The West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra has been nurturing local talent for 40 years. Ara Jansen gets in the groove with some illustrious alumni ahead of a weekend of birthday celebrations.
Tag Archives: West Australian Youth Orchestra
Reviews
Symphonic apprenticeship hits the right notes
26 March 2023
The partnership with WASO is a learning experience to treasure for the young musicians of WAYO, writes Stewart Smith.
Young minds clear a way to brighter future
2 October 2022
Junior reviewers Isabel and Eddy Greentree appreciate the strong message about the need for change in this lively opera aimed at young audiences.
Powerful local voices sound a call to arms
2 October 2022
The drought is over at WA Opera as Rosalind Appleby discovers a delightfully diverse opera by a local composer that enthrals children and adults alike.
Features
What to SEE: Kids Spring gig guide
13 September 2022
With school holidays approaching, it is time for children to unleash their creative energy. Seesaw’s children’s editor Rosalind Appleby finds fun for the whole family.
Reviews
Marine motions in music
7 March 2022
In Become Ocean, WASO and WAYO offer two new works that tinker at the conceptual boundaries of Perth Festival’s theme “Wardan” (ocean), writes Claire Coleman.
Reviews
Dreaming a communal future
26 July 2021
A collaboration between two orchestras and Noongar soloists heralds a new era for the classical music industry, writes Rosalind Appleby
Reviews
Deep roots and musical connections
31 May 2021
Musicians of the West Australian Youth Orchestra bring grandeur to Nunggubuyu song and Mahler symphony, writes Claire Coleman.
Features
Orchestra leads Festival charge
25 January 2021
If you’ve been browsing the 2021 Perth Festival program you may have noticed an ensemble that keeps popping up in multiple guises. Ara Jansen investigates whether the West Australian Symphony Orchestra is the hardest working band this summer as they support local talent across four quite different events.
Podcasts
A Festival to crush cultural cringe
18 November 2020
Listen to Perth Festival Artistic Director Iain Grandage tell Nina Levy why he’s so excited to be presenting a local line-up in 2021.
