#queensland wind orchestra

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Had a QWO rehearsal at CC tonight. Felt super strange going back to high school for the first time in 7 years... Everything is so different but also exactly the same. #queenslandwindorchestra #oboe #oboelyf #backtohighschool #isthiswhatgrowingupfeelslike @clayfield.college

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13 OF THE BEST 2019 FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT FILMS

BALLOON   (Germany, 2018) Director: Michael Herbig In German, with English subtitles

An incredible true story of resistance. 1979, East Germany during the height of the Cold War. Two ordinary families yearning for freedom secretly form a great escape plan to get across to the West: with courage and ingenuity, they build a hot air balloon with small pieces of cloth for their eight family-members to fly over the border. But an initial failure threatens their entire plan, setting off a dangerous race against time for a second attempt, with the state police now hot on their heels.

BEFORE I FORGET (Brazil, 2018) Director: Tiago Arakilian In Portuguese, with English subtitles

At the age of 80, a retired judge decides to demolish the stability of his comfortable life and become the owner of a strip club.

CELESTE   (Australia, 2018) Director: Ben Hackworth In English

Hidden from the world at a crumbling estate in lush tropical Far North Queensland, Celeste anxiously reaches out to Jack, her late husband's son, inviting him to return to the languid, sprawling family home for her much-anticipated recital. Jack's reappearance after a long absence stirs up unsettling memories, pulling them both into a mutually precarious orbit.  

CHASING THE JET STREAM (Switzerland, UK, 2018) Director: Claudio von Planta In English

Chasing The Jet Streamfollows the pioneering adventure of Marc Hauser, a Swiss entrepreneur and motivational speaker who wants to become the first skydiver in the world jumping into a hurricane-force jet stream at 8,000 to 10,000 meters altitude. With this record, Marc wants to bring attention to the nascent technology of airborne wind energy systems, which can harness high-altitude wind power. This new technology has the potential to defuse the global energy crisis.

COLD FEET   (Germany, 2018) Director: Wolfgang Groos In German with English subtitles

Denis, a third-rate burglar who needs to pay his debts to some disagreeable crooks, breaks into the Austrian winter cottage of rich businessman and stroke patient, Raimund (screen veteran Heiner Lauterbach). It seemed like the perfect plan until a raging snowstorm hits the region just as Raimund's granddaughter Charlotte (Sonja Gerhardt) comes to visit, mistaking Denis for the new nurse. Without escape being an option, Denis decides to play along. What follows is an entertaining game of cat and mouse, where a suspicious Charlotte, her handicapped grandfather and the clever young man are unexpectedly forced to unite and put their resources to use.

CUBA (U.S., Cuba, 2019) Director: Peter H. Chang In English

CUBA tells the powerful story of a land preserved in time, yet poised on the cusp of dramatic change. The nation's vibrant culture, meticulously maintained colonial architecture, and pristine ecosystems provide a vivid window into the island's history and spirit. CUBA will transport audiences across breathtaking landscapes, under the ocean surface to iridescent reefs, and into streets throbbing with music and dance in the heart of Havana. Through the eyes of Cuban artists, historians, and scientists, the film provides an intimate look at this vivacious island nation.

DELFIN   (Argentina, 2019) Director: Gaspar Scheuer In Spanish with English subtitles

Life certainly isn't easy for Delfín, an 11-year-old boy who lives alone with his father in the barren, muddy outskirts of a Buenos Aires province small town. But above all things, Delfín wants to participate in a Children's Orchestra that is being formed in a neighboring village. His aging music teacher taught him to play the French horn, and Delfín will do the impossible to show up for the audition. This will mean an adventure for him and also for his father.

FROM THE VINE (Canada, Italy, 2019) Director: Sean Cisterna In English and Italian, with English subtitles

From The Vineis the story of a downtrodden CEO experiencing a moral crisis that travels back to Italy to recalibrate his moral compass. He discovers a new life by reviving his Nonno's old vineyard, offering the small town of Acerenza a sustainable future and reconnecting with his family in the process. Combining magic realism and Italian neorealism, and set against the backdrop of wine country Italy, the film is about finding your roots in your family when you're at the bottom of the barrel.

FUNNY YOU NEVER KNEW   (U.S., 2019) Director: Andrew Hunt In English

Comedians Fred Willard and Kevin Pollak re-discover three remarkable TV comics from the 1950s: Imogene Coca, George Gobel and Martha Raye, whose groundbreaking work was broadcast live. Thanks to recently unearthed kinescopes a new audience can enjoy vital and hilarious performances that have languished unseen for 60 years.

LA BOLDUC (Canada, 2018) Director: Francois Bouvier In Canadian French, with English subtitles

In Montreal, at the beginning of the 20th century, a poor and uneducated mother of a family managed to get her family out of poverty by becoming a resounding folk singer. With the crisis of the '20s and '30s in the background and the first impetus for the fight for women's rights, the screenplay traces Mary Travers Bolduc's life, her dazzling career, her difficult marriage and her touching relationship with her daughter. Elder Denise, who played the piano on her mother's records and dreamed of becoming an actress in Hollywood.

LOVE IN SUSPENDERS (Israel, 2019) Director: Jorge Weller In Hebrew, with English subtitles

Tami is a widow in her 60's and Beno is a widower in his 70's. She is optimistic, always smiling, and still talking to her husband who has been dead for a few years already. Beno is tougher on the outside, but also still suffering from the loss of his wife. Tami and her husband were successful singers so now she lives comfortably in a beautiful retirement home. He, on the other hand, is finding it hard to pay the monthly rent. Notwithstanding their differences in lifestyle and personality, and their interfering offspring and neighbors, they eventually fall in love.

SAFE SPACES (U.S., 2019) Director: Daniel Schechter In English

A New York City professor spends a week reconnecting with his family while defending his reputation over controversial behavior at his college.

SEEING BEAUTY: GIANNI VERSACE'S MIAMI BEACH PALAZZO     (U.S., 2019) Director: Scott Cardinal In English

The extraordinary history of the Casa Casuarina, best known as the Miami Beach Palazzo of fashion designer Gianni Versace. This documentary includes a grand tour of the interior and exterior of the fabulous estate, including its legendary "1 million tiles" swimming pool.

This was originally published in Wire Magazine Issue 22.2019

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Australia, France, Bulgaria, Berlin and Italy – Lonely Planet's travel blog

Cliff astride his noble steed Turbo on Rainbow Beach, Queensland © Clifton Wilkinson

At Lonely Planet we’re simply obsessed with travel; rarely a week goes by when someone hasn’t just got back from an epic adventure. To celebrate our infatuation with exploration, each month Lonely Planet staff will be sharing some of their recent travel stories from the road. Read on for horseback beach escapes, birthday celebrations in Berlin and more…

Horse riding along Rainbow Beach, Queensland

Turbo was having none of it. Try as I might, I couldn’t get my otherwise compliant horse to take the two of us into the ocean as we ambled along the magnificent Rainbow Beach in Queensland. It’s not like I wasn’t having an amazing time already. It would be difficult not to on what is regularly named as one of the world’s most beautiful beaches; a stretch of golden sand that goes on for miles, bordered on one side by dunes and forest, and on the other by the glistening Pacific.

But I’d always wanted to ride a horse on a beach, galloping through the waves, man and horse and the elements combining in an exhilarating, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Turbo clearly had not got the memo, so I had to make do with a gentle stroll along the sand, every now and again trying, unsuccessfully, to coax my clearly ironically named steed to head just a little closer to the water, but still revelling, grin spread across my face, in the stunning surroundings.

Clifton Wilkinson, Destination Editor for Great Britain, Ireland and Iceland. Follow his tweets @Cliff_Wilkinson.

Traffic on Ile de Re may include the odd donkey © Jessica Ryan

Cycling around idyllic Île de Ré, France

Last September I spent five glorious days in Île de Ré, near La Rochelle on the west coast of France. We stayed in an area called Le-Bois-Plage-en-Ré, a 15-minute cycle from the island’s main hub, Saint-Martin, a quaint, upmarket port town. Cycling wouldn’t normally be my preferred method of transport, but you really need a bike to experience what makes this place special. And with an elaborate network of flat, smooth cycle paths that take you past fields of donkeys, vineyards, oyster farms, beaches and salt flats, it was a pretty dreamy way to get around.

By day, we criss-crossed the island en vélo, stopping for an ice cream at the famous La Martinière in Saint-Martin. Its winding streets are lined with charming white houses, decorated with shuttered windows and climbing plants. You can stop for a dip in the sea when it gets too hot, and have lunch at the many beach restaurants before exploring the rest of the island. By night, dine at La Cible; or if you’re on a tighter budget, pick up a takeaway pizza and beers from one of the roadside vendors, pedal onto the beach and watch the sun set.

Jessica Ryan, Product Editor. Follow her on Instagram @jessimica_ryan.

Tas taking in the Bulgarian mountains © Tasmin Waby

Soaking tired muscles in Bulgaria’s hot springs

I love mountains and I love thermal hot springs (known as banya in Bulgaria), so I was pretty happy to find both just an hour from the country’s capital, Sofia. After a full day walking around Seven Rila Lakes in Bulgaria’s Rila Mountains, photographing glacial lakes, icy waterfalls and wild alpine flowers, I convinced my travel buddies we should check out the town we had come through the night before. Surely Dolna Banya has a banya, right!?

We rolled up to a public hot springs complex in the early evening, and despite having zero Bulgarian vocabulary at our disposal, the immensely patient staff hired us towels, a locker and pointed out where the hot pools were, as well as the steam room, sauna, and snow fountain – for cooling back down. We relaxed our weary bodies after a long day hiking, watching the sun set and the thermal steam waft through the crisp mountain air while we floated around various indoor and outdoor pools, soaking ourselves in the therapeutic waters.

Tasmin Waby, Destination Editor for Australia and the Pacific. Follow her tweets @TravellingTaz.

Jen, mama and stepdad David enjoying a bevvy in Gendarmenmarkt © Jennifer Carey

Ladies about town in Berlin, Germany

Berlin is famous for its wonderful nightlife, but I experienced the city in a brand new light when I brought my mum on her first trip to Germany. Bernadette had a big birthday in November (60 and sensational), and I wanted to treat her after a tough year. Is there anything better than day drinking in Christmas markets and buying 400 tree decorations? The answer is no.

Mama only deserves the best and that was the Regent Berlin. It’s a hotel I’ve lustfully eyed from afar, but didn’t feel sufficiently fancy or rich enough to stay in. Turns out November Jennifer is both rich (credit card) and fancy (discount designer bag) enough to shimmy through its marble entrance. The staff were a joy and showered my mum with champagne and cake to celebrate her birthday. In fact half of Berlin gave her free cake for the occasion – we basically told everyone we met.

We hit up the joyously festive market in Gendarmenmarkt, fangirled the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in the Konzerthaus, and generally ate and drank our way around the city in grand style. Berlin is a great option for intergenerational travel: loads of chilled bars and restaurants, and all the major sights are in an easily navigable area. Next time we’re hitting up Berghain – the city’s most exclusive nightclub!

Jennifer Carey, Managing Destination Editor. Follow her tweets @JenniferCarey01.

Peter looking the part in his 1955 AC Ace © Peter Grunert

Driving a classic car through Lombardy, Italy

As a massive fan of the nostalgic character and many peculiarities of classic cars, the idea of taking one on a tour through Italy had long sat at the peak of my bucket list. And so, with a little help from a friend of a friend of a friend, I found myself clambering behind the timber-rimmed steering wheel of a beautiful old British convertible, a 1955 AC Ace, in Brescia.

We chugged out at dawn from the dusty courtyard of the Mille Miglia Museum. The Mille Miglia was once known as the world’s most dangerous road race, originally running from 1927-57 on a 1000-mile loop from Brescia to Rome and back. My co-driver Paolo and I were taking the AC on an event called the Coppa Franco Mazzotti, which retraces the first 200 miles of the Mille Miglia through Lombardy.

Over the next couple of days we wound between graffiti-spattered suburbs and sprawling medieval fortresses; through the vineyards of the little-visited Franciacorta region and selfie-stick-wielding hordes in the spa town of Sirmione by Lake Garda. We also soaked up some of the happiest of rural Italian clichés: roving packs of nuns; farmers harvesting olives; and grandparents with their grandkids, leaning from terracotta-coloured roadside houses – all cheering our cartoonish convoy as we came barrelling on through.

Peter Grunert, Group Editor, Magazines. Follow his tweets @peter_grunert.

Peter Grunert travelled with support from Scuderia Classiche. Lonely Planet contributors do not accept freebies in exchange for positive coverage.

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sorry for a brief moment of inactivity / lack of activity folks, shit kinda went down 

there’s an employee who’s going through a management programme at my work which requires him to be down in my lab and learn about every component of test and development by giving him a project. this essentially means it’s my project because he’s not trained to use our equipment. so i’ve had to slowly do tests and explain in detail as to why we do them and what outcome we expect. 

at the same time, i’m supposed to be doing a 4 year set of data analysis on a component we use. this was to be written in a report to present to: the chief chemical engineer of the brother company of the supplier we use and the son of the ceo of said brother company, the ceo of the supplier we use, the sales, product and marketing manager of the supplier we use and their chief engineer.

queensland got a cyclone on thursday and the remnants of it travelled to brisbane and we got a month’s worth of rain in a single day. we also got some pretty strong winds because of it and...well, i was flying in and out of brisbane so, yay turbulence. (3:30am wake up for a 6am flight where you don’t know what the deal is because cyclones, then a 3 hour delay in the airport followed by staying in the sky for a few hours because you’re waiting for the weather to be management so you can land). 

i couldn’t get home because of road closures and general safety from cyclone when i landed, so i had to stay at my folks and...well, had work the next day so, that was a 4am wake up to get to my apartment since that was the only convenient time i could go before i needed to get to work at 8.  

i have completely lost track of time and forgot that yesterday i had a pathfinder session with friends, and it was only when we were finishing up did i realise i had also completely forgot about a symphony orchestra gig i had bought tickets to for a family night with my sister and cousin. 

so, yeah i ... haven’t slept much in about a week. 

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Francesca Hiew - Violin ai Concerti del Tempietto AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET

For Francesca Hiew, the Australian String Quartet Second Violin, the Quartet has a role in nurturing future artists and audiences. “It’s an ongoing mission,” she says, “to inspire and support other groups to play and encourage future audiences to take the time to listen.”

Francesca began to learn the violin at aged four at the Stoliarsky School of Music in Brisbane with Mark Lakirovich and, later, Emin Tagiev. At the age of nine, she travelled as a soloist and orchestral member to the USA, performing for Paul Kantor, Kurt Sassmanshaus and the late Dorothy DeLay of the Juilliard School in New York. Having completed a Bachelor of Music with Michele Walsh at the Queensland Conservatorium, Francesca continued her studies with William Hennessy at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM).

During her studies at both institutions Francesca won every chamber music competition available twice, all with different ensembles. In 2012 she completed an ANAM Fellowship focussing on chamber music for various string ensembles. The same year she co-founded the Auric Quartet – who have since been selected as finalists for the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition and Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and performed at Perth International Arts Festival, Melbourne Festival, Four Winds Festival and Dunkeld Festival.

Francesca has performed as a soloist with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and as part of a solo quartet with Orchestra Victoria in the Australian Ballet’s production of Brett Dean’s ���Fire Music”. After winning a full-time position in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2014, Francesca joined the ASQ in 2016.

Francesca feels that the name ‘Australian String Quartet’ is more than just a title – it is also a responsibility. “As well as performing for the country,” Francesca comments, “I think it is our responsibility to develop and nurture the chamber music culture in Australia.”

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USA: Jerry Nowak Memorial Concert at The College of New Jersey to Feature Delaware Valley Wind Symphony

Concert to honor composer/arranger and alumnus, Jerry Nowak, at Mayo Concert Hall, TCNJ, Saturday, March 4, 2017, 3:00 pm Langhorne, PA (PRWEB) January 30, 2017 The Delaware Valley Wind Symphony and The Philadelphia Saxophone Quartet will perform a concert honoring their co-founder, Jerry Nowak (1936-2015), at the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall at The College of New Jersey on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at 3:00 pm. Ticket sales will benefit the Jerry Nowak Scholarship Fund. The concert will feature compositions and arrangements by Mr. Nowak, including the U.S. debut of his final composition, Suite for Three Graces, commissioned by the Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra of Queensland, Australia and dedicated to his three granddaughters. David Osenberg, Music Director for WWFM, The Classical Network, 89.1 FM, will host the event. Seating is general admission, and tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for TCNJ staff, and free for students and children. Tickets from TCNJ Center for the Arts are available online at tcnj.edu/cfa, by phone at 609-771-2775, and at the box office. To make a tax-deductible donation to the Jerry Nowak Scholarship Fund, visit http://ift.tt/2lTI0r5 or mail your check, payable to the Delaware Valley Wind Symphony, to P.O. Box 566, Langhorne, PA 19047. The symphony and Nowak family are grateful to TCNJ for donating use of the concert hall for this fund-raising event honoring Jerry, who was a proud alumnus and first recipient of the TCNJ Distinguished Music Alumni Award. About Jerry Nowak Mr. Nowak achieved an international following as a prolific arranger, composer, conductor and professor who influenced thousands of musicians and teachers. He began his writing career in the early 1970s as an arranger for Paul Simon’s publishing company, Charing Cross Music. He went on to publish over 1,100 pieces for youth and professional ensembles, including works for concert band, jazz band, marching band and choral, making him one of the most widely published musicians of his generation. Mr. Nowak was also known for his innovations in the techniques and teaching of conducting and expressive phrasing. With his brother, Henry Nowak, he co-authored two college textbooks published by Carl Fischer, Conducting the Music, Not the Musicians, and The Art of Expressive Playing, the latter being the first comprehensive textbook on expressive performance. He taught graduate level courses and lectured at universities throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Mr. Nowak was an adjunct professor at The University of the Arts on the campus of Villanova University for twenty years, and was an adjunct professor at TCNJ as recently as 2013. In 2014 Mr. Nowak completed his 30th consecutive season of teaching at the Jerry Nowak Summer Conducting School in Sydney, at the invitation of the Australian Band and Orchestra Director’s Association (ABODA) in New South Wales. He also taught at the summer school of Melbourne Youth Music for 26 seasons. His teaching career began at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ, where he taught from 1959 to 1969. Thereafter he spent 36 years at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA, where he retired as Professor Emeritus of Music. He was a founding member of the Philadelphia Saxophone Quartet and New Jersey Saxophone Quartet, and contributed arrangements to the repertoire for each ensemble. Mr. Nowak was the Music Director of the Delaware Valley Wind Symphony, and appeared as a guest conductor with ensembles throughout the U.S. He also worked as a woodwind player and session singer in New York and Philadelphia, touring with a diverse range of singers and ensembles, including Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder among many others. Mr. Nowak achieved a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and Master of Music Composition from TCNJ, formerly Trenton State College. His renowned teachers included Lucien Cailliet, arranger for the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy, clarinetist Charles Russo, and Herbert Pate and Dr. John Finley Williamson of Westminster Choir College. About the Delaware Valley Wind Symphony Co-founded by Jerry Nowak in 2006, the Delaware Valley Wind Symphony is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (federal tax ID 20-5501340) dedicated to the preservation and advancement of concert band music in our community through the highest level of musical performance. Led by Music Director, Steven Sweetsir, this fifty-piece ensemble performs traditional concert band music and concert band adaptations of orchestral music, including modern and pop arrangements. To learn more please visit delvalwinds.org. About the Philadelphia Saxophone Quartet Formed in 1968 by Jerry Nowak, Bill Holcombe, Harold Karabell, and Norman Wells, its repertoire includes classical, folk and jazz. The quartet has been featured with the Rhode Island Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Buffalo Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Virginia Symphony, and Trenton Symphony, among others. Its current lineup includes John Bachallis, Kathy Mitchell, Director of Saxophone Ensemble at TCNJ, Warren Fioretti of the Harry James Orchestra, and TCNJ graduate, Drew Wierzbowski. For more information please visit philadelphiasaxquartet.com. via Blogger http://ift.tt/2lpjr7T

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konec0 replied to your post: ollies outie to orchestra rehearsal with a circus

wait what

the orchestra i'm in (queensland wind orchestra) is playing with flipside circus atm. we have performances this weekend. c:

and if you're in brisbane you might want to

attend

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Now I'm off to go play percussion to Harry Potter, South Pacific, West Side Story and Video Games Live Suite among others.

If you are in brisbane you should come! The performance starts at 7!