WASO embraces new venues and new programs in its 2025 season

Despite the temporary closure of Perth Concert Hall, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra shows no sign of slowing down in 2025.
WASO's Principal 3rd Horn Robert Gladstones and Associate Principal Oboe Liz Chee.

With Perth Concert Hall closed for a $150.3 million redevelopment from 2025 until early 2028, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) has embraced the challenge of presenting its 2025 season in new venues with gusto.

Five key programming streams will be presented at five different venues in 2025, with WASO also celebrating contemporary Australian composers and highlighting its Orchestra members throughout the year – including Associate Principal Clarinet Som Howie, Principal Viola Daniel Schmitt and Associate Principal Oboe Liz Chee, who will perform as soloists across the season.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts