When I first began studying at TU Graz, I tried to find other musicians and a community sharing my interests – and I found it in the Graz University Orchestra. Thanks to numerous projects, trips and get-togethers after rehearsals, I soon made friends outside of my course. Playing challenging works and regular rehearsals keep me in practice on the viola. But I can also contribute in other respects too, being responsible for promotion and the layout of the programme booklet. This allows me to use and expand the skills that I have learnt in my architecture course in graphic design. The unique aspect of this orchestra is that everyone shares the passion for making music together, from first-years to university professors. Just as in planning and building architecture, an orchestra relies on listening and following a joint goal.
Profile
- Name: Grazer Universitätsorchester
- Tasks: Amateur musicians rehearse and perform orchestral literature from all eras
- Contact:
- E-Mail: guo@gmx.at
- www.guo.at
- On YouTube: steirischer herbst 2012 – Truth is concrete: Strike Opera
- Target group: Amateur musicians
Services for Members
- Opportunity to rehearse symphonic orchestral literature and to perform concerts
- Widen your technical and musical ability and musical repertoire
- Artistic and cultural networking with regional, national and international art and culture initiatives and other university music ensembles
- International exchange in guests concerts and tours abroad (so far in Finland, Turkey, Slovenia, Russia, Italy and others)
- Active musical, cultural collaboration of students, teachers, graduates and other university affiliates in various university departments
Achievements
- Concerts in the Stadtpark pavilion and at Graz University of Technology
- 2011: three premières at Graz synagogue for the Jewish Hanukkah festival
- Participation in steirischer herbst and the festival Lendwirbel
- Opera premières (2013: Marksman, 2015: Rigoletto) in cooperation with Steirische Kulturstraße / Sarah Kettner and participation in other choir projects
- Premières and concerts of contemporary compositions in cooperation with Steirischer Tonkünstlerbund
- Concerts in various major towns in Styria and abroad (including Turkey, Slovenia, Russia, Italy)
- Participation in academic and other festivities
