01/08/2026
Woohoo…congratulations to our Sam Woolford. Our orchestra has played one of his earlier compositions, featured him as a piano soloist and we love having him join us in the violins when he is home for a visit. Very proud of you Sam !!
We have some exciting news: the DSO will be presenting compositions by students at the University of Tasmania’s Conservatory of Music, which have been inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.
The challenge was put forth to all students at the Hedberg to write a short composition inspired by Tchaikovsky’s 5th. The student compositions were then selected by our conductor (Jack Machin), their mentor (Maria Grenfell), and our president (Jennie MacDonald).
On Sunday the 20th of September, our concert, Tchaikovsky: Inspiration and Fate, will present the three selected works by Mandy Wisely, Evan Edrich and Sam Woolford. The concert starts at 2:30pm in the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre on the Sandy Bay campus of UTas.
These works represent some of the first orchestrations that these composers have written and demonstrate personality fused with inspiration.
Tickets for these Tchaikovsky inspired compositions, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien and his 5th Symphony, can be booked here (or bought on the door):
https://events.humanitix.com/tchaikovsky-inspiration-and-fate
✍️📸 NNathaniel Young
The photo is of the three student composers and their mentor standing side-by-side in concert blacks in the IIan Potter Recital Hallat the Hedberg. From left to right is Mandy Wisely, Sam Woolford, Maria Grenfell and Evan Edrich.
