Updates for you on the rest of your year!

Season 2 – Northey conducts WAYO – Perth Concert Hall – 7:30pm Saturday 8 July

• Tickets are on sale now so don’t miss out booking your favourite seats.
• All music and rostering are up online. Check the detailed rehearsal schedule for exactly when each piece will be rehearsed during the week.
• Rehearsals start Monday 3 July. Concert is 7:30pm Saturday 8 July at Perth Concert Hall.
• Rehearsals are in casual clothes. Concert dress is all black attire.

Season 3 – WAYO the Brave – Perth Concert Hall – 5pm Sunday 1 October

• Peter Moore is back to conduct the 3^rd season concert for WAYO for 2023.
• We have special guests from the WA Police Youth Pipe and Drums Band joining WAYO for the first half of the concert. They will perform 3 pieces with us – Highland Cathedral, The Gael, & Scotland the Brave.
• Other pieces on the program include Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Elgar Pomp and Circumstance, Horner Braveheart For the Love of a Princess, and Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4.
• Music for Mendelssohn, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky are in the online practice parts folder.
• Orchestrations of the Pipe Band pieces are still being completed and the Horner is still being ordered. I’ll let you know once the practice parts are available.
• Rehearsals for Season 3 commence Saturday July 22 at UWA Callaway Auditorium.
• Check online for the Wind and Brass rotations. Horns and percussion will be updated soon.
• Dress code for performances will be all black attire.

WAYO Babies Proms – August 12 & 13 – Perth College Judith Cottier Theatre

• Dale Pointon will be conducting, and Peter Moore will be the MC.
• We don’t require the full orchestra for each performance day, as there isn’t usually enough room onstage for the whole orchestra. There will be a rostering system in place. Please check the online orchestra lists for which day you are rostered on to perform. If you are listed as a reserve for that day, you are not required to attend the venue on the day, but if someone is sick, you may be called upon to replace them.
• ALL PLAYERS that are performing or are reserves for Babies Proms please attend the rehearsal on 5 August – UWA Callaway Auditorium 9 -12pm. This is the ONLY rehearsal for Babies Proms. Please make sure you have practiced your music beforehand. There are a few new tricky pieces in there for some fun.
• Performing players rostered onto Saturday 12 August must also attend the morning rehearsal (reserve players are not required for this). Please arrive at Perth College by 8:15am.
• Percussion will use the instruments at Perth College. Please arrive on Saturday 12 August at 7:45am to set up.
• Both days of performances will finish by 12:20pm. Please be picked up promptly after the final concert.
• Music is available online.
• Leaders of each section please prepare a 10 second demo on your instrument. Try to have a different song for each instrument. It’s always best to make these nursery rhymes or songs that little kids will know. Row row row your boat, Mary had a little lamb, Twinkle Twinkle, Teddy bears picnic, Galumph Frog Song (reserved for double bass), Main theme from popular shows (Frozen/Star Wars/The Simpsons/Sesame Street/Play School/Postman Pat/Thomas the Tank). Don’t do your fancy solo from your obscure concerto or favourite symphony as none of the kids will know this and it’ll be real awkward…. :/
• Tickets are selling fast and the two 10am shows have already sold out.
• Access to backstage at the theatre is on Lawley Cresent. You will see a big barn door and to the left is a glass door which you can enter through. Once through the glass door, to the left is the warmup room, to the right is the stage.
• There is minimal parking available at Perth College. Please either be dropped off or leave plenty of time to find parking. It will be difficult to find parking as there is no car park available at the school, only street parking. If the weather is inclement, we are not allowed to open the school oval for additional parking so please plan your travel accordingly. Being late because you couldn’t find parking will not be an acceptable excuse.
• Dress code for performances will be all black attire.

Sectional for Season 3 with WASO musicians – Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4

WAYO Peter & The Wolf – October 14 & 15 – Perth College Judith Cottier Theatre

• Joel Bass will be conducting, and Peter Moore will be the MC.
• Repertoire will be Prokofiev Peter & The Wolf, and a strings only opening piece.
• Rostering will be out shortly. There will be a reduced sized orchestra for these performances. There will not be a rotation system between performances days. The same orchestra personnel will perform both days of concerts.
• Rehearsal for P&W will be on Saturday 7 October – UWA Callaway Auditorium 9 -12pm
• Music is available online.
• Wind, Brass, Percussion will be wearing costumes that WAYO will provide. Strings will wear all black attire.
• Both days of performances will finish by 12:20pm. Please be picked up promptly after the final concert.
• Please let me know asap if you are not available.

WAYO XMAS Babies Proms – December 9 & 10 – Venue TBC

• A Christmas themed Babies Proms.
• Rehearsal Saturday 2 December – UWA Callaway Auditorium 9 -12pm

• Same deal as a regular Babies Proms but Christmassy.

• Please let me know asap if you are not available.

WAYO XMAS Concert – Tuesday 12 December – Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

• Rehearsals are on Thursday 7 & Monday 11 December – UWA Callaway Auditorium 6 – 9 pm.
• Rostering will be out shortly. There will be a reduced sized orchestra for this performance due to stage capacity at MPAC.
• We will organise a return bus transfer from WAAPA to MPAC on Tuesday 12 December if you require transportation. Meeting 7:45am at WAAPA, departing 8am sharp, with a 1pm eta return time. More information to follow when rostering is completed. A survey will be sent out where you will be asked whether you will take the bus or organise your own transportation.
• Please let me know asap if you are not available.