Events Search and Views Navigation
August 2018
AWO’s Classic STOMP
Tickets available by pre-purchase only for $25 (includes concert and beer from Stomping Ground Brewing Co) Join the AWO for the second in their Classic STOMP concert series with Stomping Ground Brewing Co. The evening kicks off at 6.30pm, where you will be welcomed with a cool craft ale from the fine folk at Stomping Ground. Classic Stomp events are short curated performances outside the traditional concert hall environment and are followed by drinks and a chat with the musicians.…
Find out more »Path of Miracles
Journey to the edge of the world in Joby Talbot’s stunning acapella pilgrimage; a contemporary classic. Setting the words of English poet Robert Dickinson and multilingual historical and sacred documents, the four movements of Path of Miracles follow the great pilgrim trail of Camino de Santiago. PROGRAM: Joby Talbot Path of Miracles PERFORMERS: Brett Weymark conductor Chamber Singers The hardships and ecstasies of travel are brought to life in a spine-tingling choral tour de force. From the optimism of setting out, the agonies of…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Last Night of the Proms
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM leads the full Willoughby Orchestra and Choir in this massive celebration of symphonic and choral masterworks
Find out more »Meet the Orchestra – Peter Seymour Orchestra
The conductor started with a tap tap tap and the strings began to sing la-la-la . Then the flutes joined in with a tootle toot too and the trumpets butted in with a pah-pa-rah-pa! And the sound of the drums shook the room with a boom, boom boom! Meet the Orchestra concerts are a wonderful way to introduce orchestral music to families and young children. Performed by the SYO's Peter Seymour Orchestra, this relaxed and informal concert has been specially…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Last Night of the Proms
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM leads the full Willoughby Orchestra and Choir in this massive celebration of symphonic and choral masterworks
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Tormented Souls
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Poetical Melodies
The sublime string section of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra takes centre stage in this program
Find out more »ARCO | Richard Gill presents Voices & Instruments
Richard Gill Presents a Voyage of Musical Discovery promises to become an invaluable addition to current music education in Australia.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Tormented Souls
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
Find out more »
Love Notes: I’ll Sing Yours If You’ll Play Mine
When two composers join forces on stage, anything is possible! Baritone Michael Lampard and pianist Ross Fiddes perform each other’s song cycles, along with music of Bach, Beethoven, Verdi and Cole Porter. Program Beethoven - “An die ferne Geliebte” (“To the Distant Beloved”, Op. 98) (probably the very first song cycle) Lampard - So Young and Fair (texts by James Joyce) - Sydney premiere Verdi - Arias – “Di Provenza” (La Traviata), Alzati! Eritu (Un Ballo in Maschera) Interval Fiddes…
Find out more »Extended Play
Tickets: Full Pass (includes all performances on the main stage and foyers, including Bang on a Can All-Stars) $72; Bang on a Can All-Stars single ticket $60; Foyer Pass (includes all performances except those in the auditorium) $35 (Fees per transaction: phone $8.25, internet $6.60) A 12 hour music event featuring amazing contemporary performers and artists across three levels and in every nook and cranny of the recital hall. The return to Sydney of legendary 6-piece New York band Bang…
Find out more »Balmain Baroque
Balmain Baroque are a 6 piece baroque group, with sopranco/baroque flute, violin, cello, harpsichord and two(!) recorders.
Find out more »Sideband: Primordial
TICKETS: Entry by donation Sideband: Primordial features combinations of soprano, flute and percussion in a concert that includes works expressing ancient concepts that exist in the natural world. With performers Chloe Lankshear, the talented young soprano from Luminescence and Sideband regular Jane Bishop joining Brad Gill as guest performers.
Find out more »Timelight – Julian Bliss and NZTrio in Concert
TICKETS: Adult: $44, Concession: $39, Under 30: $34 Riverside Theatres will present British prodigy and clarinettist extraordinaire, Julian Bliss, alongside New Zealand’s leading piano trio for a must-see performance on Saturday 25th August. Bliss and NZTrio will perform an exclusive concert, Timelight, featuring a program of chamber music both vibrant and profound. Acclaimed by critics worldwide, Bliss has been wowing audiences since the age of four with his incredible repertoire, passion and musical curiosity. The breadth and depth of his artistry…
Find out more »One Of Australia’s Most Acclaimed Pianists Will Join TMO For Fever
TICKETS: Available online or by calling (02) 8004-3472. The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO), led by Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Sarah-Grace Williams, will perform their much anticipated 2018 All-Russian program. Titled Fever, this TMO tradition dedicated to the composers of Russia will feature Tamara-Anna Cislowska as soloist for Shostakovich’s cheerful Piano Concerto no 2. The feverish evening of Eastern European music will include Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Appearing for the first time with conductor Williams and TMO, Tamara-Anna Cislowska…
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society Presents The Australian Haydn Ensemble
Formed in 2011, the Australian Haydn Ensemble is now regarded as one of Australia’s finest orchestras and chamber music groups.
Find out more »September 2018
Jacobean Singers
The Jacobean Singers is a well established choir in Sydney, with over 20 years experience in singing choral music throughout the state.
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Classical Masterpieces
The KPO presents two beautiful concerts in which you will be immersed in some of the finest music from the classical and baroque eras.
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Babe in Symphony
Enjoy the iconic movie Babe, screened live and accompanied by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of the film’s composer Nigel Westlake.
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Classical Masterpieces
The KPO presents two beautiful concerts in which you will be immersed in some of the finest music from the classical and baroque eras.
Find out more »Imaginations: Matt Withers and Acacia Quartet
Imaginations: Matt Withers & Acacia Quartet will bring you a collection of the most exciting Australian works for the fusion of classical guitar and string quartet. Hear the winning works of the 2018 Matt Withers Australian Music Composition Competition as the ensemble perform alongside inspirational artworks by Queensland-based artist, Sue Needham. Richard Charlton, Robert Davidson and the late Phillip Houghton are three of Australia's most respected composers whose music will surely inspire, move and entertain. This is your unique opportunity…
Find out more »Spring Orchestral Fundamentals Showcase
Join us as our students showcase their learning each term in a concert all are welcome to attend. These concerts are the perfect opportunity to come and see what SYO is all about. Additional Information: Young children are welcome at Sydney Youth Orchestra concerts. For all performances, children two years of age or older must have a ticket (even if the accompanying adult intends to sit the child on his/her knees).
Find out more »Balmain Baroque
Balmain Baroque are a 6 piece baroque group, with sopranco/baroque flute, violin, cello, harpsichord and two(!) recorders.
Find out more »Elysian Fields + Ephemera Trio @ Camelot Lounge
Elysian Fields is an ongoing experiment in creating new improvised and composed repertoire for the electric viola da gamba
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Free Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
Find out more »Live at Lunch: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie
Pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Composer Elena Kats-Chernin & Flutist Jane Rutter perform passionate musical miniatures
Find out more »Opera Bites: Opera Wine & Dine Series – “Sultry Spanish Nights”
You are invited to dine at one of Sydney CBD’s most beautiful heritage listed dining rooms whilst luxuriating in some of the opera world's most beautiful music. Be treated like royalty for the night! Back by popular demand! Opera Bites has once again partnered with The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel to bring you an unforgettable evening of fully costumed popular opera complete with a bespoke menu and select fine wines to match. As you step through the doors of this breath-taking heritage listed dining room…
Find out more »
Ironwood: Classical Lyricism & Fervour
Juan Arriaga y Balzola was known as the ‘Spanish Mozart’- not just because he was born exactly fifty years after Mozart, but because he was also considered to be a prodigy composer from an early age.
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Passion
The jaw-dropping virtuosity of pianist David Fung must be heard and seen to be believed!
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Schubert and the Guitar
The relationship between Schubert and the guitar may appear tenuous at best, however it forms the basis of a beautiful program, one which draws together music from the nineteenth century with sparkling Australian chamber works for guitar.
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Passion
The jaw-dropping virtuosity of pianist David Fung must be heard and seen to be believed!
Find out more »Burgundian Consort Recital: The Spheres
The Burgundian Consort has existed as an elite arm of the Collegium Musicum Choir for many years (since about 1985).
Find out more »
BackStage Music: Phoebe Green + Spiral
BackStage are thrilled to welcome Melbourne based violist Phoebe Green in a program featuring new Australian compositions for solo viola
Find out more »Sunday Idylls with the Sydney Symphony Fellows
TICKETS: Full- $25, Concession- $20, Student- $15. Children under 16 are free. Available at the door, from 3:30pm day of concert. Includes refreshments (Cash/Cheque Only) Awake to the beauty of music with an afternoon concert of contrasts, Sunday Idylls, performed by the SSO Fellows for Wyvern Music Forestville on 23rd September at 4pm at OLGC Catholic Church Forestville, under the Artistic Directorship of Roger Benedict. Imagine waking up on your birthday to the sound of 13 musicians serenading you from the staircase, playing…
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Candide
Bernstein Candide Book by Hugh Wheeler Based on the satire by Voltaire Lyrics by Richard Wilbur With additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lilliam Hellman and Leonard Bernstein Orchestration by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay Musical continuity and additional orchestration by John Mauceri Brett Weymark conductor Mitchell Butel director Alexander Lewis Candide Symphony Chorus Festival Chorus Sydney Youth Orchestra From its rollicking overture to its string of affectionate parodies of opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, tango and Broadway glitz, Candide is a delight from start to finish – one that might just make you…
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Candide
Bernstein Candide Book by Hugh Wheeler Based on the satire by Voltaire Lyrics by Richard Wilbur With additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lilliam Hellman and Leonard Bernstein Orchestration by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay Musical continuity and additional orchestration by John Mauceri Brett Weymark conductor Mitchell Butel director Alexander Lewis Candide Symphony Chorus Festival Chorus Sydney Youth Orchestra From its rollicking overture to its string of affectionate parodies of opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, tango and Broadway glitz, Candide is a delight from start to finish – one that might just make you…
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »The Muffat Collective: French Baroque
2018 marks the 350th birthday anniversary of one of France’s most famous baroque composers - Francois Couperin.
Find out more »October 2018
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Free Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
Find out more »Live at Lunch: Composers in Exile
Opera Star, Australian Baritone Peter Coleman- Wright & the Nexas Saxophone Quartet perform thrilling adaptations of cabaret works
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Forces of Nature
Veering away from the famed Four Seasons of Vivalidi, this program explores composers which have been inspired to embody the rapture of the natural world.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Four Seasons
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Four Seasons
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
Find out more »UNSW Orchestra
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras.
Find out more »
Duo Deconet: Latin American Gala
Mexican pianist, Irma Enriquez brings a variety of works in Latin American Gala.
Find out more »Evergreen Ensemble: Snow in Summer
Evergreen Ensemble pays homage to the music of the cold and windswept landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, as well exploring their Scandinavian ties.
Find out more »