Orchestra Victoria is an orchestra based in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, 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...

. In addition to its own concert and education events, it is the performance partner of the following major performing arts companies: The Australian Ballet, Opera Australia

Opera Australia

Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of its time spent in the The Arts Centre in Melbourne...

 and Victorian Opera

Victorian Opera (Melbourne)

Victorian Opera is an opera company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The company was founded in 2005 and commenced operations in January 2006 with funding from the Victorian government, and Richard Gill as Artistic Director...

. Orchestra Victoria was formerly named the Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra, and was formed in 1969 to perform in a national tour of Gilbert & Sullivan operetta

Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

s.

It is one of two full time, professional orchestras based in Melbourne. Through its Community Program the Orchestra makes music accessible across Victoria through its concerts and education workshops.

Activities

The orchestra can be heard

• In the State Theatre at the opera or ballet
• In concert at venues such as the Melbourne Town Hall
  Melbourne Town Hall
  Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the State of Victoria. It is located on the northeast corner of Swanston and Collins Streets, in the central business district. It is the seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne...
  
   or the National Gallery of Victoria
  National Gallery of Victoria
  The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
  
   in Melbourne
• In concert in many venues around regional Victoria
• Playing alongside students during the Orchestra Victoria Education workshops
• At Hamer Hall for the annual Classically Melbourne concert
• At Hamer Hall for the annual Herald Sun
  Herald Sun
  The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
  
   Aria Competition final
• On recordings for ABC Classics and Melba Recordings

Leading staff 2011

Managing Director: Rob Roberston

• Concertmaster
  Concertmaster
  The concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
  
  : Adam Chalabi
• Deputy Concertmaster: Roger Jonsson