Queensland Pops Orchestra

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1 Queensland Pops Orchestra

2 Meet The Pops Conductor/Music Director: Patrick Pickett Orchestra/Business Manager: Rhonda Salway Producer: Martin O Callaghan General Assistant: Ben Westphal Contact The Pops admin@qldpops.com Phone: Post: PO Box 128, SHERWOOD QLD 4075 Office: 9 Nathan Ave, Ashgrove, QLD 4060 Hours: 10am 2pm or by appointment Ensemble in Residence Online qldpops.com, Facebook, Twitter, You tube, Google+ Information in this program is correct at time of printing and may be subject to change

3 Patrick Pickett CSM B Mus, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM, LTCL, ALCM Welcome to the 2016 Queensland Pops Orchestra subscription series. This year we will bring you some of the concert styles you have grown to love from the Pops, along with some new and exciting concepts. It will be a Best of year in many ways. Exciting entertainers including Rhonda Burchmore, Mark Vincent, Elizabeth Lewis, Jason Barry-Smith, Greg Moore and Mirusia will headline our program. We will again take our concerts into regional Queensland as we expand to be a truly State focused orchestra. Following the wonderful success of our recent appearance, and the many requests, we will return to The Empire Theatre at Toowoomba in The musicians of the orchestra will be featured in our Best of the Pops concert which will feature the music which you our Friends and subscribers voted for in our recent survey. This concert will be an amazing collection of sublime soloists and breathtaking music from a wide selection of the most popular light classic, movie and musical theatre themes, and outstanding popular solo instrumental works. No Best of the Pops would be complete without our pinup boy Greg Moore. For the first time we will be joined by the students from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Musical Theatre program to present Rhonda Burchmore on Broadway. This stunning program will present the great songs, dance and music that has featured on the Broadway and West End stages over the last century. The Best of British will return in 2016 as the most popular of the Pops concert designs. Jason Barry-Smith will join with highly acclaimed Soprano Elizabeth Lewis as they perform those much loved Last Night at the Proms hits including Land of Hope and Glory, Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and the ever popular Sea Shanties. Opening our 2016 season will be the return of Mark Vincent. Mark is now Australia s top selling tenor, and fresh from his highly acclaimed performance in Dirty Dancing and soon to be released duet album with Marina Prior, he will bring us Best So Far. Join us in 2016 to be entertained by Queensland s vibrant freelance professional orchestra, The Queensland Pops Orchestra.

4 Saturday 5 March 2:30 & 7:30pm QPAC Who better to launch the dynamic new 2016 concert season of Australia s most entertaining orchestra than tenor singing sensation Mark Vincent who has carved out an impressive career on the concert stage since winning the third series of Australia s Got Talent in 2009, aged just 16. Mark s commanding stature and powerful voice earned him a contract with Sony Music, which resulted in no less than five albums making the ARIA Classical Top 20 music charts, with the Compass and The Great Tenor Songbook both certified gold in Australia. We warmly welcome Mark back to the Pops fold after his spectacular debut at the 2014 Best Of British concerts. Mark will showcase his biggest hits in his very own Best so Far drawing from a broad repertoire of the most memorable songs of all time. This will be a concert not to be missed!

5 To quote Mark Vincent himself: Music is in me. You know, when you're born with something inherently in you? I think we are all born with a voice capable of singing, but not everyone has it in them to use it. I grew up listening to all the beautiful arias, and I feel that when I sing, I really am the happiest guy on earth. All my troubles are gone. And you know, many people have a great voice, an exceptional voice even, but what's missing is the storytelling. It's not just about singing notes; it's always, always about telling a story. The orchestra will feature with some of the most beautiful music from the theatre and they will support Mark in some of the greatest songs of all time.

6 Best of British Saturday 7 May 2:30 & 7:30pm QPAC The Queensland Pops Orchestra prides itself on its versatility and never more so than in the highly anticipated Best Of British concerts, which have been entertaining Brisbane audiences ever since the 1980s. The music of the British Isles is ever-powerful, ever-moving, and ever entertaining and be assured that the feast prepared for 2016 is all that and much more! This concert series is a favourite of not only the orchestra, but also of our many Friends and supporters. Lining up for this one will be a spectacular cast of singers, musicians and dancers to thrill and delight in the Pops inimitable, magnanimous way. There ll be sing-a-longs, tributes to some of Britain s best-loved composers, a sprinkling of exciting new tunes and perhaps a long-lost gem or two and of course the legendary Best Of British finale, featuring the magnificent strains of Elgar s Land Of Hope And Glory, Hubert Parry s Jerusalem and the irresistible Rule Britannia. This will be another one for the Pops history books! Jason Barry-Smith

7 Headlining Best Of British will be special guest artists Elizabeth Lewis and Jason Barry-Smith, who return to strut their stuff with a glittering selection of Best Of British favourites. Elizabeth Lewis Elizabeth and Jason have carved out exceptional professional careers, and have become familiar and commanding soloists on many an opera and concert hall stage across Australia and beyond. Be treated to the soaring purity of Elizabeth s soprano and Jason s expansive baritone their combined experience and on-stage rapport will ensure a regular supply of wow moments, culminating in a finale which will have you dancing in the aisles... and waving flags! Add to the mix the expertise and mesmerising precision of our guest dance troupes, who as has become a proud Queensland Pops Orchestra tradition will transform the floorboards of the concert hall stage into a dazzling parade of colour and movement... in the most quintessential British way of course! Queensland Festival Chorus and Toowoomba Contemporary Chorale will form a 100 strong choir.

8 Degustation :: High Tea :: Pre Theatre :: A La Carte :: Dessert Bacchus offers outstanding cuisine, with innovative modern Australian creations that appeal to the eye as much as the palate. Superb wine list and impeccable service, Bacchus opens the door to another world. To make a reservation, bookings@bacchussouthbank.com.au Open: Dinner Tuesday - Saturday High Tea Tuesday - Sunday 2.30pm Lunch - Fridays only bookings essential

9 Member benefits include two week exclusive access to bookings at the launch of a new season. Discounted ticket price and invitations to Queensland Pops Orchestra functions. Memberships can be renewed or purchased online at friends@qldpops.com Phone: BH Direct Debit: QLD Pops Orchestra BSB: Acc # Please ensure your Friends membership has been renewed for 2016 before purchasing tickets at Friends prices. Book your 2016 Season Tickets Step 1. Contact Details Name Family Name Phone Address.. Step 2. Select the concert and time 5 March Mark Vincent - Best so Far 2:30pm 7:30pm 7 May Best of British 2:30pm 7:30pm 13 August Rhonda Burchmore on Broadway 2:30pm 7:30pm 8 October Best of the Pops 2:30pm 7:30pm Step 3. Select the package that suits A Res Adult Friend of the Pops The Ultimate Package all 4 concerts $ 328 $ 290 Traditional Package any 3 concerts $ 252 $ 219 Mini Package any 2 concerts $ 172 $ 150 Single ticket to any concert* $ 89 $ 80 B Reserve Single Ticket to any concert $ 82 $ 71 Student Ticket to any concert $ 30 $ 30 Step 4. Total your package Package $ Car park at $21* per voucher $.. Transaction fee. $ * Car park voucher price subject to change + $6.95 transaction fee applies to all single ticket sales Total Payment $

10 Return this top section to Queensland Pops Orchestra, PO Box 128 Sherwood, QLD, Subscription Booking Form Step 5 Please complete your payment details Enclosed is my cheque for $ Cheques payable to Queensland Performing Arts Centre Please charge my credit card Master Card Visa Diners American Express *AMEX IF Number * Address must be same as your American Express billing account. Card holders name Card number Expiry date CVC Signed Step 6 Please make your payment Post: Queensland Performing Arts Centre PO Box 3567 SOUTH BANK QLD 4101 In person: QPAC Box Office Queensland Performing Arts Centre Grey St, South Bank Book Online: QPAC.COM.AU Phone:

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12 Saturday 13 August 2:30 & 7:30pm QPAC Rhonda Burchmore on Broadway For those who ve never been to Manhattan, New York City, let the Queensland Pops Orchestra take you there! Our headline star being the incomparable Rhonda Burchmore, in her premiere appearance with the Queensland Pops Orchestra. Rhonda is arguably one of the first ladies of Australian musical theatre, and we are thrilled she ll be joining us for the ultimate Broadway Pops show.

13 As the home of Australia's only Bachelor of Musical Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium is producing music professionals of the highest calibre. 100 Students from this rapidly emerging course of excellence will fill the stage with vibrant movement involving both precision and creativity, like you have not seen before. These Queensland students study dance, acting, singing and production full-time at Griffith University Conservatorium and are setting the benchmark higher around Australia in all aspects of stage craft. Like life, Broadway music boasts the most euphoric spectrum of light and shade, and Rhonda will be treading the boards with style, running the gamut of emotions in what promises to be a laptapping, eye-glistening journey through the most magical moments of musical theatre.

14 Best of the Pops Saturday 8 October 2:30 & 7:30pm QPAC Welcome to the fabulous final concert of the 2016 series! Be treated to the doyen of all Pops concerts there s nothing like a Best Of The Pops to wrap up another grand and colourful year for Queensland s most entertaining orchestra. Marvel at the alluring selection of music that has been painstakingly chosen, thanks to the generous applause and enthusiastic feedback from our audiences over the many years we ve been performing at the great QPAC concert hall. Karen Ruprecht Bassoon Michal Rosiak Flute

15 Gregory Moore has rightly earned his best of stripes, having been a member of the Pops family since his fresh-faced debut in the inaugural Scotland the Brave series back in An original member of the world -renowned The Ten Tenors, Greg has since toured internationally with the hugely successful Scotland the Brave show and many other theatre productions, while closer to home he has wowed Pops audiences with a stunning show reel of songs from all corners of the globe. Sharing the limelight with Greg for this final in our Best Of series will be many of the musicians who make up the Pops Orchestra stepping out from their piers to feature their instrument like you have not heard it before! Special guest appearance by vocal ensemble More Than Words. Toowong

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