From epic festivals to intimate backyard gigs, Ensemble Offspring's fearless virtuosity shines in 2024. Experience six programs of bold and diverse new music, featuring ten world premieres and genre-bending classics to ignite your sense of adventure! Boasting both...
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Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2024
Friday 19th to Sunday 21st April, 2024 ...held at Phillips Hall, 41 Gardiners Crescent in Blackheath 2785. Three days of glorious chamber music with a total of 9 concerts, showcasing some of Australia’s finest musicians in the heart of Blackheath NSW. GOLD PASS...
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ exciting 2024!
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | 2024 Concert Season Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has announced its thrilling 2024 Concert Season, promising “something for everyone” across an inspirational year of performances, presented in fresh formats across a range of city venues. In...
Fiore: enriching the genre of Australian vocal chamber music
Fiore | Something New – An Australian Commission-Fest November 19, 2023, St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell, Melbourne In the radiant spirit of artistic exploration, Fiore embarked on a daring endeavour titled 'Something New – An Australian Commission-Fest' this...
Hatched Composer Intensive Showcase: A triumph of contemporary soundscapes
Ensemble Offspring | Hatched Composer Showcase November 11, 2023, The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW The Neilson ACO Pier 2/3 in Walsh Bay, Sydney, this weekend bore witness to a rare spectacle - a concert featuring not one, but five world premieres. This...
New Carols by Mark Tredinnick and Alan Holley
classikON MD Pepe Newton caught up with Australian composer (and classikON Ambassador) Alan Holley to chat about his upcoming world premieres. Pepe Newton: Alan, over the next few weeks, new vocal compositions by you to texts by Mark Tredinnick will be premiered in...
Camerata – Queenland’s Chamber Orchestra launches 2024
“Every Camerata concert I have attended has left me in wonder.” - Caroline B, audience member Experience the wonder and joy that is Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra across four mainstage concerts, a regional Queensland tour, and two seasons with Queensland...
Luminescence showcase the lyrical qualities of the human voice
Luminescence Chamber Singers | as a flower unfurls October 28, 2023, Glebe Town Hall, NSW Program SUMER IS ICUMEN IN Anonymous, c.1250 ECCO LA PRIMAVERA Francesco Landini, c.1360 ECCO CHE’L CIEL A NOI Luca Marenzio, 1591 REVECY VENIR DU PRINTEMPS Claude De Jeune, 1603...
MCO + Lior World Premiere
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra unveil an exciting new collaboration with singer/songwriter Lior and composer Ade Vincent ‘To Be Human’ is an extraordinary new song cycle commissioned by the MCO, and performed with Lior as part of the Of People and Song concert. ‘To Be...
Halcyon’s 25 year dance of life, friendship and connection through music
Halcyon | The Dance of Life October 20, 2023, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Halcyon’s concert on Friday night at Walsh Bay was a celebration of the ensemble's 25th year. It was a wonderfully warm evening hosted by long time collaborator and friend of the ensemble Genevieve...