Coming up . . .

17 March 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Junior String Ensemble and QYO3.

18 March 2012 3.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Wind Ensemble and Glennie School, Toowoomba.

24 March 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO2.

25 March 2012 4.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Wind Symphony and Big Band. Please note: the concert starts at 4.00pm.

Sat 31 March 2012 7pm
QYS - Don Juan
QPAC Concert Hall
The first concert of QYS in 2012, featuring Strauss’ famous tone poem Don Juan, Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto (Soloist Oliver Scott) and Symphony No. 12 by Shostakovich.

More QYO pages

The Old Museum

Brisbane’s youth performing arts centre and home of QYO.

2012 NYCC

QYO’s National Youth Concerto Competition, Australia’s leading competition for string players aged 17 and under. Applications are now open for 2012.

Book tickets for QYS

Find out everything about the QYS 2012 Concert Series and purchase your tickets here.

2011 QYO Staff, Board and Volunteers

 

Administration Staff

General Manager:  Geoff Rosbrook
Administrator:  Louise Robinson
Marketing Officer:  Michael Sterzinger
Development Officer:  tbc
Venue Manager:  Alannah McFadzean

 

Executive Committee (Board)

President:  Collin Myers
Vice President:  Barbara Tobin
Director of Music:  John Curro AM MBE
Treasurer:  Peter Geroff
Secretary:  Theo Kotzas

Norman Fussell AO
Gregory Seeto
Victoria Whiting
Angela Gibbs

 

Conductors

Queensland Youth Symphony:  John Curro AM MBE
2nd Queensland Youth Orchestra:  Sergei V Korschmin
3rd Queensland Youth Orchestra:  Bradley Voltz
Junior String Ensemble:  Chen Yang
Wind Symphony:  Warwick Potter
Wind Ensemble:  David Law
Big Band:  Michael Connors

For biographies of the conductors, please click here

 

Tutors, Auditioners, Judges, Accompanists

QYO employs over 70 professional musicians each year as tutors, auditioners, judges for the National Youth Concerto Competition and as accompanists for recitals.


Volunteers

QYO has approximately 100 volunteers who assist with orchestral administration, camps, concerts, tours, catering, fundraising or by offering their expertise in specialised areas, eg. IT, graphic design, instrument and equipment maintenance.

QYO also has opportunities for students who wish to gain experience in arts administration to volunteer their services to QYO as an office volunteer.


Special thanks to our orchestral administration teams for 2011:


Queensland Youth Symphony - QYS
Administrator - Ann Khafagi
Librarian - Victoria Whiting
Stage Manager - Kem Brandon
Asst. Stage Manager - Noel Smith

Second Queensland Youth Orchestra - QYO2
Administrator - Col Barnes-Scott
Librarian - Joy Barnes-Scott
Asst. Librarian - Sherilee Way
Stage Manager - Noel Smith
Asst. Stage Manager - Phillip Shipard
Asst. Stage Manager - Bram Gray

Third Queensland Youth Orchestra - QYO3
Administrator - Robert Bigalla
Librarian - Madeline Hall
Stage Manager - Bruce Paynter

Wind Symphony - WS
Administrator - Edith Bevan
Librarian - Sandra Hester
Asst. Librarian - Jo Bazeley
Stage Managers - Nick and Laurie Buys

Wind Ensemble - WE
Administrator - Elaine Earl
Librarian - Lisa Davies
Asst. Librarian - Kirsty Oxlee
Stage Managers - Greg and Vicki Knopke
Percussion Manager - Russell Mellor

Junior String Ensemble - JSE
Administrator - Michael Whelan
Librarian - Coralie Hall
Asst Librarian - Nicole Hinze
Stage Manager - Leesa Swainston
Asst. Stage Manager - Karen Sharp

Big Band - BB
Administrator - Linda Cox
Stage Manager - Warren Cox