• Scalp: Scalp 003 – Sing Warmly

    21 Shepherd 21 Shepherd St, Marrickville
    Scalp returns to 21 Shepherd Street to present its 3rd program, Scalp 003: Sing Warmly, an evening of music that walks the line between performance and sound installation. Making the space an equally collaborative entity, each piece will investigate acoustically spatialised sound in distinctly individual ways.

    Scalp: Scalp #003: Sing Warmly

    21 Shepherd 21 Shepherd St, Marrickville
    Scalp 003: Sing Warmly blurs the boundaries between concert performance and sound installation. Featuring 70 minutes of music for spatialised winds and percussion, the evening transforms the venue into an active collaborator, inviting audiences to experience sound as a living, shifting presence. The program includes world premieres by Australian composers…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Xani Kolac + Nathan Schram (USA)

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Hear the violin and the viola amplified and transformed. Two trailblazing string players from opposite sides of the world join forces in the intimate Primrose Potter Salon. Pushing the limits of contemporary string playing, this concert features two solo sets from Naarm/Melbourne-based violinist Xani Kolac, and violist from the GRAMMY-winning…
  • Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat: The Nervous Atmosphere

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat 17 Lydiard St, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
    The Nervous Atmosphere is a solo performance by cellist, composer and theatre-maker Zoë Barry. Drawing on three personal encounters with lightning and the curious events that unfolded in their aftermath, Barry explores the awe, rupture and isolation of confronting forces beyond our control. At its core, the work is a meditation on…

    21 Shepherd: Different Voices #3 – Tunings of Place

    21 Shepherd 21 Shepherd St, Marrickville
    Curator-performers Daniel Raymond and Alex Tucker present two ensembles whose work explores sound as landscape, memory, and discovery. Launching their second album, Mallee, the collaborative project of Freya Schack-Arnott and Ben Ward performs music for cello, double bass, nyckelharpa and synthesised sound. Drawing on site-specific improvisations in Menindee, Cobar and…

    Ensemble Mania: LINE TRACING 6

    The Long Gallery 77 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point, TAS, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
    Our ‘Line Tracing’ concerts consist of an unbroken evening of music composed for solo instruments. For the sixth concert in the series, six Australian artists will create electronic remixes to transition between the live performances, creating a cohesive unbroken listening experience.  

    Van Diemen’s Band: Claire Edwardes

    Hobart Town Hall 50 Macquarie St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Claire Edwardes OAM is a force of nature in new music. With infectious enthusiasm and the moniker of ‘sorceress of percussion,’ she has built a trailblazing career in new music through extensive commissioning of solo percussion works, championing female composers and gender equity in classical music, and performing around the…

    Van Diemen’s Band: Claire Edwardes: Launceston Winter Lunchbox Concert #2 Share

    Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Launceston 34 Cameron St, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    Claire Edwardes OAM is Australia's ‘sorceress of percussion’ and the only Australian to win the APRA Art Music Luminary Award four times. A charismatic percussion virtuosi, this solo recital sees Claire performing works from her latest album, Dual Attractor, ranging from Missy Mazzoli to Paul Mac.
    Editor's Choice VAST

    Beaker Street Festival: VAST

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias returns from Amsterdam with Dutch sound designer Willem van Erven Dorens to present a site-specific work for Beaker Street Festival (6–17 August) that transforms Hobart’s Theatre Royal with a bespoke 360° sound system. Inspired by the 1998 discovery that the universe’s expansion is accelerating, VAST translates…

    Beaker Street Festival: VAST

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    The Beaker Street Festival will see the return of Tasmanian composer and director Constantine Koukias, whose IHOS Music Theatre and Opera company was the premiere avant-garde organization in Tasmania from its founding in 1990 until Koukias moved to Amsterdam in 2013. VAST is inspired by the Nobel Prize–winning discovery by…
    Editor's Choice VAST

    Beaker Street Festival: VAST

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias returns from Amsterdam with Dutch sound designer Willem van Erven Dorens to present a site-specific work for Beaker Street Festival (6–17 August) that transforms Hobart’s Theatre Royal with a bespoke 360° sound system. Inspired by the 1998 discovery that the universe’s expansion is accelerating, VAST translates…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Al Andalus | Paco Lara & Friends

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Flamenco dance, Spanish guitar – an evening of dazzling excitement in the penultimate event of the 2026 Newcastle Music Festival, as brilliant guitarist Paco Lara is joined by three flamenco dancers led by the wonderful Deya Giner. The world premiere of Al Andalus is a highlight of this great concert.