Concert Program
Thursday 19 Jun 2025 6pm
Federation Concert Hall, Nipaluna / Hobart

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the traditional owners and continuing custodians of Lutruwita / Tasmania. We pay respect to the Aboriginal community today, and to its Elders past and present. We recognise a history of truth, which acknowledges the impacts of colonisation upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and stand for a future that profoundly respects their stories, culture, language and history.
Welcome to Country Davina Cox
Aaron Wyatt The things which are important don’t always scream the loudest *
Maria Grenfell Rock Hopping *
Beethoven Thunderstorm from Symphony No 6
Bach Keyboard Concerto No 1, Movement 3 Soloist Anna Bosveld, Rising Star Winner 2025
Peter Winkler The Kookaburra who Stole the Moon*
Songs of Australia Folk Medley (Botany Bay, Waltzing Matilda, Click go the Shears)*
*Indicates an Australian composer or music
Aaron Wyatt. Image credit Jessica Bader Photography.
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Conductor & Composer

Aaron is a violist, violinist, conductor, composer, programmer, and academic.
Originally from Perth, he spent many years as a regular casual with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra before moving to Melbourne to take up an assistant lecturer position at Monash. A member of the award winning Decibel New Music ensemble, he also develops their animated graphic notation app for the iPad, the Decibel ScorePlayer.
In 2021 he became the first Indigenous Australian to conduct a state symphony orchestra in concert, and has since gone on to have engagements with the Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.
Aaron was nominated for a Helpmann Award for his role as musical director of Cat Hope’s opera, Speechless, in the 2019 Perth Festival, and recently conducted the premiere of Gina Williams’ and Guy Ghouse’s Noongar opera, Wundig wer Wilura. As a composer, he has written for Ensemble Offspring, GreyWing Ensemble, Ensemble Dutala, and is currently Artist in Residence with Speak Percussion.
Presenter

Gina Rose is a highly accomplished soprano known for her rich tone and mastery of baroque repertoire. A graduate of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, the Australian National Academy of Music, and the University of Tasmania, she holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours, a Graduate Diploma of Music, and a Bachelor of Teaching specialising in Music Education. She is also a Churchill Fellow, having travelled to Hungary, Finland, and the UK to study aural development strategies in vocal performance.
On stage, Gina has performed leading roles in opera including Dido and Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Angelica (Suor Angelica), and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), with appearances for IHOS Opera and Ten Days on the Island. Her extensive oratorio repertoire includes Messiah, Requiems by Mozart, Rutter, and Hidas, Bach’s Magnificat, and Dvořák’s Te Deum. She is also active as a recitalist and has featured in new Australian works and music theatre productions.
Gina is Music Coordinator at Tarremah Steiner School and has taught across all levels from early childhood to tertiary. Beyond her teaching and performing career, she enjoys gardening with her two children and greyhound.
Piano & Rising Star 2025

15-year-old pianist Anna Bosveld from Wynyard is TSO’s Rising Star for 2025.
Selected from a strong field of young Tasmanian musicians, Anna impressed the judging panel with her technique, musicality and expressive playing. Anna began piano at age five, introduced by her mum, and now studies with Somerset-based teacher Lyn Loudon. She performs regularly with a local string ensemble and is currently preparing for her Certificate of Performance exam. She hopes to pursue further musical study at the UTAS Conservatorium.
Described by the TSO’s Kim Waldock as a “wunderkind,” Anna is known for her dedication, often starting her practice at 6am. She also enjoys science, maths and the outdoors, and draws strength from her Christian faith.
Anna receives the $2500 Tim Bugg AM Rising Star Award in recognition of her talent and potential.
Violin
Emma McGrath Concertmaster
Anne-Marie Johnson Associate Concertmaster
Jennifer Owen Principal Second
Rohana O'Malley Principal First
Miranda Carson
Yue-Hong Cha
Tobias Chisnall
Michael Johnston
Christine Lawson
Elinor Lea
Susanna Low
Phoebe Masel
Christopher Nicholas
Hayato Simpson
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Did you know our Concertmaster plays a violin hand-crafted by one of the finest and most important luthiers (a string-instrument maker) of the nineteenth century, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798–1875).
He crafted 3000+ instruments in his time and we’re very proud to have a violin made in 1845 on loan from two of our generous Tasmanian patrons.
Viola
Katharine Brockman Guest Principal
Douglas Coghill
Nara Dennis
Anna Larsen Roach
William Newbery
Cello
Jonathan Békés Principal
Ivan James
Nicholas McManus
Martin Penicka
Double Bass
Stuart Thomson Principal
Matthew McGrath
Stuart Riley
Flute
Lily Bryant Guest Principal
Lloyd Hudson Principal Piccolo
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Rachel Bullen Guest Principal
Dinah Woods Principal Cor Anglais
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Andrew Seymour Principal
Eloise Fisher Principal Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Elise Millman Guest Principal
Melissa Woodroffe Principal Contrabassoon
Horn
Claudia Leggett Principal First
Greg Stephens Principal Third
Jules Evans
Julian Leslie
Trumpet
Fletcher Cox Principal
Mark Bain
Trombone
David Robins Principal
Jackson Bankovic
Bass Trombone
James Littlewood Guest Principal
Tuba
Rachel Kelly * Principal
Timpani
Matthew Goddard Principal
Percussion
Gary Wain Principal
Tracey Patten
Harp
Meriel Owen Guest Principal
*Correct at time of publishing
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