Zelman Symphony capacity audiences of Mahler's epic Eighth Symphony - the "Symphony of a Thousand" - at the Melbourne Town Hall. In what was believed to be "a first" for an Australian Community Orchestra, the performances involved over 580 performers including an augmented Zelman Symphony of some 125 players led by Guest Concertmaster, Wilma Smith, Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), and featuring many guest principal players from the MSO and other top orchestras and music institutions. David Macfarlane played the magnificent organ, a 370 voice choir was formed from nine community choirs, and an 80 voice children's choir involved students
A Thousand Faces (play) A Thousand Faces (play) A Thousand Faces is a concert dance play by British dancer Amina Khayyam. "A Thousand Faces" is a story of women who are discriminately attacked because of their gender, often caught up within cultural expectations. "A Thousand Faces" explores what independence has meant for Bangladeshi women – and if 'freedom' is a notion that they can identify with using dance, costume and puppetry. The dance piece that uses Kathak's intricate and detailed theatrical movements of abhinaya. The production aims to raise awareness of acid violence. "A Thousand Faces" premiered mac in Birmingham on 27 November 2015.