Sydney Symphony

One of the most remarkable parts of the Fellowship program is that the Fellows have had the opportunity to be mentored by Sydney Symphony musicians and to perform beside them in Sydney Symphony concerts. We asked the Fellows to name their favourite Sydney Symphony concert they’ve played in so far this year: The Family Concert [...]

By Rowena Watts A lot of people like to say that “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. When it comes to music though, I’m not totally sure I agree with this statement. Every successful musician that I have had the pleasure of meeting or playing with has achieved success through talent and hard work. I do, [...]

By Rachel Cashmore As a classically trained oboist living in Australia, mine is a narrow profession. I spend hours poring over pieces of bamboo, wrestling them into submission in the form of reeds. Concepts such as intonation, sound production and technique are all highly important in my musical context. I am trained to play my [...]

The Fellows had a masterclass with acclaimed violinist Anthony Marwood on Friday last week, which also happened to be Anthony’s birthday! Together they worked through the Berwald Septet and the Beethoven Septet. Viola Fellow Neil Thompson shares his thoughts on the day: We play the three opening notes of Beethoven’s Septet and then we launch [...]

Are you an aspiring classical musician looking to open up a world of opportunities?  Have you been inspired by the first-hand accounts and musings of the 2012 Sydney Symphony Fellows?  Applications are now open, and you could be a part of the 2013 Credit Suisse Sydney Symphony Fellowship. Each year, thousands of instrumentalists graduate from [...]

Violin superstar Julian Rachlin led the Sydney Symphony Fellows in a masterclass at the Sydney Opera House last week. Together they worked through the Beethoven Septet, and then he worked on the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Violin Fellow Lucy Warren. Lucy tells us what it was like to work with him: [...]

On Tuesday June 5th, a group of 20 students from remote Palm Island community off far north Queensland visited the Sydney Opera House, to attend a rehearsal of the Sydney Symphony and to do a tour of the building. Two members of the Sydney Symphony Fellows program, Neil Thompson (viola) and Rachel Cashmore (oboe), joined [...]

By Hugh Kluger Since I can remember, I’ve constantly been asked by friends and strangers about the costs associated with being a musician. It’s a topic of interest to many outsiders who haven’t experienced the life of music that I have, but I usually respond to all queries in the same way. I speculate that my existence [...]

Here’s something a little different for our audience. We’ve got two double passes to the Discover Dvořák concert at Angel Place Recital Hall, which we want to give away to you! On Monday 29 August, one of Australia’s most thought-provoking conductors will be running his third instalment of Discovery – A quarterly concert devoted to [...]

For Adam, the Bundanon retreat was about escapism and the productivity it brought to learning and rehearsals.