In our second workshop for the year Dene Olding, core member of the Australia Ensemble @UNSW and co-concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, will work with two promising UNSW students.
This masterclass is free and open to the public, offering a rare opportunity to get inside the minds of musicians and learn about how they practice their art.
Sydney Youth Orchestras present Romance and Tragedy in the majesty of Sydney Town Hall in their final concert for 2015. Conducted by Brian Buggy the SYO Philharmonic will play the Overture to Tchaikovsky’s ballet, Romeo and Juliet, followed by Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 performed by the Sydney Youth Orchestra conducted by Fabian Russell. The words – ‘romance’…
The Gondwana Choirs sing in full flight at the culmination of the two-week long 2017 National Choral School where they have been honing their musical and performance skills. This concert will showcase the extraordinary talents of choristers, conductors and composers in repertoire that thrills and challenges. The gala highlights all six ensembles of the National…
The semi-finals of the IFAC Australian Singing Competition are on tonight with 10 brilliant young singers from around the region, competing for five spots in the finals. Accompanied by David Harper, the finalists, New Zealanders Bianca Andrew, mezzo soprano, 23 and Edward Laurenson, 24, baritone; Victorians Hannah Dahlenburg, 25, soprano, Brenton Spiteri, tenor, 24…
The 2015 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address is to be delivered by the eminent Music Director, Conductor Emeritus and Artistic Director Richard Gill, OAM. Richard Gill’s ability to inspire Australian and international audiences is unsurpassed and as an outspoken and passionate advocate of music and music education, he is perfectly poised to deliver a sizzling 2015 address: The…
Two powerful images from the events of Good Friday at Calvary, are brought together in music on Good Friday, 22nd April when Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is performed alongside Stainers’ Crucifixion, at St Stephen’s Church, in Macquarie Street, Sydney. Pergolesi’s work paints the grieving mother whilst Stainer’s depicts the object of her grief – the crucifixion death of her Son. In fact,…
As the sun sets on one horizon, it rises on another. ‘Sunset’, is the farewell tour of the Australian String Quartet as it is today. In truth, the sun has never really set on this outstanding ensemble which was formed in 1985. The musicians in the ensemble today worked as the Tankstream Quartet from 2000 and reconvened under the…