It’s not often a singer is given access to a life jacket.
Picture an overcast Tasmanian winter; a group of choristers sailing across the island’s gateway to Antarctica.

The audition process for a professional Orchestra is demanding, nerve-wracking and downright difficult. TSO Concertmaster Emma McGrath’s own audition memories are hazy, but she’s now on the other side as an adjudicator.

Want to know how we’re staying connected with our audience during these trying times? Stephanie Eslake talks with our Content Manager, Special Projects Curator and producer of the TSO Daily Dose series, Robert Gibson.

In the early days of COVID-19, choir singers in the US and the Netherlands were severely impacted by the virus. This provided a frightening wake up call for choirs across the world. Our own TSO Chorus have sacrificed an exciting international 2020 program to protect the health of their members, and they’ve flipped rehearsals on their head using the internet …

We all love to watch the TSO play; we appreciate the music and the instruments, but not all of us understand how it fits together. To help learners of all ages better understand different styles of orchestral music across hundreds of years, as well as meeting orchestral instruments, we have just created TUNE IN, a free online education resource exploring the …

Farewell John After 37 years as Tutti Bassoon we bid a fond, yet sad farewell to John Panckridge in July. John has been a dedicated and well-loved member of the TSO during his time and will also be missed by all. To see John play in his final concert with the TSO please enjoy the Brahms and Mozart Highlights on ABC iView. …

TSO Daily Dose is not the only digital content that we have been working on recently. With live concerts currently unable to proceed, the ABC are collaborating with national orchestras to showcase concert footage through ABC iView, bringing classical music to all Australians. We chatted to Simon Rogers, Director Artistic Planning, about the process of taking the TSO to this …

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra received a royal fanfare this May when the Prince of Wales revealed the recordings closest to his heart.

If you attended TSO Brass in St David’s Cathedral in February, you would have heard a new commission composed by our Principal Tuba, Tim Jones. Read on to see what inspired Tim and how this piece was developed.

TUNE IN provides calm, inspiration, and stimulation through a series of videos with Australian composers who discuss their original music – and TSO musicians who discuss the classics.