Perth Symphony Orchestra

CEO Bourby Webster speaks to Dr. Bruce Webber, a man with many hats! Bruce works with CSIRO and WABSI and speaks about links between music and the environment, the secret, saucy lives between wasps and orchids, his own musical background including jamming with James Morrison and so much more.

'A Performance for our Planet' takes place on March 27th 2019.

This time sitting with Bourby it's Lloyd Coleman, Associate Music Director of the British Paraorchestra who recently visited Perth, Australia to showcase the brilliance of 'The Nature of Why'. This immersive piece was part of Perth Festival 2019 and combined classical music techniques, contemporary dancers and musicians with disabilities. Lloyd discusses his personal journey as a hearing impaired Clarinetist and Composer as well as the start of the Paraorchestra, the show itself and the importance of giving audiences multiple avenues to access classical music!

Our Founder & CEO Bourby Webster caught up with one of our Core (or P-Score) players, our principal percussionist, Paul Tanner. Together they discuss topics from the background of P-Score, the "endless variety" of percussion instruments as well as our upcoming show with the City of Bayswater on the 2nd of February.

Perth Symphony’s CEO and Founder, Bourby Webster spoke with one of the incredible soloists involved in the recent Faith & Freedom: The Music of George Michael that we took to Singapore. Jordan Anthony is a young, talented Perth singer, influenced by the likes of Prince, D’Angelo and George Michael himself. This amazing interview encompasses everything from Jordan’s career progression, including his involvement with WAAPA, to his first time travelling to Singapore for the show! Visit our Facebook page for an amazing recap of the Perth edition of the Faith & Freedom show – https://www.facebook.com/PerthSymphony/videos/1148088251963846/

Perth Symphony Principal Oboist, pianist, arranger and general-all-round amazing musician, Stephanie Nicholls, speaks with Perth Symphony Executive Director Bourby Webster ahead of 'Christmas Carols in Claremont'. A wonderful interview which asks everything from why she chose the Oboe, why she loves Perth Symphony and her recent experience in arranging music for the Perth Symphony Touring Ensemble - many of her arrangements you can hear tomorrow evening at 'Christmas Carols in Claremont'. More details on this fabulous concert on our website - www.perthsymphony.com

WA's answer 'Adele' - Miss Lani Melrose, joins Perth Symphony Orchestra on stage this weekend at the Tianqi Lithium Symphony Spectacular in front of a 5000+ audience. She first caught out eye (and ear!) when she received a standing ovation for her performance of Adele's version of 'Fast Love' at our 'Faith & Freedom: the music of George Michael' concert last year. Hear her talk about her experiences performing with Perth Symphony since graduating from the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Katy Steele from Litty Birdy talks to Executive Director Bourby Webster ahead of her performance with Perth Symphony Orchestra for the ALTITUDE Ball, celebrating 90 years of the Royal Flying Doctors Australia. PSO reimagined the music of David Bowie for this very special occasion.

Katy comes from an amazing musical WA family, listen as she tells Bourby about the highs and lows of her career so far, being a musician, a business woman and a mother.

Hear Executive Director Bourby Webster speak with Australian composer Ash Gibson Greig, who arranged the music in Perth Symphony Orchestra's acclaimed 'Unplugged: Nirvana Reimagined' show.

This encore performance is again sold out with talks to tour internationally - have a listen to Ash's composing process and how he took some of the most iconic Grunge tunes and turned them into a symphonic masterpiece.

Executive Director Bourby Webster and Artistic Director/Chief Conductor Jessica Gethin spend 20 minutes chatting about the amazing effects of music on the mind and body ahead of Perth Symphony's next performance - 'C.A.L.M.'.

Also hear stories and insights from Jess' recent national and international tours.

Bourby Webster meets with Adrian Kelly (AK) - trumpeter, composer, arranger and all round extremely talented musician! AK will be performing in the upcoming 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered: the music of Stevie and Aretha' concert as well as having arranged the majority of charts. He speaks to Bourby about his process for arranging and the challenge we put him up to in arranging for a string ensemble without the typical rhythm section!