I can’t wait for this very special project with Adam Manning and the Australian Art Orchestra, for which I’ll be hitting the road for my first appearance in NSW since 2019! The piece is getting it’s first outing at the amazing New Annual festival in Newcastle this October.
Details and tickets here, and if you can’t make it to NSW, stay tuned for details of a follow up performance at MIJF.
Aaron Choulai and the AAO are exploring a really cool method of improvising using a sono-kinetic conduction process, and we’ll be showcasing it in a very special show this October at the TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Also on the bill is a brand new experimental opera by Melbourne-born, Berlin-based Laxlan Petras.
Come along and check out some experimental music in a stunning setting. Details and tickets here.
The very excellent Stephen Grant always programmes excellent concerts, and this one is featuring one of my favourite genres: 17th-C Italian baroque. Come along to MCM this September to check it out.
Details and tickets are available here.
It’s always a delight to join the lovely Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo. Check out their whole Australian tour details here, or come along to George Lane (St Kilda) on Friday 4th July or the Wesley Anne (Northcote) on SAturday 5th July to see the show with strings.
Tickets and details for George Lane show are here, and for Wesley Anne show here.
Stoneman’s Bookroom is basically the best bookshop ever, and they’re hosting an author talk with writer/musician Gillian Wills on Saturday 12th July to celebrate the release of her new novel Big Music. This one is close to home, literally, and also figuratively as Gillian’s story is partly inspired by my old alma mater, the Victorian College of the Arts. Some come along and check it out!
Details here.
My delightful Coomoora Ensemble will be heading out West to Dunkeld for a concert of French baroque music including Leclair’s epic Deuxième récréation de musique. Come and have a weekend at the luxurious Royal Mail Hotel, and enjoy some beautiful music in the stunning surrounds of the Myers Private Gallery.
Details and bookings here.
Shame File Music and Dimensions of Incomprehensibilities are presenting some amazing experimental music at the Merri Creek Tavern this year, and I’m thrilled to be playing with my duo project with the incomparable Jess Aszodi this August.
Check this out for details.
After presenting our concert of French baroque music at the glorious Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, the delightful Coomoora Ensemble will bring the programme to the cosy Castlemaine Uniting Church Hall. Three out of four of our members live on Djaara country, so it’s an honour to present this music in my hometown. Come and check out 18th-C masterpieces by Boismortier, Blavet, Jacquet de la Guerre, and Forqueray, topped off with Leclair’s epic Deuxième récréation de musique.
Alison Catanach – baroque flute
Lizzy Welsh – baroque violin
Edwina Cordingley – baroque ‘cello
Ann Morgan – harpsichord
Tickets $35/$25 available via trybooking or at the door.
BSO’s third season for 2025 presents works from the height of 19th-C romanticism including Rachmaninov’s famous second piano concerto featuring Amir Farid as soloist, and Brahm’s incredible second symphony. This will be a particularly special event as we’re joined by my delightful colleagues from Resonance String Orchestra in a performance of Verdi’s Overture from Nabucco.
Book early to ensure you don’t miss out!
Details and tickets here.
Natasha Anderson is not only an excellent friend, but also my very favourite composer, so I’m incredibly lucky she has written me another amazing piece. Come along to the gorgeous Castlemaine Town Hall this Winter to hear Quartzopolis, in collaboration with the delightful Resonance String Orchestra!
Tickets and details here.
