Warwick Potter

Warwick Potter is one of Australia’s rising stars in conducting with reviewers describing him as dynamic, interpretative, efficient and eloquent. From 2010 he will be based in Brisbane.

In 2010 Warwick has engagements with West Australian, Adelaide, Queensland and Darwin Symphony Orchestras. He has been appointed Music Director, Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor, Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony and the University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra for Semester 1, 2010

In 2009 the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) invited Warwick to conduct a series of four education performances – two of which he also presented – and two family concerts covering a range of repertoire and styles including Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals and Matthew Hindson’s Dangerous Creatures (Australian premiere). He was musical adviser to WASO’s Education Chamber Orchestra in March and August 2009.

Warwick also returned to Darwin Symphony Orchestra in 2009 performing Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, Violin Concerto in E minor, Ruy Blas overture as well as Mozart’s Serenade No.11 in E flat for wind octet. Other engagements included conducting Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat for Fremantle Arts Centre and an appointment by Australian Music Examinations Board to rewrite its bassoon syllabus in 2009 and 2010.

Warwick has been engaged by WASO on several occasions including pre-rehearsals for Sachio Fujioka’s world premiere of James Ledger’s Trumpet Concerto, sectionals prior to Vladimir Ashkenazy’s visit in October 2007, high profile corporate events and an outdoor full symphonic gala performance. In April 2008, he made a very successful debut with Darwin Symphony Orchestra conducting a French and Japanese program including the Australian premiere of Takemitsu’s How slow the wind.

CURRENT ORCHESTRAL ENGAGEMENTS

Feb 20 & 21 West Australian Symphony Orchestra POPS in the PARK with The Panics
Feb 28 West Australian Symphony Orchestra FAMILY CONCERT with Andrew McFarlane
Jun 2 & 3 *West Australian Symphony Orchestra8 EDUCATION “Let’s Dance” & set works
Aug 16 – 18 Queensland Symphony Orchestra EDUCATION “Creepy Classics!”
Aug 22 & 24 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra EDUCATION “How Music Works

Rising star Warwick Potter conducts the ASO in an educational concert designed to showcase the varied elements of music that composers use when composing. Potter brings a wealth of educational experience to this outstanding event with musical excerpts by Beethoven, Bizet, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Walton.

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, January 2010

This was probably the best student concert I have attended. Other staff members learned things and said how clear the explanation was. The conductor’s commentary was a highlight of the performance.

JANETTE COPLEY, Head of Music Floreat Park Primary
post WASO “How Music Works” concerts May 2009

The DSO had the pleasure of working with Warwick Potter, from Western Australia, this last week for the 2nd Concert of the 2008 DSO Season and I highly recommend him to you for consideration as conductor. It's a rare thing for me to be impressed by a conductor, but I certainly was with Warwick.

He is energetic, knowledgeable, clear and has a good sense of humour. He handled both the Orchestra and the audience extremely well in what was a very complex program. I will certainly be inviting him back next year.

Martin Jarvis, Artistic Director, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, April 2008

Warwick Potter had obviously put in the hard yards in preparing for this performance, conducting Brahms’ Symphony No.2 from memory….most satisfying listening…

NEVILLE COHN, The West Australian, August 2007