Gigs & Upcoming Events.

May
27

La Compañia - Baroque of Mexico

Saturday 27 May 2023 7pm

Tickets at https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2023/baroque-of-mexico/

Directed by Danny Lucin, the celebrated La Compañia ensemble is recognised as Australia’s preeminent period instrument ensemble specialising in music of the Renaissance and early Baroque.

About the concert

Their performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall explores the Baroque gateway to the Americas, Mexico. It was a thriving hub of cultural connections where exhilarating and captivating music emerged. Folk traditions from a sophisticated and ancient culture artfully infused with the Baroque brilliance of the Iberian Peninsula is spiced with African rhythms.

This beautiful and fascinating music for singing and dancing will surprise and delight with mesmerising melodies and spellbinding rhythms. Join La Compañia, period experts in an epic journey to unearth baroque treasures of the New World.

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Mar
3

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon: 50th Anniversary performance of one of the most important albums in rock history.

Fri 03 Mar 2023 8:00PM, Melbourne Town Hall.
Tickets at: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=DSOTM23&v=MTH

Presented by: David Williams & N.P. Rennard

FEATURING GEORGE ELLIS ORCHESTRA, 20 VOICE CHOIR & 10 PIECE BRASS SECTION
With ROGER MASON (Gary Numan/ Models), JAMES RYAN (Men At Work/ Vanessa Amorosi), STU THOMAS (The Scientists/ Dave Graney Band), & JAMES LEWIS FOX (Goyte).

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
50th Anniversary performance of one of the most important albums in rock history.

ATOM HEART MOTHER
Pink Floyd’s first side long suite. Ron Geeson has provided his own score for this debut Australian performance.

ECHOES
Meddle’s tour-de-force aural extravaganza - the precursor to DSOTM.

This show promises to be a spectacular evening exploring the roots and resultant masterpiece that is DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.

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Feb
24
to 30 Apr

Wagner's Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung. Multiple Cycles from March 24-April 3

Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo
Tickets at: https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/the-ring-cycle-tickets

Cycle 1

Das Rheingold
Friday 24 March 2023, 7.30pm

Die Walküre
Sunday 26 March 2023, 2pm

Siegfried
Friday 31 March 2023, 4pm

Götterdämmerung
Sunday 2 April 2023, 2pm

Cycle 2

Das Rheingold
Friday 7 April 2023, 7.30pm

Die Walküre
Sunday 9 April 2023, 2pm

Siegfried
Friday 14 April 2023, 4pm

Götterdämmerung
Sunday 16 April 2023, 2pm

Cycle 3

Das Rheingold
Friday 21 April 2023, 7.30pm

Die Walküre
Sunday 23 April 2023, 2pm

Siegfried
Friday 28 April 2023, 4pm

Götterdämmerung
Sunday 30 April 2023, 2pm

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Feb
3
to 5 Feb

Forest Collective x Max Lawrence: Fountain (Midsumma Festival)

Abbotsford Convent - Oratory, Sacred Heart building. Feb 3, 4, 5.
Tickets at: https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/fountain/

Presented by: Midsumma Festival, Forest Collective and Abbotsford Convent as part of Convent Live
Safe(R) Space Midsumma Presents Music: Popular

An orchestrated performance about approaching the world and the self with fluidity, and how such a shift can be revolutionary

‘Fountain’, an orchestral arrangement of Max Lawrence’s music as performed with Forest Collective, explores fluidity and softness in our interactions with ourselves and environment. An antithesis to binary absolutes, a celebration of the undefinable, captured in Lawrence’s sweeping vocals and arrangements. Fountain shows us the sublime in grief and washes us ashore to find healing within it.

A thoughtful observer, Max Lawrence creates larger-than-life baroque pop, blending electronic grooves with orchestral textures; capturing the expansive and detailing the intimate in the form of song.

Inspired by Bjork, Moses Sumney, James Blake and Kate Bush, Lawrence’s audiovisual landscapes blur the line between intimacy and fantasy, shaping worlds that are grounded in reality, yet extend upon it.

Forest Collective is a not for profit artist collective focusing on contemporary classical music, dance and collaboration. Under the direction of composer and conductor Evan J Lawson, Forest Collective strive to enrich audiences through multidisciplinary, innovative, collaborative, experimental, and traditional art forms from early career and established artists.

Following their intricate and expressive 2020 performance of ‘Chlorophyll’, Max Lawrence and Forest Collective join forces again for ‘Fountain’ at the Abbotsford Convent, offering a free-flowing expression of sonic softness. Come along with an open mind and heart.

Musicians and Creatives
Max Lawrence - singer-songwriter (guest musician)
Evan J Lawson - orchestrations & music director
Rino Darusman - Synths (guest musician)
Robert Downie - Synths (guest musician)
Soda - DJ
Kim Tan - Flutes
Helen Bower - Violin, Electric Violin
Ali Fyffe - Saxophones
Ryan Lynch - Clarinets, Saxophones
Zela Papageorgiou - Percussion
Trea Hindley - Trombone
Phoebe Smithies - Horn
Ian Crossfield - Double Bass
Ryan Williams - Recorders
Alex MacDonald - Viola
Tom Sinclair - Cello (guest musician)

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Seven Wonders - The Music of Fleetwood Mac Orchestrated
June
25

Seven Wonders - The Music of Fleetwood Mac Orchestrated

Southbank , VIC: The Palms at Crown Melbourne
Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits - Dreams, The Chain, Everywhere, Tusk, Rhiannon, Landslide, Go Your Own Way, Little Lies, Big Love, Seven Wonders & More Performed by a 24 Piece Symphony Orchestra Conducted by George Ellis

Special Guest Vocalists are Tania Doko (Bachelor Girl), Jess & Matt, Kate DeAraugo (Young Divas), and Mark Williams.

Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits brought to thrilling orchestral life at the State Theatre Friday 18 February 2022 & the Palais Theatre Friday 14 January 2022.

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Forest Collective: Tides.
June
3
to 5 June

Forest Collective: Tides.

Tides.

Dance + New Music + Pop + Classical.

Featuring new choreography by Jesse Matthews and design by Jane Noonan, Forest Collective will perform a rich program of music by Evan J Lawson, Claudio Monteverdi, Bjork, Joseph Haydn, and more. Tides will move and reshape you through powerful sound and movement into a new and immersive world.

Book via the Forest Collective website:
https://www.forestcollective.com.au/projects/tides

Friday 3 June 7.30pm
Saturday 4 June 7.30pm
Sunday 5 June 5pm

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Fleetwood Mac
Jan
14

Fleetwood Mac

Seven Wonders is an Orchestral Tribute to Fleetwood Mac.

Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits - Dreams, The Chain, Everywhere, Tusk, Rhiannon, Landslide, Go Your Own Way, Little Lies, Big Love, Seven Wonders & more performed by a 24-piece Symphony Orchestra, conducted by George Ellis.

Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits brought to thrilling orchestral life at the State Theatre & the Palais Theatre in 2022!

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MYO Summer School 2022
Jan
10
to 14 Jan

MYO Summer School 2022

  • Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Southbank (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Tutoring the next generation of musicians in Melbourne Youth Orchestra’s Summer School Program at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

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Carols in the Cathedral 2021 - The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
Dec
17

Carols in the Cathedral 2021 - The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

Performances
Fri 17 Dec 8:30 PM | St Paul's Cathedral
Sat 18 Dec 2:00 PM | St Paul's Cathedral
Sat 18 Dec 5:30 PM | St Paul's Cathedral
Sat 18 Dec 8:30 PM | St Paul's Cathedral

RMP presents its ever-popular “Carols in the Cathedral”concerts – Melbourne’s premier concerts of traditional Christmas music, carols, and readings, presented in the atmospheric setting of St Paul’s Cathedral.

A magnificent feast of spectacular fanfares and carols, and glorious Christmas music and verse, performed by choirs, superb soloists and majestic brass and percussion.

Soloists:

Greta Bradman, soprano
Vanessa McKeand concert harp
Stefan Cassomenos, pianoforte
Sam Hartley, pianoforte
Roland Rocchiccioli reader
Julie Houghton reader
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir
Melbourne University Choral Society
Box Hill Chorale
RMP Orchestra soloists
City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band
RMP Brass and Percussion Consort
Andrew Wailes, conductor

BOOKINGS THROUGH TRYBOOKING: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=828435&
Note that all tickets can be purchased via Trybooking on the RMP website, including Premium Tickets.
BOOK EARLY, AS THESE CONCERTS ALMOST ALWAYS SELL OUT EARLY!!!
DOORS OPEN 20 mins prior to start of advertised concerts

NB. ALL PATRONS WILL BE EXPECTED TO SIGN IN USING THE SERVICES VICTORIA APP, OR PRESENT THEIR PROOF OF VACCINATION CERTIFICATE UPON ENTRY.

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Asia in Focus.(rescheduled to September 2021)
Sept
16
to 18 Sept

Asia in Focus.(rescheduled to September 2021)

Forest Collective’s Ali Fyffe has curated a stunning program that brings into focus some of the region’s most powerful compositional voices, from Myanmar to Japan, China to Iran. Asia in Focus will open your ears to a region that is changing the world.

Friday 16 July 7.30pm (Preview Show)
Saturday 17 July 7.30pm
Sunday 18 July 5.00pm
all at Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent.

https://www.forestcollective.com.au/projects/asia
https://www.forestcollective.com.au/tickets

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Australia & New Zealand in focus.
Sept
16
to 18 Sept

Australia & New Zealand in focus.

We are nations of Indigeneity, colonialism, immigration and joyous pluralism. This has given rise to musical voices as diverse and varied as our backgrounds and experiences. Australia and NZ in Focus is a celebration of the many threads that form the rich tapestry of new music in these two countries.

Thursday 16 September 7.30pm (Preview)
Friday 17 September 7.30pm
Saturday 18 September 4.00pm
Saturday 18 September 7.30pm

all at Industrial School, Abbostford Convent

https://www.forestcollective.com.au/projects/austnz https://www.forestcollective.com.au/tickets

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Interdisciplinary workshops inspired by the works of Laban
Aug
2
to 27 Aug

Interdisciplinary workshops inspired by the works of Laban

An exciting collaboration and mentorship program between VCA PhD candidate Simone Maurer, Forest Collective, and students from the Victorian College of the Arts (composition, performance, dance and theatre). A series of workshops exploring a combination of structure, physical and sound forms inspired by on the ‘Space Harmony’ methods of Austro-Hungarian dancer, choreographer and dance/movement theorist Rudolf Laban (1879-1958).

August. Dates TBC.

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The Enchanted Pig. with Australian Contemporary Opera Co.
July
29
to 5 Aug

The Enchanted Pig. with Australian Contemporary Opera Co.

“Princesses do not marry pigs. That’s not the way life should be.”
Princess Flora’s world is changed forever by disobeying her father’s instruction: do not enter the locked room! Egged on by her sisters, Flora opens the door. Upon entering the room the princesses’ fates are sealed, and it is decreed Flora must marry a pig! In true fairy-tale fashion, there is more to this pig than meets the eye. Flora embarks on a journey around the world, to the sun and moon and back to free her beloved ‘Pig’ from an evil curse.

ACOCo’s heart-warming production of The Enchanted Pig - A Musical Tale by Gale Edwards AM with costumes by Oscar-winner Tim Chappel, is not to be missed! Conducted by Patrick Burns.

July 29, 7:30pm; July 31, 3pm
August 3, 7:30pm; August 5, 7:30pm

Athenaeum Theatre
Collins St, Melbourne

https://www.acoco.org.au/the-enchanted-pig-return-season
https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=ENCHANTP21

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