Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Patron of St Gabriel’s School for Hearing Impaired Children. In 2003 Paul was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for his services to Australian society and the advancement of music and in 2010 the Sydney University Alumni Medal for Professional Achievement. The other founder is current Managing Director is Bruce Applebum. The orchestra was formed in 1989 by Paul Dyer and Bruce Applebaum and their name pays tribute to the Brandenburg Concertos of J. S. Bach, who was central to the Baroque period. Since the beginning in 1989, the orchestra has become the leading voice in the Australian cultural landscape due
RBB Brandenburg RBB Brandenburg RBB Brandenburg (until May 2003 ORB-Fernsehen) was the "third television channel" for Brandenburg, Germany from January 1992 to March 2004. Until May 2003, it was organized by Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB), then by its successor, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). On 1 March 2004, the two regional television channels of RBB - "RBB Brandenburg" and "RBB Berlin" - were integrated into the new rbb Fernsehen. The programme was launched on 1 January 1992 under the name "Fernsehen Brandenburg". In the initial build-up phase, the then ARD cultural television programme Eins Plus was taken over from 3 p.m. to 5.15 p.m.