Ensemble Offspring’s Kontiki Racket Is Back!

Ensemble Offspring’s Kontiki Racket Is Back!

  Australia’s most innovative and cutting-edge collective, Ensemble Offspring is bringing back Kontiki Racket, its vibrant 2-day festival celebrating new music, arts and culture. The festival will feature artist talks, live video installations, and exciting new performances from Ensemble Offspring and the highly acclaimed Zephyr Quartet from South Australia. The festival’s musical highlights include world premieres from…

Ensemble Offspring Celebrates A Decade of ‘Sizzle’

Ensemble Offspring Celebrates A Decade of ‘Sizzle’

From art music to pop and everything in-between, Ensemble Offspring’s Sizzle returns for its 10th year of free, family-friendly aural delights and adventures. This year, Ensemble Offspring is joined by a school concert band, a remount of some of the songs of Seven Stories featuring Jodi Phillis of The Clouds, our Hatched Academy Associate Artist Henry Justo on viola…

ABC Classics Commemorates International Women’s Day With A New Release

ABC Classics Commemorates International Women’s Day With A New Release

Commemorating International Women’s Day today, ABC Classic is releasing Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers. This double CD is the first in a new series of recordings, celebrating Australian female composers. Australia has a celebrated history of women in music – Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland, Yvonne Kenny and Eileen Joyce in particular, loom large…