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.

Sally Greenaway to premiere new work at Bowral Autumn Music Festival

Canberra-based composer Sally Greenaway is set to make a mark at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, which will include premieres of new works by Greenaway and other Australian composers, such […]

ChorusOz is back in 2023!

After 3 years, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ much-loved ‘big sing’ returns to the Sydney Opera House over the June long weekend, 2023. And ‘big sings’ don’t come much bigger than this! […]

Free Showcase JAN 28 – MSO celebrates 20 years with The Cybec Foundation

This concert is BOOKED OUT – FREE Live stream via link below To celebrate a milestone partnership and the 20th anniversary of the Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers program, Cybec […]

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Melbourne Baroque Orchestra celebrates Telemann

Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | Wallfisch and Telemann December 4, 2022, Toorak Uniting Church Poor old Georg Philipp Telemann. Famous and successful across Europe as a musician, Kapellmeister and composer during […]

Byron Mark releases last chapter of his ‘ODYSSEY’

Album launch December 14, 2022, online After a series of exciting single releases this year, Byron Mark is ready to share the last chapter of ‘Odyssey’ and launch the full […]

2023 marks 20 years of Weymark’s leadership of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has announced their Concert Season for 2023 – a year-long celebration marking 20 years of leadership by Artistic & Music Director Brett Weymark OAM. Programming this anniversary […]

Ensemble Offspring launches in 2023 – Bold, brave and fearless

Bold, brave and fearless, Ensemble Offspring is poised to navigate uncharted musical territories in 2023. The season features over twenty world premieres which traverse themes of the human psyche, nature […]

17th Century devotion through a 21st lens – Divisi was utterly mesmerising

Divisi Chamber Singers + Ensemble Ancien | Jonah Oct 30, 2022, Collingwood Town Hall   One might be confused by the impressive though seemingly impenetrable façade of the Collingwood Town […]

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Hatched 2022 showcases 5 emerging Australian composers

Ensemble Offspring’s Hatched Academy Putting young composers in the spotlight has always been a core mission of Ensemble Offspring. From its humble beginnings as a student group founded in 1995 […]

Camerata’s 2023 Program, breathtakingly beautiful

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Season 2023 Breathtakingly beautiful music to feed the soul   Join Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra in 2023 for a season of uniquely inspiring music […]

5 Stunning New Programs from Selby & Friends in 2023

Season 2023 Promises 5 Stunning New Programs Selby & Friends is delighted to announce the 2023 Season of five intimate chamber music programs around the country – at City […]

2023 with Australia Ensemble UNSW, bursting with luminosity

Australia Ensemble UNSW 2023 Season Launched Australia Ensemble UNSW is thrilled to launch its 44th annual subscription season, bursting with “luminosity through a typically rich and varied program sure to […]

John Bell and AHE bring Haydn to life

Australian Haydn Ensemble with John Bell | Haydn Speaks October 16, 2022, City Recital Hall How was it that Joseph Haydn, one of twelve children born to a poor wheelwright, […]

Solo Double Bassist Elsen Price reflects on touring in 2022

An Unexpected Journey It’s a sense of relief one feels after completing any tour, whether it be for an ensemble, supporting an artist, or in my recent case, a solo […]

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Shermacher shines in Alice Chance’s World Premiere by WSO

Willoughby Symphony | Parisian Rhapsody 8 Oct 2022, The Concourse, Chatswood On a saturated Saturday, those brave enough to venture out into the rain were able to escape with the […]

The Song Company’s sacred oratorio for our time and place

The Song Company | Songs from the Heart Oct 2, 2022, Riverside Theatres During his seven years as Artistic Director of The Song Company Antony Pitts has been trying to […]

Rich, yearning soundscapes of BackStage’s Earthbound

BackStage Music | Earthbound August 26, 2022, Woodburn Creatives On Friday night, the tall beamed ceilings and four white walls of Woodburn Creatives in Redfern became an intimate canvas for […]

First annual Chamber Music Festival in Goulburn, NSW

Hume Conservatorium is excited to deliver the first annual Chamber Music Festival in Goulburn. From the 16 -18 September Goulburn will come alive with music from across the region. …featuring […]

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