Darwin Symphony Orchestra
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The Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an orchestra
based in Darwin
, Northern Territory
, Australia
, founded by Martin Jarvis
.
The DSO gave its first concert in 1989. The orchestra receives funding from the Northern Territory Government
and support from private corporations and donors including Charles Darwin University
. The orchestra has over 75 musicians, and Jarvis continues as its artistic director.
The DSO performs about 8 concerts a year. ABC has produced a documentary on the DSO titled Have Orchestra, Will Travel which received both national and overseas broadcasts.
The Darwin Symphony Orchestra has performed concerts in places such Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Glen Helen Gorge, Groote Eylandt, Nhulunbuy and Jabiru. The Orchestra has performed with renowned artists such as John Williams
, James Blundell
and Wendy Matthews
.
The DSO was twice presented with the National Australia Day Community Event of the Year Award. In 1995 the DSO received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Culture from the Centre of Australian Cultural Research. In 2000 the Orchestra was presented by TOAN (The Orchestras of Australia Network) with the award for a community orchestra
The current artistic director of the DSO is Martin Jarvis
. The orchestra's current artistic and general manager is Simone de Haan.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
based in Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
, Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, founded by Martin Jarvis
Martin Jarvis (conductor)
Martin Jarvis Ph.D. OAM is an Australian violinist and viola player, founder of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, and associate professor and lecturer of music at Charles Darwin University....
.
The DSO gave its first concert in 1989. The orchestra receives funding from the Northern Territory Government
Government of the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom...
and support from private corporations and donors including Charles Darwin University
Charles Darwin University
Charles Darwin University is an Australian public university with about 20,000 students in 2007.The University offers a wide range of Higher Education degrees and Vocational Education and Training courses with flexible study options, including part-time, external and online.CDU has campuses in the...
. The orchestra has over 75 musicians, and Jarvis continues as its artistic director.
The DSO performs about 8 concerts a year. ABC has produced a documentary on the DSO titled Have Orchestra, Will Travel which received both national and overseas broadcasts.
The Darwin Symphony Orchestra has performed concerts in places such Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Glen Helen Gorge, Groote Eylandt, Nhulunbuy and Jabiru. The Orchestra has performed with renowned artists such as John Williams
John Williams
John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
, James Blundell
James Blundell (singer)
-Music:He won a Golden Guitar Award for best new talent of 1987.Blundell's eponymous first album, in 1989, followed up by "Hand It Down", which was released in the United States in 1990 following its success in Australia. Successive albums were This Road and Touch of Water. This Road included the...
and Wendy Matthews
Wendy Matthews
Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
.
The DSO was twice presented with the National Australia Day Community Event of the Year Award. In 1995 the DSO received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Culture from the Centre of Australian Cultural Research. In 2000 the Orchestra was presented by TOAN (The Orchestras of Australia Network) with the award for a community orchestra
The current artistic director of the DSO is Martin Jarvis
Martin Jarvis (conductor)
Martin Jarvis Ph.D. OAM is an Australian violinist and viola player, founder of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, and associate professor and lecturer of music at Charles Darwin University....
. The orchestra's current artistic and general manager is Simone de Haan.