Surprise Surprise

Saturday 16th November 2024 at 2pm

Chermside Kedron Community Church
Corner of Gympie Road and Rode Road, Chermside
Adults $30, Concessions $26, Students $12, Children < 5 yrs free.
Bookings:- Try Bookings: Link TBA or ring Maree 3378 2384 or Tickets at the door if not sold out previously

Saturday 23rd November 2024 at 2pm

Church of Christ Kenmore Community Centre
41, Brookfield Rd. Kenmore
Adults $30, Concessions $26, Students $12, Children < 5 yrs free.
Bookings:- Try Bookings: Link TBA or ring Maree 3378 2384 or Tickets at the door if not sold out previously
Free parking and program - café open for lunch/tea/coffee/cake

Surprise Surprise is the title for the Brisbane City Pops Orchestra’s final concert for 2024 and what a great show it will be!! 

Unfortunately we can’t tell you much about it, because it is a Surprise, but we can promise you an afternoon full of your favourite feel-good music, from waltzes to swing, classics to pop, musicals to movies, and so much more!

We are thrilled to present our very talented guest artist for this concert, Warwick Adeney, a superb violinist. Warwick trained at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where he emerged as the Gold Medal graduate of 1984. 

He joined the Qld Theatre Orchestra under Georg Tintner and in 1989 he rose to be Concertmaster. Here he played many solos, including the memorable Lark Ascending with Sir Neville Marriner.

In 2001 Warwick joined the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and played with them as Concertmaster for over 20 years, until his retirement earlier this year, when he led and performed in his final concert, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Warwick will perform four pieces with the BCPO, but of course, they will be a Surprise! But, be assured that he will be performing some of the most popular and best-loved violin solos, showcasing his magnificent playing!

So, be sure to book early and not miss this wonderful afternoon of amazing entertainment as we present Surprise Surprise!

Andrew Robinson (Conductor)

Former resident conductor of the St Lucia Orchestra (now BCPO), Andrew Robinson has conducted many of the leading orchestras in Australia and the US. Winner of the ABC- Westfield Young Conductor of the Year award in 1997, he was Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1998-2001, performing with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. He has also conducted performances at the New York City Ballet and with numerous other American orchestras, as well as working with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. In Australia, he has appeared with the Queensland Symphony, the Tasmanian Symphony, the Melbourne Symphony, the Canberra Symphony, the State Orchestra of Victoria, and the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, among numerous others. From 2007-2012 he led the Queensland Philanthropic Orchestra, a charitable music project that raised nearly $40,000 for Queensland medical research.  

An experienced music educator, Andrew served from 2000-2002 on the conducting faculty at the University of Southern California, one of the premier music schools in the US. He was Music Director of the inaugural Auckland Philharmonia Summer School in 2000, and from 2003-2008 held the same position with the Young Conservatorium Symphony at Griffith University. 

Andrew first studied flute at the Canberra School of Music before turning to conducting. In 1998 he was selected as one of three young conductors from around the world to perform in Carnegie Hall at the inaugural Carnegie Hall Conductor’s Workshop, and subsequently was a Conducting Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts. An accomplished flautist, Andrew won the 7 th Australian Flute Competition in 1995, and continues to perform occasionally around Brisbane. He qualified as an optometrist in 2006 and is now a partner in private practice in Bardon. 

Warwick Adeney (Violinist)

Warwick Adeney was born into a large family of violinists and trained at Queensland Conservatorium alongside three of his siblings. There he learnt with Dr Anthony Doheny, was a member of the Ambrosian Quartet, and emerged as the Gold Medal graduate of 1984. 

He joined Queensland Theatre Orchestra under Georg Tintner, and rose to be concertmaster in 1989. During the years of Anthony Camden’s musical oversight, Warwick Adeney played many solos, including the memorable Lark Ascending with Sir Neville Marriner, and directed many concerts. 

In 2001, the amalgamation of orchestras in Queensland occurred and Warwick Adeney served (initially as co-concertmaster with Alan Smith) under conductor Michael Christie, then Johannes Fritzsch and Alondra de la Parra. Over his many years Warwick Adeney enjoyed the privileged and challenging life of the orchestra, and became something of a specialist in ballet solos and the Four Seasons along the way. 

Early this year, Warwick retired from the orchestra, in a special concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, conducted by new chief conductor Umberto Clerici. 

Married to Michele, a fellow musician, Warwick Adeney is blessed with a large family, all of whom learn a variety of instruments, and he directs music at a weekly traditional Latin mass. The violin Warwick plays is a Venetian instrument from the early 18th century, probably by Carlo Antonio Testore.