Peter Bandy

PETER BANDY · Has conducted most professional orchestras in Australia and NZ. · Formed own choir in Perth (Perth Oratorio Choir) MD 1976-1986 · Won a professional conducting audition with WASO (1976) · Resident and Guest Conductor Australian Ballet 1987-95 · Chorus Master & Conductor Opera Australia 1988-90 · Guest Conductor Royal New Zealand Ballet, WA Ballet, Queensland Ballet · Director of Music at 2 private schools St Hilda’s (WA) 1983-86 and Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar (Vic) 1996-98 · Music Director Royal Melbourne Philharmonic 1996-98 · Music Director Melbourne Youth Orchestra 1993 – 2007. Major works include, Mahler Symphonies 1,2 & 5, Pictures at an Exhibition, The Planets, Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Stravinsky – Rite of Spring, Firebird and Petroushka, complete Swan Lake and Nutcracker ballets, Tchaikowsky - Symphonies 4,5 & 6, Prokovieff – Romeo & Juliet Suites · Adjudicator at many Eisteddfods and Music Festivals in Victoria, NSW, ACT, SA and WA.