West Australian Symphony Orchestra

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is a vibrant leader among Australia's cultural organisations, and Western Australia's largest and busiest performing arts company. Established in 1928, it plays a central role in the cultural life of Western Australia, performing over 130 concerts each year with some of the world's finest conductors and soloists to an audience in excess of 180 000.

WASO's 83 full-time musicians perform a broad range of music designed to reach a wide cross-section of the community at a number of venues including the Perth Concert Hall, Perth Esplanade, Supreme Court Gardens and Kings Park & Botanic Garden. WASO's award winning education program, Discover, regularly tours regional areas across Western Australia bringing music to remote communities.

The Orchestra reaches an even larger audience across Australia through its regular concert broadcasts on ABC Classic FM, CD recordings and live streaming of concerts on its website.

In addition to its own concerts, WASO performs with the West Australian Opera, West Australian Ballet, and with the Perth International Arts Festival.

WASO has an innovative approach to music programming, performing both artistically vibrant classical music as well as original contemporary music. Through its outdoor summer events, WASO regularly joins forces with international and Australian pop musicians to create concerts that fuse popular and classical music.

WASO is also at the forefront of Australian orchestras in commissioning original works from the country's leading composers and the development of the next generation of orchestral musicians.

In 2009, Paul Daniel began his three year tenure as WASO's Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser.

WASO's vision: To touch souls and enrich lives through music.

www.waso.com.au
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