Video from a recent concert

The following links are to YouTube videos provided by the family of our recent soloist, Charlotte Miles, and contain her performances at our May 2016 concert.

Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
Paganini: Variations on a theme by Rossini
Tchaikovsky: Nocturne

Conductors
Jules Cseszkó / Willem van der Vis

Orchestra Manager
Ruth Muir
(03) 9818 0801

Assistant Manager
Nola Meredith
(03) 9857 6578

Contact and bookings via U3A Hawthorn Office
(03) 9821 0282

For U3A Hawthorn Website click here

The orchestra began in mid-1997 as a very small group of musicians, several of whom had worked years before with George Logie-Smith, our first Director. From March 2000 we enjoyed the guidance of Christopher Martin, whose reputation attracted many more players, and we grew to some 55 members, including several ex-MSO members and many enthusiastic and skilled amateur musicians. Our conductors for 2016 are Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó and Willem Van Der Vis. We give 3 concerts a year and since 2012 have followed our final concert with visits to at least 1 Primary school in the region, choosing schools with little or no music education programs. These have been enthusiastically received, and the players enjoy the experience of interacting with the children. We hope to continue this practice in the future.

To read more of our history click here

See a video of our string quintet recorded 22 August 2015 click here

The Players

First Violin Leader Neville Philpot / Jaynee Russell-Clarke* Joan Abbott, Margaret Boyle, Rudolph Dombrovski, Karen Love, Marcella Petersen, Elizabeth Torrance, Mary-Helen Woods
Second Violin Graeme Barker [Principal], Bibi Aickin, Alfred Artingstall, Irene Ayton, Loris Balderson, Margaret Brauer, Prue Brown, Jasmine Brunner, Anne Byrne, Brian Mee, Beth Stengards, Margaret Wu
Viola Geoff Gloster [Principal], Angela Glover, John Hughes, Hugh McMaster*, Erik Pool
Cello Faye Goldsmith [Principal], Heather Ambrose, Arthur Braun, Margot Bremner, Gina Cowling, Barbara Hetherington, Isolde Kinns, Marian Neal, Claire Sheppard, Helen Wilkinson
Double Bass Earle Hunter [Principal], Bill Clark, Sid Cowling
Flute & Piccolo Mary Keusgen [Principal], Annette Sloan, Jo Stewart
Oboe Elspeth Noxon, Terry Smith
Clarinet Robert Dorin [Principal], Heather Crockart, Phillip Norris
Bassoon Barbara Trauer [Principal], Rob Weiss
French Horn Brian Sorenson, Robyn Sorenson, David Keeffe*, Sandy Price*
Trumpet Barry McKimm [Principal], Nicholas Day-Lewis
Trombone Len Western [Principal], Michael Cousins, David MacArthur,
Tuba Naham Warhaft
Timpani Bruce Lancashire
Percussion Roslyn Evans*, Peter Robb*
* denotes guest players