In 2018, Markus Kuchenbuch founded the Alice Springs World Chamber Orchestra. As Janelle White explains, the ensemble’s diverse repertoire and welcoming concerts – some of which are staged in spectacular outdoor locations – are providing a powerful space for community engagement and cross-cultural understanding, inspiring positive change.
Ringneck parrots are the playful scallywags of the dress circle; they chatter incessantly on the branches overhead. The smooth bark of a river red gum is surprisingly cool as I lean back on it, watching an early morning choir of budgerigars perform from surrounding tree hollows and the very tips of exposed limbs.
People have gathered beside the ancient riverbed, lounging on BYO deckchairs,...
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