Meet the Music: A Celebration of Sibelius
Years 9-12
Dates & Key Information
Thursday 30 October 2025
7.30pm at Melbourne Town Hall
Friday 31 October 2025
7.30pm at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash
Ticket price: $9
Our low ticket price is thanks to the support of an anonymous donor.
Duration: approx. 1 hour and 50 minutes including interval
Meet the Music Series
Limited tickets available!
The MSO’s popular Meet the Music Series for Schools is an exciting array of incredible performers and much-loved orchestral repertoire. With six concerts to choose from there is something to inspire everyone, including a new relaxed performance designed to be a comfortable place for first-time concert goers as well as audience members with autism, a disability or sensory sensitivity.
Each concert in this series will be accompanied by a digital pre-concert talk with James Le Fevre, Head of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS), to help prepare students for the performance.
Program
Sibelius Finlandia
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Sibelius Valse Triste
Sibelius Symphony No.3
Promising and Powerful
One of Australia’s most promising young musicians, Edward Walton performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto as the centrepiece of this powerful program dedicated to the Finnish composer, conducted by Benjamin Northey.
Duration: approx. 1 hour and 50 minutes including interval
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor
Edward Walton violin