Get ready for good times as award-winning vocal group Soulfood a Cappella sings your favourite Aussie classics in Songs from our Backyard! This rippa of a show is chock-a-block with fresh, original covers of Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, Hoodoo Gurus, Icehouse, Sia, and heaps more from our own backyard.
The Australian Haydn Ensemble under its Artistic Director Skye McIntosh presents Emperors & Armies, a program inspired by eighteenth century leaders and armies including Haydn’s Emperor Quartet and Military Symphony. Boccherini’s playful flute quintet Las Parejas (The Couples) opens the season. The title refers to a Spanish horse race in which two horsemen ride hand in…
Work off those easter eggs and beat the school holiday boredom TaikOz’s HYP, a three-day Holiday Youth Program (HYP) experience for all kids big and small. TaikOz’s expert players and teachers will guide participants through the basics of Japanese taiko drumming – from holding a pair of sticks for the first time, through to learning a…
Gluck’s rarely performed comic opera Les pèlerins de la Mecque (The Pilgrims to Mecca) comes to life this week in a co-production between the The Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Opera Studio and its Early Music Ensemble. The last of Gluck’s comic operas, it was written in 1764 and is also known as La Rencontre imprévue (The Unexpected Encounter). It is…
The Opera Foundation for young Australians (formerly Opera Foundation Australia) has announced the finalists for the 2015 Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship. The winner of this prestigious scholarship will be announced at the public recital with the six finalists on Sunday 1st November 2015. The winner will receive $43,000 providing a talented and strongly…
‘Cellist Rachel Scott is joined by clarinettist Deborah de Graaff for the second concert in the 2019 series of Bach in the Dark, unconventional classical music concerts featuring Scott and a changing roster of guest artists. The series is held in the crypt of St James’ church, providing an intimate and unique listening environment ideally suited…
Selby and Friends is offering a special 7% discount off the ticket price if you purchase all three remaining tours of the 2011 season before July 30. To take advantage of this special offer, please call their office on 02 9969 7039 (not available through their website). For City Recital Hall, please go to the special 3-package S&F page…