Music and Performing Arts 2024 Season

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October

Queensland Conservatorium Singers @ St Ignatius Church

Voice

Students

15 October 7:00pm Other
15 October 7:00pm Other

Come and enjoy a short concert featuring varying styles of singing, with music dating from the Renaissance to the present day.  Composers include Praetorius, John Farmer, Handel, Vaughan-Williams, Michael Head, George Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, John Nickson and Astrid Jorgensen.

Venue:  St Ignatius Church, Kensington Terrace, Toowong

 

QCGU Contemporary Ensemble

Students

Contemporary

16 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
16 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

Join the QCGU Contemporary Ensemble in a journey through exciting new music.

QCGU Saxophone Orchestra

Students

Woodwind

16 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
16 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

Join the Queensland Conservatorium Saxophone Orchestra for an evening of varied and engaging music that showcases the talent and versatility of the classical saxophone department in a massed instrument ensemble.

Guitar & Harp Department Lunchtime

17 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
17 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

Have a sublime lunchtime with beautiful music from our Guitar and Harp students.

Composition Showcase

Students

Composition

17 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
17 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

A celebration of new work by the Composition students.

Out of Time

Faculty

Contemporary

18 October 6:00pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
18 October 6:00pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

One of Australia’s most influential ensembles return with all new material in “Out of Time”. Drawing on 20 years of warped grooves, shimmering textures and arresting colours, this new work explores a kaleidoscopic approach to composition. With the piano preparation and percussion setup as the starting point, each work explores different facets of the sonic potential – opening new energy fields and new temporal dimensions.

Composed by: Clocked Out
Performed by: Erik Griswold – piano
Vanessa Tomlinson – percussion

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Orchestra

Classical

18 October 7:30pm Conservatorium Theatre
18 October 7:30pm Conservatorium Theatre
The Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra presents Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, his final composition is a vibrant orchestral work in three movements. The piece reflects the composer’s mature style, blending lush Romantic melodies with 20th-century harmonic elements. The Symphonic Dances captivate listeners with their emotional depth, rhythmic vitality, and brilliant orchestration, leaving a lasting impression as one of Rachmaninov’s crowning achievements in the realm of orchestral music.
Also in the program is Rachmaninov’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 2 , played by Reuben Tsang, winner of the Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist Prize at the 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition, and the First Prize Winner of the 2024 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition.
Conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, the Conservatorium’s final major orchestral concert of the year is one not to miss.
120 minutes inc. interval
Directions & Access Facilities

CMT: MultiMedia Project

Students

Music Technology

21 October 7:30pm Basil Jones Orchestral Hall
21 October 7:30pm Basil Jones Orchestral Hall

Second year Creative Music Technology students present live audio-visual compositions created with Touch Designer

Music Technology

Jazz Showcase

Jazz

Jazz

22 October 4:00pm Conservatorium Theatre
22 October 4:00pm Conservatorium Theatre

The very best of the jazz department will be on show in the Conservatorium Theatre, presenting a collage of acts featuring vocal and instrumental students.

NB: please note changed performance time – previously advertised at 7.30pm

 

Gamelan Ensemble

Students

Special Event

22 October 5:00pm Other
22 October 5:00pm Other

Join us in the internal Courtyard for a performance by our Gamelan Ensemble.

Post-concert Foyer Jazz

Jazz

Students

22 October 6:30pm Conservatorium Foyer
22 October 6:30pm Conservatorium Foyer

Join our jazz students for some smooth jazz following the Showcase.

Brass Ensemble Lunchtime

Students

Brass

23 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
23 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

The QCGU Brass Ensemble will present significant works written and arranged for this powerful and subtle body of brass instruments

Real and Diverse Theatre presents Quavers

24 October 12:00pm Playhouse, QPAC
24 October 12:00pm Playhouse, QPAC
25 October 7:30pm Playhouse, QPAC
26 October 2:00pm Playhouse, QPAC

Brisbane’s fabulous Real and Diverse Theatre (RAD) returns to QPAC, following last year’s brilliant production Technicolour Rumble at the Cremorne. This October RAD presents Quavers at the Playhouse. Quavers draws inspiration from the ensemble’s personal stories, ghostly fascinations and delight in live music from country tunes and jazz beats to haunting classics.

This is a tale of the quintessentially Brisbane music shop Quavers, which is doomed to face its end by the destructive bulldozers of the notorious Bean Brothers. Quavers siblings Tammy, Mavis, Stirling and Bob embark on a quest to save their famous store from greed, the excavator’s blade and ruin. The siblings seek help from famous musical ghosts and a spook with a swaying sickle.

Created and performed by the highly innovative RAD ensemble with a world-class production team of artists and musicians, Quavers is a Brisbane story that brings haunting joy, exquisite live music and unforeseen celebratory quick beats to the world.

Quavers is too irresistible to be missed!

Presented by Centacare in partnership with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

Quavers is supported by Suncorp Stadium.

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Wind Department Lunchtime

Students

Woodwind

24 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
24 October 12:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

A feast of music for woodwind.

Chamber Music Showcase

Students

Chamber

24 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
24 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
25 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

Join us for the final two Chamber Music Showcases of the year.

An Evening in Concert: With the Second-Year Musical Theatre Students

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

25 October 7:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
25 October 7:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
26 October 7:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

An Evening in Concert is a celebration of where the musical theatre students are at towards the end of their second year of training. They have all challenged themselves with the material they have chosen to perform, and they look forward to sharing these beautiful songs with you. The concert will offer the discerning musical theatre lover the chance to witness the first public performances from these talented second-year students of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre, Griffith University.

 

Butter

Acting

Special Event

25 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
25 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
26 October 1:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
26 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct

What happened to Lily? She went out hunting for min-min lights one night and never came back. Her teenage friends set out to investigate. But to find the truth, they have to dodge government agents, the busy-body local Mum’s group, a crime syndicate and an AA meeting with beer on tap. The Queensland cultural character is satirised and investigated in this bold new comedy from the Griffith second year Acting students, co-devised with David Burton.

90 minutes inc. interval
Directions & Access Facilities

Chamber Music Showcase

Students

Chamber

25 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
24 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall
25 October 7:30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall

Join us for the final two Chamber Music Showcases of the year.

Real and Diverse Theatre presents Quavers

25 October 7:30pm Playhouse, QPAC
24 October 12:00pm Playhouse, QPAC
25 October 7:30pm Playhouse, QPAC
26 October 2:00pm Playhouse, QPAC

Brisbane’s fabulous Real and Diverse Theatre (RAD) returns to QPAC, following last year’s brilliant production Technicolour Rumble at the Cremorne. This October RAD presents Quavers at the Playhouse. Quavers draws inspiration from the ensemble’s personal stories, ghostly fascinations and delight in live music from country tunes and jazz beats to haunting classics.

This is a tale of the quintessentially Brisbane music shop Quavers, which is doomed to face its end by the destructive bulldozers of the notorious Bean Brothers. Quavers siblings Tammy, Mavis, Stirling and Bob embark on a quest to save their famous store from greed, the excavator’s blade and ruin. The siblings seek help from famous musical ghosts and a spook with a swaying sickle.

Created and performed by the highly innovative RAD ensemble with a world-class production team of artists and musicians, Quavers is a Brisbane story that brings haunting joy, exquisite live music and unforeseen celebratory quick beats to the world.

Quavers is too irresistible to be missed!

Presented by Centacare in partnership with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

Quavers is supported by Suncorp Stadium.

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Pop Showcase

Popular Music

25 October 7:30pm Conservatorium Theatre
25 October 7:30pm Conservatorium Theatre

This exciting capstone event features an evening of original music; created, arranged and performed by by the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s amazing third-year Popular Music students.

120 minutes inc. interval
Directions & Access Facilities

Butter

Acting

Special Event

26 October 1:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
25 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
26 October 1:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
26 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct

What happened to Lily? She went out hunting for min-min lights one night and never came back. Her teenage friends set out to investigate. But to find the truth, they have to dodge government agents, the busy-body local Mum’s group, a crime syndicate and an AA meeting with beer on tap. The Queensland cultural character is satirised and investigated in this bold new comedy from the Griffith second year Acting students, co-devised with David Burton.

90 minutes inc. interval
Directions & Access Facilities

Real and Diverse Theatre presents Quavers

26 October 2:00pm Playhouse, QPAC
24 October 12:00pm Playhouse, QPAC
25 October 7:30pm Playhouse, QPAC
26 October 2:00pm Playhouse, QPAC

Brisbane’s fabulous Real and Diverse Theatre (RAD) returns to QPAC, following last year’s brilliant production Technicolour Rumble at the Cremorne. This October RAD presents Quavers at the Playhouse. Quavers draws inspiration from the ensemble’s personal stories, ghostly fascinations and delight in live music from country tunes and jazz beats to haunting classics.

This is a tale of the quintessentially Brisbane music shop Quavers, which is doomed to face its end by the destructive bulldozers of the notorious Bean Brothers. Quavers siblings Tammy, Mavis, Stirling and Bob embark on a quest to save their famous store from greed, the excavator’s blade and ruin. The siblings seek help from famous musical ghosts and a spook with a swaying sickle.

Created and performed by the highly innovative RAD ensemble with a world-class production team of artists and musicians, Quavers is a Brisbane story that brings haunting joy, exquisite live music and unforeseen celebratory quick beats to the world.

Quavers is too irresistible to be missed!

Presented by Centacare in partnership with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

Quavers is supported by Suncorp Stadium.

View more

An Evening in Concert: With the Second-Year Musical Theatre Students

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

26 October 7:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
25 October 7:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
26 October 7:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

An Evening in Concert is a celebration of where the musical theatre students are at towards the end of their second year of training. They have all challenged themselves with the material they have chosen to perform, and they look forward to sharing these beautiful songs with you. The concert will offer the discerning musical theatre lover the chance to witness the first public performances from these talented second-year students of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre, Griffith University.

 

Butter

Acting

Special Event

26 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
25 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
26 October 1:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct
26 October 7:30pm Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct

What happened to Lily? She went out hunting for min-min lights one night and never came back. Her teenage friends set out to investigate. But to find the truth, they have to dodge government agents, the busy-body local Mum’s group, a crime syndicate and an AA meeting with beer on tap. The Queensland cultural character is satirised and investigated in this bold new comedy from the Griffith second year Acting students, co-devised with David Burton.

90 minutes inc. interval
Directions & Access Facilities

CMT: Capstone

Students

Students

28 October 7:30pm Basil Jones Orchestral Hall
28 October 7:30pm Basil Jones Orchestral Hall

Third year Creative Music Technology students present their final performances of original work, come support our graduating students!

MultiMedia Concert

November

Edges

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

Edges is a song-cycle about burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when we are teetering on the edges of our lives. The songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships.

Edges

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

Edges is a song-cycle about burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when we are teetering on the edges of our lives. The songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships.

Edges

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

Edges is a song-cycle about burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when we are teetering on the edges of our lives. The songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships.

Edges

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

Edges is a song-cycle about burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when we are teetering on the edges of our lives. The songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships.

Edges

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

Edges is a song-cycle about burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when we are teetering on the edges of our lives. The songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships.

Edges

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
12 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
13 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
14 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
15 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 2:00pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
16 November 7:30pm Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC

Edges is a song-cycle about burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions. Written by Tony-nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan, this charming, witty and honest examination of adulthood explores what happens when we are teetering on the edges of our lives. The songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning. Characters deal with confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships.

Musica Viva Australia: Musica Alchemica

Special Event

Classical

20 November 7:00pm Conservatorium Theatre
20 November 7:00pm Conservatorium Theatre

Fearless violinist and musical imaginista, Lina Tur Bonet, leads Musica Alchemica, an ensemble of Europe’s finest baroque experts. Come on a magical mystery tour of Corelli, Telemann and other jewels of the Baroque.

Venue:

Conservatorium Theatre
Griffith University
South Bank, Brisbane