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Pepe Newton

A spellbinding Oracle of new music from Ensemble Offspring

Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle June 2, 2026, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW Before Ensemble Offspring’s The Oracle began, the audience gathered in a small rehearsal room at ACO on the Pier, looking out across Sydney Harbour as Vivid flickered beyond the glass. It was the perfect threshold for a concert about forces greater than us: water, weather, rock,

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Paul Mason

Hilary Kleinig | “alone : together” album launch

 Award-winning cellist and composer Hilary Kleinig will launch her debut solo album ALONE : TOGETHER in Sydney 14th June, with special guest Claire Edwardes Best known for her decades-long work as cellist and artistic director of Zephyr Quartet, this release marks a significant artistic shift for Kleinig – her first major project presented under her own name. ALONE : TOGETHER

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Louis Wishart

The instrumental artistry and natural harmony of Offspring’s Avant Gardens

Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Autumn 10 May, 2026, Hurlstone Park, NSW On Sunday evening, Ensemble Offspring presented their “Avant Gardens Autumn” concert, a part of their long-running series of intimate chamber concerts, away from the concert hall to the back gardens and patios of the Ensemble’s passionate supporters. A delightful atmosphere was set by the songbirds of the dusk

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | EO x ANAM: A Journey Through Our Time

Ensemble Offspring joins ANAM musicians for a program curated by Artistic Director, Claire Edwardes OAM. A Journey Through Our Time brings together music written by composers from different corners of the world, many of whom have worked closely with the ensemble. The program features works by First Nations composers, Nardi Simpson (Yuwaalaraay) and Eric Avery (Ngiyampaa, Yuin and Gumbangirr), Australians Holly Harrison

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Ngarra-Burria Gala

Our Ngarra-Burria Gala celebrates 10 years of Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers with a ‘best of’ showcase of instrumental chamber music, warmly inviting listeners to experience stories reflecting culture, country and connection. ARTISTS Claire Edwardes Jason Noble Lamorna Nightingale Rowena Macneish PROGRAM Highlights from the past 10 years of Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers   Since 2017, Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers has

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | The Lucky Country: NAIDOC Week Panel & Concert

To mark NAIDOC Week 2026, Ensemble Offspring presents a powerful 30-minute work for quintet and narrator, by our First Nations Composer in Residence Mark Munk Ross. This world premiere performance traces an arc from tens of thousands of years of First Nations custodianship through the ruptures of colonisation, the resilience of migrant communities, and the rise of hip hop as

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Beleura House Concert: Songs and Grooves

A program of pulse and poetry, rhythm and resonance, this concert showcases the daring artistry and genre-defying imagination that define Ensemble Offspring — where every sound is alive, and every silence charged with possibility. Two powerhouse musicians from one of Australia’s most trailblazing ensembles — Ensemble Offspring — join forces in a thrilling program for cello and percussion that blurs

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Pepe Newton

From resonance to rhythm – Claire Edwardes releases new solo percussion album

Claire Edwardes | Dual Attractor CD Review: released 6 March, 2026, ABC Classic Listening to a solo percussion album is a curious experience. Unlike piano or violin, the listener often has only the faintest idea how the sound is actually being produced. Much of the time the music seems to simply appear – ringing, shimmering or pulsing out of the

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring’s 2026 opener – Epic, Up Close

Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Summer March 1, 2026, Glebe, NSW Ensemble Offspring opens its 2026 season not in a concert hall but in a generous supporter’s living room. The Avant Gardens series – this year spanning summer, autumn and spring – is salon culture revived with new music at its heart. The exact address is only revealed the week

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Future Classics 2026

A blossoming of voices from the next generation – discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music in this one-off Sydney Opera House showcase. The Ensemble Offspring Hatched Academy has been an incubator for the Australian music scene for more than a decade, with ‘fledgling’ composers taking flight all over Australia and beyond, bringing fresh ideas and creative excellence

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Reich: Rejoice: Repeat

Ensemble Offspring celebrate Steve Reich’s 90th birthday with a joyous retrospective celebrating the hypnotic power of Reich’s signature rhythmic groove. In 2026 we’re celebrating Steve Reich’s 90th birthday. But who needs a birthday as an excuse? Steve Reich’s music is our guilty pleasure – we love listening to it and we absolutely adore playing it. In this program, we’re presenting

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Reich: Rejoice: Repeat

Ensemble Offspring celebrate Steve Reich’s 90th birthday with a joyous retrospective celebrating the hypnotic power of Reich’s signature rhythmic groove. In 2026 we’re celebrating Steve Reich’s 90th birthday. But who needs a birthday as an excuse? Steve Reich’s music is our guilty pleasure – we love listening to it and we absolutely adore playing it. In this program, we’re presenting

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Reich: Rejoice: Repeat

Ensemble Offspring celebrate Steve Reich’s 90th birthday with a joyous retrospective celebrating the hypnotic power of Reich’s signature rhythmic groove. In 2026 we’re celebrating Steve Reich’s 90th birthday. But who needs a birthday as an excuse? Steve Reich’s music is our guilty pleasure – we love listening to it and we absolutely adore playing it. In this program, we’re presenting

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle – Sydney

Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater leads into the resonant dreamworld of

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle – Canberra

Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater leads into the resonant dreamworld of

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Future Classics with Heart: Big Hugs to the 2025 Hatched Academy

Ensemble Offspring | Future Classics November 22, 2025, The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW ‘Listen with open ears and minds’ we are asked by Claire Edwardes, Ensemble Offspring cofounder and Artistic Director: an invitation to be fearless together at the outset of Future Classics.  It is strange, perhaps, to take a retrospective view of such a forward-facing ensemble, but

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Pepe Newton

Deep Listening, Bright Futures at First Peoples 2025 Composer Showcase

Ngarra-Burria | First Peoples 2025 Composers Showcase Wednesday 15 October, 2025, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, NSW Presented by Ensemble Offspring In a space named after one of Australia’s great composer-conductors, the next generation of composers took centre stage with stories not just of musical innovation, but of culture, resilience and presence. This was the 2025 Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers Showcase,

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Alan Holley

Ensemble Offspring partied for their 30th birthday celebrations

Ensemble Offspring | Divine Darkness 3 July 2025, The Neilson, ACO on the Pier, Walsh Bay, NSW Jack Symonds conductor   Jane Sheldon soprano  Claire Edwardes Artistic Director percussion  Jason Noble clarinets   Lamorna Nightingale flutes   Véronique Serret, Liisa Pallandi violins Henry Justo viola Blair Harris cello   Benjamin Ward double bass  Ronan Apcar piano (Hatched Emerging Performer)  When

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