Season Preview 2026: Small to Medium Ensembles
What do our small to medium ensembles have on offer in the year ahead?
What do our small to medium ensembles have on offer in the year ahead?
SXS launch a Queensland-centred 2026 season of bold commissions, regional expansion and genre-bending collaborations.
The exuberant world premiere of Two Winds, One Song is the one-hit Wonder of this slow and contemplative concert.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
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Fifty-three small-to-medium arts companies granted multi-year support in a "record investment" from Arts Queensland.
The funding commitment – nearly $40m – is one of the state’s most significant investments in the performing arts to date.
SXS sparkle with a scintillating world premiere in an eclectic jubilee concert of jazz, opera and First Nations music.
"Chamber music is all about intimacy and connection," says Festival curator Tim Munro. "It is where composers share private thoughts."
Southern Cross Soloists' patchwork of Strauss waltzes, Beethoven and a piece reflecting on the LA fires doesn't quite hang together.
As Southern Cross Soloists turns 30, Limelight speaks to SXS's Ashley Smith about 30 years of the little company that could – and did.
For its 30 year anniversary, SXS celebrates with four world premieres and three main stage concerts under two new Artistic Directors.
A stellar start for the new SXS annual venture held at the beautiful Shambala Estate on Tamborine Mountain.