Shaumet Music: Art Songs

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
This concert invites the audience on a journey through the world of art songs, featuring works from Italian, German, English, and Chinese traditions. Italian art songs showcase flowing melodies and stunning vocal lines, embodying bel canto elegance. German Lieder blend poetry with expressive melodies and dramatic piano to evoke deep…

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors: 30th Anniversary

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
What started as a one-off performance for a corporate event by a slightly rag tag group of young blokes from Brisbane’s Conservatorium of Music in 1995 has gone on to become a touring juggernaut. The TEN Tenors have circled the world multiple times and performed in some of the most…

Sonus Lux: Resounding Light

St. Mary's Cathedral, Hobart 180 Harrington St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Introducing nipaluna/Hobart’s new professional vocal ensemble - Sonus Lux! Sonus Lux is drawn together by our passion for choral music old and new. Each member contributes to the group with their experiences as conductors, singers and teachers, leading to the delivery of projects that challenge, move, and entertain audiences across…

Canberra Choral Society: Dixit Dominus

St Paul's Anglican Church, Manuka 70 Canberra Avenue, Griffith, ACT, Australia
The Canberra Choral Society is excited to launch its 2025 concert program with Dixit Dominus, featuring two exquisite and contrasting choral gems, George Frideric Handel’s glorious Dixit Dominus (“The Lord Said”) and Arvo Pärt’s sonorous Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass). Directed by Dan Walker, CCS Music Director. Joining the CCS choir…

Singers of Southern Tasmania: Schubertiade

Hobart Town Hall 50 Macquarie St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Singers of Southern Tasmania presents a celebration of the music of Franz Schubert (1797-1828), who composed over 1500 works in his short career. The concert opens with the Overture in G minor for Piano 4 hands and features well-loved Lieder such as Licht und Liebe, An die Musik, An den…

Camberwell Chorale: Music for the Theatre

Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Direct from four successful concerts in China, Camberwell Chorale will present the fifth and final performance of Music for the Theatre, an eclectic and exciting program with selections from Phantom of the Opera, The Beatles in Revue, well-known choruses and arias from the operas of Verdi and Puccini, and Sir…

The Graduate Singers: Songs of Parting

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Rutter’s Requiem is a work of solace, contemplation, and intimacy, balancing moments of tension and high drama with lucent beauty and grace. We perform this modern masterpiece alongside music that explores the sorrow and the sweetness of partings and farewells, with works by Joseph Twist, Eleanor Daley, Elaine Hagenberg, and Stephen Paulus.
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…
Palestrina 500

Australian Chamber Choir: Palestrina 500

Sterling Place Community Centre 14 Sterling St, Dunkeld, VIC, Australia
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526. This year we celebrate his 500th birthday. A prolific composer, Palestrina was the first Italian to successfully adopt the polyphonic style practiced by Flemish composers like Guillaume du Fay and Josquin des Prez (both of whom…

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: Rossini in Paris

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
More famous than Beethoven, Rossini was a household name – his tunes on every lip. For one tune that’s still true: the ‘Lone Ranger’ theme that brings the William Tell overture to its thrilling end. William Tell, created for the Paris Opera, also marked the end of Rossini’s stage career. At the peak of…

Robyn Mellor: The Bridal Kiss, a Goose’s Tale and Auto Sales

Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
Polifemy (women's vocal ensemble) and BlockSounds (recorder quartet) present a concert of humorous contemporary vocal and recorder music guaranteed to titillate the senses and re-animate the sedate. Polifemy sings Aesopian animals to life: a goose on the loose; a love-lorn donkey; a silly sheep; a greedy fly; a wingless toad.…

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