Hopelessly Devoted: A Celebration of Olivia Newton-John

Hopelessly DEVOTED A CELEBRATION OF

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

WITH THE

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PROGRAM 7 & 9 MARCH 2024

ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, HAMER HALL

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Welcome life and music. Hopelessly Devoted brings together the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jessica Gethin, our wonderful cast which includes David Campbell, Jess Hitchcock, Georgina Hopson, Christie Whelan Browne and our host Tottie Goldmsith, Olivia’s niece and Ambassador for the Olivia NewtonJohn Cancer & Wellness Centre.

In recent years we have lost many contemporary music icons including George Michael, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett and Burt Bacharach. Perhaps the one most personal to me was Olivia Newton-John.

A donation from these concerts, along with your generous support will benefit the Centre.

Whether you are excited to revisit her iconic hits from films such as Grease or Xanadu, her early country hits, or her chart-topping and award-winning songs that solidified her as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, one thing is for sure…her music has been the soundtrack to our lives and tonight will live on.

When her posters adorned my bedroom wall as a teenager, little did I know our paths would cross professionally. During my career I had the privilege of working with her three times. For a fundraising concert in support of the Olivia NewtonJohn Cancer & Wellness Centre at Sydney’s State Theatre in 2008; her sitting for her Madame Tussauds figure immortalising her as ‘Sandy’ from Grease; and her national orchestra tour in 2012 as her Tour Manager.

Sit back, or stand and dance, as we offer you a musical tribute to the talent of this extraordinary artist, advocate and activist.

Hopelessly Devoted forms part of the MSO Icon Series presented by Ryman Healthcare.

They say don’t meet your heroes, but Olivia was as delightful and generous as you could ever imagine her to be and I will treasure the time I got to spend in her presence.

Thank you for joining us.

Mark Sutcliffe Creative Director & Executive Producer

When Olivia passed on 8 August 2022, I was inspired to honour her legacy in a concert which celebrates her

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Hopelessly DEVOTED A CELEBRATION OF

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JESSICA GETHIN conductor TOTTIE GOLDSMITH host MARK SUTCLIFFE creative director DAVID CAMPBELL JESS HITCHCOCK GEORGINA HOPSON CHRISTIE WHELAN BROWNE GRANT WINDSOR keys TROY DOWNWARD guitar CRAIG NEWMAN bass KIERAN RAFFERTY drums World Premiere with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Thursday 7 March 2024 Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

Hopelessly Devoted is a Make My Mark Production.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS MAKE MY MARK Executive Producer Mark Sutcliffe

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED Creative Director Mark Sutcliffe Lighting Designer Peter Rubie Audio Engineer Brett Galvin, Arts Centre Melbourne Monitor Engineer Norwest Hair & Make Up Artists Otis Fantauzzo Jordan Hallewell Eliza Clark Select Wardrobe Linda Britten

MSO PRESENTS Producer Erika Noguchi Artist Liaison Stephen McAllan Head of Production & Media Steele Foster Production Manager Brenton Burley Production Coordinators Daniel Boaden Renn Picard With thanks to:

Penny Sanderson and the team at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre.

Nicholas Buc, Melanie Hiluta, Michael Caprio, Donna Grecco, Michelle Day, Steve Anderson, Jeremy Sharp, Siân Darling, Daisy Hicks, Stephanie Adams, Monica Keightley, Scott Petriche and Mindy Coppin.

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes including 20 min interval

This concert may be recorded for future broadcast on MSO.LIVE.

Hopelessly Devoted is proudly presented

by MSO Premier Partner Ryman Healthcare.

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Act 1 Oliviature

I Honestly Love You David Campbell

Dare to Dream Cast

Written by Peter Allen & Jeff Barry

Magic Christie Whelan Browne

Written by Paul Begaud, Vanessa Corish & Wayne Tester

Written by John Farrar

Banks of the Ohio Jess Hitchcock

Suddenly Christie Whelan Browne and David Campbell

Traditional. Original song arranged by Bruce Welch & John Farrar

Written by John Farrar

Please Mr. Please Georgina Hopson

Suspended in Time Jess Hitchcock

Written by Bruce Welch & John Rostill

Written by John Farrar

Let Me Be There/If You Love Me Let Me Know Tottie Goldsmith and David Campbell

Make a Move on Me Georgina Hopson Written by John Farrar & Tom Snow

Physical Christie Whelan Browne

Written by John Rostill

I Will Be Right Here Jess Hitchcock and David Campbell

Written by Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick

Written by Diane Warren

INTERVAL

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Act 2 Boats Against the Current David Campbell

Soul Kiss Jess Hitchcock

Written by Eric Carmen

Written by Mark Goldenberg

Love is a Gift Georgina Hopson and David Campbell

Heart Attack Christie Whelan Browne

Written by Olivia Newton-John, Victoria Shaw & Earl Rose

The Rumour David Campbell

Written by Paul Bliss & Steve Kipner

Sam Jess Hitchcock

Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Hopelessly Devoted Georgina Hopson

Written by John Farrar, Hank Marvin & Don Black

Written by John Farrar

A Little More Love Christie Whelan Browne Written by John Farrar

Totally Hot Georgina Hopson Written by John Farrar

Take Me Home, Country Roads Cast Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert & John Denver

All arrangements by Nicholas Buc.

Hopelessly Devoted to You – original arrangement by Steve Anderson.

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“Music connects us all.

Each song a gift. Each performance unique.

I embrace these moments with love and gratitude.”

– Olivia Newton-John, AC DBE

26 SEPTEMBER 1948 – 8 AUGUST 2022 Photo credit: Michelle Day

Hopelessly Devoted to Olivia It’s fitting that Olivia Newton-John’s remarkable catalogue is being celebrated by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

She might have been born in the UK, but Melbourne was Olivia’s home.

“She is Melbourne,” her niece Tottie Goldsmith says simply.

Asked in 2007 who was the best artist to have come out of Melbourne, music mogul Michael Gudinski said: “As far as the most impact internationally, you’d have to say Olivia Newton-John.”

The ONJ story really starts in 1954 when Olivia was five and her family moved to Melbourne. At South Yarra’s Christ Church Grammar primary school, Daryl Braithwaite was her first crush. “I used to pass notes to him, he was so cute,” Olivia later revealed.

While at University High in Parkville, Olivia’s singing career took off. In 1964, she won the Sitmar Talent Quest on Johnny O’Keefe’s TV show Sing Sing Sing. She sang Everything’s Coming Up Roses and the prize was a trip to England.

A debate raged in Melbourne’s papers: School or Stardom? Should Olivia finish her schooling or pursue a career in entertainment? Olivia chose showbiz.

“The decision was made easier by my teacher, who said, ‘You’re not working at school, so you may as well go.’”

Olivia was a regular on TV’s The Go!!

Show, where she met two people who would be key characters in the rest of her life: John Farrar – guitarist in the house band, The Strangers – and Pat Carroll. John ended up becoming Olivia’s producer and main songwriter, while Pat – who married John in 1970 – became her singing partner and best friend.

In 1966, as the Sing Sing Sing prize was about to expire, Olivia’s mother convinced her to go to the UK. “I really wanted to stay in Australia, but my mum said I should broaden my horizons.”

John, who grew up in Moonee Ponds, wrote a string of hits for Olivia, including Have You Never Been Mellow, You’re the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Magic, Suddenly and A Little More Love.

“I think John’s a genius,” Olivia said.

“He stays in the background a lot, but he’s a great part of the reason for my success.”

In the UK, Olivia forged an enduring friendship with Cliff Richard, becoming a regular on his TV show. She was also part of a manufactured group called Toomorrow, put together

by The Monkees’ music supervisor Don Kirshner. Olivia starred in the Toomorrow movie, a sci-fi musical about dying aliens who kidnap Toomorrow because the group’s “vibrations” are needed for their race to survive. “It was a disaster,” Olivia recalled.

In 1974, Olivia represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing Long Live Love. She came fourth (a group from Sweden named ABBA won, singing Waterloo).

“Doing the Eurovision Song Contest pushed me to go to America,” Olivia later explained. “I remember Helen Reddy was working in Florida and I went to see her. She said, ‘Look, if you have a success in America and you really want to make it here, you have to be available, you have to be here.’”

Olivia moved to Los Angeles, where she scored her first US number one with I Honestly Love You, a song cowritten by another Aussie, Peter Allen.

Photo credit: TPLP / Contributor (Getty Images)

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Paul Hogan dubbed Olivia’s house “the headquarters of the Gumleaf Mafia” – the gang of Aussies who were making their way in LA in the ’70s and ’80s. “Livvy is the best ambassador for Australia,” Hoges said.

Photo credit: Archive Photos / Stringer (Getty Images)

Olivia ended up having 15 Top 10 singles in the US – an Australian record she shares with the Bee Gees.

Coincidentally, Barry Gibb was one of Olivia’s biggest fans, calling her “the greatest female singer in the world” when he introduced her at the Sydney leg of Sound Relief in 2009.

A couple of years after moving to America, Olivia met movie producer Allan Carr at a dinner at Helen Reddy’s house. He offered Olivia the role of Sandy in the movie version of the stage musical Grease. But Olivia was reluctant. “Because Toomorrow had been such a disaster, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do another movie, thinking it might jeopardise my music career.”

Olivia requested a screen test with John Travolta. “I wanted to see if I could do it. John and I hit it off, so I said yes.”

Olivia would later reflect: “What I found with Grease and Physical is the things I was most afraid of were often the things that were the most worthwhile.”

Olivia’s biggest-selling single, 1981’s Physical, was co-written by another Aussie, Steve Kipner. “I knew it was a commercial song, kind of naughty,” Olivia said. “Well, for its time it was kind of naughty, but now it’s very tame.”

After recording the song, Olivia “freaked out”. She called her manager

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– another Aussie, Roger Davies – and said, “Let’s pull it, it’s too over-the-top, I don’t think I can deal with it.”

“It’s too late,” Roger replied. Physical had already gone to radio.

Trying to play down the song’s suggestive lyric, Olivia did an exercise video for the film clip. “It was all about getting physical. It was funny and people loved it.”

But the song was still banned in Utah. “I was glad about that,” Olivia smiled. “At least I can say I was banned once.”

Physical ended up spending 10 weeks at number one in America – no Aussie act has had a longer-running charttopping single in the US – and the video sent sales of headbands and Lycra soaring.

Olivia’s success inspired the next generation of stars. In 1990, I spoke to Kylie Minogue about her musical influences. “I was obsessed with Grease,” Kylie revealed. “Olivia Newton-John was who I wanted to be.

And I admitted that to her when I met her.” Kylie covered Physical in 2000.

Originally intended for the Moulin Rouge movie, it ended up as a bonus track on the Australian tour edition of Kylie’s chart-topping Light Years album.

And Olivia didn’t just inspire Aussie artists. When I interviewed Mariah Carey in the late ’90s, the American star wasn’t overly expansive, but her eyes lit up when I mentioned Grease.

“Oh my god,” she gushed. “I loved that movie and I loved Olivia Newton-John.

I wanted to be her.”

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Olivia had five American chart-toppers: I Honestly Love You (1974), Have You Never Been Mellow (1975), You’re the One That I Want (with John Travolta, 1978), Magic (1980) and Physical (1981).

No Australian woman has had more number one singles in the US. Olivia was also the first Australian woman to have a #1 album in the US (1974’s If You Love Me, Let Me Know).

And she’s the only Australian woman to have had more than one chart-topping album in America.

And Olivia was the first Australian to win a Grammy for Record of the Year (I Honestly Love You in 1975), one of four Grammys she received – no Aussie act has won more.

The remarkable facts and chart stats are one thing; Olivia Newton-John’s true legacy is her humanity. Her music changed lives; her work is continuing to save lives.

The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre opened in Melbourne in 2012. Tottie – who Olivia called “Plonker” – helped her aunt

build the ONJ Centre at Heidelberg’s Austin Hospital.

“Olivia always encouraged people to be positive and trust their cancer journey,” says Tottie, whose mum Rona was Olivia’s sister. “She’d always turn things into a positive. She wanted people to thrive.

“She radiated this incredible light.”

I had my own encounter with Olivia in 2002. I was working at a radio company and it was my job to write a radio special – to be hosted by Olivia – to celebrate the release of her duets album (2). It was a quick turnaround: I had a brief meeting with Olivia, then quickly wrote the script and emailed it to her that night. The following morning, Olivia turned up to our studios, walking out of the lift on her own, unaccompanied by any showbiz entourage.

Olivia spotted me and smiled sheepishly.

“You’re going to hate me,” she said.

My heart sank. I immediately feared that Olivia didn’t like the script, and the radio special was going to be a disaster.

“You hate the script, don’t you?”

I remarked.

“No,” she replied. “It’s great. But would you mind if we changed these two words – I wouldn’t use them in everyday conversation.”

That was it. Olivia Newton-John – the biggest star of my childhood – was apologising for wanting to change two words in a hurriedly written script that she was voicing. Her professionalism and respect for an anonymous scriptwriter told me everything I needed to know.

For that special, we also spoke to many of the stars who appeared alongside Olivia on the album. Tina Arena said: “Olivia is such a genuine and honest performer. I love that sincerity about her. She’s just a great human being.”

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“Nah, it’s all right,” Olivia replied.

“We’re fine.”

And the late-great Billy Thorpe put it succinctly: “I don’t think Australians quite understand the enormity of Olivia’s fame. There are stars, there are superstars, there are megastars and there are the Barbra Streisands, the Frank Sinatras and the Olivia Newton-Johns.”

Charles has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars; only one has given him a gift to thank him for his work. After finishing the (2) album, Olivia sent him a travel kit containing a neck pillow and eye mask.

Olivia loved singing with other people.

“The exchange of energy produces something different in you,” she explained in that radio special.

The gift arrived at Charles’ house with a handwritten note: “Thank you so much. You’re a very talented man. I loved the experience – Olivia.”

And she loved encouraging young Australian talent. Aside from her friends Richard Marx and Michael McDonald, the (2) album featured an all-Australian cast, including David Campbell. Olivia became a big fan when she saw David playing Johnny O’Keefe in the musical Shout! “I was knocked out by David’s performance,” she said. “He’s going to be a big star.

Well, he’s already a star, but he’s going to be bigger.”

“I think she just had this purity of soul, purity of spirit,” Tottie says. “Everything she did was about trying to leave the Earth a better place.

“Outside of her talent and that gorgeous, angelic voice, she just exuded this incredible warmth and joy and positivity and love.”

Though she travelled the world, sold more than 100 million records, and starred in one of the biggest movies of all time, Olivia somehow managed to remain The Girl Next Door. Grateful and graceful. Genuine and unaffected.

One of us.

I later spoke to the great Australian record producer Charles Fisher, who produced the (2) album. “Olivia is a beautiful soul and a beautiful human being,” Charles said. “She restored my faith in icons.”

Yep, she will always be “Our Livvy”.

We remain Hopelessly Devoted.

Charles remembers flying from Melbourne to Sydney with Olivia.

The record company had stuffed up the booking and placed them both in economy. As they sat in the back row of the plane, a flight attendant came rushing up. “Oh Olivia, I’m really sorry, there must be some mistake. Would you like to come up to business class?

There are some seats up there, I’ll escort you.”

– Jeff Jenkins Melbourne music journalist Jeff Jenkins is the author of several books, including 50 Years of Rock in Australia and Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, The Skyhooks Story, and is the co-author of Ian “Molly” Meldrum’s memoirs, The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story and Ah Well, Nobody’s Perfect.

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ACKNOWLEDGING COUNTRY In the first project of its kind in Australia, the MSO has developed a musical Acknowledgment of Country with music composed by Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, featuring Indigenous languages from across Victoria.

Generously supported by Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the MSO is working in partnership with Short Black Opera and Indigenous language custodians who are generously sharing their cultural knowledge.

The Acknowledgement of Country allows us to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we perform in the language of that country and in the orchestral language of music.

About Long Time Living Here In all the world, only Australia can lay claim to the longest continuing cultures and we celebrate this more today than in any other time since our shared history began. We live each day drawing energy from a land which has been nurtured by the traditional owners for more than 2000 generations. When we acknowledge country we pay respect to the land and to the people in equal measure.

As a composer I have specialised in coupling the beauty and diversity of our Indigenous languages with the power and intensity of classical music. In order to compose the music for this Acknowledgement of Country Project I have had the great privilege of working with no fewer than eleven ancient languages from the state of Victoria, including the language of my late Grandmother, Yorta Yorta woman Frances McGee. I pay my deepest respects to the elders and ancestors who are represented in these songs of acknowledgement and to the language custodians who have shared their knowledge and expertise in providing each text.

I am so proud of the MSO for initiating this landmark project and grateful that they afforded me the opportunity to make this contribution to the ongoing quest of understanding our belonging in this land.

— Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO Australian National Commission for UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Committed to shaping and serving the state it inhabits, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s preeminent orchestra and a cornerstone of Victoria’s rich, cultural heritage.

and First Nations artists to build community and deliver music to people across Melbourne, the state of Victoria and around the world.

In 2024, Jaime Martín leads the Orchestra for his third year as MSO Chief Conductor. Maestro Martín leads an Artistic Family that includes Principal Conductor in Residence Benjamin Northey, Cybec Assistant Conductor Leonard Weiss, MSO Chorus Director Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Composer in Residence Katy Abbott, Artist in Residence Erin Helyard, MSO First Nations Creative Chair Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, Young Cybec Young Composer in Residence Naomi Dodd, and Artist in Association Christian Li.

Each year, the MSO and MSO Chorus present more than 180 public events across live performances, TV, radio and online broadcasts, and via its online concert hall, MSO.LIVE, engaging an audience of more than five million people in 56 countries.

In 2024 the organisation will release its first two albums on the newly established MSO recording label.

With an international reputation for excellence, versatility and innovation, the MSO works with culturally diverse

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations, on whose un-ceded lands we honour the continuation of the oldest music practice in the world.

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Jessica Gethin conductor Accolades include Limelight Australia’s Top 20 Australian Artists for 2017, winning the Brian Stacey Emerging Australian Conductor Award, listed in Australian Financial Review’s 100 Most Influential Women, recipient of a Churchill Fellowship for Performance Excellence in Music, named as inaugural fellow at the Hart Institute of Women Conductors Fellowship with Dallas Opera and being named a finalist in the West Australian of the Year Awards (Arts and Culture).

Award winning conductor Jessica Gethin has gained widespread attention for her stellar musicianship and vibrant energy, reviewers citing her performances as ‘… refined, charismatic and exhilarating’.

Gliding seamlessly between core symphonic repertoire to ballet, opera, film and contemporary genres, Jessica’s international roster includes engagements throughout the USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, with collaborations including the Dallas Opera, Opera Queensland, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Perth Symphony, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic and Macao Orchestra as well as The Australian Ballet and regular seasons with the West Australian Ballet.

Jessica was recently appointed as Principal Conductor of WA Ballet and Head of Orchestral Studies and Conducting at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, contributing to her rapidly growing profile as a leader in the arts both on and off the podium.

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Tottie Goldsmith host

Born in the sixties to the doyen of the Australian nightclub industry Brian Goldsmith and model, actress Rona Newton-John, Tottie, one of eight children, has had an eclectic career spanning music, film, television radio and theatre. Tottie became one of the country’s best known and memorable entertainment personalities.

Her TV & Film credits include everything from The Young Doctors, Neighbours and Secret Life of Us to Underbelly ’s Infiltration.

Her stage career yielded such successes as Grease – The Arena Spectacular, Janet in The New Rocky Horror Show and a national tour of Don’t Dress for Dinner with Dennis Waterman and Jon English.

She stared opposite Samuel Johnson in the national tour of Sex with Strangers amongst other successful theatre runs.

In 1986 Tottie was one of the founding members of girl group The Chantoozies, whose first hit single Witch Queen reached gold & platinum status in Australia.

In 2019 Tottie was recognised for her 15 years of commitment by being awarded Goodwill Ambassador in her aunt Olivia Newton-John’s Cancer and Wellness Centre and in 2020 was awarded an OAM for her contribution to charity and the performing arts.

In the 90s Tottie’s television, radio and hosting blossomed and was known as the ‘it girl’ after hosting Ten’s controversial and ground-breaking Sex/Life series. She then finished the year wining the ratings on TTFM’s breakfast radio program in Melbourne.

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Mark Sutcliffe creative director Mark Sutcliffe has spent over 25 years working in the entertainment and performing arts industry and in that time has worked on some of the biggest cultural events in Australia.

Through his company Make My Mark he has produced and created To Barbra, With Love, Hopelessly Devoted, What the World Needs Now and co-created George Michael: Freedom! and David Bowie: Nothing Has Changed (with Amanda Pelman) – all celebrating icons in music.

Organisations include Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Cassel Group, Opera Australia, Live Nation, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Festival, National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, Global Creatures and the Almeida Theatre in London.

As well as honouring Olivia Newton-John, Mark dedicates these performances to his mother Bernice Sutcliffe, who passed away in 2023.

Events have ranged from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo to the Paris Opera Ballet, Sydney Festival to Picasso, Vienna Philharmonic to Strictly Ballroom – The Musical.

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Nicholas Buc arranger Nicholas Buc is an Award-winning composer, conductor and arranger. He has composed music for film, television and the concert hall, with some of his work being screened at festivals and theatres around Australia, Asia and the US. As the recipient of the prestigious Brian May Scholarship, he completed a Master’s degree in Scoring for Film and Multimedia at New York University, receiving the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Scoring.

He has worked with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Chris Botti, Ben Folds and Australian pop sensation Tina Arena. He has written arrangements for Birds of Tokyo, Missy Higgins and Vera Blue as well as working on Junior MasterChef, The Voice Australia and the 2021 AFL Grand Final.

With a passion for live film concerts, he has conducted the world premieres of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Lion King (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Shrek 2 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

He recently completed work on the new Australian feature film Slant, starring Sigrid Thornton and Pia Miranda, which won Best Australian Feature at Monster Fest 2022. He also scored the Ukrainian documentary Slava, which won Best Short Film at Byron All Shorts Flickerfest 2023.

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David Campbell David is one of our leading musical theatre stars and has achieved similar success on the international stage, most notably captivating New York with his award-winning cabaret show. His production credits include North

By Northwest, Dream Lover — The Bobby Darin Musical, Les Misérables, Company, Shout!, Assassins and more.

David Campbell OAM is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile entertainers. A proven television and radio host, he also headlines theatre, cabaret and concert performances, as well as being an ARIA winning, Helpmann Award winning, multiplatinum recording artist and author.

David is the popular co-host of the national Today Extra show for the Nine Network, as well as the beloved annual Christmas Eve broadcast of Carols by Candlelight. For radio, David presents his own top rating, national weekend afternoon radio show on Smooth FM and in print, David is a regular featured columnist in Stellar, News Corp’s popular Sunday magazine.

David has previously performed with the Sydney Symphony and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras in concerts celebrating George Michael and is happy to be honouring Olivia Newton-John in this production.

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Jess Hitchcock much anticipated album Unbreakable was released mid 2023 and reached #4 in the AIR charts. The first single I Don’t Have the Heart was described by The Music as “an arena sized pop ballad”.

Jess Hitchcock is an Indigenous singersongwriter who has stirred the Australian music and performing arts scene as a genre-defying force. Her powerful voice and knack for storytelling has seen her shine across pop, country, folk, opera and music theatre, sharing the stage and studio with some of Australia’s favourites.

When Jess is not on stage with her own band or joining forces with Australian music legends, she lends her mezzosoprano vocals to select performing arts companies. Most recently, Jess starred in West Australian Opera’s Wundig wer Wilura, in Noongar language.

One of Jess’s most notable collaborations is with legendary Australian singersongwriter, Paul Kelly. Together they performed and recorded Paul’s song Everyday My Mother’s Voice earning standing ovations across the nation. Jess has also collaborated with Archie Roach, Tina Arena and Kate Miller-Heidke.

Born with heritage from the Torres Strait Islands and Papua New Guinea, Jess’s artistic diversity and adroitness are seldom seen in someone as young as her. The way she navigates her creative path is a rare find and nothing short of inspirational.

Jess’s original material is equal parts dramatic as it is playful, always showcasing her vocal prowess. Her

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Georgina Hopson My Fair Lady (Opera Australia/Gordon Frost Organisation), West Side Story (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour), Oklahoma! (The Production Company).

Originally hailing from Toowoomba, Georgina is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

Selected Theatre Credits include: Karen in Bananaland (Brisbane & Sydney Festival), Christine Daaé in Opera Australia’s Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour, The Golden Age of Broadway for the Sydney Opera House’s 50th birthday celebrations, To Barbara with Love at the State Theatre, Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Hayes Theatre Co.), Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain (QPAC), MJ Alternate in Jagged Little Pill (GWB), Emma Carew in Jekyll & Hyde (Hayes Theatre Co.), Gussie Carnegie in Merrily We Roll Along (Hayes Theatre Co.), Lily in The Secret Garden (Opera Australia, cancelled due to COVID-19), Claudia Nardi in Nine (Squabbalogic), Mother in Ragtime (Production Company), Evita (Opera Australia/Gordon Frost Organisation),

Awards & Nominations: Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role – Merrily We Roll Along, 2022; Green Room Award for Best Performer in a Lead Role – Ragtime, 2020; Rob Guest Endowment Award, 2017; the Matilda Award for Best Emerging Artist, 2015.

Georgina played Wendy Hogan in the TV miniseries Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story (Fremantle Media), and has appeared in Doctor Doctor Season 5 (Easy Tiger) and in Bump Season 2 (Roadshow Rough Diamond).

Georgina has been a proud MEAA Equity member since 2017.

Instagram @georginahopson

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Christie Whelan Browne Christie Whelan Browne is one of Australia’s most versatile stage and screen performers.

Drowsy Chaperone (Helpmann Award Nomination), Jerry’s Girls, Anything Goes, Xanadu and The Producers.

An award-winning actress she has delighted musical theatre audiences in shows such as Company (Sydney Theatre Award for Best Newcomer), Vigil (Green Room Award Winner), The Boyfriend, Once We Lived Here (Green Room Award Nomination), Sugar (Green Room Award Nomination), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Green Room Award Nomination), Shane Warne The Musical, Singin’ In The Rain (Green Room Award Nomination), The

On the silver screen, Christie has been seen in Wonderland, Offspring, Peter Allen – Not The Boy Next Door, House Husbands, True Story with Hamish and Andy, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Get Krack!n and The Wrong Girl.

Recently, Christie was a finalist on Network Seven’s Dancing With The Stars, was a regular cast member on Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, and featured on Binge’s hit series Colin From Accounts.

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Band

GRANT WINDSOR keys Grant Windsor is a musician of international reputation. Based in London for 11 years, he

TROY DOWNWARD guitar Based in Melbourne, Troy, is fast establishing himself as a guitarist of high calibre. His experience covers a broad range of styles from jazz improvisation to rock. He is highly in demand for his ability to accompany artists and is currently working as Music Director for Tarryn Stokes (The Voice), as

has worked alongside international artists such as Michael Bublé, Bilal, Kamaal Williams, Gregory Porter, Carol King, Sir Tim Rice, Pee Wee Ellis, Jose James and Basement Jaxx, and with Australian artists such as Pete Murray, Guy Sebastian, Christine Anu and Kate Ceberano

Beginning, No End which received two downbeat awards. In 2001 Grant received the inaugural APRA Professional Development award for Jazz Composition.

Currently working at both the VCA and Monash universities and is an APRA – AMCOS Ambassador.

Grant Windsor recorded on Blue Note records with Jose James in 2014 on No well as working with the legendary Russell Morris, enjoying great success – with sell out symphonic shows across the country, live broadcasts, and an album release reaching number 1 on the ARIA charts. He has also received 15 million streams with newly found indie band Tekoa.

As a sideman he is considered a first call musician with credits including Tina Arena, Daryl Braithwaite, Katie Noonan, John Barrowman, The Book of Mormon, Tim Rogers, Danni Minogue, Kate Ceberano, Paul Grabowsky, Moulin

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Rouge!, &Juliet, The Boy From Oz and Beautiful.

Being versatile as a musician has seen Troy perform with various orchestras around the country including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Foreman’s Pops Orchestra, The Helpmann Awards, and renowned conductors such as Benjamin Northey, Nicholas Buc, John Foreman, and Vanessa Scammell. Troy is equally comfortable as a recording artist, continuing to refine his recording and production technique, having worked at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London in 2023.

CRAIG NEWMAN bass Craig began musical studies of the age of 12 when he began playing trumpet. At 16, he had developed a keen interest in bass guitar.

Craig has toured and worked extensively with many artists, including Kylie Minogue, Eric Burden, Judith Durham, The Seekers, Thelma Houston, David Hobson, Glenn Shorrock, Olivia

Newton-John, Anthony Warlow, Tom Jones, Elvis in concert – 2017 Australian tour, George Michael: Listen to your Heart – Australian Tour with Grammy winning L.A. guitarist – Larry Carlton.

Come From Away, Miss Saigon and many more.

Craig has been a permanent member of the John Farnham band touring and recording since 2001.

TV bands include, Young Talent Time, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Logies, Carols

By Candlelight, Dancing With Dancing With Stars to name a few.

Current projects for 2023 include the third run of Rolling thunder Vietnam, Dirty Dancing Concert tour and the sell out Russell Morris Symphonic tour and double live album.

Craig’s musical theatre credits include Sweet Charity, Dancing Man, The Fully Monty Dirty Dancing, King Kong, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lazarus, Moulin Rouge, Beautiful, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,

Early 2024 saw Craig working as bassist and Musical Director for the Melbourne season direct from the UK of “The Choir Of Man” which ran for a six week season at the Art Centre, until mid February.

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international companies, as well as the opportunity to perform at the 2015 Australia’s Ultimate Drummers Weekend.

He was also featured in issue 80 of the renowned Drumscene magazine.

KIERAN RAFFERTY drums Kieran Rafferty studied a Bachelor of Music at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University under the instruction of Tony Floyd and Dave Beck, and in 2013 competed and took first prize in the open category of Australia’s Best Up And Coming Drummer Competition.

He instantly received endorsements from four

He performs regularly at a range of different venues across the country from jazz clubs, pubs, concert halls (including Sydney Opera House) and stadiums (where he played to 85,000 people for Dreamtime at the G), and has performed as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues, Sydney Festival and Adelaide Festival.

Encore Writing Credits

You’re the One That I Want Christie Whelan Browne and David Campbell Written by John Farrar

Xanadu Cast Written by Jeff Lynne

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Kieran’s recent career has seen him performing with the alternative rock band Rival Fire at Rod Laver Arena to support US rock band Kiss on their 2022 world tour; playing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as part of their Performance of a Lifetime concert at Sidney Myer Music Bowl; and playing on hit shows such as Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, and The Who’s Tommy.

In 2023, Kieran travelled across the country playing over 200 performances for the Rocky Horror Show ’s 50th Anniversary Australian tour, starring Jason Donovan and Myf Warhurst.

MUSICIANS PERFORMING IN THIS CONCERT

TRUMPETS

FIRST VIOLINS

CELLOS

John and Diana Frew#

Peter Edwards

Rachael Tobin

TROMBONES

Assistant Principal Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson#

Sarah Curro

Dr Harry Imber#

Kirstin Kenny Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Emily Beauchamp* Juliette Boirayon* Oksana Thompson*

SECOND VIOLINS Robert Macindoe Associate Principal

Cong Gu

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield#

Patrick Wong Roger Young

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan#

Associate Principal Anonymous#

Michelle Wood

Andrew and Judy Rogers#

Jonathan Chim* Kalina Krusteva*

DOUBLE BASSES Rohan Dasika

Acting Assistant Principal

Mark Davidson Principal

Robert Collins* Mike Szabo

Principal Bass Trombone

TIMPANI John Arcaro

Tim and Lyn Edward#

Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen#

FLUTES Taryn Clarke* Guest Principal

OBOES

Robert Allan*

HARP Yinuo Mu

Emmanuel Cassimatis* Guest Principal

CLARINETS

VIOLAS

Elise Millman

Gabrielle Halloran Jenny Khafagi Karen Columbine* Trevor Jones* Heidi von Bernewitz*

William Evans Rosie Turner

Robert Cossom

Philip Arkinstall

The late Dr Elizabeth E Lewis AM#

Associate Principal Glenn Sedgwick and Dr Anita Willaton#

PERCUSSION

Suzanne Lee Caitlin Bass*

Jacqueline Edwards* Andrea Keeble* Miranda Matheson* Anthony Chataway

Shane Hooton

Associate Principal

Principal

SAXOPHONES Tim Wilson*

Alto Saxophone

Lachlan Davidson* Tenor Saxophone

BASSOON

Stuart Byrne*

Baritone Saxophone

Associate Principal

HORNS Andrew Young

Associate Principal

Abbey Edlin

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Correct as of 4 March 2024.

Learn more about our musicians on the MSO website.

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* Denotes Guest Musician ^ Denotes MSO Academy # Position supported by

MSO SUPPORTERS MSO PATRON Her Excellency Professor, the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE The Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Harold Mitchell Foundation Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Cybec Foundation The Pratt Foundation The Ullmer Family Foundation Anonymous (1)

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS Concertmaster Chair David Li AM and Angela Li Cybec Assistant Conductor Chair Leonard Weiss Cybec Foundation Assistant Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Cybec Young Composer in Residence Naomi Dodd Cybec Foundation

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS MSO Now & Forever Fund: International Engagement Gandel Foundation Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program Cybec Foundation

Digital Transformation Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment First Nations Emerging Artist Program The Ullmer Family Foundation East meets West The Li Family Trust, National Foundation for AustraliaChina Relations Ears Wide Open and Music & Ideas City of Melbourne, Crown Resorts Foundation and Packer Family Foundation MSO Live Online Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation MSO Education Anonymous MSO Academy Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio, Mary Armour, Christopher Robinson in memory of Joan P Robinson MSO For Schools Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation Jams in Schools Department of Education, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program, Marian and E.H. Flack Trust, Flora & Frank Leith Charitable Trust, Hume City Council MSO Regional Touring Angior Family Foundation, Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, Robert Salzer Foundation, The Sir Andrew & Lady Fairley Foundation

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Sidney Myer Free Concerts Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund and the University of Melbourne, City of Melbourne Event Partnerships Program

PLATINUM PATRONS $100,000+ The late Marc Besen AC and the late Eva Besen AO The Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio David Li AM and Angela Li Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+ Dr Harry Imber Margaret Jackson AC Packer Family Foundation Ullmer Family Foundation Weis Family Anonymous (1)

IMPRESARIO PATRONS $20,000+ The Aranday Foundation H Bentley The Hogan Family Foundation David Krasnostein AM and Pat Stragalinos Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence Lady Marigold Southey AC Kim Williams AM The Yulgilbar Foundation Anonymous (2)

MAESTRO PATRONS $10,000+ Christine and Mark Armour Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM

Andrew Dudgeon AM Jaan Enden Dr Mary-Jane H Gething AO David R Lloyd Peter Lovell Maestro Jaime Martín Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher Farrel and Wendy Meltzer Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Paul Noonan Opalgate Foundation Ian and Jeannie Paterson Christopher Robinson and the late Joan P Robinson Yashian Schauble Glenn Sedgwick The Sun Foundation Gai and David Taylor Athalie Williams and Tim Danielson Lyn Williams AM The Wingate Group Anonymous (3)

PRINCIPAL PATRONS $5,000+ Mary Armour John and Lorraine Bates Barbara Bell in memory of Elsa Bell Bodhi Education Fund Julia and Jim Breen Jannie Brown Lynne Burgess

John Coppock OAM and Lyn Coppock Perri Cutten and Jo Daniell Ann Darby in memory of Leslie J. Darby Mary Davidson and the late Frederick Davidson AM The Dimmick Charitable Trust Tim and Lyn Edward Equity Trustees Bill Fleming Dr John and Diana Frew Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner Dr Rhyl Wade and Dr Clem Gruen Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Louis J Hamon OAM Merv Keehn and Sue Harlow David Horowicz Dr Alastair Jackson AM Suzanne Kirkham The late Dr Elizabeth Lewis AM

Lucas Family Foundation Dr Jane Mackenzie Gary McPherson The Mercer Family Foundation Anne Neil in memory of Murray A. Neil Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Ken Ong OAM Bruce Parncutt AO David Ponsford Professor Sam Ricketson AM and Dr Rosemary Ayton Andrew and Judy Rogers The Rosemary Norman Foundation Guy Ross

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Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young Brian Snape AM Dr Michael Soon Mary Waldron Janet Whiting AM Dawna Wright and Peter Riedel Igor Zambelli Anonymous (1)

ASSOCIATE PATRONS $2,500+ Carolyn Baker Marlyn Bancroft and Peter Bancroft OAM Sascha O Becker Janet H Bell Alan and Dr Jennifer Breschkin

Patricia Brockman Nigel and Sheena Broughton Dr Lynda Campbell Oliver Carton Janet Chauvel and the late Dr Richard Chauvel Kaye Cleary Michael Davies and Drina Staples Leo de Lange Sophie E Dougall in memory of Libby Harold Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin Kim and Robert Gearon Janette Gill R Goldberg and Family Goldschlager Family Charitable Foundation Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Jennifer Gorog C M Gray Marshall Grosby and Margie Bromilow

Ian Kennedy AM & Dr Sandra Hacker AO Susan and Gary Hearst Dr Keith Higgins and Dr Jane Joshi Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann Doug Hooley Gillian Hund OAM and Michael Hund Geoff and Denise Illing Paul and Amy Jasper Sandy Jenkins John Jones Ann Lahore Qian Li Carolynne Marks Margaret and John Mason OAM H E McKenzie Dr Isabel McLean Christopher Menz and Peter Rose Ian Merrylees Suzie and Edgar Myer Dr Paul Nisselle AM Alan and Dorothy Pattison Ruth and Ralph Renard Peter and Carolyn Rendit James Ring Tom and Elizabeth Romanowski Liliane Rusek and Alexander Ushakoff The Sage Foundation Jeffrey Sher KC and Diana Sher OAM Barry Spanger Steinicke Family Caroline Stuart Robert and Diana Wilson Shirley and Jeffrey Zajac Anonymous (3)

PLAYER PATRONS $1,000+ Dr Sally Adams Helena Anderson Margaret Astbury Robbie Barker Michael Bowles & Alma Gill Allen and Kathryn Bloom Joyce Bown Youth Music Foundation Professor Ian Brighthope Miranda Brockman Drs John D L Brookes and Lucy V Hanlon Stuart Brown Suzie Brown OAM and the late Harvey Brown Jill and Christopher Buckley Dr Robin Burns and Dr Roger Douglas Ronald and Kate Burnstein Peter A Caldwell Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt Mrs Nola Daley Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das Caroline Davies Natasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education Fund Rick and Sue Deering John and Anne Duncan Jane Edmanson OAM Diane Fisher Alex Forrest Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Chris Freelance Applebay Pty Ltd David Frenkiel and Esther Frenkiel OAM Mary Gaidzkar Simon Gaites

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Anthony Garvey and Estelle O’Callaghan David I Gibbs AM and Susie O’Neill Sonia Gilderdale Dr Celia Godfrey Dr Marged Goode Hilary Hall in memory of Wilma Collie David Hardy Tilda and the late Brian Haughney Cathy Henry Dr Jennifer Henry Rod Home Lorraine Hook Jenny and Peter Hordern Katherine Horwood Penelope Hughes Geoff and Denise Illing Jordan Janssen Shyama Jayaswal Basil and Rita Jenkins Emma Johnson Wendy Johnson Sue Johnston John Kaufman Angela Kayser Drs Bruce and Natalie Kellett Dr Anne Kennedy Akira Kikkawa Dr Judith Kinnear Dr Richard Knafelc and Mr Grevis Beard Tim Knaggs Dr Jerry Koliha and Marlene Krelle Jane Kunstler Kerry Landman Kathleen and Coran Lang Bryan Lawrence Lesley McMullin Foundation

Dr Jenny Lewis Phil Lewis Dr Kin Liu Andrew Lockwood Elizabeth H Loftus Chris and Anna Long John MacLeod Marshall Segan in memory of Berek Segan OBE and Marysia Segan Ian McDonald Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer Lois McKay Dr Eric Meadows Professor Geoffrey Metz Sylvia Miller Ian Morrey and Geoffrey Minter Dr Anthony and Dr Anna Morton Anthony and Karen Ho Dr Judith S Nimmo Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Susan Pelka Ian Penboss Peter Priest John Prokupets Professor Charles Qin OAM and Kate Ritchie Eli Raskin Jan and Keith Richards Roger Parker and Ruth Parker Dr Peter Rogers and Cathy Rogers OAM Dr Ronald and Elizabeth Rosanove Marie Rowland Viorica Samson P Shore Janet and Alex Starr Dr Peter Strickland

Dr Joel Symons and Liora Symons Russell Taylor and Tara Obeyesekere Geoffrey Thomlinson Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher Andrew and Penny Torok Christina Turner Leon and Sandra Velik Edward & Paddy White Nic and Ann Willcock Lorraine Woolley Dr Kelly and Dr Heathcote Wright Anonymous (16)

OVERTURE PATRONS $500+ Jane Allan and Mark Redmond Mario M Anders Jenny Anderson Dr Judith Armstrong and Robyn Dalziel Doris Au Lyn Bailey Mr Robin Batterham Dr William Birch AM Richard Bolitho Dr Robert Brook Elizabeth Brown Roger and Coll Buckle Daniel Bushaway Jungpin Chen Linda Clifton Dr John Collins Judith Cowden in memory of violinist Margaret Cowden Gregory Crew Sue Cummings Dr Oliver and Matilda Daly Suzanne Dembo

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Carol des Cognets Margaret Flatman Brian Florence M C Friday David and Geraldine Glenny Louise Gourlay OAM Christine Grenda Dawn Hales George Hampel AM KC and Felicity Hampel AM SC John Hill William Holder Rod Home Gillian Horwood Noelle Howell and Judy Clezy Rob Jackson Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley Peter Kempen AM John Keys Lesley King Professor David Knowles and Dr Anne McLachlan Dr Kim Langfield-Smith Pauline and David Lawton Paschalina Leach Kay Liu David Loggia Eleanor & Phillip Mancini Joy Manners Morris and Helen Margolis Sandra Masel in memory of Leigh Masel Janice Mayfield Gail McKay Shirley A McKenzie Dr Alan Meads and Sandra Boon Joan Mullumby Adrian and Louise Nelson Marian Neumann Ed Newbigin

Valerie Newman Amanda O’Brien Brendan O’Donnell Jillian Pappas Phil Parker Sarah Patterson The Hon Chris Pearce and Andrea Pearce Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk William Ramirez Geoffrey Ravenscroft Dr Christopher Rees Professor John Rickard Michael Riordan and Geoffrey Bush Fred and Patricia Russell Carolyn Sanders Dr Marc Saunders Dr Nora Scheinkestel Julia Schlapp Hon Jim Short and Jan Rothwell Short Madeline Soloveychik Tom Sykes Allison Taylor Reverend Angela Thomas Mely Tjandra Chris and Helen Trueman Rosemary Warnock Amanda Watson Michael Whishaw Deborah and Dr Kevin Whithear OAM Charles and Jill Wright Anonymous (14)

MSO GUARDIANS Jenny Anderson David Angelovich G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden Joyce Bown Patricia A Breslin Mrs Jenny Bruckner and the late Mr John Bruckner Peter A Caldwell Luci and Ron Chambers Beryl Dean Sandra Dent Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Marguerite Garnon-Williams Drs L C Gruen and R W Wade Louis J Hamon AOM Charles Hardman Carol Hay Jennifer Henry Graham Hogarth Rod Home Lyndon Horsburgh Tony Howe Lindsay and Michael Jacombs Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James John Jones Sylvia Lavelle Pauline and David Lawton Cameron Mowat Ruth Muir David Orr Matthew O’Sullivan Rosia Pasteur Penny Rawlins Anne Roussac-Hoyne and Neil Roussac Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead Andrew Serpell and

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Anne Kieni Serpell Jennifer Shepherd Suzette Sherazee Dr Gabriela and Dr George Stephenson Pamela Swansson Lillian Tarry Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock Christina Turner Peter and the late Elisabeth Turner Michael Ulmer AO The Hon. Rosemary Varty Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke Mark Young Anonymous (20) The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates: Norma Ruth Atwell Angela Beagley Barbara Bobbe Michael Francois Boyt Christine Mary Bridgart Margaret Anne Brien Ken Bullen Deidre and Malcolm Carkeek The Cuming Bequest Margaret Davies Blair Doig Dixon Neilma Gantner Angela Felicity Glover The Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QC Derek John Grantham Delina Victoria SchembriHardy Enid Florence Hookey Gwen Hunt

Family and Friends of James Jacoby Audrey Jenkins Joan Jones Pauline Marie Johnston Christine Mary Kellam C P Kemp Jennifer Selina Laurent Sylvia Rose Lavelle Peter Forbes MacLaren Joan Winsome Maslen Lorraine Maxine Meldrum Prof Andrew McCredie Jean Moore Joan P Robinson Maxwell and Jill Schultz Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE Marion A I H M Spence Molly Stephens Gwennyth St John Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian Jennifer May Teague Elisabeth Turner Albert Henry Ullin Jean Tweedie Herta and Fred B Vogel Dorothy Wood Joyce Winsome Woodroffe

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE Cecilie Hall and the Late Hon Michael Watt KC Tim and Lyn Edward Weis Family

FIRST NATIONS CIRCLE John and Lorraine Bates Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Sascha O. Becker Maestro Jaime Martín Elizabeth Proust AO and

Brian Lawrence Guy Ross The Sage Foundation The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Jason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation

ADOPT A MUSICIAN Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan Roger Young

Andrew Dudgeon AM

Rohan de Korte, Philippa West

Tim and Lyn Edward John Arcaro

Dr John and Diana Frew Rosie Turner

Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Stephen Newton

Dr Mary-Jane Gething AO Monica Curro

The Gross Foundation Matthew Tomkins

Dr Clem Gruen and Dr Rhyl Wade Robert Cossom

Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Saul Lewis

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Abbey Edlin

David Horowicz

Anne-Marie Johnson

Dr Harry Imber

Sarah Curro, Jack Schiller

Margaret Jackson AC Nicolas Fleury

Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio

Elina Fashki, Benjamin Hanlon, Tair Khisambeev, Christopher Moore

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The late Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Anthony Chataway

David Li AM and Angela Li Concermaster Chair

Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher Craig Hill

Gary McPherson Rachel Shaw

Anne Neil

Eleanor Mancini

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Cong Gu

The Rosemary Norman Foundation Ann Blackburn

Andrew and Judy Rogers Michelle Wood

Glenn Sedgwick

Tiffany Cheng, Shane Hooton

Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson Natasha Thomas

Anonymous

Prudence Davis

Anonymous Rachael Tobin

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS Life Members John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC Sir Elton John CBE Lady Primrose Potter AC CMRI Jeanne Pratt AC Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Anonymous MSO Ambassador Geoffrey Rush AC

The MSO honours the memory of Life Members Marc Besen AC Mrs Eva Besen AO John Brockman OAM The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Harold Mitchell AC Roger Riordan AM Ila Vanrenen

MSO ARTISTIC FAMILY Jaime Martín

Chief Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Principal Conductor in Residence

Leonard Weiss

Cybec Assistant Conductor

Sir Andrew Davis CBE Conductor Laureate

Hiroyuki Iwaki †

Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

Warren Trevelyan-Jones MSO Chorus Director

MSO BOARD Chairman David Li AM Co-Deputy Chairs Margaret Jackson AC Di Jameson OAM Managing Director Sophie Galaise Board Directors Shane Buggle Andrew Dudgeon AM Martin Foley Lorraine Hook Gary McPherson Farrel Meltzer Edgar Myer Glenn Sedgwick Mary Waldron Company Secretary Demetrio Zema

Erin Helyard

Artist in Residence

Karen Kyriakou

Artist in residence, Learning and Engagement

Christian Li

Young Artist in Association

Katy Abbott

Composer in Residence

Naomi Dodd

Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO First Nations Creative Chair

Xian Zhang

East meets West Ambassador

Artistic Ambassadors Tan Dun Lu Siqing

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