Balmain Sinfonia | Enigmas and Fairytales September 21, 2024 | Leichhardt Town Hall Monica Buckland, conductor I must admit that I am a friend of Balmain Sinfonia and I assist […]
Music 4 Medicine September 7, 2024, Wollongong Town Hall, NSW It is a well-documented fact that music, whether performed or actively listened to, acts as a powerful medicine, contributing to […]
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra Classical Quartet | The Emergence of the String Quartet 27 July 2024, St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond If Haydn is the acknowledged ‘father’ of the string quartet, […]
Young Mannheim Symphonists | 2024 National Academy 13 July, 2024, Alfred Felton Hall, Melbourne, VIC From the first punchy Beethoven chords to the joyful finale of Schubert’s Symphony No.9, ‘The […]
Australian Youth Orchestra | Mood: Mahler and Wagner July 14, 2024, Melbourne, VIC If you’ve been to an Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) concert previously, you’ll know what a joyous experience […]
Of the Body | Luminescence Chamber Singers July 3, 2024 Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre Though it was presented in a standard format and in a traditional concert venue, […]
Croissants & Whiskey 30 May, 2024, Kensington Town Hall, VIC Brought to life by ‘prog-baroque’ quartet Croissants & Whiskey and the Continuo Commissioning Circle, the world premiere of Kym Dillon’s […]
Moirai Ensemble | Bundanon Residency Preview Sunday 12 May, 2024, Glasshouse Gallery, VIC On a classic chilly Naarm/Melbourne autumn evening with the borealis lighting up the skies, a crowd headed […]
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens I April 27, 2024, A Backyard in Inner West Sydney, NSW In their first Avant Gardens performance of the year, Ensemble Offspring leveraged the innate […]
Coro Austral and Associate Artists | Solamente Tango (Only Tango) April 28, 2024, Ashfield Town Hall A bustling suburban downtown strip gave way to a portal that, for today, would […]
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | St Matthew Passion 24 March, 2024, Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Monash University Michael Fulcher, Christopher Watson, Nicholas Dinopoulos, Amy Moore, Alexander Ritter, Andrew Goodwin, […]
Music, She Wrote Concert 2 – The Wave in the Mind March 21, 2024, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC Katie Yap, viola/voice/curation – Mindy Meng Wang, guzheng – Helen Svoboda, double […]
Ensemble Offspring | Lone Hemispheres December 9, 2023, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Guest reviewer: Tristan Coelho New music concerts can be thrilling in many ways. You never quite know what […]
Katie Yap | Multitudes: Migrant Swift with Mindy Meng Wang November 17, 2023, Tempo Rubato Guest review by Ruby Shirres At Katie Yap’s most recent sold-out concert in her Multitudes […]
Katie Yap | Multitudes: Black Cockatoos November 3, 2023, Tempo Rubato The opening concert in Katie Yap’s Multitudes is a tour-de-force through history. Joined by Donald Nicolson, the program spans […]
Operantics | The Medium Oct 19th – Oct 22nd, 2023, The Independent Theatre, North Sydney Guest reviewer: Celeste Haworth – Opera Australia Mezzo Soprano Carlo Menotti was apparently rather notorious […]
Mozart’s Jupiter | Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Thursday 24 November 2022, QPAC Concert Hall It’s rare that a Brisbane audience gets to experience two true masterpieces presented by a […]
Illuminations | Camerata, Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Thursday 7 July, 2022, QLD Performing Arts Centre Camerata’s programming is always thoughtful and inspired, often coming from a place of emotion. Illuminations was […]
