Première Rhapsodie

The Student Music Collective present their final performance of 2025 - ‘Première Rhapsodie’.

To conclude a spectacular year of orchestral and chamber projects, SMC’s October concert will feature the Secret Orchestral Society, with clarinetist Reuben Allen, 2nd year Performance student at the UTAS Conservatorium of Music, as the soloist in Claude Debussy’s ‘Première Rhapsodie’.

The Student Music Collective are striving to provide an annual soloist opportunity for a student at the UTAS Conservatorium of Music. Reuben is the second recipient of this opportunity, following Miffy Wang’s performance of Mendelssohn’s 1st Piano Concerto in 2024.

SMC are delighted to once again welcome William Newbery to the podium, after a highly successful performance ‘Pastorale’ in March this year. Under Newbery’s baton, SOS are excited to present Hobart’s second performance of ‘Symphony No.1 in e minor’ by Florence Price, having been published in 2020 after spending several decades lost, along with a presentation of the overture from Otto Nicolai’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’. 

This performance sees Miaw Yng Lim make her debut as Concertmaster of the Secret Orchestral Society, taking place in our home venue at the Stanley Burbury Theatre in Sandy Bay, Tasmania. ‘Première Rhapsodie’ acts also as a celebration of the orchestra, with several founding members of the orchestra giving their final concert as graduating UTAS performance students. 

Join Reuben, Will, Miaw, and the Secret Orchestral Society on October the 26th at 3pm for an invigorating afternoon of ‘Première Rhapsodie’. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

'Première Rhapsodie' takes place on the unceded lands of the Mouheneener people in nipaluna (Hobart), where sovereignty has never been ceded. The Secret Orchestral Society and the Student Music Collective stands for a history of truth, which acknowledges the ongoing impacts of colonisation upon the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

ACCESSIBILITY

The Stanley Burbury Theatre is located on Churchill Avenue in Sandy Bay TAS 7000, on the University of Tasmania Main Campus. There is level access to the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre from the UTAS carpark on Churchill Avenue. 

There are several onsite car parks, both in front of the Theatre and in surrounding side streets and University roads. Once inside the venue, there are seats available with level access, in addition to space for wheelchairs and mobility aids. 

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The venue does have an accessible, non-gendered toilet and a changing station. A programme with notes about each of the pieces will be provided, and there will not be an Auslan Interpretor at this event. 

For further details or enquiries, please contact the Student Music Collective team studentmusiccollective@gmail.com.