MSO on the Road

Regional Touring

In 2022, the MSO resumed a full program of regional touring, delivering 38 concerts, side-byside rehearsals, schools programs, open rehearsals and community performances to 6,074 adults and children across nine regional centres. Enabling children, families, and music lovers across Victoria to experience meaningful, world-class orchestral music, the MSO visited Mildura, Sale, Traralgon, Bairnsdale, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Albury, Bendigo, and Ballarat. The MSO was scheduled to visit Shepparton again in October however this was unfortunately cancelled due to flooding.

Under the baton of MSO’s Cybec Assistant Conductor, Carlo Antonioli, the Orchestra performed evening concerts to community members, including Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No.5. Demonstrating a strong demand and appreciation for the MSO, all concerts were enthusiastically received, with sold out, or close to sold out audiences at each venue.

Alongside delivering extraordinary onstage performances, the MSO worked directly with local community musicians across 18 free side-by-side rehearsals/performances, workshops, talks and masterclasses, that offered unique, meaningful, and accessible opportunities for more than 600 local musicians and music-lovers to learn from and work with some of the Australia’s most talented orchestral musicians. These off-stage activities assisted to involve the wider community beyond the concert hall, offering high-quality learning opportunities and pathways to engage with orchestral music.

As school communities across Victoria recovered from COVID-19, the MSO’s visits responded flexibly to regions’ particular needs and requirements with a program of workshops, talks, open-rehearsals, instrument demonstrations and concerts.

The MSO’s 2022 program of regional touring was supported by Creative Victoria, the Fairley Foundation, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, the Robert Salzer Foundation, and the John T Reid Charitable Trust.

“What a deeply inspiring and thoroughly enjoyable evening it was! So much fun to play great music together! I loved it! Thank you to everyone involved!”

– Mildura District Orchestra player

“Bravo for last night’s performance. Thoroughly enjoyed the Paul Stanhope. And as for the Beethoven!! Just wow!!”

– Wangaratta Concert attendee