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The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra was established as such in 1948 as a result of a partnership between the State Government, the Hobart and Launceston City Councils and the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Since 1923 an amateur orchestra, the Hobart Orchestral Society, had provided concerts for Hobart patrons. In the 1930s the ABC Tasmanian Studio Orchestra was formed and, under conductor Clive Douglas, it provided live radio broadcasts on 7ZL.The outbreak of war delayed the ABC’s decision to create a permanent orchestra in every state. However, the introduction of a four-concert subscription series by the augmented amateur orchestra in 1946 paved the way for the establishment of a permanent professional orchestra.
The Tasmanian Orchestra (Agreement) Act of 1948 made provision for an orchestra of 24 full-time members that could be augmented to 31 players for ‘concerts at popular prices, and further augmented for the presentation of subscription concerts’. The gala opening concert at the City Hall was attended by 3000 people and was broadcast live to the mainland. Conducted by Joseph Post and with Tasmanian-born pianist Eileen Joyce as soloist, the concert proved to be an enormous success.
From its earliest years the Orchestra provided an annual subscription series, concerts ‘at popular prices’, the ABC Concerto and Vocal Competition Tasmanian final, youth concerts and free school orchestral concerts. Subscription concerts were supplemented by summer and spring festivals, light music festivals and specific-composer festivals. The Orchestra was regarded as the pre-eminent cultural identity for the State. Special events within Tasmania were celebrated with concerts by the Orchestra including the Commonwealth Jubilee in 1951 and the Tasmanian Sesquicentenary in 1953.
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