DOLCE 2017
For the very first time the western orchestra of Ananda College Colombo will present ‘DOLCE 2017’, an evening of classical and contemporary orchestral music on the Sunday, the 3rd of September 2017 from 5.30 pm onwards at the Kularathne Hall of Ananda College.
The Orchestra was formed four years back under the vision of the master in charge Nishantha Gunasekera, who has been the pillar of strength to the project. The Orchestra has managed to reach many milestones in quite a short span of time. History was created at Ananda College last year as for the very first time an orchestra from Ananda College participated in all island orchestral competitions. The orchestra emerged runners up under the baton of conductor Uthsara Malaweera Arachchi. In 2017 too, the orchestra emerged runners up for the second consecutive time.
The orchestra also brings in 7 instrumental instructors and trains and enters students for exams conducted by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) in London every year.
‘A majority of the students in the orchestra are qualified by this exam board’ said conductor Uthsara.
Concert will feature a wide array of music from different periods. The programme will consist of works by L.V Beethoven, Franz Lehar, G. Bizet, Poulenc, E. Elgar, W.A. Mozart, Klaus Badelt etc. The Concert will also feature special solo items by some of the most accomplished musicians in the orchestra
The orchestra is trained by old Anandian Dr. Dilan Angunawela, who is a conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Sri Lanka and a guest performer of the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka(SOSL) .
‘He will be a guest conductor at DOLCE 2017. The orchestra was also trained by Toshiaki Kamada from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2016 until he left for Japan in 2017’ added Malaweera Arachchi.
The current President and conductor of the orchestra is Uthsara Malaweera Arachchi is the principle Bassoonist of the National Youth Orchestra of Sri Lanka and the Chamber Music Society of Colombo. He also performs with theSOSL and the Colombo Wind Orchestra.
The concert will also be conducted by Agraja Wijayawardhana, the principle saxophonist of the Western Orchestra. Dinura Liyanage will be conducting the Junior Orchestra.
Tickets are priced at Rs. 1500/-, 1000/-, 800/- and Rs 500/ and will be available with any member of the orchestra and at the gate on the day of the concert.
Contact 0767307182 for more information.