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In ‘Isolated Songs’, our choristers sing about their wants, needs, and dreams
November 20, 2020
Shedding the Silence: an intimate, special performance for our choristers who sang about their own hopes and dreams, using their own words, in music they helped to create.
Our free course is teaching artists how to build a sustainable practice
October 31, 2020
Growing Pains in the Arts – free seminars, presented by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Arts Tasmania, designed to deliver insights into fundraising, marketing, and governance.
A new Tasmanian composition will make its Friday night live premiere
October 23, 2020
The spotlight shines on TSO Principal Tuba and local composer Tim Jones, whose work The Mountain will make its Friday Night Live premiere this 30 October in partnership with the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall.
TSO players are getting a new look – and it’s “goodbye to the cummerbund”
October 12, 2020
Far from being a simple fashion statement, concert blacks are intertwined with history and tradition and are enforced through a strict uniform code. But this is all about to change for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
The TSO has won the inaugural APRA AMCOS Luminary Award
September 8, 2020
We're thrilled and delighted to receive the National Luminary Award For An Organisation at the APRA AMCOS Awards 2020 for Australian Composer's School, Australian Conducting Academy, and professional development opportun...
Approaching acoustics like a music critic
September 4, 2020
Stephanie Eslake talks to Peter Donnelly about his experience and expectations as a music critic of the Federation concert Hall acoustic upgrades.
What do orchestral musicians need from their acoustic environment?
August 21, 2020
TSO violist Anna Larsen Roach, timpanist Matthew Goddard, and French horn player Roger Jackson talk about the Federation Concert Hall, its acoustics and what they are looking forward to with the major upgrades taking pla...
The TSO’s new partnership celebrates “the freedom to be true to yourself”
August 19, 2020
The TSO has just announced a dynamic, multi-platform collaboration with Tasmanian-born and based 2 x ARIA award winning singer/songwriter Monique Brumby. Stephanie Eslake spoke to Monique about why this collaboration is...
REVEALED: A first look at the Federation Concert Hall acoustic upgrades
August 17, 2020
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Federation Concert Hall’s construction. The TSO has been working to fulfil long-term visions for the hall and to provide a world-class orchestra with a world-class acoustic.
The TSO Chorus has turned social distancing into an art
August 7, 2020
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.