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Summary |
HWS presents music of David Maslanka |
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Start Date |
20th Dec 2012 7:00pm |
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End Date |
20th Dec 2012 8:30pm |
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Venue |
Conservatorium Recital Hall, 5 Sandy Bay Road, Hobart |
‘David Maslanka’
This very special performance will be the first time David Maslanka’s major work for wind ensemble, ‘A Childs Garden of Dreams’ will be performed in Tasmania and promises to be an event not to be missed!
Conductor: Simon Reade
Give us this Day
A Childs Garden of Dreams
The Hobart Wind Symphony is a high level ensemble performing the peak repertoire of wind band. The ensemble aims to produce high quality music for contest and concert performance.
The Wind Symphony competes in Tasmanian State and Australian National Band Championships. The Wind Symphony was the Australian National Open A-Grade Concert Champion in 2009 and 2010 and came second in the 2007 and 2011 Australian National Open A-Grade Concert Band Championships. The Wind Symphony has been the Tasmanian Open A-Grade Concert Champion since 2007.
The Wind Symphony performs concerts in Hobart in venues such as the Town Hall, Stanley Burbury Theatre, St David's Cathedral and the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music. It has premiered a number of works by Tasmanian composers and participated in major choral events.
In 2007 the ensemble completed its first recording, funded by Arts Tasmania. In 2009 Hobart City Band Inc. released "Extreme Makeover", a CD featuring both the Hobart Wind Symphony and the Hobart City Brass Band.
Authorised by the Head of School, Tasmanian College of the Arts
12 January, 2012
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