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BSYO Performance at Bali Arts Festival a success

The BlueScope Youth Orchestra performed at the 45th annual Bali Arts Festival as well as with Voice of Bali Choir

During the first week of July, WollCon’s BlueScope Youth Orchestra performed a series of important relationship building and culture exchange concerts in Bali, including a televised performance at the 45th annual Bali Arts Festival with the world-famous Voice of Bali Children’s Choir.

The combined Orchestra and Choir performance featured traditional Australian and Indonesian folk songs. The program (both English and Bahasa Indonesia) included a narrator to explain to an Indonesian audience the historical significance, popularity and meaning of the songs performed.

BlueScope Youth Orchestra also performed at Bali’s largest children’s orphanages (for the blind) and at a large regional aged care facility. They were also hosted by the Australian Consul General in the Balinese capital of Denpasar where they played for VIPs and invited guests.

And of special interest for our local musicians, one other concert was especially ‘for the elephants’ at the Mason Adventure Park in Ubud.

“It is such a huge honour for the Orchestra to be invited by the Governor of Bali to perform at the world-famous Bali Arts Festival. For this we have Professor Tim Lindsey, Peter O’Neill and Dr Rob Goodfellow of Yogya Santai to thank. Not only have they assisted the BlueScope Youth Orchestra with their expertise on Indonesia and their high-level contacts, but they are also assisting us on the ground as volunteers.”

Tanya Phillips

Manager of BSYO, WollCon

This visit builds on the orchestra’s last tour of Indonesia in 2005, when they played a royal command performance for the Sultan of Yogyakarta at the royal palace.

Dr Goodfellow of Yogya Santai says, “these concerts bring people together and establish friendships based on the mutual love of culture. We’e building on a quarter of a century of close engagement between Wollongong and Indonesia fostered by diverse individuals and organisations including the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, Wollongong City Council and The University of Wollongong.”

“The clear message, of young Australians and young Indonesians working together to explain their respective traditional cultures before a national audience, is an exciting one.” Said Tanya Phillips.

ABOUT BlueScope Youth Orchestra
BlueScope Youth Orchestra is WollCon’s premier senior orchestra aged between 14-21yrs, managed by Tanya Phillips and conducted by Nigel Edwards.  BlueScope Youth Orchestra is supported by the BlueScope Win Community Partnership Fund.

 

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Anne Mowbray

Director

Anne has been a member of the Wollcon Board since 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from UNSW. She is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and an accredited Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. She has taught family law and other subjects at Wollongong University.

For a number of years she has been a subscriber to the Australian Chamber Orchestra which regularly performs in Wollongong . She has been passionate about music and in particular music education to children and adults.

Jake Pearson

Director

Jake has worked in the disability sector for 24 years- 17 of these with Interchange and 7 years as their CEO. Jake is passionate about inclusion and equality for both people with disability and their carers.

He holds an MBA, Bachelor of Commerce, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, as well as completing Diploma’s in Case Management, Community Services Coordination and the AICD Company Directors Course.

Jake is also a committee member on the International Short Breaks Association Board and has been a Director on the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Board since 2022.

Wayne Morris

Director

Wayne is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as being a qualified company secretary and accountant with over 35 years experience in banking and finance. He performed for nine of those years as Chief Executive of IMB Ltd, and the preceding seven years as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, also with IMB. Wayne’s primary expertise is in the areas of governance, management, accounting, risk management and banking and finance. He has spent his whole life living in the Illawarra and is passionate about ensuring the Illawarra can provide the best possible opportunities and lifestyle for its residents. In 2024 Wayne was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community.

Dr Terumi Narushima

Deputy Chair

Dr Terumi Narushima is a senior lecturer and Music Discipline Leader at the University of Wollongong. She is a composer, performer and sound designer specialising in microtonal tuning systems. Her works include Tritriadic Chimes, a sound installation for LA MicroFest, Hidden Sidetracks, a composition for custom-made instruments premiered by Ensemble Offspring at Sydney Opera House, and a project to build microtonal flutes using 3D printing. She has worked on theatre collaborations which have been presented nationally and internationally, including Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Distant Lens, Lost in Shanghai, and The Story of Chi. She performs with microtonal ensemble Clocks and Clouds, and her book Microtonality and the Tuning Systems of Erv Wilson is published by Routledge.

Nicky Sloan

Chair

Nicky is the CEO of Community Industry Group. She has degrees in Dementia Care, Community & Environment and Marketing, and a Grad Dip in Project Management. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Honorary Fellow of UOW. In addition to Chairing the WollCon Board, she is Deputy Chair of the Regional Development Australia Illawarra Shoalhaven Board and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Warrigal, a large not-for-profit specialising in the provision of services for older people.

Her corporate governance and strategy experience extends through a 20+ year career on boards in the corporate, government and NFP sectors.