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Toowoomba 16th June 2024 for the charity Life Flight
  • Verdi - Overture to the Force of Destiny
  • Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto with soloist Ike See
  • Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
  • Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Peter Luff (Conductor)

Melbourne 8th October 2023 for the charity Hush Foundation
  • Maria Grenfell – Rock Hopping
  • Nat Bartsch - Hope
  • Graeme Koehne - In Flight Entertainment for Oboe & Orchestra with soloist Briana Leaman
  • Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ with soloist Roslyn Carolane
Ingrid Martin (Conductor)

Adelaide 4th September 2022 for the charity HAS Foundation
  • Carl Otto Nicolai:  Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture
  • Robert Schumann:  Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 with soloist Greg Tuske
  • Edward Elgar:  Prelude to the oratorio “The Kingdom”, Op. 51
  • Richard Strauss:  Tod und Verklaerung, Op. 24
Nicholas Braithwaite (Conductor)

Orange 15th March 2020 for the charity Orange Push for Palliative
  • Tchaikovsky:  Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
  • Korngold:  Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 with soloist Rachael Kwa
  • Sibelius:  Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Carlo Antonioli (Conductor)

Hobart 2019 for the charity Lifeline Tasmania
  • Respighi:  Fountains of Rome
  • Sibelius:  Violin Concerto with soloist Kathryn Taylor
  • Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherezade
Phillip Taylor (Conductor)

Sunshine Coast 12th May 2019 for the charity Wishlist
  • Shostakovich:  Festival Overture
  • Gershwin:  Rhapsody in Blue with soloist Liam Viney
  • Rachmaninoff:  Symphony Number 2
Warwick Potter (Conductor)

Mount Gambier 10th June 2018 for the charity Stand Like Stone Foundation
  • Berlioz:  Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
  • Debussy:  Prelude a l'Apres Midi d'un Faun
  • Bottesini:  Concerto for Double Bass with soloist Kees Boersma
  • Prokofiev:  Excerpts from the ballet Cinderella
Nicholas Braithwaite (Conductor)

Sydney (Chatswood) 5th November 2017 for Huntington's NSW
  • Ravel:  Bolero
  • Rodrigo:  Concierto de Aranjuez with soloist Slava Grigoryan
  • Shostavovich:  Symphony No. 10
Nicholas Milton (Conductor)

Bendigo 23rd April 2017 for The OTIS Foundation
Warwick Stengards (Conductor)

Healesville 9th October 2016 for Healesville Hospital
  • Beethoven:  Prometheus Overture
  • Elgar:  Salut d'Amour
  • Vaughan-Williams:  Lark Ascending with soloist Caroline Hopson
  • Brahms:  Serenade No.2 op.16 (wind serenade) - 1st movement
  • Bach:  Brandenburg No.5 - 1st movement
  • Ravel:  Forlane and Rigaudon, from Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Delius:  On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
  • Schubert:  Symphony No.3 - 1st movement
Warwick Stengards (Conductor)

Darwin 19th June 2016 for Anglicare, Pandanus Program
  • Shostakovich:   Symphony No. 5
  • Tchaikovsky:  Violin Concerto with soloist Veronique Serret
  • Applegate:   Dysdiadochokineses
Matthew Wood (Conductor)

Brisbane 11th October 2015 for Day of Difference Foundation
  • Auber:   Bronze Horse Overture
  • Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Evgeny Uhanov
  • Beethoven:   Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 - 'Pastoral'
Phillip Taylor (Conductor)

Port Macquarie 29th March 2015

  • Rossini:   'Barber of Seville Overture'
  • Brahms:   'Nanie' (with choir)
  • Hoffmeister:   'Viola Concerto' 1st movement with soloist Beth Condon
  • Hummel:   'Trumpet Concerto' 1st movement with soloist Jason Heise
  • Schubert:   'Unfinished Symphony'
Warwick Stengards (Conductor)

for two charities - Australian Centre for Arts and Health and Unicorn Foundation.
Perth 24th August 2014

Featuring solists and choir from Churchlands Senior High School
Warwick Stengards (Conductor)

for The Centre for Cerebral Palsy (TCCP). Proudly sponsored by B Braun.

Geelong 13th April 2014
  • Soloist Lee Abrahmsen
  • Beethoven:   'Ah Perfido' (with Soloist)
  • Gluck:   'Air vif' from 'Orfeo'
  • Marshall Hall:   'Long After' (with Soloist)
  • Edwards:    'Ecstatic Dance'
  • Haydn:    Symphony 99
  • Warwick Stengards (Conductor)
for Anam Cara. Proudly sponsored by B Braun.
2pm 8th September 2013
Adelaide Town Hall
  • Soloist Peter Handsworth
  • Alfred Uhl:   Concertante for Clarinet
  • Miriam Hyde:   Village Fair
  • Weber:   Concertino for Clarinet Op. 26
  • Brahms:    2nd Symphony
  • Warwick Stengards (Conductor)
for Glaucoma Australia. Proudly sponsored by B Braun.

2pm 28th April 2013
Newcastle Conservatorium Hall
for Hunter Children's Research Foundation. Proudly sponsored by B Braun.

Our 20th Anniversary Concert
2pm 16th September 2012
Melbourne Town Hall
for Australian Rotary Health. Proudly sponsored by B Braun.

2pm 29th April 2012
Wendouree Performing Arts Centre, Ballarat
  • Robert Hughes:  Linn O'Dee
  • Soloists Douglas Coghill (Viola) and Liz Gormley (Violin) performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
  • Grieg:   Norwegian Dances Op. 35
  • Walton:   Suite from Henry V
  • Dr Joanna Drimatis (Conductor)
for Ballarat Health Services Foundation. Proudly sponsored by B Braun.

2pm Sunday 18th September 2011 2pm
Sydney Town Hall, Sydney
for Youth Off The Streets and Children’s Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Proudly sponsored by B Braun.

2pm Sunday 22nd August 2010
Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
  • Rossini:  Overture from The Barber of Seville
  • Soloist Louise McKay performing Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor
  • Tchaikovsky:   Symphony No. 4
  • Keith Crellin (Conductor)
for Australian Rotary Health. and proudly sponsored by B Braun.

2pm Sunday 13th September 2009
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
for Cystic Fibrosis Victoria.

Sunday 24th August 2008
Bond University, Gold Coast
  • Beethoven:  Egmont Overture
  • Soloist Clemens Leske playing Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Holst:  The Planets
  • Keith Crellin (Conductor)
for The Australian Lung Foundation.

12 Aug 2007  (Flyer)
Sydney Town Hall
for Arthritis Australia.

22 Oct 2006  (Poster)
Adelaide
for The Heart Foundation (SA).

11 Sep 2005  (Flyer)
Canberra
for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

2004
Melbourne
for David Williams Fund (a program of the Victorian AIDS Council).

2003
Perth Winthrop Hall
for Western Australian Cancer Foundation


2002
Sydney Town Hall
for Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.

2001
Brisbane City Hall
for Princess Alexandra Hospital Foundation.

2000
Hobart City Hall
for Tascare Society for Children and Tasmanian Association of Disabled Persons.

1999
Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University
for Brainwave

1998
Adelaide Town Hall
for The Australian Craniofacial Foundation.

1997
Sydney Town Hall
for The Glaucoma Foundation of Australia, Inc.

1996
Melbourne Town Hall
for Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children in Victoria.

1995
Sydney Premiere Concert, Sydney Town Hall
for Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute.

1994
Melbourne Town Hall
for the Victorian District Nursing Service and the Hollows Foundation

1993
Premiere Concert, Melba Hall
for Multiple Sclerosis Society.