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Newsletter 26th May 2025

Register for Virtuosis 2025

Dear QMO & C Family,

Registration is now open for ‘ VIRTUOSIS’ - the QMO’s annual mid-year concert, which will be held on Sunday 13th July at ERPAC, St Laurence’ s College (South Brisbane) @ 2pm. This performance is always the highlight of our musical calendar, as we undertake more challenging repertoire from the canon of classical music. Moreover, we are delighted to be featuring the virtuosic talents of some amazing musicians within the QMO Family and have our fabulous choir joining in. We are excited to announce the following repertoire for this concert:

ACT ONE

  • Light Calvary Overture (von Suppe)
  • The Prayer from Jewish Life (Bloch) - soloist Sophie Weisselberg
  • Fanfare from La Peri (Dukas) - Team Brass
  • Violin Concerto 1st movement (Barber) - soloist Nathan Tie
  • Zadok the Priest (Handel) - orchestra + choir
  • Circle of Life (Elton John) - choir + Team Perky

ACT TWO

  • D’Un matin de printemps (Lili Boulanger)
  • Flute Concerto 1st movement (Reinecke) - soloist Rachel Kingswell 
  • I Will Follow Him from Sister Act - choir 
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 3rd movement (Tchaikovsky) - soloist Ethan Chen 
  • Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  • Farandole from L’ Arlesienne Suite (Bizet) - encore

This is exciting new repertoire which will make for a fantastic concert! The sheet music will be uploaded to our Music Library page during the next week, so keep your eyes peeled. For those who are joining us for the first time, the password is ‘qmofamily’. There you will find our music library with all the sheet music and YouTube videos to help hear the pieces.

Proceeds from this concert will be going to The Ashintosh Foundation, the charity arm of the Univeristy of Queensland Medical Society.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to join our ranks; we have open door policy and there are no auditions - as long as you think you are able to play/sing the music to a reasonable standard! In view of the challenging nature of the repertoire, please note that you must at least attend majority (4 out of 6) of the rehearsals to be able to participate in the concert. Please practise! 

See below for rehearsal dates and how to register for the rehearsal and concerts. Rehearsals commence Sunday 15thJune.

If you are unable to attend the rehearsals, but would still like to help out on the concert day, we are constantly looking for helpers with front of house, as well staging. If you are able to help out, please register to be a volunteer on the day via the same registration link as the players below. 

Tickets are also now on sale, so to start the ticket selling early, please help by:

Invite your friends, share and like our Facebook Event 
Send everyone the link for Tickets at Trybooking HERE
There will also be posters and postcards to distribute - this will be handed out at our first rehearsal. 

For those of you who are not already part of our Facebook group, please don't forget to join HERE, to receive any last minute updates on rehearsals. 


We hope you will be joining us for this wonderful showcase of the talent within the QMO Family. Please spread the word and help recruit as many QMO and QMC Family members as possible to play at this not to be missed concert.

 

In music,

Zac Cassard and Phil Wong

Your Conductors

 

How to Register

To Register for the Concert

To Register to participate in this concert:

  • Orchestra Members: Please Register HERE
  • Choir Members: Please Register HERE

You can also sign-up as a FOH or stage volunteer via either link. 

Don't forget, you will only get email updates about the concert if you register for the concert. 

To Sign up for Rehearsals

After you have registered, you will need to sign up for rehearsals:

Rehearsal Dates: 

ORCHESTRA - all rehearsals are at Clayfield College

  • Rehearsal 1 - Sunday 15th June  1pm - 5pm
  • Rehearsal 2 - Sunday 22nd June  1pm - 5pm
  • Rehearsal 3- Sunday 29th June  1pm - 5pm
  • Rehearsal 4 - Saturday 5th July  1pm - 5pm
  • Rehearsal 5 - Sunday 6th July  1pm - 5pm
  • Rehearsal 6 - Saturday 12th July  1pm - 5pm

CHOIR

  • Rehearsal 1: Tues 17th June 7pm-9pm @ Merthyr Road Uniting Church 
  • Rehearsal 2: Tues 24th June 7pm-9pm @ Merthyr Road Uniting Church 
  • Rehearsal 3: Tues 1st July 7pm-9pm @ Merthyr Road Uniting Church 
  • Rehearsal 4: Sun 6th July 1pm-5pm @ Clayfield College
  • Rehearsal 5: Tues 8th July 7pm-9pm @ Merthyr Road Uniting Church 
  • Rehearsal 6: Sat 12th July 1pm-5pm @ Clayfield College

For those you who are having trouble, please contact Geoff, our membership manager via email membership@qmo.org.au

Music and parts will be available for download via the Music Library (password 'qmofamily').

If you haven't already done so, please join our closed QMO Facebook group HERE, where you can check for last minute updates and changes. 

 

 

Save the Dates

QMO Concert 3 - Christmas

  • Rehearsal 1 - Sunday 23rd November  1pm - 5pm; Clayfield College
  • Rehearsal 2- Sunday 30th November  1pm - 5pm; Clayfield College
  • Rehearsal 3 - Saturday 6th December  1pm - 5pm; Clayfield College
  • Rehearsal 4 - Sunday 7th December  1pm - 5pm; Clayfield College
  • Rehearsal 5 - Saturday 13th December  1pm - 5pm; Clayfield College
  • Concert - Sunday 14th December at 2pm; Edmund Rice Performing Arts Centre, South Brisbane

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