Sydney Eisteddfod | Opera Scholarship Finals 2022 Sunday 26 June, 2022, The Concert Hall, Chatswood Concourse Featuring the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton AM Compere Damian Whiteley Kristin Astouroghlian, mezzosoprano Matthew Avery,...
Here May 30, 2022, Annandale Creative Arts Centre It still feels strange going out at night to a live concert. I certainly haven’t ‘moved on’ from COVID. Despite gingerly venturing forth to watch theatre and even perform myself, I am still living with the social...
Bach Akademie Australia Christ Church St Laurence, Friday November 13, 2020 In the first orchestral concert for Christ Church St Laurence since COVID struck down the performing arts, the exquisite Bach Akademie Australia chamber ensemble presented two intimate evening...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO | This series, introduced in our classikON What's ON (subscribe here), shares our Ambassadors thoughts at this time. They are voices of the audience, with a range of knowledge and history with music, for some...
Elena Kats-Chernin’s Blue Silence for Piano Trio must be one of the most stunning introductory pieces to a recital. Written in 2006 for her son suffering from schizophrenia, the piece is an exquisite journey into meditation and peace. I defy anyone to listen live to...
Just before the long weekend that celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday, Sydney Chamber Choir put its Kings and Queens in a row with a concert exploring composers with the Royal seal of approval. On a dark and wintry Sydney night, we were as if transported to a...
The heart and the alternate reality In an inspiring Sunday afternoon at The Concourse, the epic ferocity of a symphony orchestra in full flight, a passionate and instinctive cello soloist and a magnetic contemporary choral requiem were brought to life by Willoughby...
Sam Allchurch took his audience to heart and taught them a thing or two about singing in his first subscription concert as Music Director for Sydney Chamber Choir in 2019. Music on Music was billed as a celebration of singing as an artform, and the ‘feeling of joy...
As we take our seats and open up the program for The Song Company’s Four-Colour-Season concert at Darling Quarter we are immediately hurled into confusion. What’s this? There are song names and word extracts and names of seasons and months swimming in front of us in...
On the eve of their Cuban tour, Coro Austral, conducted Artistic Director Margot McLaughlin, presented a concert pillared by the Mass For the Dead by Portuguese composer Manuel Cardoso. The clear acoustics of the Redfern Town Hall and its simple decor created an...