This year's intake aligns with a SXS season emphasising innovation, collaboration and cross-genre projects.

An intimate experimental program, tucking the audience under a doona of restful music to soothe the soul.

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.

Are Australian orchestras and musical institutions genuinely embracing Indigenous voices?

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.