Preston Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1950 and is generously supported by the City of Darebin.
The Orchestra performs four main concerts a year, including the
Youth Concerto Competition.
The orchestra's past repertoire has included Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Holst's The Planets; symphonies including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Brahms Requiem and several operas including Bizet's Carmen, Verdi's Rigoletto and Il Trovatore and Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Guest soloists have included Alfred Hornung, Spiros Rantos, Brachi Tilles, Nehama Patkin.
Past conductors have included Christopher Kopke, Damian Richardson, Phillip Green and Stuart Wilkie.
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