The Murrumbidgee String Orchestra

The Murrumbidgee String Orchestra (MSO) is a community organisation that meets on Thursdays from 7.30 - 9.00 pm each week during school terms. It is open to anyone who plays violin, viola, cello or double bass and is always interested in hearing from new players.

• Performances at Farmers' Markets and Food and Wine Festival
• A tango workshop
• A concert performance in Term IV

• Riverina Conservatorium of Music Open Days and Prize Days
• Farmers' Markets
• Senior Citizens week events
• Wagga Art Gallery Openings
• the Wollundry Singers 25th Anniversary Concert
• Wollundry Lagoon Amphitheatre Concerts

In June 2001, the MSO initiated a concert at the Riverina Playhouse with Wagga Youth Choir where it performed a work for strings and voices by Daniel Walker commissioned by the MSO and Wagga Youth Choir and in 2002 it undertook a regional tour to Lockhart, Temora and Tumut with Kathleen Robinson (flute) and Michael Stevens (marimba) as soloists.

In addition the MSO has brought the following musicians to Wagga:

• Canberra School of Music violinist Barbara Gilby for MSO and community string workshops
• the Tankstream Quartet for workshops in 2003 and 2004
• Canberra School of Music conductor and double bass player Max McBride for two orchestral workshops
• composer Daniel Walker for rehearsal supervision of his work "Murrumbidgee - My Home" and vocal workshops
• early music dance specialist Helga Hill for two workshops on the steps of Renaissance and Baroque dances

For more information contact the Music Director Jeff Donovan on 69211295 or 0428695577.