It’s time to get your Girl Power on! Perth Symphony Orchestra welcomes you to ‘Girls Night Out!’; a celebration of women, by women, for everyone. Women have made countless achievements in music and tonight, our 100% female orchestra, arrangers and soloists all under the baton of Chief Conductor Jessica Gethin, intend to showcase just a small percentage of these accolades!

So get your dancing feet ready and your singing voices warmed up, we’re ready to share this powerful night with you all the way.

Welcome, from Perth Symphony Orchestra, enjoy…

Program

  • Chaka Khan – I’m Every Woman
  • Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
  • Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
  • Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares for Me
  • Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin – Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
  • Amy Winehouse – Rehab
  • Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out of My Head
  • Aretha Franklin – Respect
  • Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)
  • Irene Cara – Fame

Interval

  • Rose Parker – She Makes Her Future
  • Dolly Parton – Jolene
  • Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company) – Piece of My Heart
  • Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do with It
  • Divinyls – I Touch Myself
  • Madonna – Material Girl
  • Adele – Someone Like You
  • Spice Girls – Wannabe
  • Sister Sledge – We Are Family
  • Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive

The Boss Ladies


Producer
Bourby Webster
Chief Conductor
Jessica Gethin

Soloists


Lucy Peach
Odette Mercy
Rose Parker
Sophie Foster

Backing Vocalists


Alana Fay
Chelsea Cullen
Mia Matthiessen

Arrangers


Cara Fesjian
Julia Nicholls
Kathy Potter
Steph Nicholls

Meet the Musicians…

CONCERTMASTER
Margaret Blades

1st VIOLIN
Rachael Aquilina
Jasmin Parkinson-Stewart
Sara Duhig
Kathleen Pavey
Ruth Klein Cook

2nd VIOLIN
Pascale Whiting
Jasmine Skinner
Madeleine Antoine
Kendra Smith
Robyn Blann

VIOLA
Kathy Potter
Alix Hamilton
Cheralyn Simpson
Ariel Postmus 		CELLO
Sophie Curtis
Catherine Tabi
Sacha McCulloch
Anna Sarcich

DOUBLE BASS
Libby Browning

PERCUSSION
Germaine Png

SAXOPHONE
Erin Royer

KEYS
Stephanie Nicholls

ELECTRIC BASS
Kate Pass

DRUM KIT
Giane Hladin

GUEST CONDUCTORS
Kate Milligan (Thursday)
Elizabeth Aitken (Friday)

Want to relive the magic?

We’ve created a playlist on our Spotify channel of the whole set list for you to carry on the party at home!

Music on the Move

Get special insights to Perth Symphony concert and behind the scenes gossip with Perth Symphony’s ‘Music on the Move’ podcast series. Designed to be listened to as a ‘pre concert chat’ on your way to the event, this episode’s special guest was our rockstar soloist Rose Parker.

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Perth Symphony was founded in 2011 and is known as the orchestra that breaks the rules. With over 220 musicians regularly employed by us, we are creating a home for WA talent.

We play in places and spaces you’d never expect to find an orchestra, from sheds to warehouses, foyers to art deco cinemas and aeroplane hangers! We perform music from Mozart to Metallica, Björk to Beethoven and everything in between. Our mission is ‘Music for Everyone’ and by taking the orchestra out of the concert hall and into communities across WA, we are proud to have performed to over 250,000 people so far. Stay tuned, as this is just the beginning!

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Thank You!

Tonight’s concert could not be possible without these fantastic people… To Mardie and the team at Mardie & Co. for styling our pre-show area and for organising the fabulous dancers at tonight’s concert.

A special mention to Sonja Andrews for assisting with costumes. and Cara Fesjian for having such a beautiful American accent and providing our voice-overs for the night.

Thank you to our publicist Harvey Rae for his amazing work and to Ezereve for the interval entertainment.

Thank you to the amazing team at the Astor Theatre and Ticketek who are always so accommodating.

Finally a monumental thank you to our incredible team of volunteers, without whom our performances would not be possible.