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WAAPA
2021
Performance Program
Western Australian Academy
of Performing Arts
1
Edith Cowan
University
acknowledges
and respects
its continuing
association with the welcome
Noongar people,
the traditional
custodians of the
land upon which its
campuses stand.
Samuel Yombich Pilot-Kickett performing smoking ceremony in the Enright Studio 2019.
2 Photo by Kathy Wheatley 3
2021
Founding Pianos
Founding Pianos is Edith Cowan University’s
internationally recognised collection of 18th,
19th and 20th century keyboards.
Program Index
MAR MAY JUN SEP OCT NOV
The collection features more than 160 rare, and
in some instances unique, historical keyboard
instruments. 19 3-7 4-7 2 1-2 4-6
ECU’s City Campus, opening in 2025, will Defying Gravity Sound Spectrum In the Flesh 33 The Mingus Stereo Action 23 Folds 50
become home to Founding Pianos. This high- Under the Stars 9 2021.1 11 Dynasty 20
10-16 3 6
profile location will ensure that ECU and 25 6 Gloria 41 2-3 Alternative History Wonder 51
Founding Pianos remain at the forefront of To the Hands: Tango Nuevo 10 Chamber Music of 19th Century
Buxtehude, Bach & 11-17 Spectacular 20 Opera & Song 23 11-18
piano performance, education, research and 6 &8 Crazy For You 54 Aboriginal
Shaw 8
conservation. Grand Designs: 9 7 Performance 45
25-31 Jazz and the World 12 14-17 Torn Edge 20 Royal Over-Seas
In 2021, the Founding Pianos project continues Rise 32 12-18
Ellida 40 League Showcase 23
to gain momentum. 7-8 9-15 Bright Star 55
25-31 The Warana Prize 15-16 Human Cannon 43 10
This year, an 1824 Broadwood Grand Piano that The Caucasian 'Romeo & Juliet' 13 Starstruck 16 The Faces of 13-18
belonged to a member of Joseph Haydn’s London Chalk Circle 48 10-16 Parnassus 23 Summer Rain 43
9 Cabaret 55
JUL
orchestra will return from restoration in Belgium 15-18
26-31 Massed Sax 13 11-15
into the hands of enthusiastic students. Restart 32 10-16 Sound Spectrum A Suite en Blanc 35
The Founding Pianos 1779 Pether Square Piano 13 The Pirates of 2021.2 25
26-31 Jazz Young Artist 30 Penzance 21
is part of a community-engagement project at the Into the Woods 55 Ensemble 13 Celebrate! WAAPA 13
historically significant Strawberry Hill Farm in Salutes ECU's 30th 14-15 Rejoice! 24
28 13-15 Anniversary 17 Songbook Sessions 22
Albany, a joint initiative between ECU and the At Home with Super Nova 14 14
National Trust. Haydn & Mozart 9 14-18 Rothko Chapel 25
These pianos have lived rich lives and with your
contribution, we can ensure the sounds of the
31
Mix't Magic 9
20
Earth, Sea and Sky:
Australian Guitar 15
AUG Julius Caesar
15-25
42
15-16
Mendelssohn's
12 Tilt 49
past are rediscovered and shared with future Italian Baroque 18 'Italian' Symphony 25
21
generations. 16
We invite you to join us on this extraordinary APR American Beauty 15
22
15
Miraculous Mozart 18
Postgraduate
Research Showcase 36
17
The Voice of
Mozart 26
journey. For further information, contact ECU’s 1 Brassed Off 15 19 17
Office of Development and Alumni Relations on Phat Funk! 9 Journey in Swing 18 21
27 Peruano Canta: La Vie Parisienne 26
(08) 6304 2761. 15 Sounds of Brazil 16 Live Recording 22
20
Sign up to receive the Founding Pianos Music of Michael Goldschlager: 21
John Scofield 10 27 30 Rise Up 37
newsletter at development@ecu.edu.au or visit Leunig's Prayer The Cello Show 18 Stereo Action 23
foundingpianos.com.au. 15-16 Book 16 26-27 22
Music for the Music for 18 Mendelssohn's
28
FOUNDING PIANOS SERIES Royal Fireworks 10
Piano Postcards 16 Muscians 19 String Octet 27
At Home with Haydn and Mozart – page 9 18 22-28
26-28
Miraculous Mozart – page 18 Open Day 58 Generator 2021 48 Icon: Extraordinary
Event 34
The Faces of Parnassus – page 23 22 27
There’ll Always be an England – page 27 Postgraduate Radio Active 28
Research Showcase 36 Albany 20 Classical Music
Accolades 27
28
Morning Melodies: 29
Cool Classics 10 Spooktacular! 27
foundingpianos.com.au 31
There'll Always be
an England 27
4 Founding Pianos. Photo by James Kilian 5
Music
CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSITION & MUSIC
Defying Gravity Under the Stars TECHNOLOGY
To the Hands: Buxtehude, Bach & Shaw Tango Nuevo
At Home with Haydn and Mozart Sound Spectrum 2021.1
Mix't Magic Rothko Chapel
Music for the Royal Fireworks Sound Spectrum 2021.2
The Warana Prize and ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Massed Sax
Super Nova CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Earth, Sea and Sky: The Australian Guitar
American Beauty Morning Melodies: Cool Classics
Leunig’s Prayer Book Starstruck
Piano Postcards Radio Active Albany
Celebrate! WAAPA Salutes ECU's 30th Anniversary Songbook Sessions
Italian Baroque
Miraculous Mozart
Michael Goldschlager: The Cello Show
JAZZ
Music for 18 Musicians Phat Funk!
Chamber Music Spectacular Music of John Scofield
Torn Edge Grand Designs: Jazz and the World
The Pirates of Penzance WAAPA Jazz Young Artists Ensemble
Stereo Action Brassed Off
An Alternative History: 19th Century Opera & Song Sounds of Brazil
Royal Over-Seas League Showcase Journey in Swing
The Faces of Parnassus The Mingus Dynasty
Rejoice! Peruano Canta - Live Recording
Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony
The Voice of Mozart
La Vie Parisienne
Mendelssohn's String Octet
Classical Music Accolades
Spooktacular!
There’ll Always be an England
6 Photo by Jon Stapleton 7
Tickets Bookings now open
Defying Gravity FREMANTLE ARTS $24 Full Tel: 9432 9555
To the Hands: Under the Stars CENTRE $15 Concession/Friends or fac.org.au
Buxtehude, Bach & Shaw Mar
Music Director Percussion virtuoso Joshua Webster powers up with Defying
Tim White Gravity, creating musical magic amidst the trees and gardens of
Performed by the Fremantle Arts Centre. The rapturous sounds of ancient and
Defying Gravity
ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL Victoria Square, Perth M T W T F S S
percussion ensemble
modern percussion fill the air with energy and rhythm, in a feast
19
with Joshua Webster
of music from Latin America and beyond. Enjoy an unforgettable
This program of divine praise features the superb voices of the WAAPA Classical Chorale (percussion) night of beautiful music under the stars!
7.00pm
and student soloists conducted by Kristin Bowtell in the magnificent surrounds of St. Mary’s
Cathedral. Hear the passion in Rachmaninoff's Bogoroditsye Devo, Knut Nystedt’s mesmerizing *Gates open at 6.00pm
take on Bach, plus Dieterich Buxtehude's moving Ad manus from his cantata cycle Membra
Jesu Nostri and Caroline Shaw's modern reworking of this piece, To the Hands. With special
guest artists including violinist Paul Wright and organist Stewart Smith, this promises to be a 1 Finnerty St, Fremantle
night of transcendental bliss.
Tickets
$32 Full Bookings open
Music Director Kristin Bowtell At Home with Haydn RICHARD GILL $27 Concession Friends 23 Feb
Performed by WAAPA Classical Chorale, Classical Voice students, String Camerata, and Mozart AUDITORIUM $25 Friends Public 2 Mar
Paul Wright (violin) and Stewart Smith (organ)
Mar
Performed by Dusk spreads. Haydn and Mozart close the window shutters
Mar
Geoffrey Lancaster of their homes as they fortify themselves against the advancing
Bookings open (fortepiano) with
Friends 23 Feb Australian Baroque
dark. The composers’ servants hasten home, scurrying back with
Public 2 Mar M T W T F S S sausages, oysters and tea. Chairs are positioned, candles lit, and
MT W T F S S 28 friends gather to hear Haydn and Mozart play. Join Australian
25 Tickets
$34 Full
Baroque with Geoffrey Lancaster on fortepiano as they perform
3.00pm
$29 Concession scintillating trios by Haydn and Mozart; the concert is lyrically
7.30pm crowned by Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A major KV 414.
$27 Friends
foundingpianos.com.au
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 23 Feb
Mix't Magic AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 2 Mar
Mar
Music Directors Mix’t returns with a swag of new compositions, including James
Matt Styles Ledger’s Mementi, Callum O’Reilly’s Noboru the Cat and a magical
Paul Tanner
new work by Kathy Potter. Featuring the musical wizardry
M T W T F S S Performed by of Adam Pinto on piano, Matthew Styles on all manner of
Mix't Trio
31 saxophones and wind instruments, and Paul Tanner at his unique
'marimba-vibe' double keyboard, Mix’t will enthrall you with their
7.30pm
blend of musical styles, sounds, virtuosity and improvisation.
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
$15 Concession Friends 23 Feb
Phat Funk! THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 2 Mar
Apr
Music Director Come witness the sensational sounds and outstanding grooves of
Ben Falle the Phat Funk Band in a new musical extravaganza. Get down and
Performed by boogie with classic soul, neo-soul, funk and R&B favourites. These
M T W T F S S Phat Funk Band talented student musicians will bring the house down with their
1 powerful performance, soaring horn section and exciting solos.
7.30pm
8 Requiem 2019. Photo by Stephen Heath 9
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
Music of John $15 Concession Friends 23 Feb
Scofield THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 2 Mar
Sound Spectrum 2021.1 FREE EVENT
Apr
Music Director American jazz-rock guitarist and composer John Scofield is a living
Freddie Grigson legend, influencing jazz since the late 70s and still going strong Composition and Music Technology's mini-festival of new sounds showcases students and staff
Performed by today. With his distinctive sound and stylistic diversity, Scofield is in five nights of original music. Hear experimental acoustic and electronic music performances,
M T W T F S S Jazz Guitar Ensemble a masterful improviser whose music generally falls between post-
with alumni
installations, audio visual works, DJ artists and world premieres from the West Australian Laptop
15 bop, funk-edged jazz and R&B. This concert features music from Orchestra, ECUatorial, Listener Ensemble, Shock of the New and more.
Arrangements are two of his albums, Electric Outlet (1984) and Quiet (1996), as the
7.30pm courtesy of Freddie Music Director Lindsay Vickery
Grigson, Kristian
Jazz Guitar Ensemble is joined by WAAPA alumni to honour this
Borring, Sam Foster, guitar great. Performed by Composition and Music Technology students and staff
Ben Jobson and
Bryn Larkin
May
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open MT W T F SS Bookings open
Music for the RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 23 Feb 3 4 5 7 Friends 13 Apr
royal fireworks AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 2 Mar Public 20 Apr
7.30pm
Apr
Music Directors A night of chamber music overflowing with energy and passion.
Tim White WAAPA's elite Indian Ocean Ensemble brings to life George
Paul Wright
Frideric Handel's much-loved Music for the Royal Fireworks.
M T W T F S S
15 16
Performed by
Indian Ocean Ensemble
String, wind, brass and percussion students join in to entertain
with their own favourite chamber music works, including a
Sound Spectrum 2021.2 FREE EVENT
vibrant new creation from WAAPA's Seven Seas World Music New voices and new sounds abound in this week of world premieres by Composition and Music
7.30pm Ensemble. Technology students and staff. Concerts include the Listener Ensemble, ECUatorial composers’
orchestra, the West Australian Laptop Orchestra, Shock of the New and Spatial Music performance.
Don’t miss this explosion of creative energy featuring new music by over 50 young composers!
Music Director Lindsay Vickery
Tickets
$30* Full Bookings now open Performed by Composition and Music Technology students and staff
Morning Melodies: HIS MAJESTY'S $20* Child (Ages 4-15) Tel: 6212 9292
Cool classics
Music Director
THEATRE $24* Groups (8+)
This spectacular seven-piece band of WAAPA graduates takes
or ptt.wa.gov.au
Oct
Apr Matt Allen
Performed by
you back in time with vibrant pop hits from the 60s and 70s!
Enjoy all-time favourite songs from a diverse range of genres,
M T W T F S S
11 12 13 15
Bookings open
Friends 7 Sep
M T W T F S S
Contemporary Music such as Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi, The Supremes' You Can't Public 14 Sep
alumni
28 Hurry Love, Aretha Franklin's Natural Woman, and Simon and 7.30pm
Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, as well as hits from
11.00am Carol King, David Bowie and The Beatles. Cool Classics is sure to For venue details, go to waapa.ecu.edu.au
get your feet tapping!
*Handling fees per transaction, please refer to ptt.wa.gov.au
825 Hay Street, Perth
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 23 Feb
Tango nuevo AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 2 Mar
Join Composition and Music Technology students and staff in
May
Music Director
Lindsay Vickery celebrating the centenary of the birth of the world's foremost
Performed by composer of tango music, Astor Piazzolla. Over 60 years Piazzolla
M T W T F S S Composition and expanded and deepened the Argentine dance genre, infusing it
Music Technology
6 students and staff
with elements of jazz, classical chamber music and neo-classicism.
with Dance students In this concert students respond to the work of this great 20th
7.30pm century composer by creating 'new' tangos that will be performed
by our Dance students.
10 Light That Is Waiting. Image by Cissi Tsang 11
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Grand Designs: The Warana Prize
and 'Romeo & Juliet'
RICHARD GILL
AUDITORIUM
$25 Concession
$23 Friends
Friends 23 Feb
Public 2 Mar
Jazz and The World WAAPA’s three leading instrumentalists join the WAAPA
May
Music Director
Peter Moore OAM Symphony Orchestra to battle it out in the final of the prestigious
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE Performed by 2021 Warana Prize, in a night of drama and superb musicianship
M T W T F S S WAAPA Symphony as each student performs their favourite concerto movement.
WAAPA has produced a myriad of innovative and world-class jazz composers and arrangers now Orchestra and Warana
located, seen and heard on stages all over the globe. For this special concert we've commissioned 7 8 Prize finalists
Internationally-renowned conductor Peter Moore OAM leads
brand new music from our alumni, sparked by one central question: How would you change the the orchestra through Elena Kats-Chernin's ravishing Wild Swans
7.30pm Suite and Sergei Prokofiev's thrilling music for Romeo and Juliet,
world? These outstanding jazz scribes will lead us through a unique concert event – interconnected
by massive musical ideas for all our ensembles – including a combined big band and vocal choir. an extraordinary musical tale of doomed love. A wonderful
evening of orchestral music at its best.
Commissions from star WAAPA jazz alumni, including Sarah McKenzie (USA),
Mat Jodrell (USA/MEL), Alana Macpherson (GER), Troy Roberts (USA), Vanessa Perica (MEL),
Grant Windsor (UK/PER), Tom O’Halloran (PER/SYD), Johannes Luebbers (MEL).
Generously supported by the Minderoo Foundation
Music Director Tom O’Halloran
Tickets
Performed by Jazz students $30 Full Bookings open
GEOFF GIBBS $25 Concession Friends 23 Feb
May MASSED SAX THEATRE $23 Friends Public 2 Mar
The Massed Sax project returns to WAAPA in 2021! Still the
May
Music Director
MT W T F S S Matt Styles biggest saxophone event of its kind in Australia, Massed Sax brings
6 8 Performed by together saxophone players from every corner of Western Australia
M T W T F S S Matt Styles, and beyond to join in a celebration of the world’s most versatile
The 'Phone Co.,
7.30pm 9 and the Massed Sax
instrument. Led by WAAPA saxophone lecturer Matt Styles and
Orchestra The 'Phone Co., this is an event where the saxophone brings
Tickets 7.00pm concert together jazz, classical, contemporary and world music.
$40 Full
$35 Concession Sax players are invited to register as a participant at
$33 Friends waapa.ecu.edu.au
Audience members may purchase tickets to the 7.00pm concert.
Bookings open
Friends 23 Feb
Public 2 Mar
Bookings open
WAAPA Jazz Young Friends 13 Apr
Artists Ensemble THE EDITH FREE EVENT Public 20 Apr
WAAPA is proud to welcome back this exciting showcase of the
May
Music Directors
Jazz staff rising talent of the Western Australian jazz world. High school
Performed by students from years 10, 11 and 12 across WA are invited to
M T W T F S S Jazz staff and selected perform with this elite group and receive tutoring by WAAPA’s
WA high school jazz
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students
incredible Jazz staff. The group meets for six weeks to workshop
tunes and ideas for exploration and improvisation, culminating in
7.00pm this unique free concert.
12 13
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Earth, Sea and Sky:
SUper nova The Australian Guitar
RICHARD GILL
AUDITORIUM
$25 Concession
$23 Friends
Friends 13 Apr
Public 20 Apr
RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM
May
Music Director The creative vision of new Australian music for the guitar is one
Jonathan Paget that is expansive and poetic, adapting to the inspiring vistas
Mercurial composer, performer and conductor David Pye has transformed the art of
percussion in WA. Sparks fly as Pye leads Defying Gravity into a magical world of
Performed by of our picturesque landscapes and the oddities of our unique
M T W T F S S Classical Guitar natural environment. This event combines performances of
sound, rhythm and groove – using marimbas, vibraphones and a kaleidoscope of exotic students and staff
percussion instruments. You’ll also hear percussion masterworks by Edgard Varèse and
20
with Glen Phillips
new and recent Australian guitar works with readings of poems
Iannis Xenakis, plus Brazilian samba. 7.30pm and guest artists by acclaimed poet Glen Phillips – a poet renowned for his
expressive depictions of uniquely Western Australian settings.
It’s an electrifying celebration of the art of percussion! Works include guitar solos and chamber works performed by
students, staff and selected special guest artists.
“A thundering success… white-hot intensity… a riveting experience in both sonic and
visual terms… unfettered listening pleasure” – Neville Cohn, OZ Arts Review
Music Director Tim White
Performed by Defying Gravity with David Pye
May Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
M T W T F S S Tickets Bookings open RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 13 Apr
13 14 15* $30 Full Friends 13 Apr AMERICAN BEAUTY AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 20 Apr
$25 Concession Public 20 Apr
May
7.30pm $23 Friends Music Director A program of sensational string chamber music, directed by Paul
Paul Wright Wright and headlined by Aaron Copland’s thrilling Clarinet
Matinee Performed by Concerto performed by WAAPA’s Head of Woodwind, Philip
Sat 15 May, 3.00pm M T W T F S S String Camerata Everall. Composed for the renowned jazz clarinettist Benny
with Philip Everall
*No evening performance 21 Goodman, the work showcases Latin-American rhythms and a
virtuosic cadenza. This modern American beauty complements
7.30pm
Tchaikovsky’s romantic String Sextet ‘Souvenir de Florence’, written
as a tribute to the composer’s favourite European city, plus other
string chamber gems.
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
$15 Concession Friends 13 Apr
Brassed Off THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 20 Apr
May
Music Director Brassed Off returns for 2021 with an exciting foray into New
Jeremy Greig Orleans funk. This concert showcases contemporary pop songs
Performed by with a funky brass flavour that is guaranteed to get you moving.
M T W T F S S Jazz Brass students, Featuring the full gamut of brass instruments, from sousaphone to
staff and community
22 pocket trumpet, this will be an epic adventure – don’t miss out!
7.30pm
14 15
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
SOUNDS OF BRAzIL THE EDITH
$15 Concession
$13 Friends
Friends 13 Apr
Public 20 Apr Celebrate!
May
Music Director
Chris Tarr
Brazilian music first entered popular culture with Antonio Carlos
Jobim and Luis Bonfa’s songs in the 1960’s film Black Orpheus. ECU''s 30th Anniversary
WAAPA salutes ECU
Performed by Suddenly, bossa nova was the new groove and Brazilian music soon PERTH CONCERT HALL 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth
M T W T F S S Brazilian Ensemble blended with jazz and popular styles to take on a life of its own.
27 Modern composers such as Djavan, Milton Nascimento, Egberto WAAPA proudly celebrates the 30th anniversary of Edith Cowan University in a spectacular gala
7.30pm
Gismonte, Sérgio Mendes and Ivan Lins became stars in Brazil but concert at the Perth Concert Hall.
largely remained unknown to the rest of the world. This concert
is a celebration of these musicians and the incredible array of Showcasing the incredible talents and creativity of WAAPA’s students, staff and alumni, this
rhythms, songs and sounds from this part of the world. performance extravaganza takes audiences on a rich and diverse journey through music, theatre
and dance – with some very special guests and a few extra surprises along the way!
Join us for an amazing party, as WAAPA celebrates 30 wonderful years at ECU and we look
Tickets towards an exciting and inspiring future.
$30 Full Bookings open Don’t miss this incredibly special event!
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 13 Apr
Leunig’s Prayer Book AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 20 Apr Performed by WAAPA students, staff, alumni and special guests
May
Music Director
Philip Everall
Take a musical meditation through the seasons with the
Symphonic Wind Ensemble as they perform Symphony No. 1, July
Performed by Leunig’s Prayer Book by Australian composer Jodie Blackshaw, MT W T F S S Tickets Bookings open
M T W T F S S Symphonic Wind inspired by poet Michael Leunig's four prayers. The concert
Ensemble 30 $50 Full Friends 13 Apr
27 also features Scenes from the Louvre by award-winning composer $45 Concession Public 20 Apr
7.30pm
Norman Dello Joio, a five-movement suite for band that traces the 7.30pm $43 Friends Tel: 9231 9999
history of the world's most famous museum through Renaissance- perthconcerthall.com.au
era inspired music.
*Booking fees may apply
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 13 Apr
PIANO POSTCARDS AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 20 Apr
May
Music Director Still miss travelling? Come join us for the best alternative –
Anna Sleptsova beautiful piano music! Be taken on an adventure of evocative
Performed by musical scenes and exotic sounds through the vast repertoire of the
M T W T F S S Classical Piano modern piano. Led by Anna Sleptsova, the talented students and
students and staff
28 staff of WAAPA's piano department will present 'postcards' from a
fascinating musical journey.
7.30pm
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
$15 Concession Friends 13 Apr
STARSTRUCK THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 20 Apr
Jun
Music Director Starstruck 2021 showcases WAAPA's fabulously creative Music
Vinnie Crea Artists performing great original songs, classic rearrangements
Performed by and a combo of acoustic and band driven entertainment. Be
M T W T F S S Music Artist students prepared for a night of delight in our beautiful The Edith
15 16 Spiegeltent as our Diploma and Advanced Diploma students
present unique performances which highlight the Music Artist
7.30pm
journey.
16 Photo by Jon Green 17
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
ITALIAN BAROQUE
RICHARD GILL
AUDITORIUM
$25 Concession
$23 Friends
Friends 20 Jul
Public 27 Jul Music for 18 Musicians
RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM
Aug
Music Director The new music of 17th century Italy – opera, sonatas, cantatas
Stewart Smith and oratorios – called upon singers and players to move the
Smashing musical boundaries, Steve Reich’s iconic Music for
Performed by emotions of the audience. With fire, virtuosity and passion, we
Classical Music 18 Musicians is one of the defining works of the 20th century.
M T W T F S S present a glimpse of some of the finest music of that age. Excerpts
students and staff Bringing together Reich’s loves of classical music, African
12 from Monteverdi’s l’Orfeo and Carissimi’s oratorio Jepthe will be
drumming, jazz and pop, 18 had an instant and overwhelming
heard alongside instrumental music by Corelli and Uccellini.
7.30pm effect at its premiere. Its shimmering and rippling musical tapestry
continues to have an appeal and significance that mesmerises
audiences, transcends boundaries and defines ‘timeless’.
Music Director Tim White
Tickets Performed by Indian Ocean Ensemble
$32 Full Bookings open
Miraculous Mozart
RICHARD GILL
AUDITORIUM
$27 Concession
$25 Friends
Friends 20 Jul
Public 27 Jul Aug Tickets
$30 Full
Bookings open
Friends 20 Jul
$25 Concession Public 27 Jul
Join us for an exhilarating exercise in musical time travel. Enjoy
Aug
Performed by MT W T F S S
Geoffrey Lancaster $23 Friends
Mozart at his finest as Geoffrey Lancaster on fortepiano and 26 27
(fortepiano) with
Oscar's Wild Quokkas
Oscar’s Wild Quokkas – Helen Kruger (violin), Paul Wright
M T W T F S S (viola) and Noeleen Wright (cello) – present the Fortepiano 7.30pm
15 Sonata in C major KV 330, the Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major
KV 493, and the premiere performance in Perth of Mozart’s Piano
3.00pm Quartet No. 3 in E-flat major KV 452.
foundingpianos.com.au
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
$15 Concession Friends 20 Jul
Journey in Swing THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 27 Jul
Aug
Music Director The WAAPA Big Band is an 18-piece group that embraces the
Jeremy Greig best music that big band has to offer. Join us for big band classics,
Performed by vocal classics, and modern interpretations of some of the world’s
M T W T F S S WAAPA Big Band most famous songs all in one entertaining performance.
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7.30pm
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Michael Goldschlager: RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
The Cello Show AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
Aug
Performed by Internationally-renowned cello soloist Michael Goldschlager
Michael Goldschlager explores the gems of the solo cello repertoire, including works
by JS Bach and others, in an audience-friendly presentation
M T W T F S S of masterworks. Goldschlager infuses the evening with stories,
20 anecdotes and fascinating little-known information about the
cello, and performs on his own magnificent instrument – made in
7.30pm France in 1780 for the court of Louis XVI.
"Goldschlager imbues the music with deep, intense personal
emotion." – Limelight Magazine
18 19Tickets Bookings open
ALBANY $35 Full Tuesday 20 Jul
ENTERTAINMENT $30 Concession Tel: (08) 6212 9292
Radio Active Albany CENTRE *Booking fees may apply ptt.wa.gov.au
Aug
Music Directors Radio Active is a special, one-off performance presented at the
Matt Allen beautiful Albany Entertainment Centre by the students of
Ric Eastman
Albany Senior High School, Great Southern Grammar and
M T W T F S S Performed by WAAPA Contemporary Music. It is the culmination of a series of
Contemporary Music
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students with Albany
workshops run over a week by the WAAPA Contemporary Music
Senior High School and staff combining secondary and tertiary students, who present
7.30pm in one of WA's finest theatres. The performance covers a wide
Great Southern Grammar
students musical base from pop to rock, R'n'B to soul and funk classics in a
spectacularly produced concert with a huge cast of talented young
musicians and singers.
2 Toll Place, Albany
Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open
The Mingus $15 Concession Friends 20 Jul
Dynasty THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 27 Jul
Sep
Music Director Charles Mingus was a firebrand bandleader, virtuoso jazz musician
Pete Jeavons and prolific composer. His music, with its rapid shifts in mood
Performed by and tempo, blurred the boundaries between improvisation and
M T W T F S S Mingus Ensemble composition. It is still very much alive and well today, influencing
2 music artists all over the world. WAAPA's Jazz students play a
selection on Mingus' most famous works, tinged with soul, hard
7.30pm
bop, gospel, free jazz and classical music, in an uplifting tribute
concert to this American jazz legend.
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Chamber Music RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
Spectacular AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
Sep
Music Directors
Paul Wright
An enchanting evening of chamber music at its best! WAAPA’s
leading instrumentalists join the Indian Ocean Ensemble to
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Tim White
perform their favourite music – from the masterworks of JS Bach GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE
M T W T F S S Performed by and Mozart through to sparkling new works filled with excitement
2 3 Indian Ocean
and imagination. It’s a chamber music experience to warm the Confounding conundrums and perplexing paradoxes, this is the very model of the modern major
Ensemble
heart and delight the soul. musical! Gilbert and Sullivan’s most loved musical treasure is a rapturous tale of time-vexed lovers
7.30pm and pirates both of the land and sea. Presented by the Classical Voice students, join us for a rollicking
evening of toe-tapping operetta delight.
Director Brendan Hanson
Tickets Music Director Burhan Güner
$30 Full Bookings open Performed by Classical Voice students with the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
torn edge AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
Sep
Sep Whether you enjoy listening to classical orchestras, jazz, pop, rock
Music Directors
Matt Styles or Eastern-European folk music, this show will spin, twist and M T W T F S S Tickets Bookings open
Jazmin Ealden
fuse the music you love into an extraordinary palette of exciting 10 11 $50 Full Friends 20 Jul
M T W T F S S Performed by new musical worlds. Co-directed by PhD student Jazmin Ealden $45 Concession Public 27 Jul
9 Matt Styles with 13 14 15 16 $43 Friends
Classical, Jazz and
and inspired by WAAPA saxophone graduate Sean Hayes, this
7.30pm Contemporary Music concert invites you to challenge your senses, broaden your musical 7.30pm
students, featuring horizons, and discover music you'll want to hear again and again!
The 'Phone Co. and
The Sax Studio
20 21Tickets Tickets
$20 Full Bookings open $30 Full Bookings open
$15 Concession Friends 20 Jul RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
songbook sessions THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 27 Jul stereo action AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
Sep WAAPA's Music Artists present their fabulous original works
Sep Oct
Percussion virtuoso Marcus Perrozzi – star of Cirque du Soleil’s hit
Music Director Music Director
Vinnie Crea along with creative rearrangements of iconic tunes from Tim White show Dralion – joins Defying Gravity for a performance brimming
Performed by song masters of our modern times. Prepare to be wowed by Performed by with magic, fun and a bunch of amazing instruments you’ve never
M T W T F S S Music Artist students Defying Gravity with
performances including solo, duo, trio and band pieces. This will M T W T F S S
seen before! Defying Gravity also explores the cool, funky universe
14 15 Marcus Perrozzi
be a show not to be missed. of 1950s bachelor pad music in Jon Newman’s Stereo Action. It’s a
30 1 2*
7.30pm hyper-groovy evening filled with the joy of music.
7.30pm “Magic is exactly what this group performs. They’re not just
Matinee artists, they’re sorcerers-extraordinaire!” – Steve Spain, Harambee
Sat 2 Oct, 3.00pm Magazine
Tickets *No evening performance
$20 Full Bookings open
Peruano Canta: $15 Concession Friends 20 Jul
Live Recording THE EDITH $13 Friends Public 27 Jul
An Alternative History Tickets
Sep
Music Directors Peruano Canta celebrates the thrilling intersection of $30 Full Bookings open
Daniel Susnjar contemporary jazz with musical traditions from far-reaching parts Of 19th Century Opera RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
Victoria Newton and Song AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
of the globe. Drummer/composer Daniel Susnjar and vocalist
M T W T F S S Performed by Victoria Newton bring together the WAAPA Afro-Peruvian
Oct
WAAPA Afro Peruvian Music Directors What lovelier combination of instruments could there possibly
17
Ensemble and WAAPA
Ensemble and the WAAPA Jazz Vocal Ensemble for this special Jonathan Paget be than the human voice and the intimate tones of the guitar?
Jazz Vocal Ensemble one-time live recording. Expect thrilling ensemble cohesion, Emma Matthews
Correcting modern misconceptions, this concert demonstrates that
7.30pm
with Daniel Susnjar and infectious rhythms and inspired original music - combining Afro- M T W T F S S Performed by piano was not the only instrument for song accompaniment, ‘art-
Victoria Newton Peruvian and Jazz musical sensibilities in a unique and exciting 3 Guitar and Classical
song’ was for everyone, and opera melodies had a long ‘afterlife’ in
manner. Voice students
3.00pm
an explosion of instrumental derivatives. Join us in an exploration
of the ‘alternative history’ of 19th century song featuring music by
Schubert, Rossini, Bellini, and much more.
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Royal Over-Seas RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
League Showcase AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
Oct
Music Directors The Royal Over-Seas League assists WAAPA’s most talented
Tim White music students to achieve their dreams on stage in Australia and
Stewart Smith
internationally. This concert showcases the winners of the ROSL
M T W T F S S Performed by prizes in Chamber Music, the Music of Bach, Improvisation,
7 Winners of the 2021
ROSL Music Prizes
Art Song, Early Keyboard and Composition. WAAPA is proud
7.30pm
to partner with the Royal Over-Seas League in recognising and
supporting the stars of tomorrow.
Tickets
$32 Full Bookings open
RICHARD GILL $27 Concession Friends 7 Sep
The Faces of Parnassus AUDITORIUM $25 Friends Public 14 Sep
Oct
Performed by The richness of the attributes of keyboard instruments is
Piano students and astonishing so it is not surprising that they inspired, and continue
staff
to inspire, some of Western civilization’s greatest music. We
M T W T F S S invite you to be intrigued, delighted and thrilled by the sound of
10 instruments that are part of WAAPA’s Founding Pianos Collection,
as staff and students reveal the exquisite sounds and nuances of
2021 SEASON ON SALE | VISIT WAOPERA.ASN.AU 3.00pm meaning that not only were familiar to great composers of the past,
West Australian Opera is proud to work with Western Australia’s Young Singers and but also influence the present.
Emma Matthews as Patron of the Wesfarmers Arts Young Artist Program
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22 23Bookings open
rejoice! Sound Spectrum 2021.2 FREE EVENT
Friends 7 Sep
Public 14 Sep
RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM
Oct
Music Director New voices and new sounds abound in this week of world
Lindsay Vickery premieres by Composition and Music Technology students
Two showcase choirs, led by two extraordinary directors... Eneksis Vocal Ensemble and the WAAPA Performed by and staff. Concerts include the Listener Ensemble, ECUatorial
Gospel Choir join to raise the roof with glorious choral singing. Hear the joyful sounds of young M T W T F S S Composition & Music composers’ orchestra, the West Australian Laptop Orchestra,
voices singing heavenly harmonies, with repertoire from the 16th century through to the modern era, 11 12 13 15 Technology students
and staff
Shock of the New and Spatial Music performance. Don’t miss this
from songs of praise to gospel music. This uplifting concert will bring tears to your eyes – for all the 7.30pm explosion of creative energy featuring new music by over 50 young
right reasons! composers!
Music Directors Micheál McCarthy and Matt Allen For venue details, visit waapa.ecu.edu.au
Performed by Eneksis Vocal Ensemble and WAAPA Gospel Choir
Oct
MT W T F S S Tickets Bookings open
13 $30 Full Friends 7 Sep
$25 Concession Public 14 Sep Tickets
7.30pm $23 Friends $30 Full Bookings open
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep
Rothko Chapel AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep
Oct Morton Feldman's beautiful and meditative work Rothko Chapel
Music Director
Lindsay Vickery was premiered 50 years ago. Although a member of the New York
Performed by School and often associated with John Cage, Feldman's later work,
M T W T F S S Composition & Music such as Rothko Chapel, developed a distinctive, sacred tranquillity.
14 Technology students In this concert, selected students from the Composition and Music
with the Eneksis Vocal
7.30pm Ensemble Technology program, in collaboration with Micheál McCarthy and
the Eneksis Vocal Ensemble, reach for this serene space in works for
voices, instruments and electronics.
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Mendelssohn's RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep
'Italian' Symphony AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep
Oct "This is Italy! And now has begun what I have always thought to
Music Director
Paul Wright be the supreme joy in life. And I am loving it."
Performed by
M T W T F S S WAAPA Symphony
The life and colour of Italy enchanted the young Felix
15 16 Orchestra with Paul Mendelssohn during his Grand Tour of Europe from 1829-1831.
Wright (violin) In Rome, he set to work on what would become the sun-filled and
7.30pm overflowingly joyful ‘Italian' Symphony. The WAAPA Symphony
Orchestra celebrates the music of Mendelssohn alongside Mozart’s
exquisite Violin Concerto No 5, performed by Paul Wright,
WAAPA’s extraordinary Head of Strings. It’s some of the most
dynamic and beautiful music of all time.
24 Rejoice 2018. Photo by Stephen Heath 25Tickets
MOZART TO METALLICA
$30 Full Bookings open
Mendelssohn's RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep
String Octet AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep
BJÖRK TO BEETHOVEN Oct Paul Wright directs the String Camerata in the most beloved string
Music Director
Paul Wright octet of them all – Mendelssohn’s glorious String Octet, Opus 20.
Performed by Written when the composer was just 16 years old, the work is a
M T W T F S S String Camerata
WE ARE THE ORCHESTRA THAT BREAKS THE RULES! 22
remarkable blend of youthful verve and astonishing passion. No
wonder it has been hailed as “one of the miracles of 19th century
JOIN US ON OUR JOURNEY AT PERTHSYMPHONY.COM 7.30pm music”. The program also includes the delicious Concerto for
Strings by Margaret Sutherland AO OBE, one of the best-known
and most-loved musicians Australia has produced.
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
Classical Music RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep
Accolades AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep
Oct A night of celebration and achievement as WAAPA’s music
Music Director
Tim White prizewinners showcase their extraordinary skills. Every year,
Performed by WAAPA’s top classical musicians vie for a glittering series of
M T W T F S S 2021 Music performance prizes and scholarships. Tonight, the recipients dazzle
28 Prizewinners
you with their award-winning virtuosity.
7.30pm
PROUD PERFORMANCE PARTNER OF WAAPA
Tickets
Tickets $30 Full Bookings open
$30 Full Bookings open RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep Spooktacular! AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep
the voice of Mozart
Oct
AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep Music Director This popular annual event celebrates Halloween, Christmas and
Philip Everall
Oct
Music Directors Mozart's intimate knowledge of the human voice and brilliant the end of the year in one, fun-filled concert! It's the Symphonic
Emma Matthews piano technique resulted in extraordinary music for singers and Performed by Wind Orchestra in top musical form and crazy costumes as they
M T W T F S S Symphonic Wind
Anna Sleptsova
pianists. WAAPA’s Classical Voice and Piano students, along with play Johan de Meij’s modern classic Symphony No 1: Lord of the
29 Ensemble
M T W T F S S Performed by Emma Matthews and Anna Sleptsova, come together to present Rings, and a selection of seasonal favourites. Plus this year, for the
17 Piano and Classical
their favourite Mozart songs, arias and ensembles. This concert 7.30pm first time ever, the winning composition from the SWE Overture
Voice students and Competition will be performed. Join in for a fabulous night of
3.00pm staff showcases both the genius of Mozart and the fabulous musical
talent at WAAPA. music, dress up in costume and win some prizes!
Tickets Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open $32 Full Bookings open
RICHARD GILL $25 Concession Friends 7 Sep There’ll Always Be RICHARD GILL $27 Concession Friends 7 Sep
La Vie Parisienne AUDITORIUM $23 Friends Public 14 Sep An England AUDITORIUM $25 Friends Public 14 Sep
Oct Music Director
Anna Sleptsova
Indulge yourself in a magical night of ravishing piano music by
Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc, and the Parisians' favourite, Oct
Performed by
Geoffrey Lancaster and
James Huntingford
This concert celebrates the return to WAAPA, following
restoration, of a grand piano made by the English firm
M T W T F S S
Performed by Frederic Chopin. Broadwood & Sons in 1824 for the flautist in Haydn’s London
Classical Piano M T W T F S S
orchestra, Andrew Ashe. Join Geoffrey Lancaster and James
21 students and staff 31
Huntingford as they play music by Haydn and Jan Ladislav
7.30pm 3.00pm Dussek composed for the English-style piano; the program
concludes with Carl Czerny’s monumental arrangement for piano
four hands of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.
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26 27FREE LUNCHTIME GRADUATION
CONCERTS RECITALS
Graduation recitals are the highlight JAZZ CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
CLASSICAL TUESDAYS JAZZ TUESDAYS of a music student's studies and THE ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL
bring WAAPA's 2021 music 191 Beaufort Street, Perth 459 Fitzgerald St, North Perth
RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM 12.30PM calendar to a thrilling conclusion.
After years of hard practice and OCTOBER – NOVEMBER OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
1.10PM WAAPA's Jazz students and staff, along with
A tasty Tuesday series of free classical lunchtime special guest artists, provide energetic sounds for performance the standard of these These recitals are ticketed These recitals are ticketed
concerts featuring students, staff and visiting guest that afternoon pick-me-up. recitals is exceptional as is the and bookings are essential via and bookings are essential via
artists serving up sumptuous musical treats for diversity on offer. ellingtonjazz.com.au rosemounthotel.com.au
9 March Jazz Studio
hungry ears! 16 March The Edith Don't miss these fabulous concerts
spanning classical, contemporary MUSIC ARTISTS CLASSICAL
Semester 1 30 March The Edith and jazz. There is something for THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL INSTRUMENTAL,
23 February Student Showcase 20 April The Edith every type of music lover. You will 459 Fitzgerald St, North Perth CLASSICAL VOICE AND
27 April The Edith witness outstanding ensembles of NOVEMBER
2 March Postcards from WAAPA Staff
every size and variation performing COMPOSITION & MUSIC
9 March Warana Prize Semi-final, Part 1 11 May The Edith These recitals are ticketed
repertoire from across the spectrum and bookings are essential via
TECHNOLOGY
16 March Warana Prize Semi-final, Part 2 17 August The Edith as well as plenty of stunning original RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM
24 August The Edith rosemounthotel.com.au
30 March Baroque Delights works by the Composition and
NOVEMBER
13 April Piano Showcase 1 31 August The Edith Music Technology students.
28 September The Edith No ticketing required.
20 April Sound Spectrum Redux I See website one month prior to
19 October The Edith recital date. For full details visit
27 April Symphonic Wind Ensemble 1
26 October Alfresco waapa.ecu.edu.au
11 May Defying Gravity 1
18 May String Camerata
25 May Eneksis Vocal Ensemble 1
Music artist WEDNESDAYS
1.10PM
Semester 2
WAAPA's incredible singer/songwriting students
27 July The Richard Gill Award showcase their original works. Check website for
3 August Royal Over-Seas League more details.
Bach Competition 17 March
10 August Royal Over-Seas League 31 March
Art Song Competition 28 April
17 August Guitarissimo! 19 May
24 August Royal Over-Seas League 28 July
Chamber Music Competition 1
11 August
31 August Royal Over-Seas League
Chamber Music Competition 2 25 August
14 September Sound Spectrum Redux II
28 September Defying Gravity 2 CONTEMPORARY thursdays
5 October Symphonic Wind Ensemble 2 12.00PM
19 October Piano Showcase 2 Break for lunch and groove along with
26 October Eneksis Vocal Ensemble 2 WAAPA's Contemporary Music students.
18 March Grindhouse
22 April Grindhouse
13 May Grindhouse
5 August Grindhouse
2 September Grindhouse
7 October Grindhouse
28 29dance RESTART IN THE FLESH RISE ICON: AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT 30 Rise 2020. Photo by Christophe Canato 31
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
GEOFF GIBBS $25 Concession Friends 23 Feb
RESTART THEATRE $23 Friends Public 2 Mar in the flesh
Mar
Choreographed by Celebrate the Dance students' return to the stage with two exciting GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE
Kim McCarthy and new works created by lecturers Kim McCarthy and Justin Rutzou.
Justin Rutzou You, me, us, together… Human connectivity, dramatically reshaped by the challenges of 2020, lies at
In Kim McCarthy's passionate new work, Classical Dance students
M T W T F S S Musical Direction by perform alongside Classical Music students under the direction the core of LINK Dance Company’s imaginative, dynamic and entertaining season, In the Flesh. James
26 27 Paul Wright of Paul Wright with violinist Ciara Sudlow performing the Berlyn, Artistic Director of WA Youth Theatre Company, devises a new work that celebrates the human
29 30 31 Performed by Chaconne from JS Bach’s Partita No.2 in D minor. Justin Rutzou capacity for adaptive resilience, set to original music by composer and WAAPA graduate Tristen Parr.
3rd Year Dance and choreographs a whimsical, poignant new dance theatre work Dancer/choreographer and LINK graduate Bernadette Lewis comes full circle to create a new work that
7.30pm explores dance as ecology, as community, as culture. This stunning double bill of contemporary dance
Music students with for the Contemporary Dance students that investigates how art
Ciara Sudlow (violin) reflects life. showcases WAAPA’s graduate dance company at their very best.
Choreographed by James Berlyn and Bernadette Lewis
Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open Performed by LINK Dance Company
GEOFF GIBBS $25 Concession Friends 13 Apr
RISE THEATRE $23 Friends Public 20 Apr
Jun
Jun
Choreographed by A perfect program of classical and contemporary dance!
Les Sylphides restaged Les Sylphides, a 'romantic reverie' set to Fredéric Chopin's exquisite Tickets Bookings open
M T W T F S S
by Leanne Stojmenov
and Kim McCarthy
music, is restaged by ex-Australian Ballet principal Leanne 4 5 $30 Full Friends 13 Apr
M T W T F S S from original Stojmenov and WAAPA Classical Dance lecturer Kim McCarthy. $25 Concession Public 20 Apr
Award-winning Perth independent dancer and choreographer 7 $23 Friends
14 15 16 17 choreography by
Michel Fokine; Laura Boynes – whose past works include compelling sound and 7.30pm
7.30pm Laura Boynes video collaborations, a group work performed in a sea of rice, and
Matinee Performed by a magical solo that traversed the auditorium and stage of the Heath Matinee
Thu 17 Jun, 2.00pm 2nd Year Dance Ledger Theatre – shows why is she renowned for her creative, Sat 5 Jun, 2.00pm
students multi-disciplinary approach to dance.
The State’s premier contemporary dance company is proud to be affiliated with
WAAPA in creating pathways for the next generation of dance makers.
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32 33ICON: AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT A Suite en Blanc
GEOFF GIBBS THEATRE
Tickets
$30 Full
$25 Concession
$23 Friends
Bookings open
Friends 7 Sep
Public 14 Sep
Pina Bausch is one of the most impor tant choreographers of the 20th centur y.
In an international first, the Minderoo Foundation supports the remount of Pina Bausch’s Tannhäuser Bacchanal*. Danced
by WAAPA students with LINK Dance Company, this is the first time Tannhäuser Bacchanal will be performed outside of Nov In this last hurrah, 2nd and 3rd Year ballet students will perform
A Suite en Blanc.
Germany and the first-ever performance of Pina Bausch's work in Perth. Widely considered to be the precursor to Bausch's Personifying elegance and grace, our graduating ballet students will
M T W T F S S
famous The Rite of Spring, Tannhäuser Bacchanal will be taught by leading artist-in-residence Barbara Kaufmann supported step onto the Geoff Gibbs stage for one final time before they head
by Marigia Maggipinto, both long-standing members of the Tanztheater Wuppertal. The Minderoo Foundation is proud 15 16 17 18
out into the wonderful world of the professional dance community.
to partner with WAAPA to bring these world-class arts practitioners to Perth as part of the Visiting Artist program.
7.30pm
Oct Matinee
Thu 18 Sep, 2.00pm
Choreographed and staged by Kim McCarthy and Leanne Stojmenov
Performed by 2nd and 3rd Year Dance students
M T W T F S S
22 23 Pina bausch Tannhäuser Bacchanal
25 26 27 28 Icon celebrates the enormous influence of German choreographer Pina Bausch on generations
of dance makers and performers around the world. WAAPA is delighted to welcome two
7.30pm artists from Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal to remount Bausch’s Tannhäuser Bacchanal, in
Matinee
which 23 dancers perform to Wagner’s romantic, restless music.
Sat 23 Oct, 2.00pm *Tannhäuser Bacchanal is remounted with kind permission and support from the Pina Bausch
Foundation/Wuppertal.
Venue
Geoff Gibbs Theatre
Meryl Tankard Chants de Mariage
Tickets
Meryl Tankard is one of Australia’s finest contemporary dancers and an international artist
$35 Full
$30 Concession in her own right. Tankard, a former Pina Bausch company member from 1978 to 1984, will
$28 Friends remount her Chants de Mariage with assistance from award-winning local choreographer Paige
Gordon. This 1991 work for an all-female cast is a dialogue about ritual, secrets, deception and
Bookings open
Friends 7 Sep sacred vows.
Public 14 Sep
Michael whaites Things That Remain
Performed by Michael Whaites, artistic director of LINK Dance Company and a former company member
2nd and 3rd Year
Dance students with of Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal, will remount Things That Remain. Whaites created this
LINK Dance nostalgic, gentle and beautiful remembrance in 2009 soon after Pina Bausch’s passing.
Company
West Australian Ballet
is proud to be working
with WAAPA.
PRINCIPAL
PARTNER
Carina Roberts, Demi-Soloist with West Australian Ballet
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Postgraduate Rise Up LUNA CINEMAS, LEEDERVILLE
Research Showcase Oct The 2021 WA Screen Academy class of producers, writers, directors,
cinematographers, sound designers and editors presents an exciting
M T W T F S S program of short original films exploring the theme, Rise Up. The films
RICHARD GILL AUDITORIUM 21 feature the talents of WAAPA's Acting students, as well as Composition,
Sound, Costume and Design students.
6.30pm
Apr WAAPA has a thriving postgraduate research program covering
a broad range of performing arts disciplines, with a particular
For further information: ecu.edu.au/wa-screen-academy
strength in practice-led research. Our strengths include interactive
MT W T F S S digital music systems, performance practices on historic piano,
22 new directions in jazz, physiological analysis of human movement,
theatre-making, choreography, and much more. The WAAPA
7.30pm Postgraduate Research Showcase is in part a performance event,
and in part a series of short research presentations. It offers a rare
FREE EVENT opportunity for audiences to sample innovative arts projects in
their nascent stages, and to view the ideas that will transform the
Sep
future of arts discourse.
Hosted by WAAPA Higher Degree by Research students
MT W T F S S
16
7.30pm
FREE EVENT
On set for Open Up 2020. Photo by Jon Pettas
Research
36 37Acting Ellida Gloria Julius Caesar Human Cannon Summer Rain 38 The Comedy of Errors 2020. Photo by Stephen Heath 39
A PREMIER PARTNERSHIP
ELLida PERTH THEATRE TRUST AND WAAPA
ROUNDHOUSE THEATRE WAAPA and the Perth Theatre Trust enjoy a unique partnership,
where the state's premier performing arts venues are utilised
As quicksilver as the sea itself, full of riptides, swells and by the state’s premier performing arts education and training
undercurrents, the tug of unspoken desire can drag you under. organisation.
Ellida, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter, is living a life of quiet
desperation with her husband in a coastal fjord town when a Morning Melodies:
mysterious lover from her past arrives. Will she stay on dry land Cool Classics Into The Woods
with her husband or answer the call of the sea? 28 April 26-31 March
His Majesty’s Theatre State Theatre Centre
A new adaptation by May-Brit Akerholt Downstairs at The Maj Studio Underground
Based on The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Will O'Mahony Radio Active ALBANY Crazy For You
27 August 11-17 June
Performed by 3rd Year Acting students His Majesty’s Theatre
Albany Entertainment Centre
Mar Tickets
$37 Full
New Voices 1 & 2
25-27 March & 27-29 May
Julius Caesar
14-18 September
Subiaco Arts Centre
M T W T F S S $32 Concession His Majesty’s Theatre
$30 Friends Downstairs at The Maj
25 26 27
29 30 31 Bookings open
Friends 23 Feb TICKETS
7.30pm Public 2 Mar Tel: (08) 6212 9292
Matinee ptt.wa.gov.au
Sat 27 Mar, 2.00pm Venue Box Offices
Tickets
$37 Full Bookings open
ROUNDHOUSE $32 Concession Friends 13 Apr
gloria THEATRE $30 Friends Public 20 Apr
A whip-smart satirical comedy from hot young American
Jun
Written by
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. All that matters to a group
Directed by of ambitious editorial assistants at a Manhattan magazine is how
M T W T F S S Kylie Bracknell fast they can climb the journalistic ladder of success. But when an
10 11 12 Performed by ordinary humdrum workday becomes anything but, the stakes for
3rd Year who gets the story become higher than ever. Finalist for the 2016
14 15 16 Acting students
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Gloria explores questions of ambition,
7.30pm career, and who gets the right to shape the narrative.
Matinee
Sat 12 Jun, 2.00pm "Provocative, sharply observant and playfully theatrical! This
thought-provoking work continues its talented young writer's
winning streak." – Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
*Content warning: contains violence, coarse language, adult themes.
40 41Tickets
$30 Full Bookings open
$25 Concession Friends 20 Jul
human cannon ENRIGHT STUDIO $23 Friends Public 27 Jul
julius caesar Sep
Written by
Edward Bond
In the village of Estaroban during the Spanish Civil War,
Agustina prepares to bury her dead baby. As the violence around
SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE Directed by her escalates, Agustina takes the war into her own hands, and
M T W T F S S Lawrie Cullen-Tait ends by herself becoming the most effective weapon in the
Beware the Ides of March. William Shakespeare's tragedy of political
9 10 11 Performed by armoury of revolution.
13 14 15 2nd Year
ambition, corruption and betrayal charts Julius Caesar’s triumphant Acting students *Content warning: contains violence, nudity, adult themes.
return to Rome, the conspiracy to take him down, and the civil 7.30pm
war sparked by his assassination. A gripping portrayal of power and Matinee
politics from the greatest playwright of all time. Sat 11 Sep, 2.00pm
Written by William Shakespeare Tickets
Directed by Matt Edgerton $30 Full Bookings open
$25 Concession Friends 7 Sep
Performed by 3rd Year Acting students Summer rain THE EDITH $23 Friends Public 14 Sep
Sep Nov
Written by
Nick Enright and
Terence Clarke
It’s Boxing Day 1945 in the outback town of Turnaround Creek,
and everyone is nursing Christmas hangovers. But when Harold
Slocum of Slocum’s Travelling Tent Show arrives in town, it
M T W T F S S Directed by stirs up memories of a long-ago illicit affair. This light-hearted,
M T W T F S S Tickets Nicole Stinton
14 15 16 17 18* $37 Full 13 bittersweet Australian musical in our Spiegeltent is the perfect
$32 Concession Performed by way to end the year.
15 16 17 18
2nd Year
7.30pm $30 Friends Acting students
7.30pm
Matinee Bookings open
Sat 18 Sep, 2.00pm Friends 20 Jul
*No evening performance Public 27 Jul
Tel: 6212 9292
ptt.wa.gov.au
180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco
*Booking fees may apply
We look forward to
walking together with
you again in 2021
Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA is proud to be the highest
employer of WAAPA graduates in Western Australia. Providing career
pathways for arts managers, lighting and sound designers, actors,
directors, writers, costume and set designers, musicians and more!
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