Dates for the 2026 Winter Orchestra Workshop are:
Friday 10th July – Sunday 12th July
More information, including the Application Form, will be available here soon! Save the date!
Musicians of all orchestral instruments gather on the north-west coast of Tasmania to play a major work for symphony orchestra.
Conductor – Willem Van der Vis

Willem Van der Vis gained a BSc (Hons) in physics before becoming a professional cellist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in 1980. He has also played with Orchestra Victoria and the New Zealand, Tasmanian, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
Willem has since conducted many symphony orchestras, choirs, and musicals in and around Melbourne. He is currently Musical Director of the Maroondah Symphony Orchestra. Willem also conducts at orchestral workshops, schools and music camps around Australia, is in demand as an adjudicator, and holds workshops in conducting.
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If you have questions about the music, instrumentation or standard expected
contact Musical Director Margaret Hoban OAM: margaret@lyco.org.au.
General Enquiries:
lyco@lyco.org.au.