Community & Business
16 July, 2024
Young composer joins the symphony orchestra program
FOR the second consecutive year, 16-year-old local composer Jon Platz was selected to participate in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Compose Program.
The program is designed to provide secondary students with the opportunity to compose for orchestral instruments, encouraging them to expand their musical ideas and find their own artistic voice.
Through workshops and face-to-face activities under the guidance of QSO Composition Mentors Craig Allister Young and Timothy Tate, Jon composed a piece around this year's theme of “Home”.
In mid-June, he attended the final presentation where he got to hear his composition premiered by the QSO Connect Ensemble in Brisbane.
Jon said he wanted to thank Tableland's Regional Council for the financial support they offered through the Regional Art's Development Fund (RADF).
In October, Jon will also have his most recent composition for eight cellos premiered by the QSO in
Brisbane.
