Casey Philharmonic Orchestra is a young, innovative and vibrant community orchestra of volunteer musicians based in the City of Casey. We held our first rehearsal in June 2017, and performed at the opening of Bunjil Place, Narre Warren – now our principal performance venue - in October the same year. Now in our sixth year CPO continues to provide extraordinary opportunities for musicians in Melbourne’s outer south-east. We strongly value building collaborative relationships with other local arts organisations, and we pride ourselves on performing orchestral music of the highest calibre for the enjoyment of our audiences and musicians alike. CPO was a finalist in the 2023 Casey Community Awards (Lindsay King Art Award).
CPO is delighted to welcome you to Bunjil Place this afternoon for our blockbuster event - ‘Villains and Superheroes’ - where we play a huge lineup of well-loved big screen movie themes from DC® , Marvel® and more! We’re also thrilled to be premiering two new orchestral works by young, local composers who were prize winners in our Composer’s Competition held in February this year. We hope you enjoy our musical depiction of noble heroes and diabolical villains in CPO’s dynamic performance of good versus evil, ‘Villains and Superheroes’!
As a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation, we are reliant on the generous support of individuals, groups, councils, businesses and organisations. This support allows us to continue to enrich the arts community within the City of Casey and beyond. Here are a few ways that you can help Your CPO!
• Follow, like, comment and share our social media
• Encourage your family and friends to attend our concerts
• Make a tax-deductible donation or a purchase in our on-line store
• Take your support to the next level and become a Friend of the CPO
To find out more, please contact us via email at caseyphilharmonic@gmail.com or visit www.cpo.org.au
From ‘The Avengers’
By Alan Silvestri
From ‘Avengers: ENDGAME’
By Alan Silvestri
From ‘Spider-Man 2’
By Danny Elfman
From ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’
by John Williams
By Samuel Stuchbery
Samuel is a freshly graduated student from the Melbourne Conservatory where he specialised in composition. ‘Warranted Wrath’ was a prize winner in CPO’s 2023 Composer’s Competition!
STuchbery Has written a truly villainous piece!
“Only I can live forever.”
While He never had a specific villain in mind, Stuchbery found one came to life as he wrote this piece.
Originally the composition was named after this character (a sort of evil artificer), but he later thought it might Be more interesting to let the Audience decide what the character was, based on what they Gleaned from the music.
The title now refers to the origins of this villain, feeling they have no choice but to act poorly - As if by some twisted ideology they are justified in their anger and heinous actions.
From ‘The Batman’
By Franz Schubert
“You look like you have friends in low places!”
From ‘Batman’ & ‘batman returns’
By Danny Elfman
From ‘Iron Man 3’
By Brian Tyler
“I’m Batman.”
“This is the way.”
By Ludwig öransson From
‘The Mandalorian’
“Crazy people don’t know they’re crazy. I know I’m crazy. Therefore I’m not crazy. Isn’t that crazy?”
By Alan Silvestri
From
‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
…
By Hannah Hunt
Vanquestis written to encapsulate the vision of mistrust and darkness…
By Hans Zimmer
From
‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’
throughout a kingdom, as it faces the oncoming forces from a dark land. As disagreements and discord
rises, the enemy draws closer.
HUNT has created a sense of uneasiness and ominousness throughout this piece by Using a mixture of instruments in the…
…low range and an uneven time signature.
Hannah attends Monash University studying performance on bassoon, her primary instrument, and hopes to one day be either a composer or to play in an orchestra full time.
‘Vanquest’ was a prize winner in CPO’s 2023 Composer’s Competition!
By Natalie HoltFrom ‘Loki’
By Hildur Guð
From ‘Joker’
“How about another joke, Murray?
By Brian Tyler
From ‘Thor: The Dark World’
nadóttir
As the orchestra grows and falls in pitch and dynamics, the audience can feel the tension rise and fall as the kingdom prepares and ultimately fails to stand up against the darkness.
“I am Loki of Asgard and I am burdened with glorious purpose.”
”
“People on earth love meI’m very popular.”By Michael Giacchino
From ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’
By John Williams From
‘Superman’
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• early access to ticket sales including at least a 10% discount
• exclusive CPO Friends merchandise
• regular updates on the orchestra
• photo opportunities at concerts
• an invitation to attend one rehearsal per concert
• the option to be acknowledged on the CPO website
Register your interest at www.cpo.org.au
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
Here’s something new for our friends and supporters, both young and young-atheart… FREE mini collector pins! We currently have limited stock of concert and character mini buttons from our massive issue a new pin for each show this year. We also have an exclusive design available only to ‘Friends of CPO’ members.
How many will you collect? Visit our merchandise stand and pick up a FREE Zonk! Sproing! Pow! ‘Villains and Superheroes’ button today!
Order now at www.cpo.org.au/cpo-store
Kristy is a full-time instrumental music teacher, working with primary school students during the day, and teaching at a music academy at night. She took her first piano lesson at age 6, and fell in love with music, adding many other instruments to her skill set over the years. She has played Flute and Piccolo with Casey Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018, bringing to life her love of classical and contemporary music.
Kristy has a Diploma of Broadcasting (Radio and Television) and spent many years hosting a radio show on 88.3 Southern FM. Through the show she met a multitude of incredible Melbourne talent and continues to work with them on their musical projects, helping them fine tune their music prior to releasing it to the market, as well as being involved in the song writing and production process.
Pair of 250ml wine glasses
Pair of 310ml tumblers
Kristy Matheos FLUTE/PICCOLO
