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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: First Voices Showcase

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
As part of the MSO First Voices Composer Program, participants receive paid commissions and mentoring by guest composers, as well as the opportunity to workshop their compositions with members of the orchestra. Since 2023, the program’s participants have included James Henry, Vonda Last, Adam Manning and Leon Rodgers. This showcase,…
Mozart & Mendelssohn – Matinee

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Mozart & Mendelssohn – Matinee

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, completed only months before his death, is one of the most sublime works ever written for this beautifully expressive instrument. Performed by WASO's Associate Principal Clarinet Som Howie, its buoyant joy and soulful warmth will delight. Inspired by his travels through the country, Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony captures…

Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Ellie Malonzo plays Max Richter’s Vivaldi 4 Seasons Recomposed

Fremantle Town Hall 8 William St, Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle Chamber Orchestra celebrating its 20th Anniversary performs the beautiful fusion of Vivaldi’s enduring Four Seasons and postmodernist minimalism by Max Richter featuring amazingly talented 15-year-old Ellie Malonzo. Mozart’s rarely played but beautiful Symphony 33 is uplifting with a sweet slow movement and a fiery finale. With the eminent Paul…

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: One Hit Wonders

George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens The Gardens, NT, Australia
Celebrating single-hit sensations that rocked the world, DSO brings the whole orchestra and band back to the Amphitheatre for a night of pure entertainment! Featuring flash in the pan favourites like Video Killed the Radio Star and My Sharona, don’t miss this chance to sing and dance the night away.…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 1 in Concert

Adelaide Entertainment Centre 98 Port Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia
It’s time to go hunting for Horcruxes once more: part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ in Concert is nearly here! Watch as Alexandre Desplat’s epic score is performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra while the franchise’s seventh film is projected onto a giant screen. Join all your favourite characters—and…

Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Ellie Malonzo plays Max Richter’s Vivaldi 4 Seasons Recomposed

PHC Synagogue 28 Freedman Road, Menora, WA, Australia
Fremantle Chamber Orchestra celebrating its 20th Anniversary performs the beautiful fusion of Vivaldi’s enduring Four Seasons and postmodernist minimalism by Max Richter featuring amazingly talented 15-year-old Ellie Malonzo. Mozart’s rarely played but beautiful Symphony 33 is uplifting with a sweet slow movement and a fiery finale. With the eminent Paul…
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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Blaze

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
ASO Principal Tuba Stanley McDonald (see Playing Up on page 64) plays Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto, written for Philip Catelinet who helped shape the work before its premiere in 1954 as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s 50th jubilee at the Royal Festival Hall. Here it is bookended by Miriam Hyde’s…
Editor's Choice Young Mannheim Symphonists 2025

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Young Mannheim Symphonists 2025 QLD State Academy Concert

St Peters Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre 66 Harts Road, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia
Fresh from a tour of regional Queensland in Mozart’s Clarinet, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra holds its first Young Mannheim Symphonists Academies for 2025. Coached in Historically Informed Performance by the orchestra’s players, this year’s cohort will perform Haydn's Drumroll Symphony from 1795 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1, first…

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