Hidden Treasures

Saturday 15th March 2025 at 2pm

Church of Christ Kenmore Community Centre
41, Brookfield Rd. Kenmore
Adults $30, Concessions $26, Students $12 and under 5 free
Book on line: Trybooking.com/TBA, or Call Maree 3378 2384, and tickets also available at the door if not previously sold out. 

Saturday 22nd March 2025 at 2pm

SunPAC Theatre, 470 McCullough St., Sunnybank
Adults $38, Concessions, student and group bookings available - children under 5 free
Bookings:

• Online: www.sunpac.net.au
• Phone: 3323 9650
• At the door: if not previously sold out

The Brisbane City Pops Orchestra is thrilled to be returning to both SunPAC at Sunnybank and the Church of Christ at Kenmore for our first concert series of 2025, entitled Hidden Treasures.

The program features music that we consider to be the precious gems of the music world, that perhaps haven’t featured in a concert for a while. We will showcase a wide variety of musical riches, from the toe-tapping medley of Leroy Anderson favourites (including Serenata, Belle of the Ball and Syncopated Clock) to the very serene and elegant Pachabel Canon, featuring our very talented Strings!

We will also have a trip down memory lane with Glenn Miller’s beautiful Moonlight Serenade, the very cute Baby Elephant Walk by Henri Mancini and a medley of childhood favourites called Disney Magic. As well, the orchestra will perform the very lively March from Vaughan Williams’ Folk Song Suite, as well as the atmospheric La Calinda by Delibes and another hidden gem – the fabulous latin Tico Tico!!

The BCPO is excited to welcome back two amazing singers, and audience favourites, Katie Stenzel and Gregory Moore, who will be performing a treasure chest full of sparkling vocals.

Katie is a dynamic coloratura soprano who has completed her Master of Music Studies at the Qld Conservatorium and has performed widely in Australia and also internationally, in operatic roles and concerts. Katie will be showcasing her stunning voice in Strauss’ elegant and lively Voices of Spring and the tender and heartfelt The Wind Beneath My Wings.

Gregory Moore is a very popular tenor who graduated from the Qld Conservatorium of Music and is kept busy as a cross-over Pop Opera artist who has performed extensively in Australia and overseas. As always, you will be inspired by Gregory’s passionate and powerful performance of Nessun Dorma by Puccini and the very uplifting and timeless gem, You Raise Me Up.

Katie and Gregory will also present the very joyful and heart-warming duet Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - a performance not to be missed!

So, please join the Brisbane City Pops Orchestra and our very talented guest artists for an unmissable concert in which every piece of sparkling music will deliver Hidden Treasures!

Chen Yang (Conductor)

Chen Yang was appointed concertmaster of the Queensland Theatre Orchestra (QTO) after graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with distinction in violin performance. He later joined the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) for many years.

Chen is currently the leader and conductor of Corda Spiritus Orchestra of Brisbane and The Sinfonia of St Andrew’s Orchestra. He appears regularly as guest conductor for The Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra in their annual Metro Concert Series.  In 2014 he was invited to conduct The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra in a Gala Concert celebrating their 20^thAnniversary.

Chen has worked in music education for many years with his long association with the Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO) leading their Junior String Ensemble (JSE) consisting of up to 70 talented young string players. At present he is also conductor and string teacher at St Hilda’s School, Southport.

His other musical interests include playing baroque violin with The Badinerie Players of Brisbane.    

 

Katie Stenzel (Soprano)

Katie Stenzel is a dynamic, coloratura soprano. Described by Limelight Magazine as possessing “a powerful and perfectly controlled upper range”, she has established herself as an engaging and multi-faceted performer.

A graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Katie has performed across Australia and internationally with companies including State Opera South Australia, Opera Queensland, Opera Australia, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Music Festival, The Adelaide Fringe Festival, and the Taipei Drama Festival in Taiwan.

Operatic roles have included Queen of the Night in The Sopranos, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lucy in The Telephone, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Niece 1 in Peter Grimes, Zorah in Ruddigore and the creation of the title role in the new Australian work, Loretta. Cover roles include Despina in Cosi fan tutte, Euridice and Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice, Kumudha in A Flowering Tree, Rose Maybud in Ruddigore, Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Cunegonde in Candide. Notable concert works include Mahler 4, Messiah (Handel), Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Handel), Carmina Burana (Orff), African Sanctus (Fanshawe), The Mysteries of the Macabre (Ligeti), and Oratorio de Noêl (Saint- Saëns)

 
Website: katiestenzel.com
Instagram: @katiestenzel

 

Gregory Moore  (Tenor) 

 

Gregory is a graduate of the QLD Conservatorium of Music and as a Cross-over Pop Opera artist is in high demand for his performance style and versatility. His performing credits include: an original member of The Ten Tenors, The Pirates of Penzance - Australian Tour for ESSGEE (Frederic Understudy, Ensemble), and Tenor Soloist in Andrew McKinnon’s World Touring International hit Scotland the Brave, with performances including the Sydney Opera House and the Lincoln Centre in New York City. He has performed The National Anthem in front of worldwide television audiences for International and Australian Rugby, Cricket Australia, and State of Origin, and a regular guest artist with the Queensland Pops Orchestra.

As an original member of the Pop Opera Trio ‘La Forza’, Greg has performed throughout Australia, New Zealand, The South Pacific & Asia on all leading Cruise Ships including featured acts on Cunard, Princess, and Royal Caribbean, and has been a regular guest at the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Carols by Candlelight.

Off stage, Greg is a Co-Producer for the Lord Mayor’s Senior’s Christmas Parties, a vocal and performance mentor for the Senior’s Cabaret Showcase and Creative Generation, and has been the Musical Director for the Brisbane City Christmas Parade, Christmas Pantomime, and Queen Street Mall Christmas Pop-up shows since 2010 with Event Management Company, TLC Events Co. Due to Gregory’s contribution to the arts, he was an Australia Day Ambassador for the Queensland Government (2009 – 2011).

As well as appearing as the Tenor Soloist for the ABC TV and DVD/CD release of the hit Show ‘Scotland the Brave’, Greg has recorded two solo studio albums: ‘I’ve Dreamed of You’ recorded with the QLD Pops Orchestra and The Christmas Gift, released for David Jones Australia wide and New Zealand. His TV special An Intimate Evening with Gregory Moore & Friends is available as a LIVE DVD & CD and has been featured on the STUDIO Channel, FOXTEL. As a Trainer and Assessor, Greg has worked for many Performing Arts Schools including DLDC & ADPI, and is now Head of Music at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, (ACPA); sharing his passion of the performing arts and building a bright new generation of First Nation’s performers.