Events

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    • Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Schubert’s Death and the Maiden

    Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    The heart of this program is a song that won’t be sung. When Schubert wrote his ‘Death and the Maiden’ it was ‘just’ a deliciously morbid song by a 20-year-old Romantic. By the time he transformed it for the slow movement of his D minor string quartet he was facing…

    • Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Rediscovering the Recorder

    Ainslie Football & Social Club 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie, ACT, Australia
    A free concert series focused on finding the joy in listening to music with any degree of hearing loss. Created by CSO bassoonist and audiologist Kristen Sutcliffe, Rediscovering Music is particularly impactful for those with hearing aids or Cochlear Implants. Community members with any degree of hearing loss will benefit…
    Sea and Stars

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Sea and Stars

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Look up at night and you’ll see the stars – tiny fires in the sky. But for Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, the spaces between the stars are as important as the stars themselves and this was the inspiration for Dutala – Star Filled Sky. The final stanza of Schiller’s text from Beethoven’s Choral Symphony…
    Sea and Stars

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Sea and Stars

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Look up at night and you’ll see the stars – tiny fires in the sky. But for Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, the spaces between the stars are as important as the stars themselves and this was the inspiration for Dutala – Star Filled Sky. The final stanza of Schiller’s text from Beethoven’s Choral Symphony…

    • Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Kingsland Brass in Concert

    Belconnen Community Theatre 23 Swanson Street, Belconnen, ACT
    Enjoy the sounds of a large brass ensemble with Canberra’s most exciting young brass players as the Kingsland Brass performs their first public concert of 2026.

    • Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Tuggeranong Community Centre 245 Cowlishaw Street, Greenway, ACT, Australia
    Get ready to meet some of the most fascinating and unique instruments you've ever seen! Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music – ideal for children up to 9 years. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events…
    Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Tuggeranong Community Centre 245 Cowlishaw Street, Greenway, ACT, Australia
    Get ready to meet some of the most fascinating and unique instruments you've ever seen! Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music – ideal for children up to 9 years. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events…
    Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
    Get ready to meet some of the most fascinating and unique instruments you've ever seen! Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music – ideal for children up to 9 years. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events…
    Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
    Get ready to meet some of the most fascinating and unique instruments you've ever seen! Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music – ideal for children up to 9 years. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events…
    Art of the Score – The Music of Hans Zimmer

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Art of the Score – The Music of Hans Zimmer

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Today, when you go to the movies, you’ll probably hear Hans Zimmer. If you don’t hear Zimmer, you’ll hear a composer under his influence. Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has described him as a minimalist composer with a maximalist production sense – someone who can take a simple idea and expand it to…

    • Art of the Score – The Music of Hans Zimmer

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Art of the Score – The Music of Hans Zimmer

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Today, when you go to the movies, you’ll probably hear Hans Zimmer. If you don’t hear Zimmer, you’ll hear a composer under his influence. Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has described him as a minimalist composer with a maximalist production sense – someone who can take a simple idea and expand it to…
    Art of the Score – The Music of Hans Zimmer

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Art of the Score – The Music of Hans Zimmer

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Today, when you go to the movies, you’ll probably hear Hans Zimmer. If you don’t hear Zimmer, you’ll hear a composer under his influence. Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has described him as a minimalist composer with a maximalist production sense – someone who can take a simple idea and expand it to…