New repertoire for Limestone Coast orchestra

The State Opera South Australia is headed for the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre this week and the performance will be enhanced by a performance from the strong section of the Limestone Coast Symphony Orchestra.

Country Arts SA’s chief executive/executive director Anthony Peluso said they were looking forward to working with State Opera to take this hilarious romp to regional SA with the Mount Gambier performance on November 22.

“This is opera dashed with the sardonic Aussie treatment and we know it is going to be a great night out. Don’t miss it,” he said.

The other performance not to be missed is the Limestone Coast Symphony Orchestra, who will be playing pre-show in the theatre courtyard.

The orchestra calls the Mount Gambier theatre home and orchestra secretary Jennie Matthews said as part of its arrangement as resident orchestra it was to provide entertainment on a couple of other occasions outside of its traditional mid year season. In the end, the State Opera visit proved to be the perfect fit for one of those supplementary performances.

“Once our second term season finished the string players, especially the three or four new players were very keen New repertoire for Limestone Coast orchestra to keep playing,” Jennie said. That saw 12 players looking to keep the music going and after a discussion with theatre manager Frank Morello the State Opera visit loomed as the best opportunity.

“I think we’ve come up with a nice bunch of music including George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Leroy Anderson and Henry Mancini as well as a few other ragtime composers that people would not be as familiar with,