Adelaide Youth Orchestra and Elder Conservatorium Symphony Collaborate for Titan Concerts, Today-15

Adelaide Youth Ochestra's Maestro Series will hit new heights in June with a special co-presentation with the Elder Conservatorium of Music's Evenings at Elder Hall program - which will see the 80-piece Adelaide Youth Orchestra teaming up for the first time ever with the University of Adelaide's 65-piece Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra - to present two performances over one massive weekend.

The program for both Maestro Series 2 Titan concerts, happening Saturday June 14 at 6.30 pm and Sunday June 15 at 3 pm, is an impressive one.

The Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra (ECSO) will open each concert with two works - Schubert's Overture to Rosamunde, D. 797 and Weber's joyous Clarinet Concertino. ECSO members are mainly full-time tertiary students within Elder Conservatorium's Bachelor of Music degree. One of those is Samantha Webber - who'll make her debut as a soloist with an orchestra at the Titan concerts - performing Weber's Clarinet Concertino with ECSO. Twenty year old Samantha, who took up the clarinet when she was nine and is currently studying with Peter Handsworth at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, has been a member of AdYO and ECSO since 2012. She's currently Principal Clarinet with both orchestras and in her second of year of study at the Elder Conservatorium in the Bachelor of Music-Classical Performance program.

Following interval the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, comprising 80 musicians aged 11 to 24, will join ECSO on stage to perform as one ensemble. Together they'll present Mahler's grandiose and lyrical, Symphony No 1 Titan - fittingly composed when Mahler himself was just 24.

The Adelaide Youth Orchestras and the Elder Conservatorium of Music have been searching for some time for a collaborative performance opportunity which would further strengthen the close ties between the two organisations.

"We're both committed to excellent music education, music-making and creating quality performance opportunities for gifted young musicians - and this historic collaboration ticks all the boxes," says Associate Professor Carl Crossin OAM, Director - Elder Conservatorium of Music.

For the Adelaide Youth Orchestras, these concerts illustrate the organisation's growing interest in cultivating a culture of shared learning across South Australia's music circles.

"Collaborations like these allow musicians of all ages to learn from and be inspired by each other - it's a priceless opportunity," says AdYO's Artistic Director, Associate Professor Keith Crellin OAM.

AdYOs Maestro Series 2/Evenings at Elder Hall: Titan Concerts - featuring:

Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde, D. 797

Weber: Clarinet Concertino

Adelaide Youth Orchestra & Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No 1 Titan

Keith Crellin OAM, Conductor

Samantha Webber, Clarinet

When:

Saturday, June 14, 2014, 6.30 pm-8.30 pm (with interval)

Sunday, June 15, 2014, 3 pm-5 pm (with interval)

Where:

Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide,

North Tce, Adelaide

Tickets:

Adult $28, Concession & Seniors Card $22, Student & Children (up to 18) $18, Family (4 people) $60

Bookings:

Book at Elder Hall Ph: 8313 5925 or www.music.adelaide.edu.au/elderhall

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