Lunchbreak Concert: Historically Informed Performance

Sydney Conservatorium of Music is arguably the most most vibrant centre for the study of historical performance in Australia.

Our program currently offers tuition in a wide range of historical instruments including clavichord; harpsichord; fortepiano (including 18th and 19th centuries); lute and guitar; viola da gamba; trumpet; cornetto; sackbut; historical violin, viola, cello and bass (17th to the 19th centuries); recorder; baroque and classical flutes, oboes and bassoons.

Our staff includes musicians who perform regularly with leading national and international ensembles which foster historically informed performance (HIP) such as the Ironwood Chamber Ensemble, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Pinchgut Opera, Salut! Baroque, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and English Baroque Soloists.