It’s been quite a while between international outings for me, so this June I’m off on a particularly special adventure with Australian Art Orchestra to premiere a new work by our fearless AD Aaron Choulai at ARTJOG in Yogyakarta.
I can’t wait to dust off my Indonesian and perform this magical work with my beautiful friends and colleagues.
Tickets and details here, and check out the whole ARTJOG programme – Jogja has a seriously pumping cultural scene. Definitely worth the trip!
If you couldn’t make it to ARTJOG in Yogyakarta in June, then never fear – there’s still time to see AAO perform Aaron Choulai’s magical new work, Smoke Between Mountains. We’ll be presenting the Australian Premiere at Sonic City, and the Immigration Museum this July.
Tickets and details can be found here, and check out the whole Sonic City Programme – lots of great music to sink your teeth into.
It has been an honour and a delight to collaborate with the very excellent composer extraordinaire Marco Cher-Gibard on the music for Melbourne Theatre Company’s upcoming production of the Glass Menagerie.
Don’t miss out on this all-star cast in one of my all-time favourite plays!
Details and tickets can be found here.
I’m delighted to be included in multiple concerts in Peter Hagen’s cosy Broadford Salon Concert Series this year. My first outing is this May in Masters of The Italian Violin School, juxtaposing the works of late 17th-C Italian violinist/composers with that of their Germanic counterparts.
Check out details of the whole series here.
And book tickets here.
To celebrate 45 years of local music making, Bendigo Symphony Orchestra is presenting an epic Beethoven Festival over four days at the Ulumbarra Theatre.
Over three days, BSO will be joined by our friends from the Ballarat Symphony Orchestra, The Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, and the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra to present all nine of Beethoven’s Symphonies.
The weekend will culminate in a performance of the Ninth Symphony by a combined Festival Orchestra, and marks the debut of our very own Bendigo Symphony Chorus, PLUS, the world premiere of a brand new work by our very own AD and Chief Conductor Luke Severn!
Tickets are selling fast, so be sure to book early to avoid disappointment.
Details and tickets, including one of the funniest promo photos of yours truly on the web, are available here.
It’s time to don your Winter Woolies and head to Woodend this Winter for the fantastic Woodend Winter Arts Festival.
This one is always a highlight for me, and this year has the added bonus of leading the band in Ensemble Gombert and Accademia Arcadia’s production of one of my all-time favourite works of the 17th-C, Monteverdi’s epic Vespers.
Check out the whole wonderful festival programme here.
And info/tickets for the Vespers here.
In my second outing at wonderful WWAF, I’ll be joining Accademia Arcadia in a performance of Bach’s spectacular Musicalisches Opfer. Inspired by a musical game between the composer and Prussia’s Frederick the Great, this is one not to be missed!
Check out the whole wonderful festival programme here.
And info/tickets for the Musical Offering here.
I can’t wait to head to delightful Inglewood for two special performances in this year’s Keys of Gold Festival.
Come along to Central Victoria to see some beautiful venues, and hear me play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons accompanied by Central Victoria’s one-man-orchestra extraordinaire, Thomas Heywood on the organ!
For details and tickets, check out the Keys of Gold website here.
My lovely Coomoora Ensemble has been invited to present a programme of J S Bach’s music in the spectacular Inglewood Town Hall. We’ll be presenting two of Bach’s extraordinary Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord with the incredible Ann Morgan at the keyboard, interspersed with movements of the solo ‘cello suites performed by Edwina Cordingley.
For details and tickets, check out the Keys of Gold website here.
If Stravinsky, jazz, hip hop, spoken word, or experimental improv are your thing, then you should probably head over to Monash University’s Big Jazz Day Out this March to hear Monash Art Ensemble’s interpretation of AAO AD Aaron Choulai’s new work, To Kill a Magic We Got Used To. Aaron describes the work as “a reimagining of L’Histoire du soldat for a digital age”, and it was a blast to premiere it at the Athaneum with AAO last year, so this performance is sure to impress.
Tickets and details here.
