About the Orchestra
About the orchestra
Led by our Acting Artistic Director Warwick Stengards and Concert Master Katriona Tsyrlin, the Mornington Peninsula Chamber Orchestra attracts the best professional and community musicians from the Mornington Peninsula and surrounding areas. The Orchestra was established in 2013 to offer classical musical opportunities to residents of the Mornington Peninsula.
With Community at the heart of its operations the Orchestra proudly expands to offer advanced students the opportunity to play with the group in its November concerts through its Student Participation Program. We continually strive to make our concerts inclusive.
MPCO’s passion is to create the highest calibre community-led classical music for our community.
'Defined by expression, celebrated with community'
Calendar of orchestral programs
Holst | Rodrigo | Kleinig | Beethoven
Holst | Rodrigo | Kleinig | Beethoven
Fanny Mendelssohn | Mozart | Christine McCombe | Felix Mendelssohn
Fanny Mendelssohn | Mozart | Christine McCombe | Felix Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn | Robert Schumann | Westlake | Beethoven
Mozart | Dulcie Holland | Haydn
Mozart | Dulcie Holland | Haydn
Soloists/Guest artists
Dr. Daniel Nistico is a passionate performer, author and educator who specializes in the performance practice of 18th and 19th century guitar music. He will be performing with the MPCO at Life Force 3 in November.
Freya has performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria, and has toured internationally playing Principal Bass Clarinet with the Australian Youth Orchestra. She will be performing as part of the MPCO's Autumn Program.
Anny has won numerous national and international prizes, including awards at the International Gustav Mahler Competition, the Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica in Italy. She will be performing as part of the MPCO's Winter Program.
Anne Harvey-Nagl is Concertmaster of the Volksoper Vienna, the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, and the Beethoven Philharmonie Baden; Guest Concertmaster of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra; and a frequent soloist and Concertmaster of the Vienna Mozart Orchestra. She will be performing as part of the MPCO's Spring Program.
Meet the orchestra
Click below to see the core musicians of MPCO
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