Pepe Newton

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Pepe Newton

Pepe is classikON's Managing Director. She is an avid concert-goer and self confessed choir nerd, regularly performing and touring with no less than 5 different choirs to countries ranging from Poland to Cuba over the last few years. Through her board positions in choirs and her role with classikON she is actively involved in the exciting Australian art music scene, including the promotion and commissioning of new Australian music. Running classikON presents a perfect opportunity for Pepe to pair her love of classical music with her ‘real life’ qualifications in business management and administration.

Musica Viva unveils 2022

Musica Viva Australia has unveiled their 2022 program, featuring partnerships that span both the country and the world as they bring audiences back to concert halls around Australia to experience […]

Within Lotte Betts-Dean’s Four White Walls there is calmness and joy

When I sat down on a quiet Sunday evening in lockdown to view Lotte Betts-Dean’s solo online concert I was not intending to write about it, I just wanted to […]

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‘Offspring for All’ Launches Sept 24

Offspring for All is the new digital series from APRA AMCOS State Luminary Award Winners – Ensemble Offspring. Bringing a handful of their highlight concerts each year to hungry ears […]

Trivium presents forgotten masterpieces and a new local gem

Ensemble Trivium | Queen’s Gambit Friday 13 August, 2021, 7pm St Mary’s-on-the-Cliffs Twice postponed due to COVID-19 related event restrictions, pulling together Ensemble Trivium’s latest chamber music concert, Queen’s Gambit, […]

Support New Classical Music with a Chorus of Thousands!

Australian composer Sally Greenaway’s music is often heard on ABC Classic radio and in concert venues around the country. Her music is described as ‘evocative and beautiful’, and there are […]

Ensemble Trivium’s pairing of flute and percussion yields unexpected delights

Ensemble Trivium | Flying Mallets Friday 25 June, 2021, Holy Trinity Church Hall Ensemble Trivium have been bringing together Brisbane’s finest classical musicians for intimate chamber music performances since 2015. […]

Sydney Children’s Choir perform Miracles

7pm, Saturday 19th June 2021 Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music This joyful concert was called ‘Miracles’ and indeed it was a small miracle that Sydney Children’s Choir was able […]

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Melbourne Opera rises to the challenge of Verdi’s Macbeth

Melbourne Digital Concert Hall May 26, 2021 On an appropriately dark and wintery night, Melbourne Opera partnered with Melbourne Digital Concert Hall to present a livestream of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth […]

Young Composer Award winner in a concert where the sky’s the limit – literally

Virtuoso musicianship and astonishing physical theatre combine in a captivating collaborative concert “As part of the Chatswood Cultural Program, concert goers will be uplifted by the rhythmic richness of the […]

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Marais Project: Blending the old and the new in the Art of Monody

At 3pm Sunday May 16, 2021, at Mosman Art Gallery The Marais Project present ‘The Art of Monody’ featuring the world premiere of ‘Christchurch Monody’ by Gordon Kerry. Founder and […]

Rubiks Collective

Review: Rubiks’ luminous lamina of inspiring compositions

Rubiks Collective, This Soft Eclipse Thursday April 29, 2021 Back in their element in the return to the Melbourne Recital Centre, Rubiks Collective – joined by guests Kim Tan, Lucy […]

Rubiks Collective: Awe-inspiring octophonic-electronics

A little over two weeks ago, Melbournians were treated to a world-class performance hosted at the Meat Market by Rubiks Collective, and directed by Australian percussion-wizard Eugene Ughetti. A tour-de-force […]

Review: Consort 8, a rewarding hour of musical delights

Consort 8, Enfin la Beauté que j’adore With guest artist Richard Butler, tenor Saturday 24 April 2021, Burwood As a choral conductor and singer working with music of many different […]

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Chop Chef: 5 Stars!

Riverside Theatres present Blush Opera’s CHOP CHEF by Julie Koh and Paul Smith As we entered the Lennox Theatre in Parramatta on opening night we were suddenly transformed into the […]

Musical Adventures at Orange Chamber Music Festival

I spent the weekend rediscovering the NSW city of Orange, enjoying bushwalking in Mt Canobolas’ sub-alpine forests, tasting plates in local wineries, fine accomodation with fresh figs from the farm’s […]

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival Launches ANZAC Day Weekend 2021

April 23 to 26, 2021 Featuring performances by inspiring distinguished Australian ensembles, two world premiere compositions and amazing young local talent it’s a great opportunity to spend 4 autumn days […]

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Orange Chamber Music Festival bursts onto the scene!

The Orange Chamber Music Festival (OCMF) is a not for profit organisation created by professional musicians with residence in Orange. OCMF is supported by local organisations and businesses as a […]

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Review: Not ‘Rose in the Teeth’ Tango!

Phoenix Collective last week travelled to three cities giving five successful concerts which explored early and traditional works from the birthplace of Tango, Buenos Aires and works by the father […]

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