Events Programme

Slavonic Swoon

Sunday 19 October
Time: 6pm

Conductor Rick McIntyre, soloist Megan Billing (oboe, teacher at Canberra School of Music, ANU, former principal oboist AYO, guest Principal Oboist TSO) and the Barrier Reef Orchestra.

Program:
Smetana Voltava/Moldau
Dvorak Symphony No 7
Bohuslav Martinu Oboe Concerto

Richard McIntyre, OAM, BMus (University of Sydney)

Richard McIntyre sustains a long and distinguished career as bassoonist, music educator, conductor and arranger, and has focussed this considerable breadth and diversity on his work at the ANU School of Music for over a quarter of a century. One of Australia’s most respected and successful bassoon teachers at all levels, his teaching places great emphasis on the establishment of a close personal relationship with each one-to-one student, and on the development of a thorough understanding of the instrument and its techniques, the specifics of musical fabric and effect, and the various musical functions which the bassoon fulfils in varied styles and repertoires. This approach has yielded a remarkably high proportion of graduates who have established successful full-time careers as professional musicians both within Australia and overseas, as members of prominent orchestras, free-lancers, specialists in historically-informed performance on period instruments, instrumental teachers, and members of the armed services.

A composition graduate from the University of Sydney and having studied the bassoon privately with John Cran, Richard was for 10 years Associate Principal Bassoonist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra before moving to Canberra in 1978. He is a foundation member of the renowned wind quintet, The Canberra Wind Soloists (Australia’s most long-lived professional chamber ensemble), with whom he has recorded CD’s and toured extensively abroad. He has been Guest Principal and concerto soloist with the SSO and other Symphony Australia orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and has performed with the Australia Ensemble and numerous other prominent chamber groups. His association with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra as its Principal Bassoonist dates back to 1965. His recital repertoire has included works from the 16th century to the multiphonic avant-garde.

Richard’s teaching endeavour has extended throughout Australia and into Asia, and has included much work with Youth Music Australia and its predecessors over some 30 years. He has contributed significantly to the bassoon’s pedagogic repertoire with numerous transcriptions and arrangements, and has won high international acclaim for his monumental arrangements of large-scale orchestral works for The Canberra Wind Soloists, giving them a distinctively unique repertoire. His work as a youth orchestra conductor has yielded Canberran of the Year, Sounds Australian and Advance Australia awards; he was granted an Order of Australia Medal in 1992. School of Music faculty member since 1978.

Megan Billing

Born in Korumburra, Victoria, Megan studied music from an early age, first with the flute, later taking the oboe at age 14. In 1998, with the help of the Australian National Academy of Music, she began lessons with oboist Eve Newsome. Megan completed a bachelor of music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, after which she undertook 2 years of study in Zurich, Switzerland, in the class of Professor Thomas Indermuhle.

Megan has played for many Australian ensembles including the Melbourne Symphony orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. She has appeared as guest principal oboist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Megan has also been a principal player of the Australian Youth Orchestra and a recipient of the Willem Van Otterloo travelling scholarship, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Award and an Australian Youth Orchestra opportunity grant.

Megan has a passion for education, and enjoys seeing the development of young up and coming oboe players. In 2006 Megan joined the teaching staff of the ANU.

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The Wedding Singer

Friday 24 October to Saturday 25 October
Time: 7.30pm
Sunday 26 October
Time: 2pm and 6.30pm

Robbie Hart has become the main event at every wedding in Jersey - he makes your day perfrect. Julia Sullivan is engaged to Glen who has everything a girl could want - money, looks, charm and money. Things go pear shaped when Robbie gets dumped at his own wedding and Julia starts worrying that Glenn might not be 'the one'. This is a hit Broadway adaptation of the popular film.

Presented by Cathedral School

Venue:	Performance Space
Time:	Friday and Saturday 7.30pm Sunday 2pm and 6.30pm
Tickets:	Adult: $18 Seniors Card Holders (Gov): $14  School Student (12yrs and under): $14 Family (2a2c (12 & under): $56

Black Box Comedy Series

Friday 28 November

Riverway Arts Centre proudly brings you the finest headline comedians from around Australia. The Black Box Comedy series will come to you live from the Arts centre in November, bringing a new and exciting mix of comedians with fresh and innovative acts that will have you rolling around the floor in hysterics.

The Black Box Comedy Show will take place on Friday November 28. Tickets cost $27.50. Comedians will be confirmed closer to the date - check this page for details.

Ross Noble

Thursday 29 January 2009
Friday 30 January 2009
Time: 8pm

ROSS NOBLE RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA WITH MORE FIRST CLASS NONSENSE

Acclaimed Funny-man Ross Noble returns to Townsville with his brand new stand-up show. Geordie Ross has been back at home in the UK for the past 6 months touring with his new show where he is one of the countries most popular live acts.

Each year and each show has seen Noble's live following grow to the point where he has been the best-selling show at both the Edinburgh Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival on more than one occasion. He is now perhaps the most successful cult comedian of our time. His loyal fan-base derived largely from the 'word-of-mouth' recommendations of those having seen him perform live.

In 2007 Ross completed a mammoth 95 date tour of Australia and New Zealand where he played sell-out seasons in all major cities and towns. Travelling the length and breadth of Australia by motorcycle (estimated at 28,000km+), his stage and film crew followed on 4 wheels and captured the event for DVD release some time during 2009.

Ross chooses to rarely be seen on TV, essentially because he is always touring, which he prefers to the idea of any scripted performances. Exceptions over the past years include 'Thank God You're Here', 'Rove Live', 'The Panel', 'Spicks and Specks' and a memorable appearance on “Enough Rope with Andrew Denton” surrounded by stuffed monkeys and an enormous motorbike.

"One of the most amazing things about English comic Noble…is the way his show starts as though it's already been going for hours. We go from cold to hot in seconds, laughing like hyenas clinging onto Noble's comedy super-train."
Sydney Morning Herald

"The most brilliant stand-up of his generation".Sunday Telegraph

Venue:	Performance Space
Time:	8pm
Tickets:	Adult: $39.90 Concession: $34.90 Defence Id: $34.90 (For all concession and defence purchases, a vaild concession card or Defence ID must be shown for each ticket. For internet purchases, discounted tickets must be collected from the Box Office)