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SUMMARY:Strike Up The Band: Chris McPhee\, Rosanne Hosking & the City Of Unley Concert Band
DESCRIPTION:40 & FABULOUS!!!\n\nStrike up the Band\, when local international theatre organist Chris McPhee will be joined by vocalist Rosanne Hosking who is an award-winning performer in musical theatre and has featured for over 25 years in opera and cabaret around Australia and New Zealand. Chris will provide us with music from the big band era on the WurliTzer\, which was developed to replace full orchestras back in the 1920s for silent movie accompaniment. Pieces will include “Moonlight Serenade” and “Swingin’ Shepherd Blues”. These big\, lush sounds will be complimented by the equally lush sounds of the highly acclaimed City of Unley Concert Band when they play “Dance Movements” and “Be Thou My Vision” plus more of their favourite hits which have resulted in them winning several State and National Band Championships. The combined sound of WurliTtzer and concert Band\, in two special pieces\, will produce majestic sounds to enthral all.\n\nThis event is part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the mighty WurliTzer theatre organ’s inaugural concert at the Capri Theatre.There is a whole weekend of events planned and you can buy a discount package to all three events and save up to $20 by downloading the booking form below and emailing it to secretary@capri.org.au or call 8272 1177.\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking-Form-40-and-Fabulous\nIntroducing CHRIS McPHEE… \nChris McPhee A.A.G.M. is a celebrated theatre organist who lives and works in Adelaide. He has a distinctive musical style emanating fun and individuality while expressing his vibrant spirit and passion for nostalgia. As a teenager\, Chris was particularly inspired when he heard the legendary UK organist and entertainer\, Douglas Reeve. Since then\, Chris went on to build and establish an international reputation for himself. He has performed at leading venues across Australia\, New Zealand\, United States of America and the United Kingdom. In recognition of his outstanding talents\, he was awarded an Associate Diploma in Organ\, with Honors. In his home city\, Chris has starred as the featured artist on the J.W. Walker & Sons Adelaide Town Hall Organ and the Silver Jubilee Organ at the Festival Theatre. He was chosen to receive the great honor of being the final organist to perform at the historic Adelaide Regent Theatre before it closed in 2004. Chris has thrilled audiences with his stylish organ playing at many venues and celebrates over 35 years of performing on the famous Wurlitzer at the Capri Theatre. He has released 7 commercial recordings and his music is broadcast extensively\, not only on local radio\, but all around the globe. He is a solo artist of great renown but he has also performed alongside some of the all-time greats of Australian entertainment. Outside of Chris McPhee’s musical endeavours\, he also holds qualifications in embalming and post mortem reconstructive surgery\, with membership in both the Australian Institute of Embalming and British Institute of Embalmers.\n\nROSANNE HOSKING\n\nRosie’s career spans over 25 years and has taken her across Australia and overseas. She studied classical voice at the Elder Conservatorium\, University of Adelaide and has since developed into a highly versatile artist\, performing regularly on a variety of stages including music theatre\, opera\, cabaret\, corporate entertainment and contemporary commercial music.\n\nHer professional theatrical debut was in the Australian/New Zealand cast of Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera. More recent theatre credits include Sweeney Todd (Mrs Lovett understudy) and Carousel\, (2021)\, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus (2017) and the Second Lady in The Magic Flute (2016) with the State of Opera of South Australia\, Requiem – Adelaide Festival (2020)\, appearing as a guest artist in Matthew Robinson’s In Good Company and performing the role of Miriam in the World Premiere production of new Australian musical\, The Front at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival\, 2015. In 2013 she toured Australia with Amity Dry’s musical\, Mother Wife and the Complicated Life in the role of Lily.\n\nIn 2012\, she was awarded the Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Award – Best Professional Female Performance\, for her portrayal of Diana Goodman in Adelaide’s premiere of the musical\, Next to Normal (Six Foot Something Productions & The Factory).\n\nOther professional credits include The Venetian Twins (Beatrice) for the Sydney Olympic Festival\, South Pacific (Dinah) with Seabiscuit Productions.\n\nRosie makes regular appearances with corporate entertainment company\, Ding Productions. She has performed to audiences of 25\,000+ at the Adelaide Oval for the Big Bash League’s New Year’s Eve celebrations for the past four years and appears regularly at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and Adelaide Convention Centre in Ding’s floorshows.\n\nConcert highlights include performing Mozart’s “Exsulate Jubilate” with the Austral Sinfonietta in London\, “Off the Air” with ABC Music radio host\, Guy Noble and also her appearances with theatre organist\, Chris McPhee nationally and around New Zealand.\n\nRosie is a well-respected educator and voice trainer. She is regularly invited to conduct workshops in vocal technique\, song interpretation\, shifting styles and more. She currently lectures in Vocal Anatomy and offers one-to-one singing tuition at the University of Adelaide as part of the Bachelor of Music Theatre.\n\nShe has also lectured in singing and music at the Adelaide College of Arts\, Tabor College and also consults privately from her home vocal studio. This year also marks Rosie’s 15th year [check this with Rosanne] with the Pelican Productions MTC team. Throughout this time she has also worked as a Vocal Director on their productions of Sing!OZ\, The Little Mermaid\, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bring It On – The Musical.\n\nCITY OF UNLEY CONCERT BAND\n\nUnley Concert Band was founded in 1997 and has enjoyed a successful and rich history. The Band is a diverse group of approximately sixty members\, and aims to offer players and audiences the highest quality of community musicianship in Adelaide. They strive to perform music at a high level from advanced wind band repertoire to lighter entertainment music.\n\nThe Band has had several talented musical directors over the past twenty-five years. From 2021\, the current Musical Director is Colin Prichard\, the Principal Trombonist of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.\n\nThe Band is also an active marching band that performs at many different engagements such as ANZAC commemorative parades\, Christmas pageants\, and council engagements. In 2011 they were named the Australian Concert Band Marching Champion.\n\nOver the course of its history\, the Band has won various other accolades\, placing first in the South Australian Band State Band Championships in five consecutive competitions (2016-2022)\, placing first in the 2016 A Grade National Band Championships\, and equal first in the 2017 National Championships.\n\nThe Band also released a CD\, ‘Uniquely Unley’\, in 2010\, and was involved in the South Australian feature film ‘Swerve’\, released in 2011.
URL:https://capri.org.au/event/strike-up-the-band-chris-mcphee-rosanne-hosking/
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,TOSA Concerts
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SUMMARY:Strike Up The Band: Chris McPhee\, Rosanne Hosking & the City Of Unley Concert Band
DESCRIPTION:40 & FABULOUS!!!\n\nStrike up the Band\, when local international theatre organist Chris McPhee will be joined by vocalist Rosanne Hosking who is an award-winning performer in musical theatre and has featured for over 25 years in opera and cabaret around Australia and New Zealand. Chris will provide us with music from the big band era on the WurliTzer\, which was developed to replace full orchestras back in the 1920s for silent movie accompaniment. Pieces will include “Moonlight Serenade” and “Swingin’ Shepherd Blues”. These big\, lush sounds will be complimented by the equally lush sounds of the highly acclaimed City of Unley Concert Band when they play “Dance Movements” and “Be Thou My Vision” plus more of their favourite hits which have resulted in them winning several State and National Band Championships. The combined sound of WurliTtzer and concert Band\, in two special pieces\, will produce majestic sounds to enthral all.\n\nThis event is part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the mighty WurliTzer theatre organ’s inaugural concert at the Capri Theatre.There is a whole weekend of events planned and you can buy a discount package to all three events and save up to $20 by downloading the booking form below and emailing it to secretary@capri.org.au or call 8272 1177.\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking-Form-40-and-Fabulous\nIntroducing CHRIS McPHEE… \nChris McPhee A.A.G.M. is a celebrated theatre organist who lives and works in Adelaide. He has a distinctive musical style emanating fun and individuality while expressing his vibrant spirit and passion for nostalgia. As a teenager\, Chris was particularly inspired when he heard the legendary UK organist and entertainer\, Douglas Reeve. Since then\, Chris went on to build and establish an international reputation for himself. He has performed at leading venues across Australia\, New Zealand\, United States of America and the United Kingdom. In recognition of his outstanding talents\, he was awarded an Associate Diploma in Organ\, with Honors. In his home city\, Chris has starred as the featured artist on the J.W. Walker & Sons Adelaide Town Hall Organ and the Silver Jubilee Organ at the Festival Theatre. He was chosen to receive the great honor of being the final organist to perform at the historic Adelaide Regent Theatre before it closed in 2004. Chris has thrilled audiences with his stylish organ playing at many venues and celebrates over 35 years of performing on the famous Wurlitzer at the Capri Theatre. He has released 7 commercial recordings and his music is broadcast extensively\, not only on local radio\, but all around the globe. He is a solo artist of great renown but he has also performed alongside some of the all-time greats of Australian entertainment. Outside of Chris McPhee’s musical endeavours\, he also holds qualifications in embalming and post mortem reconstructive surgery\, with membership in both the Australian Institute of Embalming and British Institute of Embalmers.\n\nROSANNE HOSKING\n\nRosie’s career spans over 25 years and has taken her across Australia and overseas. She studied classical voice at the Elder Conservatorium\, University of Adelaide and has since developed into a highly versatile artist\, performing regularly on a variety of stages including music theatre\, opera\, cabaret\, corporate entertainment and contemporary commercial music.\n\nHer professional theatrical debut was in the Australian/New Zealand cast of Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera. More recent theatre credits include Sweeney Todd (Mrs Lovett understudy) and Carousel\, (2021)\, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus (2017) and the Second Lady in The Magic Flute (2016) with the State of Opera of South Australia\, Requiem – Adelaide Festival (2020)\, appearing as a guest artist in Matthew Robinson’s In Good Company and performing the role of Miriam in the World Premiere production of new Australian musical\, The Front at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival\, 2015. In 2013 she toured Australia with Amity Dry’s musical\, Mother Wife and the Complicated Life in the role of Lily.\n\nIn 2012\, she was awarded the Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Award – Best Professional Female Performance\, for her portrayal of Diana Goodman in Adelaide’s premiere of the musical\, Next to Normal (Six Foot Something Productions & The Factory).\n\nOther professional credits include The Venetian Twins (Beatrice) for the Sydney Olympic Festival\, South Pacific (Dinah) with Seabiscuit Productions.\n\nRosie makes regular appearances with corporate entertainment company\, Ding Productions. She has performed to audiences of 25\,000+ at the Adelaide Oval for the Big Bash League’s New Year’s Eve celebrations for the past four years and appears regularly at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and Adelaide Convention Centre in Ding’s floorshows.\n\nConcert highlights include performing Mozart’s “Exsulate Jubilate” with the Austral Sinfonietta in London\, “Off the Air” with ABC Music radio host\, Guy Noble and also her appearances with theatre organist\, Chris McPhee nationally and around New Zealand.\n\nRosie is a well-respected educator and voice trainer. She is regularly invited to conduct workshops in vocal technique\, song interpretation\, shifting styles and more. She currently lectures in Vocal Anatomy and offers one-to-one singing tuition at the University of Adelaide as part of the Bachelor of Music Theatre.\n\nShe has also lectured in singing and music at the Adelaide College of Arts\, Tabor College and also consults privately from her home vocal studio. This year also marks Rosie’s 15th year [check this with Rosanne] with the Pelican Productions MTC team. Throughout this time she has also worked as a Vocal Director on their productions of Sing!OZ\, The Little Mermaid\, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bring It On – The Musical.\n\nCITY OF UNLEY CONCERT BAND\n\nUnley Concert Band was founded in 1997 and has enjoyed a successful and rich history. The Band is a diverse group of approximately sixty members\, and aims to offer players and audiences the highest quality of community musicianship in Adelaide. They strive to perform music at a high level from advanced wind band repertoire to lighter entertainment music.\n\nThe Band has had several talented musical directors over the past twenty-five years. From 2021\, the current Musical Director is Colin Prichard\, the Principal Trombonist of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.\n\nThe Band is also an active marching band that performs at many different engagements such as ANZAC commemorative parades\, Christmas pageants\, and council engagements. In 2011 they were named the Australian Concert Band Marching Champion.\n\nOver the course of its history\, the Band has won various other accolades\, placing first in the South Australian Band State Band Championships in five consecutive competitions (2016-2022)\, placing first in the 2016 A Grade National Band Championships\, and equal first in the 2017 National Championships.\n\nThe Band also released a CD\, ‘Uniquely Unley’\, in 2010\, and was involved in the South Australian feature film ‘Swerve’\, released in 2011.
URL:https://capri.org.au/event/strike-up-the-band-chris-mcphee-rosanne-hosking-2/
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,TOSA Concerts
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SUMMARY:Magical Movie Music: John Atwell & Tony Fenelon
DESCRIPTION:40 & FABULOUS!!!\n\nOur main concert Magical Movie Music\, with Tony Fenelon OAM and Theatre Organist of the Year 2002\, who has performed around the world\, plus John Atwell; two of the three surviving organists from the inaugural 1983 concert. John is also an international organist and has performed on both theatre organ and classical organ around Australia. It will be a welcome return by these two who have played here in concert\, both solo and organ-piano duets\, many times over the past 40 years. There will be some audio-visual surprises from the inaugural concert as well as video on the big screen of the organists as they perform magical music from some of the great movies. Music will include “The Warsaw Concerto”\, a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell\, written for the 1941 British film “Dangerous Moonlight”\, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. Several film scores by John Williams will include “Star Trek”\, “Raiders of the Lost Arc”\, and “Jurassic Park”. This should be an afternoon to remember.\n\nThis event is part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the mighty WurliTzer theatre organ’s inaugural concert at the Capri Theatre. There is a whole weekend of events planned and you can buy a discount package to all three events and save up to $20 by downloading the booking form below and emailing it to secretary@capri.org.au or call 8272 1177.\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking-Form-40-and-Fabulous\n\nIn preparation for the event\, take a little step back in time and check out the booklet below\, produced for the opening concert in 1983.\n\nCapri Theatre Organ – Inaugural Concert Booklet\, April 1983\n\nTONY FENELON\, OAM\n\nIt was inevitable from an early age that music would play a significantly major role in Tony Fenelon’s life. As a child\, he showed astounding talent as a pianist\, and\, in later years\, studied at the Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne\, Australia under famed teacher Mr. Roy Shepherd. His successes included winning the Victorian Final of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Concerto and Vocal Competitions\, playing the Liszt Piano Concerto No.2 with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. He was also winner of the Open and Bach sections at the National Eisteddfod in Canberra\, with his performances of Chopin\, Liszt and Bach. Shortly after\, he obtained the highest marks ever awarded for his Licentiate Diploma in Performing Piano at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.\n\nTony’s insatiable interest in lighter music and a love of the majestic sound of the theatre pipe organ led to him excelling in two diverse careers concurrently. A Science graduate from Melbourne University\, he went on to become Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Hospital where he was credited as the joint designer of Australia’s first implantable cardiac pacemaker\,  His other career was as a master of the keyboard; the piano\, organ and theatre organ which led to his appointment in 1965 as the resident organist at Melbourne’s then prestigious Regent Theatre and eventually led to a full-time music performance career.\n\nNow an internationally acclaimed artist\, Tony career has taken him on more than thirty world tours\, visiting many countries\, including the United States\, the U.K. and Japan. He has released record albums in various countries – his first\, at the Regent Theatre\, Melbourne\, earning him four gold records. He has explored the world of electronic music\, MIDI and computers\, and has had many of his orchestral arrangements and CDs featured on ABC FM radio in Australia. Tony’s association with the Roland Corporation saw him performing promotional concerts throughout Australia\, the United States\, Japan\, the United Kingdom and New Zealand on Roland’s extensive range of musical instruments.\n\nTony’s concerts provide a tasteful balance between popular tunes and light classics and include music from the films\, stage shows\, jazz\, and great standards. As the piano has always been his first love\, his extensive repertoire of piano classics now forms an increasingly large proportion of his concerts\, a feature widely requested by his audiences.\n\nWith John Atwell\, Tony is Co-Patron of TOSA (SA).\n\nDR JOHN ATWELL\n\nDr John Atwell has had the pleasure of entertaining audiences on the theatre organ for tnearly 50 years\, both in Australia and around the world – in the United Kingdom\, USA\, Canada and New Zealand. In that time he has developed a reputation for providing programs\, whether in concert or on recordings\, which are carefully put together to provide a variety of enjoyable music\, with a balance between the familiar and the not so well known. His playing style is not easily pigeonholed\, but reflects the diversity of his musical experience.\n\nHighlights over the past years have included piano/organ duo concerts presented with Tony Fenelon\, his long time friend and musical colleague for over 40 years. In June 2010\, John and Tony were privileged to present the opening concert of the annual Convention of the American Theatre Organ Society at the Paramount Theatre\, Seattle. It was there that John released his new recording made on the Style H Wurlitzer\, once in the Prince Edward Theatre\, Sydney\, now installed in the Marrickville Town Hall. In September 2010 they joined in the celebration of TOSA Vic’s 50th year by playing the opening concert at the Dendy Theatre Brighton following the extensive renovation of the organ.\n\nJohn is also an experienced classical organist and over the years he has played many classical organ recitals\, In 2004 he took part in the concerts to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the installation of the organ in the Sydney Opera House. He is also an experienced accompanist\, both on piano and organ. He spent many years as accompanist and resident artist with the Maroondah Singers\, as well as with other choirs in the Melbourne area.\n\nJohn is co-patron of the Theatre Organ Society Divisions in both South Australia and New South Wales. John is also one of the house organists at the Regent Theatre\, Melbourne home to the 4/36 Wurlitzer organ\, previously installed in the Paramount Theatre\, San Francisco. He has played for the premiere performance of “Ned Kelly” with Heath Ledger and the movie version of “Phantom of the Opera”\, as well as seasons of Gone With the Wind and Dr Zhivago\, plus a special tribute to Frank Sinatra.\n\nJohn has retired from his full-time career as a medical research scientist. He has a doctorate in immunology and published many scientific papers and several patents. However\, John has found that retirement does not necessarily mean you have more time on your hands.
URL:https://capri.org.au/event/magical-movie-music-john-atwell-tony-fenelon/
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,TOSA Concerts
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SUMMARY:Magical Movie Music: John Atwell & Tony Fenelon
DESCRIPTION:40 & FABULOUS!!!\n\nOur main concert Magical Movie Music\, with Tony Fenelon OAM and Theatre Organist of the Year 2002\, who has performed around the world\, plus John Atwell; two of the three surviving organists from the inaugural 1983 concert. John is also an international organist and has performed on both theatre organ and classical organ around Australia. It will be a welcome return by these two who have played here in concert\, both solo and organ-piano duets\, many times over the past 40 years. There will be some audio-visual surprises from the inaugural concert as well as video on the big screen of the organists as they perform magical music from some of the great movies. Music will include “The Warsaw Concerto”\, a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell\, written for the 1941 British film “Dangerous Moonlight”\, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. Several film scores by John Williams will include “Star Trek”\, “Raiders of the Lost Arc”\, and “Jurassic Park”. This should be an afternoon to remember.\n\nThis event is part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the mighty WurliTzer theatre organ’s inaugural concert at the Capri Theatre. There is a whole weekend of events planned and you can buy a discount package to all three events and save up to $20 by downloading the booking form below and emailing it to secretary@capri.org.au or call 8272 1177.\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking-Form-40-and-Fabulous\n\nIn preparation for the event\, take a little step back in time and check out the booklet below\, produced for the opening concert in 1983.\n\nCapri Theatre Organ – Inaugural Concert Booklet\, April 1983\n\nTONY FENELON\, OAM\n\nIt was inevitable from an early age that music would play a significantly major role in Tony Fenelon’s life. As a child\, he showed astounding talent as a pianist\, and\, in later years\, studied at the Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne\, Australia under famed teacher Mr. Roy Shepherd. His successes included winning the Victorian Final of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Concerto and Vocal Competitions\, playing the Liszt Piano Concerto No.2 with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. He was also winner of the Open and Bach sections at the National Eisteddfod in Canberra\, with his performances of Chopin\, Liszt and Bach. Shortly after\, he obtained the highest marks ever awarded for his Licentiate Diploma in Performing Piano at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.\n\nTony’s insatiable interest in lighter music and a love of the majestic sound of the theatre pipe organ led to him excelling in two diverse careers concurrently. A Science graduate from Melbourne University\, he went on to become Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Hospital where he was credited as the joint designer of Australia’s first implantable cardiac pacemaker\,  His other career was as a master of the keyboard; the piano\, organ and theatre organ which led to his appointment in 1965 as the resident organist at Melbourne’s then prestigious Regent Theatre and eventually led to a full-time music performance career.\n\nNow an internationally acclaimed artist\, Tony career has taken him on more than thirty world tours\, visiting many countries\, including the United States\, the U.K. and Japan. He has released record albums in various countries – his first\, at the Regent Theatre\, Melbourne\, earning him four gold records. He has explored the world of electronic music\, MIDI and computers\, and has had many of his orchestral arrangements and CDs featured on ABC FM radio in Australia. Tony’s association with the Roland Corporation saw him performing promotional concerts throughout Australia\, the United States\, Japan\, the United Kingdom and New Zealand on Roland’s extensive range of musical instruments.\n\nTony’s concerts provide a tasteful balance between popular tunes and light classics and include music from the films\, stage shows\, jazz\, and great standards. As the piano has always been his first love\, his extensive repertoire of piano classics now forms an increasingly large proportion of his concerts\, a feature widely requested by his audiences.\n\nWith John Atwell\, Tony is Co-Patron of TOSA (SA).\n\nDR JOHN ATWELL\n\nDr John Atwell has had the pleasure of entertaining audiences on the theatre organ for tnearly 50 years\, both in Australia and around the world – in the United Kingdom\, USA\, Canada and New Zealand. In that time he has developed a reputation for providing programs\, whether in concert or on recordings\, which are carefully put together to provide a variety of enjoyable music\, with a balance between the familiar and the not so well known. His playing style is not easily pigeonholed\, but reflects the diversity of his musical experience.\n\nHighlights over the past years have included piano/organ duo concerts presented with Tony Fenelon\, his long time friend and musical colleague for over 40 years. In June 2010\, John and Tony were privileged to present the opening concert of the annual Convention of the American Theatre Organ Society at the Paramount Theatre\, Seattle. It was there that John released his new recording made on the Style H Wurlitzer\, once in the Prince Edward Theatre\, Sydney\, now installed in the Marrickville Town Hall. In September 2010 they joined in the celebration of TOSA Vic’s 50th year by playing the opening concert at the Dendy Theatre Brighton following the extensive renovation of the organ.\n\nJohn is also an experienced classical organist and over the years he has played many classical organ recitals\, In 2004 he took part in the concerts to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the installation of the organ in the Sydney Opera House. He is also an experienced accompanist\, both on piano and organ. He spent many years as accompanist and resident artist with the Maroondah Singers\, as well as with other choirs in the Melbourne area.\n\nJohn is co-patron of the Theatre Organ Society Divisions in both South Australia and New South Wales. John is also one of the house organists at the Regent Theatre\, Melbourne home to the 4/36 Wurlitzer organ\, previously installed in the Paramount Theatre\, San Francisco. He has played for the premiere performance of “Ned Kelly” with Heath Ledger and the movie version of “Phantom of the Opera”\, as well as seasons of Gone With the Wind and Dr Zhivago\, plus a special tribute to Frank Sinatra.\n\nJohn has retired from his full-time career as a medical research scientist. He has a doctorate in immunology and published many scientific papers and several patents. However\, John has found that retirement does not necessarily mean you have more time on your hands.
URL:https://capri.org.au/event/magical-movie-music-john-atwell-tony-fenelon-2/
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,TOSA Concerts
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