• Festival of Chamber Music: The Language of Trees

    Christchurch, South Yarra Cnr Punt and Toorak Roads, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
    Mozart wrote only one piece of chamber music for the oboe and no player would miss an opportunity to perform it! Join Stephanie Dixon and The Fidelio Quartet on a journey through a garden of delights, with Lee Bradshaw’s wistful oboe quartet The Language of Trees and Mozart’s exquisite Oboe…

    Saraton: An Afternoon at The Pops with Mirusia

    Saraton Theatre, Grafton 99 Prince St,, Grafton, NSW, Australia
    The Clarence Valley Orchestra and Chorus are back again with ‘An Afternoon at the Pops’ with another fantastic program from Artistic Director & conductor Greg Butcher, joined by special guest internationally acclaimed opera singer Mirusia.
    Australia Fair?

    Flinders Quartet: Australia Fair?

    Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, VIC, Australia
    “As we celebrate our 25th anniversary we are reflecting on our identity as an Australian chamber ensemble. In this program we have chosen three works in which the composers were likely pondering similar questions. It is a joy to return to the powerful and evocative work, Bungaree, which the quartet…
    Sundays by the Lake

    Ensemble Q: Piano Quintets

    University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
    The series finishes with the universally loved Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major Op 44 and the exquisitely lyrical Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor Op 30 by French composer Louise Farrenc, which adds a new soundworld by replacing the 2nd violin with double bass
    Editor's Choice Out West Piano Fest

    Piano+: Celebration

    Blackdown Farm 90 Eleven Mile Drive, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
    Held at artist Tim Storrier’s former home, this year’s festival has been curated by Mark Coughlan and features fellow pianists Jeonghwan Kim, Reuben Tsang and Wynona Wang. Together, they will perform repertoire from Mozart to Greg Anderson. Soprano Rachelle Durkin joins them in Richard Strauss’s Morgen! and Bishop’s Lo, here…
    Conversations in Counterpoint

    Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Conversations in Counterpoint

    St Pauls' Anglican Church, East Brisbane 554 Vulture Street East, East Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    This concert showcases a rich tapestry of music for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord by Telemann, JS Bach and Buxtehude, where the viola da gamba takes an equal and expressive role in the musical dialogue. The concert also features Purcell’s sublime aria Music for a While, alongside Vivaldi’s radiant…

    Student Music Collective: Première Rhapsodie

    Stanley Burbury Theatre University Centre, Sandy Bay campus, University of Tasmania, Dobson Rd,, Hobart, TAS
    To conclude a spectacular year of orchestral and chamber projects, the Student Music Collective’s October concert will feature the Secret Orchestral Society, with clarinetist Reuben Allen, 2nd year Performance student at the UTAS Conservatorium of Music, as the soloist in Claude Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie. SMC are striving to provide an…

    Melbourne Opera: 101st Herald Sun Aria

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Founded in 1924, the Aria is proudly the oldest and most prestigious competition in Australia for emerging classical singers. Join compère Mairi Nicolson from ABC Classic FM, guest artists from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, and of course the finalists for a memorable afternoon of music making.

    Whistling Kite New Music: Rococonuts

    Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
    Rococonuts re-imagines the great repertoire of classical music as a distractible child genius might, complete with costumes, novelty instruments, and physical comedy that’s closer to a game of Twister than a chamber music concert.
    Penelope – a song cycle by Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Abbotsford Convent: Penelope

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s Alta Collective will premiere a world-first choral arrangement of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s acclaimed song cycle Penelope this October, bringing new theatricality and emotional depth to the modern reimagining of Homer’s epic. A soldier returns after twenty years away in an unnamed war. But neither he nor his wife are…
    Marcin Australian Tour

    MG Live: Marcin

    Northcote Theatre 216-218 High Street, Northcote, Victoria, Australia
    He’s hailed as “one of the most talented guitarists of his generation” (Guitar World) – a virtuosic talent who’s captivated fans across the globe, earning hundreds of millions of streams and fans in the process. MG Live and Frontier Touring are pleased to announce the Australian headline shows by Marcin,…
    Editor's Choice Roméo et Juliette

    State Opera South Australia: Roméo et Juliette

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Gounod’s operatic take on Shakespeare’s tale gets a new staging in this co-production by SOSA, West Australian Opera and Irish National Opera. The French composer sticks pretty close to the play with a sparkling score that includes Juliette’s famous waltz song, Ah! Je veux vivre, four love duets and a…