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Venue

  • 11 Dodonia Gardens, City Beach - Iwan Iwanoff
  • 24 Highway Nedlands (renamed Kingsway)
  • ANZAC House
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • Basil Kirke Studio
  • Broadcast House
  • Burswood Dome
  • Capitol Theatre
  • City Beach Primary School
  • Dodonia Gardens City Beach
  • Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Kings Park
  • Fremantle Town Hall
  • Fremantle Town Hall
  • Geraldton Town Hall
  • Girls' Orphanage, Adelaide Terrace
  • Government House Ballroom, Perth
  • His Majesty's Theatre
  • Home of Peace, Hamersley Road Subiaco
  • King's Hall Subiaco
  • Kings Park
  • Kings Park Tennis Club
  • Lawley Ladies' College
  • Leederville Town Hall
  • Melrose Theatre
  • Mt Lawley Tennis Club
  • Mt Lawley Tennis Club
  • Muckadilla
  • Nedland's Baths
  • North Cottesloe Beach
  • North Perth Town Hall
  • Octagon Theatre
  • Orchestral Shell, Supreme Court Gardens
  • Parkerville Amphitheatre
  • Perth Children's Hospital
  • Perth Concert Hall
  • Perth Entertainment Centre
  • Perth Technical School
  • Perth Town Hall
  • Perth Zoo
  • Quarry Amphitheatre
  • R.S.L. Hall
  • Safety Bay - Chayter family holiday house
  • Soldiers' Institute
  • Somerville Auditorium
  • Tivoli Luxor
  • University of W.A. Refectory
  • West's Theatre
  • White City
  • Winthrop Hall
  • Y.A.L. Building and Ballroom

Organisation

  • 1918 Subiaco Eisteddfod
  • A Cappela Choir, U.W.A.
  • Alberni String Quartet
  • Arensky String Quartet
  • Australian Broadcasting Commission
  • Australian Music Examinations Board
  • Australian Youth Orchestra - National Music Camp
  • Bill Harrison's Dance Band
  • Cadets
  • Caledonian Pipe Band
  • Churchill Fellowship
  • Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Western Australia
  • Diana Waldron Ballet Academy
  • Doreen D’Arcy’s Orchestra
  • Jazstars
  • Linley Wilson School of Dancing
  • Miss Western Australia Quest
  • Musica Antiqua
  • Oriel Quartet
  • Perth Chamber Brass
  • Perth Festival; Festival of Perth; PIAF
  • Perth Trumpet Trio
  • R.S.L.
  • R.S.L. Band
  • Rainbow Pierrots
  • Royal Australian Air Force Band
  • Sandover Medal
  • Scouts
  • Southern Serenaders
  • Subiaco Football Club
  • Sunshine League
  • The Five Saints
  • W.A. Choral Society
  • West Australian Ballet
  • West Australian Symphony Orchestra
  • West Australian Youth Orchestra
  • West Side Jazz Group
  • Western Australian Opera Company
  • White City Orchestra
  • Wigmore Ensemble
  • Y.A.L. Young Australia League
  • Y.M.C.A.

Event

  • 1950 Adult Education Board Tours
  • ANZAC Mounted Division Band Palestine
  • Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto - first W.A. performance
  • Battle of the Bands competition
  • Blackwood
  • Concerto and Vocal / Instrumental and Vocal Competition / Young Performers Awards - A.B.C.
  • Copland Clarinet Concerto — Australian Premiere
  • Dame Joan Sutherland
  • Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Saxophone - same performance
  • Dizzy Fingers — Multi-Track Clarinet Recording
  • Gordon Jacob’s Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Strings - Australian premiere
  • Grand Dance Carnival — White City
  • Howard Ferguson's Octet for Wind and Strings - Australian Premiere
  • Jazz Jamboree
  • Jazz Symphony - 1949
  • Jumping Joeys
  • Mirth and Music
  • National Fair competition
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams' Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra - Australian premiere
  • Richard Strauss Duet concertino for clarinet and bassoon - Australian Premiere
  • Rottnest Easter 1952
  • Search For Talent competition
  • Symphony in Swing - 1950 - “Clarinet a la King” as played by Benny Goodman
  • The Awakening of Australia Concert 1921
  • WASO Singapore Tour
  • World War I
  • World War II

Sources

  • A Tale of Twin Cities
  • Albury Wodonga: The Chosen City
  • Ancestry
  • Art and Aria: Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Western Australian Opera Company
  • Australian War Memorial
  • Bisset, Andrew, Black Roots White Flowers
  • Corryong and the “Man from Snowy River” District
  • Early Days of the Upper Murray
  • Esperance Yesterday and Today
  • Friday Mount
  • From Where I Sit by Jack Brymer
  • Gallipoli to Tripoli
  • Grieve, Ray, A Band in a Waistcoat Pocket, (Currency Press, 1995).
  • Harrison Family Archive
  • Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia
  • Identity Prized: A History of Subiaco
  • Jack Harrison scrapbooks
  • King, Ivan, Screen and Stars, (The West Australian Newspapers Limited)
  • Marcia Chayter Diaries
  • Sacks, Margaret, The Way 79 Who is Who, (Crawley Publishers Pty Ltd, 1979).
  • State Library of Western Australia
  • Swan River Pioneers
  • Symphony Australia 1987: the Concert Yearbook
  • THE ARCHITECTURE OF IWAN IWANOFF by Warren Anderson
  • The Art of Architecture: The Architectural Drawings of Iwan Iwanoff
  • The Art of Clarinetistry
  • The First Hundred Years
  • The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  • The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918
  • The Sixties
  • The Sunday Times — 13 March 1960
  • The West Australian - newspaper
  • The West Australian — 10 March 1962
  • Touches of Sweet Harmony: Music in The University of Western Australia 1953 – 1998
  • Town of Cambridge: Local Studies
  • Trove
  • Virtual War Memorial Australia
  • West Australian Symphony Orchestra Celebrating 75 Years
  • Western Australian State Living Treasures
  • Westlake, Don, From Me to You: The Life and Times of Clive Amadio, (Bowerbird Press, 1999).
  • Weston, Pamela, Clarinet Virtuosi of Today, (Egon,1989).
  • William Boissevain: A Passion for Colour
  • WWI War Diaries of William Edward Harrison

Instrument

  • Announcer
  • Architect
  • Arranger
  • Artist
  • Author
  • Bagpipes
  • Band leader
  • Banjo
  • Bass
  • Bassoon
  • Bugle
  • Caricature artist
  • Cello
  • Choral director
  • Clarinet
  • Compere
  • Composer
  • Conductor
  • Cornet
  • Dancer
  • Double Bass
  • Drums
  • Flute
  • French Horn
  • Guitar
  • Harmonica
  • Harp
  • Harpsichord
  • Journalist
  • Mandolin
  • Oboe
  • Orchestra
  • Percussion
  • Photographer
  • Piano
  • Piano Accordion
  • Piccolo
  • Saxophone
  • Soprano
  • String Quartet
  • String Trio
  • Timpani
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • Ukelele
  • Vibraphone
  • Viola
  • Violin
  • Vocalist

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Bob Trew

1949

Robert Trew in 1949 Perth Symphony Orchestra clarinet section with Allan Rule on Principal Clarinet.

Credit: Harrison Family Archive

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  • TREW, Robert

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