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And finally, I engage in audio entertainment through the local radio station 93.5 with Piper Moor and Jimmy Love, both of whom are iconically known throughout Dubbo and the central west (Ryan, & Healy, 2011).

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Dubbo & the Central West has an ALL NEW way to get up. Pippa Moore & Jimi Love bring you all the latest from in town & around the world, with the biggest prizes & access to the hottest stars. Pippa & Jimi. Everything Central West, 6-9am weekdays on hit93.5.

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Another application of Media Art that I regularly engage in is watching films, movies and YouTube.

When I was in high school we studied ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ and explored the different camera techniques used including: Ariel Shot, Close Up, Two Shot, Low Shot, Dolly Zoom and Master Shot (Ryan, & Healy, 2011).

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We live in a world full of technology so it is little wonder that art media evolved in the form of: radio, film, tv, print media, magazines, billboards and even newspapers (Prowse, 2008). As mentioned in the Visual Art section, my HSC major work was Printmaking with silk screen and photo shop falling directly into the category of Art Media (Ryan, & Healy, 2011).

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Lindsey Stirling is just one of my many progressive musical inspirations with the other predominant one being

Zia Hyunsu Shin who inspired me to play Czardas as a HSC piece

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Czardas Violin : 신현수 Hyun-Su Shin Piano : 조재혁 Cho Jae-Hyuck 25th,Mar,2012. KBS Music Hall, Seoul Korea. Trivia : It should seem like that Her whistle [3:10]~[3:40] is drifting from El Dorado or Shangri-La~~~~ Hyun-Su Shin, She took a 1st Prize in Long-Thibaud Concours 2008 of France.

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Playing violin has provided me with many opportunities to make lifelong friends who were also interested in the creative arts allowing us to push developing new techniques experimenting with arrangements and styles (Ryan, & Healy, 2011). The most interesting piece I have done was inspired by dubstep violinist Lindsey Stirling who dances whilst she plays. One of my friends and I did a collaboration work combining dance, her passion, and music, my passion, in a seemingly unorthodox way challenging ‘norms’ just as Lindsey Stirling did, see clip below (Ryan, & Healy, 2011).

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Lindsey Stirling - The Arena (Official Music Video)

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I have also had experience playing at both Dubbo Christian School and Saint Johns String group along with later playing 1st violin in Sydney Symphony Youth Orchestra.

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A special orchestral immersion experience for talented young musicians (Years 5-12) based in regional NSW.

Each year, a group of Sydney Symphony Orchestra musicians travels to a regional centre to work with and mentor a specially formed youth orchestra. This pop-up music camp provides a unique opportunity for young musicians to learn from some of the best in the business and an opportunity for the SSO to support the orchestral and instrumental ensemble programs run by the regional conservatoriums.

At Playerlink! students participate in instrumental section tutorials, where they study orchestral parts focusing on aspects of musicianship such as posture, intonation, articulation, ensemble playing and interpretation. The students and SSO musicians then come together to rehearse as a whole orchestra, finishing the weekend with a free family presentation-workshop.

''I love Playerlink! because it pushes boundaries, challenges regional stereotypes and unites creative students from around the state to see what is possible when passionate musicians come together.''

FLUTE participant, playerlink! 2017

Playerlink! 2018
Fri 13-Sun 15 Apr
Central Coast Conservatorium
Playerlink is open to all NSW students in Years 5-12, although priority will be given to those from regional areas. Applicants will play one or more of the following orchestral instruments to an approximate level of AMEB Grade 5 or above:
Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Bassoon, French horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Orchestral Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass
Applications for Playerlink! 2018 have closed.

Pricing

For successful applicants the participation fee is $130 for the 1st child in the family, $120 for the 2nd child, and $110 for subsequent children.

How to apply

1. Complete the online application
2. Submit your audition video

Audition video requirements
Please ensure that you are facing the camera and your whole instrument can be seen when filming your audition video. Smartphone video and audio quality is acceptable.

Woodwind, Brass, and Strings
For a total playing time of around 3 minutes, perform music of your own choice demonstrating two contrasting styles. This could be all or part of 1 work, or chosen from 2 pieces. Unaccompanied works are acceptable, as are studies and etudes. In addition to your chosen pieces, you must also play a scale and arpeggio appropriate to your playing level. You may wish to refer to your Grade syllabus or ask your teacher.
NB: If you are applying on 2 instruments, for example piccolo AND flute, then you will need to submit the above audition requirements for both instruments.

Percussion
A piece or study of your choice on each of the following: snare drum; keyboard percussion instrument of your choice; and timpani. Total playing time approximately 3 minutes.
NB: If the candidate does not have access to all three instruments, please submit what is possible.

Upload your application video to YouTube and email the link to education@sydneysymphony.com. For your own security, select 'unlisted' in the Privacy settings when you upload your video. This ensures that your video is not public and can only be viewed by those you share the link with. See the side column, where a 'How to Upload your Video' help sheet is available for download.

If you are unable to supply your audition video via YouTube, then please contact us to discuss alternatives.

For more information email education@sydneysymphony.com or call (02) 8215 4615, or toll free outside Sydney 1800 789 709 (x4603).

Playerlink! 2017 at Orange Regional Conservatorium

Sixty-four talented young musicians had the chance to work closely with 13 of our musicians in a series of sectional workshops before coming together to play as a full orchestra.

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A special orchestral immersion experience for talented young musicians (Years 5-12) based in regional NSW. Each year, a group of Sydney Symphony Orchestra musicians travels to a regional centre to work with and mentor a specially formed youth orchestra.

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Although I enjoy listening to music, I also love to play music, particularly violin.

I have originally been classically trained but have also had experience playing a range of different styles including: Australian, Baroque, Medieval, Classical, Rock, Romantic, Jazz, Fiddle, Irish and Religious repertoire (Ryan, & Healy, 2008). Attached are some of the pieces that I played for the HSC.

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Coldplay - Paradise (Peponi) African Style (ft. guest artist, Alex Boye) - ThePianoGuys

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Panic! At The Disco: This Is Gospel (Piano Version)

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Because I chose to do music in year 12 I spent a lot of time using these elements to ‘break down’ and analyse songs (Moriarty, 2018) (Ryan, & Healy, 2008). From repetitively breaking down different music I learnt to love all genres, and still today choose to listen to a wide variety of music not just the trending ‘Charting now Radio’ (“ARIA Singles Chart”, 2018).  Here are several representatives of different genres I regularly listen too

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There are six elements which together form the elements of music and they include Form, Rhythm, Texture, Pitch, Timbre, Dynamics and Expressive Techniques (Moriarty, 2018) (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).

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Brilliant!!! Music bringing people together and making people happy     Needs to b like this on trai

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At GGSC's recent awe conference, Melanie DeMore led the audience in a group sing as part of the day's activities. Judging from participant responses, it was clear that something magical happened: We all felt closer and more connected because of that experience of singing together.

Why is singing such a powerful social glue? Most of us hear music from the moment we are born, often via lullabies, and through many of the most important occasions in our lives, from graduations to weddings to funerals. There is something about music that seems to bring us closer to each other and help us come together as a community.

There's little question that humans are wired for music. Researchers recently discovered that we have a dedicated part of our brain for processing music, supporting the theory that it has a special, important function in our lives.

Listening to music and singing together has been shown in several studies to directly impact neuro-chemicals in the brain, many of which play a role in closeness and connection.

Now new research suggests that playing music or singing together may be particularly potent in bringing about social closeness through the release of endorphins.

In one study, researchers found that performing music-through singing, drumming, and dancing-all resulted in participants having higher pain thresholds (a proxy measure for increased endorphin release in the brain) in comparison to listening to music alone. In addition, the performance of music resulted in greater positive emotion, suggesting one pathway through which people feel closer to one another when playing music together is through endorphin release.

In another study, researchers compared the effects of singing together in a small choir (20-80 people) versus a larger choir (232 people) on measures of closeness and on pain thresholds. The researchers found that both choir groups increased their pain threshold levels after singing; however, the larger group experienced bigger changes in social closeness after singing than the smaller group. This suggested to the researchers that endorphins produced in singing can act to draw large groups together quickly.

Music has also been linked to dopamine release, involved in regulating mood and craving behavior, which seems to predict music's ability to bring us pleasure. Coupled with the effects on endorphins, music seems to make us feel good and connect with others, perhaps particularly when we make music ourselves.

But music is more than just a common pleasure. New studies reveal how it can work to create a sense of group identity.

In a series of ingenious studies, researchers Chris Loerch and Nathan Arbuckle studied how musical reactivity-how much one is affected by listening to music-is tied to group processes, such as one's sense of belonging to a group, positive associations with ingroup members, bias toward outgroup members, and responses to group threat in various populations.

The researchers found that "musical reactivity is causally related to...basic social motivations" and that "reactivity to music is related to markers of successful group living." In other words, music makes us affiliate with groups.

But how does music do this? Some researchers believe that it's the rhythm in music that helps us to synch up our brains and coordinate our body movements with others, and that's how the effects can be translated to a whole group. Research supports this thesis, by showing how coordinating movement through music increases our sense of community and prosocial behavior. Indeed, one study found two year olds synchronized their body movements to a drumbeat-more accurately to a human they could see than to a drum machine.

This tendency to synchronize seems to become only more important as we grow. In another study, adults listened to one of three types of music-rhythmic music, non-rhythmic music, or "white noise"-and then engaged in a task that involved cooperating and coordinating their movements. Those who listened to rhythmic music finished the tasks more efficiently than those who listened to the other types of sound, suggesting that rhythm in music promotes behaviors that are linked to social cohesion.

In another study, people seated side by side and asked to rock at a comfortable rate tended to coordinate better without music, but felt closer to one another when they did synchronize while listening to music. In a study by Scott Wiltermuth and Chip Heath of Stanford University, those who listened to music and coordinated their movements to the music were able to cooperate better and act more generously toward others when participating in economic games together (even in situations requiring personal loss for the good of the group, such as in the Public Goods Game).

All of this evidence helps confirm music's place in augmenting our social relationships. Perhaps that's why, when you want people to bond, music is a natural resource for making that happen. Whether at concerts, social events, or awe conferences, music can help us connect, cooperate, and care for each other. This suggests that, if we want to have a more harmonious society, we would do well to continue to include music in our-and our children's-lives.

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According to new research, music helps synchronize our bodies and our brains.

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For me, I feel the most relatable art form is music due to its power to communicate and portray feelings through specific musical elements linking psychological moods and sensory qualities (Ryan, & Healy, 2008) (Session, 1970). For example, music cannot express ‘happiness’, however specific variation in the tones, chords, accents, rhythmic design and other elements can create giddy, euphoric and joyful feelings replicating the atmosphere of happiness (Session 1970). The way music portraying feelings fascinates me and so does the idea of using music as a language bringing people together. I will often spend time researching this concept using resources and excerpts such as the ones shown below.

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As well as watching Broadway shows, I also enjoy watching community productions including Phantom of the Opera which involved many community artists, musicians, dancers, actors and photographers (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).

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The Phantom of the Opera is on it's way to Dubbo and the logistics of transferring the mammoth set, cast and crew of 80 to Dubbo are in full swing with only a week to go.

Orange Theatre Company will bring the production to the town in their first ever touring show.

"Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece evokes such strong imagery," Director Peter Young said.

"This is the biggest show that Orange Theatre Company has ever staged and we have the grand set to match."

Audiences will become immersed in the world of the Opera Populaire with a complex stage set which includes a full size elephant, majestic proscenium arch and the Phantom's infamous Box Five.

A moving bridge will transport audiences to the Phantom's underground lair complete with remote controlled boat, mechanical monkey music box, glowing candelabras and throne.

"I'm most excited about the iconic chandelier that will soar above the audience during the overture, only to come crashing down at the end of act 1," says Mr Young.

Orange Theatre Company has been granted one of only four licences in NSW to produce this iconic musical, making OTC one of the first in the world to mount a non-professional production.

The Phantom of the Opera has staged over 12 performances at Orange Civic Theatre between October 18 and November 2, with a groundbreaking tour to follow at Dubbo Regional Theatre with two performances selling out weeks ago.

The 2014 season launch will be held on Sunday, Novemer 17, with the 25 2014 season shows to be unveiled.

The season launch is a great way to find out what shows are coming up, encouraging you to book early so you don't miss out on your favourite shows.

Tickets for the launch are still on sale here or you can call the Theatre Box Office on 6801 4378.

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I have also travelled to Sydney to watch the Broadway production of Aladdin and The Lion King. I particularly enjoyed the Lion King as they represented the animal groups as puppets which came off the stage into the audience, a concept I have never seen before (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).

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The Lion King on Broadway - Masks and Puppets

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Throughout High School I was very involved in drama and played roles in all the musicals including: Patience, Sound of Music and Fiddler on the Roof. I loved that we as the actors were the craftspeople interpreting characters in our own way, portraying our own self-expression and oral storytelling (Judith, 2017)(Ryan, & Healy, 2008). Along with acting roles I was heavily involved in costume and set designing both of which are important elements when it comes to putting on a production (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).

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Schiller & Meiners (2008) explain that dance is an integral part of human activity and can often be a means of inner expression, satisfying emotional, mental and physical needs.  Personally, the only form of dance that I have engaged with over the years is yoga, aerobic and HITT exercises using Fitnessblender.com, Bella Dancerella, Just Dance and Kyle Hanagami all of which teach me new techniques developing my personal kinesphere along with manipulating and stretching my body to stay fit and healthy (Judith, 2017) (Ryan, & Healy, 2008). Although I do not consider myself a dancer, I have a huge respect for the art form particularly when it comes to health and wellbeing as movement is often referred to as a ‘sixth sense’ (Wright, 2011).

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Sophie Tosh, Dubbo Visual Artist, Painting, Photography, Drawing, Portraits, Landscapes, Still Life, Abstract, Commissions, Gifts

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Personally, from my own experiences and time spent exploring computer generated art on Instagram and Tumblr, I have learned that Visual Art is not just paintings in galleries but instead is found throughout everyday life (McArdle, 2011). Interestingly many iconic artists have shared a similar perception including, Vincent Van Gough who wanted us to stop and look at the starry night and Andy Warhol who to raise awareness about popular culture, mass production and consumerism (Wright, 2011).

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As well as creating many of my own artworks I have also visited many different galleries, the most iconic of which being on my recent trip to Paris. I visited the Louvre and Musee D'Orsay and got to see some of the most famous, expensive and valuable artworks ever created: Alexandros Venus De Milo, Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, Starry Night Over the Rhône and the Mona Lisa (Ryan, & Healy, 2008). These artworks the resources available in this case thick layered paints or clay in comparison my artworks which uses new art media and technology (Ryan & Healy, 2008).

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I also love experiencing new artworks produced by local community artists including Sophie Tosh who is my close friend, work colleague and a recognised drawer, painter and photographer (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).

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DUBBO artist Sophie Tosh will launch her first solo exhibition Glimpses.

The main features of Glimpses are the paintings on the antique suitcases, which all tell tales of a journey.

Ms Tosh moved home a lot growing up and has since been fascinated with the story each person can provide.

She loved the concept of seeing a "glimpse" of someone on a bus or train and wondering what journey they are on.

Ms Tosh explained her artworks are: "individual moments, snap shots or brief glimpses which combine to tell a universal story about individual human journeys."

"Many of the people seen on the bus or the train, we never lay eyes on again.

"Yet we share a strange bond with them, because, even if it was only for a few minutes, we were fellow travellers, going the same way on life's great journey."

The suitcases themselves have been on their own journeys and have provided an exciting medium to paint on, Ms Tosh said.

"I have used old suitcases and travel imagery to evoke a sense of the journey we all share; the great journey of life," she said.

"In our journey through this life we pass through different stages, different places, meet new people, build relationships, experience physical ageing and many other intellectual and emotional changes."

Glimpses also features printed faces on the many bus tickets Ms Tosh collected during her university years.

The exhibition also features sculptures of scavengers such as the rats and birds, the "sentinels in all the places of our departing and arriving."

Ms Tosh's debut solo exhibition can be seen at the Fire Station Arts Centre from August 18 till September 6, the official opening is on August 22 at 6pm.

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Sophie Tosh goes solo with new exhibition

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DUBBO artist Sophie Tosh will launch her first solo exhibition Glimpses. The main features of Glimpses are the paintings on the antique suitcases, which all tell tales of a journey. Ms Tosh moved home a lot growing up and has since been fascinated with the story each person can provide.

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‘Limited Edition’ was my 2016 major work which displayed my skills in the medium Printmaking and was later selected to be exhibited in Dubbo’s Local Cultural centre (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).My body of work used complicated symbols and imagery representing the worlds limited resources through the application of different multimodal design forms and techniques including: ghost lino, silkscreen, and reverse application printing loosely inspired by artists including Andy Warhol and Fiona Hall (Burner, 1996) (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).

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When it comes to Visual Art, I have had many opportunities to study a wide spectrum of artists and their works which can be seen in my Visual Art Reflective Journal attached below documenting the development and progression of my artistic concept for ‘Limited Edition’ (Ryan, & Healy, 2008).