brilliance and incandescent vocals. These exceptional performers connect and capture audiences all over the world through the power of song. It’s made even more special when it’s sung in rare Noongar language.
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse bring a fresh, modern take on ancient traditions; merging evocative sounds, natural acoustic instruments, poignant stories with that incredible, beautiful voice. Gina is a Balladong (Noongar) daughter, covering the South West corner of Western Australia. She has connection to the Kija people of the East Kimberley through her grandmother’s line. By official records, Noongar language is critically endangered, with only a few speakers left.As well as four albums, they have released three major works; Koort for the Festival of Perth, Koorlangka: Reimagined for the inaugural Perth International Cabaret Festival and Koolbardi wer Wardong for a sell-out season for the West Australian Opera.
In February 2024 they premiered their most recent major work, Wundig wer Wilura, commissioned by the West Australian Opera, at the Festival of Perth. 2024 will also include the first sighting (Awesome Festival - September) of Aliwah Bardinar! a work for young people, and a tour of the UK in October (including performances and a major workshop with local Cardiff youth for the Llais Festival). Currently they are working on the third instalment of their Kalyakoorl song cycle, Moort, to be released in 2025.
Performing with the all-important blessings of Gina’s elders and community, this duo will leave you breathless!
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
Amy Furfaro
Rebecca Glorie
• Rosalind & Lyndsay Potts
Beth Hebert
Emma Hunt
• Ulrich & Gloria Kunzmann
William Huxtable
Sunmi Jung
Christina Katsimbardis
Kathryn Lee
Andrea Mendham
• Dale & Michael Kitney
Jasmine Middleton^
Akiko Miyazawa
• MIMI
Lucas O’Brien
Helena O’Sullivan^
Yasmin Omran^
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
Nik Babic
• Maryllis & Paul Green-Armytage
Benjamin Caddy
• Future Logic
Alison Hall
Rachael Kirk
James Munro
Elliot O’Brien
CELLO
Isaac Davis
Jeremy Garside
Sacha McCulloch^
Nicholas Metcalfe
• The Gregg Family
Fotis Skordas
• Unnamed
Anna Sarcich^
Tim South
Emma Vandewal^
DOUBLE BASS
Andrew Sinclair*
John Keene
• Janet Holmes à Court AC & Gilbert George
Robin Brawley
Christine Reitzenstein
Mark Tooby
Giovanni Vinci
FLUTE
Mary-Anne Blades
• Unnamed
Barnaby Beahan^
PICCOLO
Sonia Croucher
OBOE
Liz Chee
• Ruth E. Thorn and Michael & Helen Tuite
COR ANGLAIS
Jonathan Ryan
• Joshua & Pamela Pitt
CLARINET
Allan Meyer
• Leanne & Sam Walsh AO
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
Francesco Lo Surdo
TRUMPET
Jenna Smith
Acting Principal
• John & Nita Walshe
Koominka°
Zachary Ogden^
TROMBONE
Joshua Davis
• Dr Glenda Campbell-Evans & Dr Ken Evans AM
Liam O’Malley
• Dale & Greg Higham
Jeremy Alderson^
TUBA
Chloe Higgins
TIMPANI
Alex Timcke
• Jean & Peter Stokes
PERCUSSION
Brian Maloney
François Combémorel
Assoc Principal Percussion & Timpani
Amanda Dean^
HARP
William Nichols^
KEYBOARD
Adam Pinto^
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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The AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things has a bumper program of activities for children and families this month. WASO is delighted to be part of the Festival with a concert celebration of everything furry and ferocious in Classic Adventures: Wild Animals.
