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Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Auditions in Munich, download the FLYER

Here's our updated section list:

1. Lin Jiang- Principal
2. vacant- Principal
3. vacant low horn - Sub- Principal
4. James Schumacher- Co-Principal
5. vacant low horn- Sub-Principal
6. Sim Chee Ghee- Assistant Principal

Anyone interested in the vacancy should email resume to :

Orchestra Manager
Mervyn Peters
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
mervyn@petronas.com.my

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Inner West Community Band

The Inner West Community Band is a brand new concert band welcoming new members to all sections. The band offers an opportunity to meet other community members while performing exciting and diverse repertoire at events such as community events, competitions and concerts.

Rehearsals are on Monday evenings, 7pm-9pm at Annandale Creative Arts Centre, Annandale. For more information email info@iwcb.org.au or visit www.iwcb.org.au

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A new community band is being formed to give players in the upper Hornsby - Ku Ring Gai area a chance to perform at a high standard while having fun and making friends.

Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 - 9:15 pm followed by a Jazz Band from 9.15 - 10.00pm at the new Centre for the Performing Arts (old Hornsby Bowling Club), Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby.

Instrumentalists are needed in every section.

For further information, phone:
Brass and Percussion - Claire 9482 1479
Woodwinds - Caitlin 9487 2764 or 0405 334 600

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City of Sydney Wind Symphony (A Grade Band) need Horn players for the Nationals in April.  The band rehearses Wednesday night at Willoughby. Contact them via their web site www.cityband.com.au

Woollahra Philharmonic Orchestra
The WPO performs four concerts a year and it's various wind, string and brass ensembles perform ad hoc recitals for the Woollahra Council and private functions.
The orchestra's programmes feature ripping repertoire for horns, Wagner, Bruckner, Sibelius, Stravinsky, you name it, we play it. We need more French Horn players of AMEB Grade 6 or equivalent standard.
Rehearsals are on Monday evenings at 7.30 in St Columbas Church, corner of Ocean St and Forth St. Woollahra.
Call Nigel Price on 0418203725 or visit www.wpo.org.au for more information.

The Kelvin Grove Wind Orchestra
The Kelvin Grove Wind Orchestra in Brisbane www.kgwo.org.au are running low on horn players. They are looking for players who are at least grade 5 or 6 standard.
They practice every Thursday night from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at the Old Museum Concert Hall, Cnr Bowen Bridge Rd and Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills. They perform at least 4 or 5 times a year.

North Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The NSSO needs horn players of minimum standard AMEB Grade 6 or equivalent. We perform concerts five times a year and rehearse at Crows Nest on Monday nights from 7.30pm. Our conductor is Steven Hillinger and our concertmaster, Shuti Huang (Sydney Symphony). Further information: www.nsso.org.au. Please contact Graham Ball on 9427 2404 or grahamvball@bigpond.com.

Amateur Chamber Music Society
The ACMS is an Australian mailing list of people who are interested in playing chamber music. We are currently looking for more horns to join. Our current membership is about 300 people from mainly Sydney but also around Australia. It includes string, wind and piano players of varying ability levels and ages.
Involvement in the group at a minimum is to pay the membership fee and receive the membership directory and the regular newsletters in the mail. At a maximum you can get involved in ad hoc chamber music playing at people's houses, attend the organized playing days (5 per year. Held on Sundays), go to the 3 day Wollongong camp on the Australia day long weekend. Perform in a Sunday sunset concert (held about every 2 months at Kirribilli neighbourhood centre), get involved in the much smaller Blue Mountains playing days. All involvement is entirely optional.
We have a committee which runs things and another committee which does the Wollongong camp. The group has been going for over 20 years.
We also have a library which currently has around 500 items, many only recently purchased. In this listing are around 50 pieces for wind quintet. We also have many other pieces involving horn including 4 quintets for horn and strings.
For more info visit our website
www.acms-sydney.org
where you will find details of how to join.

Inner West Concert Band is looking for players of all ages, skills and abilities to join. We really need flutes, clarinets, bassoons, trombones and clarinets but trumpets, saxophones, tubas, percussion and french horns are also very welcome. Rehearsal is on Thursday evenings, 7:30 at Burwood Girls High School, Queen St, Croydon. Conducted by Glenn Armitage the band was only formed in February this year. For more information call the school on 9747 3355.

Lane Cove Concert Band needs Horn players as well as other instrumentalists. They rehearse Thursday nights. Instruments are free to hire if they become a member of the band. Contact the Band Secretary, Elana Traurig, on 0419 614323 or 02 9416 6888

Ku Ring Gai Philharmonic Orchestra need some horn players. Grade 7 AMEB minimum standard. Please via www.kpo.org.au

Strathfield Symphony Orchestra need some horn players, they rehearse Monday nights at 7.45pm at the Strathfield Town Hall. Their Chief Conductor is Sarah-Grace Williams. Contact Bruce Lane or check  www.strathfieldsymphony.org.au

The Mosman Orchestra is looking for brass players, especially horns. As a community orchestra, TMO performs a variety of programmes each year, including a chamber music concert in a friendly, yet musically challenging atmosphere. For more information, contact the secretary