Sydney Chamber Choir: Mozart Requiem

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Mozart’s Requiem is music of pure gold – shining genius, radiant beauty, profound humanity. The composer’s final act of creation, written in the face of death itself, the Requiem transcends fear and despair to affirm the power of life and hope. It’s one of the greatest works ever written for…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Neurodivergent Meetup

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2024 Artist-in-Residence Nat Bartsch hosts her first Artist Meet Up to connect neurodivergent members of the Melbourne music scene. Hosted in the centre’s foyer, this informal get-together seeks to build a community amongst neurodivergent music industry folk, to create an atmosphere that caters to a diverse array…
Event Series Co_Lab: 24

Australian Dance Party: Co_Lab: 24

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
In a movement, sound and visual feast, join Australian Dance Party’s Alison Plevey and Sara Black, with guest artists Melanie Lane (dance), Alex Voorhoeve (cello), Sia Ahmad (sound/voice) and Nicci Haynes (visuals) as they transport you with a live, improvised performance. Witness the interplay of the body, sound and light,…

Event Series Co_Lab: 24

Australian Dance Party: Co_Lab: 24

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
In a movement, sound and visual feast, join Australian Dance Party’s Alison Plevey and Sara Black, with guest artists Melanie Lane (dance), Alex Voorhoeve (cello), Sia Ahmad (sound/voice) and Nicci Haynes (visuals) as they transport you with a live, improvised performance. Witness the interplay of the body, sound and light,…
Event Series Wide Open Space Festival

Wide Open Space Festival: Wide Open Space Festival

Ross River Resort 7829 Ross Hwy,, Hale, NT, Australia
Join us for an unforgettable experience at Wide Open Space 2024! Celebrating its 13th year, this incredible festival will be returning to Eastern Arrernte Country from May 3rd-5th. The WOS team invites you to journey to the heart of the Tjoritja/MacDonnell Ranges for a vibrant showcase of music, arts, and…

Salut! Baroque: The Influencers

Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
Expectations were high for salaried composers during the Baroque period. Constant demands for new repertoire required inspiration and creativity as well as talent. Influence ebbed and flowed between composers, nations, styles and beliefs. Bach was inspired by his devoutness and his vast collection of other composers’ works; Handel reinvented himself…
Event Series Wide Open Space Festival

Wide Open Space Festival: Wide Open Space Festival

Ross River Resort 7829 Ross Hwy,, Hale, NT, Australia
Join us for an unforgettable experience at Wide Open Space 2024! Celebrating its 13th year, this incredible festival will be returning to Eastern Arrernte Country from May 3rd-5th. The WOS team invites you to journey to the heart of the Tjoritja/MacDonnell Ranges for a vibrant showcase of music, arts, and…

Musica Viva Australia: Women of Song

Bundanon Homestead Illaroo Rd, Illaroo, NSW, Australia
Women of Song is an innovative new show, developed by the acclaimed Jessie Lloyd (of Mission Songs Project) including themes of intergenerational practices, singing on and from country, commitment to community, and preserving knowledge in song. It’s an intimate celebration of the ‘here and now’ of Indigenous culture, a rare mix of spontaneous…
Event Series ANAM at Elgee Park: Autumn 2024

Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at Elgee Park

Elgee Park 310 Wallaces Rd, Dromana, VIC, Australia
In an exciting new multi-year adventure for ANAM, ANAM musicians and faculty will perform in two chamber concerts at the beautiful Elgee Park on the Mornington Peninsula. Enjoy music surrounded by the beautiful Wayne Eager exhibition within the Elgee Park Gallery. Both Autumn and Spring concerts in this delightful venue…
Event Series ANAM at Elgee Park: Autumn 2024

Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at Elgee Park

Elgee Park 310 Wallaces Rd, Dromana, VIC, Australia
In an exciting new multi-year adventure for ANAM, ANAM musicians and faculty will perform in two chamber concerts at the beautiful Elgee Park on the Mornington Peninsula. Enjoy music surrounded by the beautiful Wayne Eager exhibition within the Elgee Park Gallery. Both Autumn and Spring concerts in this delightful venue…

Salamanca Arts Centre: An Evening of Experimental Music

Salamanca Arts Centre 77 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point, TAS, Australia
This evening of new work from artists from Victoria and Tasmania spans music drawing from modular synthesis, drone, field recording and post-rock. The three artists will each play a solo set, concluding the night with an improvised collaborative piece.

JOLT Arts: Ecstatic

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
JOLT Arts will showcase three ecstatic and legendary in-house acts. Prepare to levitate upon audio waves of delight and heightened awareness. Mesmerising and technically bedazzling, Bobby Singh is Australia’s master of the tabla and Indian Classical rhythmic flows. In a reimagining of what it means to be avant-garde, award-winning interabilities…

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