1976 Flagship: American Bicentennial Celebrations, tour of eight US states, Choral Concert with The Melbourne Chorale and Opening of the new Canberra School of Music
Australian Youth Orchestra
1976
American Bicentennial Celebrations, tour of eight US states:
Interlochen Music Camp, MI; Memphis, TN, Atlanta, GA; Fort Worth, TX; Ames, IO; Golden,
CO; Oakland, CA; Honolulu, HI
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloist: Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Choral Concert with The Melbourne Chorale
Melbourne
Conductor: John Hopkins
Soloists: Pearl Berridge, soprano; Lauris Elms, contralto; Raymond McDonald, tenor;
Grant Dickson, bass
Opening of the new Canberra School of Music
Canberra
Conductor: Robert Pikler
Soloist: Margaret Powell, piano
Violin 1
Michele Walsh, Leader
Wendy Thompson
Roger Pyne
Paul Ezergailis
Philippa Paige
Laura Viksna
Warren Reid
Anne Shirley
Michael Spiller
Alison Pooley
Julie Newman
Patricia Rasmus
Susan Pierotti
Debbie Fox
Violin 2
Rohan Smith
David Saffir
Nicholas Adams
Ashley Turner
Jenny Newman
Sandra Tancibudek
Margaret Connolly
Erica Horvat
Tim O’Connor
Leigh Middenway
Tom Fitzgerald
Lydia Purwanta
Viola
Josephine St. Leon
Linda Cale
Amanda Fairs
Trevor Jones
Robyn Stout
Deborah Wirsu
William Frost
Michael Heaney
Patricia Ruys
Iain Medgatt
Cello
David Fairs
Rhydian Shaxson
Heather Bills
Robyn Stokoe
Susan Willder
Peter Grayling
Peter George
Laurien Kennedy
Double Bass
Steve Reeves
Michelle Picker
Richard Earle
Joan Wright
Nigel Green
Flute
Jill Wright
Stephen Lloyd
Glenda Higgins
Piccolo
Glenda Higgins
Oboe
David Nuttal
Sarah Whitbread
Robert Walker
Cor Anglais
Robert Walker
Clarinet
Desmond Beazley
Martin Crook
Andrew Leslie
Bassoon
Amanda Lee
Jason Morphett
Elizabeth Crease
French Horn
Rebecca Rasmus
Brian Slater
Gabrielle Webster
Andrew Bottomley
Alisdair Barnes
Trumpet
Paul Terracini
Paul Rawson
James Blunt
Gary Mansell
Trombone
Michael Mulcahy
Eric Klay
Ian Perry
Michael Woods
Tuba
Peter Sykes
Timpani & Percussion
John Lowe
Malcolm Leek
Wendy Couth
Dalmazio Barbaré