Eminence

Eminence is about changing the perceptions of symphonic music. It is about opening orchestras up to a wider audience, challenging the notions of classical music and reviving its popularity. Eminence is a doorway and opportunity for skilful young musicians who can’t find work without going overseas. Eminence is what is needed in today’s music industry.

Eminence, where are they going?

Eminence has their sights set big and has the talent to press ahead. Their big debut concert was performed in Sydney, Australia for A Night in Fantasia 2004, and plan to go nationwide and perform International tours to Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan (and possibly Japan) in the near future.

Eminence not only wishes to help out talented young musicians, but also to revitalise the currently state of orchestras and symphonic music. They wish to encourage more people to get out and see live music that they haven’t heard before on the radio. However starting up will not be easy, especially for an organisation that isn’t a purely profit making exercise, so Eminence is constantly looking for sponsors who wish to help them achieve their aims.

The Vision

The aim of this new-wave contemporary Orchestra is to inject something bold, dynamic and fresh, into something that’s slowly losing its general appeal.

We wish to challenge ideas of what orchestral music is all about, by aligning it to something familiar to younger audiences. We want young people to really “hear” orchestral music. We believe in the strength of this music and that younger people will really connect with it.

Classical music must not be left to languish in dusty corners or to be appreciated only by an older demographic. It needs to find a new face and be aggressively showcased into expanded genres and permutations in order to capture a larger audience. This said we do not want to limit our audience to young people, only to encourage them to join in as well as to expand the audience.

We feel passionately that young people must move away from TVs and Computers and get out and listen to ‘live’ music. This music can be a catalyst for younger people to explore symphonic music in more depth and appreciate it better.

This is not to devalue Bach and Beethoven, but take the best from the past, build on it and position it in a contemporary setting. This is the Silverchair of Classical!

Like the Beatles, creating musical history is about breaking new ground, doing what hasn’t been done before.

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