The Queensland Youth Orchestra
Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO) is the State’s major orchestral training and performance organisation for young musicians aged 10 to 23. Under the artistic leadership of John Curro AM MBE since 1966, QYO is renowned as a world-class youth orchestra organisation. QYO is a member of Youth Orchestras Australia (YOA), a network comprising the major state youth orchestras of Australia and the Australian Youth Orchestra.
QYO currently has eight ensembles: three symphony orchestras, two concert bands, a junior string orchestra, a chamber orchestra and a big band. Each group has its own program of activities including rehearsals, tutorials, concerts, camps and tours.
Each October, around 640 musicians audition for QYO before a panel of professional musicians and over 500 musicians are offered positions in orchestras. Performing members of QYO must re-audition for a place each year alongside new applicants.
Queensland Youth Choir
Established in 1984, QYC provides children and young adults – from Prep. to age 25 – with unique, high quality choral training and performance opportunities. The program of weekly rehearsals and an annual camp incorporates aspects of singing, choreography and stagecraft. The various ensembles that constitute the Queensland Youth Choir perform a wide variety of repertoire including contemporary, classical, popular, folk, rock, gospel, jazz, art music, musical theatre and Australiana. Most performances incorporate a number of pieces which are specially choreographed to add an additional visual dimension to the overall effect.
QYC also runs early childhood music classes – Bambino Music – for young children up to five years of age.
Members take pride in belonging to an organisation that is highly respected both nationally and internationally, and that performs in its own concert series, on tours, and at special events including weddings, sporting fixtures, conventions and community events.
QYC is a non-profit, community-based organisation which manages four choral ensembles – Poco Voci, StellaVoce (previously the Queensland Children’s Choir), Vivace Voices and VoiceWorks.
QYC has its office and rehearsal space at the Old Museum Building in the inner Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills.
Queensland Rhythmic Gymnastics Australia
The academy offers quality coaching by fully qualified coaches of State, National and International teams to children and young adults. Our elite and high level gymnasts train continuously throughout the year, and our sessions are scheduled 6 days a week, from Sunday to Friday.
Our academy has a specialist focus on preparing athletes for the international stream of our sport. We are proud of producing athletes for international events such as the 2004 Olympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, Pacific Alliance Championships, Australian Youth Olympic Festivals, World Cup competitions and international group competitions. Our programs have produced many National Champions across all age categories, both in the individual competitions, and in the multiples and groups divisions.
We also actively engage in performing for the wider community, from corporate events to school fetes, government festivals to various sporting events. Our displays are always received very positively by the wider public and we enjoy the opportunity to take our spectacular sport outside of the training environment. Highlights include performing in front of Her Majesty, The Queen, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2002, and various Queensland Sportswomen of the Year awards.
QRGA has a focus on Fitness, Fun, and Friendships and prides itself on providing an “extended family” environment. Many of our Senior athletes have been a part of our club for 10 years, and we expect that many junior athletes will also continue in the sport for most of their development into young adults. This allows our coaches to develop a special bond with our gymnasts that is rare amongst other extra-curricular activities, and both the parents of our gymnasts and the gymnasts themselves are appreciative of the away rhythmic gymnastics and our academy have enriched their lives.
Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Zen Zen Zo is a Brisbane-based physical theatre ensemble at the forefront of contemporary performance and training in Australia. Founded in 1992, the company has continually produced edgy, innovative theatre experiences ranging from radical interpretations of classics to original new works. These have been showcased throughout Australia and Asia.Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre has been a permanent resident at the Old Museum Building since 2005.
The company runs a number of Training Centre activities at the venue, including weekly physical actor training classes, month-long intensives and high school workshops.
In addition, Zen Zen Zo has also performed several full-scale productions in the beautiful studios of the Old Museum Building each year since 2007.
These include Dracula (2007), Zeitgeist (2008), Gaia (2009) and The Tempest (2009).
The Old Museum will continue to be home for Zen Zen Zo’s Training Centre program into 2010; as well as the
IN THE RAW Studio Season production of Dante’s Inferno, which will make sure of the stunning heritage-listed
gardens and back studio.
Queensland Police Pipes and Drums
Entertaining Queenslanders for 50 years
If you’ve ever seen a great pipe band perform, you know just how soul stirring the event can be. The powerful presence of a pipe band creates a magical and emotive experience.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the Queensland Police Pipes & Drums (QPPD) are creating an opportunity to hear, feel and see their performance at a gala fundraising concert on 27 June 2008.
Brisbane City Hall will open its doors on 27 June for a 2pm matinee and 7.30pm evening performance. All are welcome.
Tickets cost $25 (concession & children $20) with money raised going to Police Legacy, Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, Mater Children’s Hospital and the Police Pipes & Drums Supporters Association.
The band boasts national and international fame with performances at the Royal Tournament, the Colchester Searchlight Tattoo, the world famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the inaugural Brisbane International Festival and the Brisbane and Adelaide International Tattoos.
A commemorative dinner on 23 August at City Hall will also be held to celebrate this momentous occasion.
Contact QPPD on 3253 3800 for more information.
Queensland National Ballet
The newly founded Queensland National Ballet is a collaboration between the Queensland National Ballet Company and the Queensland National Ballet School with the utmost professional and qualified teachers and staff.
As a pre-requisite, here at QNB we offer ballet students the opportunity to reach their full potential, using the Russian Vaganova Method of Classical Ballet. The progressive training program has produced some of the best dancers in the world and professional dancers in almost every company around the world. We emphasize the simultaneous development of both technical proficiency and individual artistry and a complete range of movemental expression that comes out of proper placement and a strong classical dance foundation.
QNB will be relocating to new premises in 2010. It is with great excitement that we can now formally announce our invitation to join the Old Museum Performing Arts Complex at Bowen Hills in Brisbane.
Now Auditioning-
Excellence Programme 10 to 15yrs, This is an elite programme and the students must demonstrate special talent and a great deal of potential in order to ensure a career in Classical Ballet and Contemporary dance.
- Full-time Training- Certificate IV in Performing Arts (Classical and Modern Dance)
- Diploma in Performing Arts (Classical and Modern Dance)
- Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts (Classical and Modern Dance)
- Professional Year
