The Flying Orchestra

Sun 8 May 2022

Brisbane Room at Brisbane City Hall

Brisbane as a Storied City

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

"Some days are so windy that even the angels lose their balance from the top of City Hall." So says Clare McFadden's The Flying Orchestra. So here's an invitation to young Brisbanites to come to City Hall and see for themselves. We can't guarantee wind, or sightings of angels, but we're sure The Flying Orchestra (aka players from the Queensland Youth Orchestra) will turn up to play at this event that blends words and music for a memorable experience.

Bec Mac as storyteller

Beautiful, moving and joyous

ABC Canberra

#Artists

Queensland Youth Orchestra

Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO) is the State's major orchestral training and performance organisation for young musicians aged 7 to 25. Founded by John Curro AM MBE (1932-2019) in 1966, QYO is now under the artistic leadership of Simon Hewett. QYO is renowned as a world-class youth orchestra organisation and a member of Youth Orchestras Australia (YOA), a network comprising the major state youth orchestras of Australia and the Australian Youth Orchestra. QYO currently has seven ensembles: three symphony orchestras, two concert bands, junior string ensemble and big band. Each group has its own program of activities including rehearsals, tutorials, concerts, camps and tours.The Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO) String Quartet consists of advanced musicians from QYO's leading orchestra, the Queensland Youth Symphony.

Bec Mac

Bec Mac is an avant-garde artist, creative producer and broadcast presenter, her legendary live art event LOVE TV has been presented Internationally including the City Of New York. This bold, highly entertaining work is renown as an innovative model of Placemaking, community engagement and a pioneer in social media community generated content. Bec Mac’s POPSART revolutionised arts media as the original Australian Live to Facebook art media broadcast working with the likes of QAGOMA, UQ Art Museum, Sydney Contemporary and Museum of Brisbane. In May 2019 McIntosh travelled to the Venice Biennale, with the artist Richard Bell as a Documentation Collaborator for the work EMBASSY 2019. Her latest enterprise Chrysalis Projects sees her developing and creatively directing multiple public art projects including a Vernon Ah Kee Mural and Your Inner Circles -Arts Against Gendered Based Violence campaign. #yourinnercircles