An evening of music by student-led bands from the jazz department.

First year Creative Music Technology students present a concert with bespoke software instruments using open-source visual programming language Pure data (Pd).

Performances of top students from the Piano Area.

A biennial celebration of multichannel composition, sound diffusion, and live performance, all in surround-sound.

A concert featuring the chamber groups from the QCGU wind department.

An evening of music by student-led bands from the jazz department.

Love and disdain, adoration and contempt, fights and forgiveness-Wolf’s Italian Songbook is a catalogue of vicissitudes of any typical relationship. In this immersive presentation, the product of a week’s tutoring with international vocal coach Philip Mayers, the narrative will be divided amongst several couples, each charting their own emotional journey from various positions within the performance space.

QCGU Alumni Philip Mayers joins Ensemble in the joint role of pianist and narrator in this blockbuster program of 20th century masterworks. Starting with Martinu’s outrageous music for a ballet set in a kitchen where twirling sticks, a pot, a lid and a dishcloth are the main characters, this intensely quirky concert-suite features the greatest “Charleston’ ever conceived for the chamber music stage! Bartok’s mesmerising and exhilarating sonata for 2 pianos and percussion and the timelessly sublime piano trio by Ravel will take you to extraordinary places before setting you down in the fantasy world of Walton’s Facade for speaker and instrumental ensemble. Using the poetry of Edith Sitwell, Walton crafted this ‘entertainment’ with such grace and humour that it will leave you laughing, smirking, a little teary or just tapping your toe to the ubiquitous fox trot! We are delighted to welcome back outstanding Kristian Winther as our guest violinist for this program.

These lunchtime concerts feature talented students from the String Department. They are pleased to present a varied program showcasing their abilities.

Performances of top students from the Piano Department.

Mexican percussionist Evaristo has worked with Tomlinson in Mexico and the UK, but this concert marks the trios first concert together. Featuring new work by Melbourne artist Rosemary Joy.

The Conservatorium Wind Orchestra presents a program of iconic original symphonic repertoire for winds, brass and percussion.

CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris

First year Creative Music Technology students showcase live performance, computer programming and digital signal processing with open-source visual language Pure Data (Pd).

The Conservatorium’s premier jazz vocal ensembles Raised Voices and In-Voices present a double bill of unique compositions and arrangements for the genre.

The Conservatorium Big Band, under the direction of John Hoffman, will present an exciting concert of classic big band repertoire, composed and arranged by some of the greatest exponents of the genre.

The Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra presents a unique program of works conducted by Johannes Fritzsch.

The first half will include newly commissioned work by Australian composer Isabella Gerometta and Lili Boulanger’s Du fond de l’abîme. The concert will conclude with Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), a musical autobiography filled with unflinching bravado.

We welcome back one of the world’s greatest violinists to the Conservatorium stage, Alexander Sitkovetsky. With a ‘gun on every chair’ the Schubert Octet promises to be a defining performance of this masterful work, followed by the equally monumental first Concerto Grosso by Russian composer Alfred Schnittke. Watch the visually artistically composed score come to life on the stage wall while the two solo violins and pianist/harpsichordist are put through their virtuoso paces in this rarely heard, exciting masterpiece. Joining Sitkovetsky in the solo roles are young virtuoso violinist Harry Bennetts and pianist Daniel de Borah, with a string orchestra of Ensemble Q and highly talented mentees, conducted by Umberto Clerici.

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

A concert showcasing the students of the Conservatorium chamber music program.

A recital featuring our graduating wind students.

2nd year acting students will be performing in a brand-new work by the Brisbane writer and playwright, Elise Greig.
This new Australian theatre production gives the students an opportunity to investigate the creation of an original piece of writing with a professional writer/director, on the development of a new play.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

2nd year acting students will be performing in a brand-new work by the Brisbane writer and playwright, Elise Greig.
This new Australian theatre production gives the students an opportunity to investigate the creation of an original piece of writing with a professional writer/director, on the development of a new play.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

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

2nd year acting students will be performing in a brand-new work by the Brisbane writer and playwright, Elise Greig.
This new Australian theatre production gives the students an opportunity to investigate the creation of an original piece of writing with a professional writer/director, on the development of a new play.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

2nd year acting students will be performing in a brand-new work by the Brisbane writer and playwright, Elise Greig.
This new Australian theatre production gives the students an opportunity to investigate the creation of an original piece of writing with a professional writer/director, on the development of a new play.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

A concert showcasing the students of the Conservatorium chamber music program.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms
her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realises her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

Music and Lyrics by

Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by

Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown

and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms
her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realises her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

Music and Lyrics by

Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by

Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown

and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms
her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realises her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

Music and Lyrics by

Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by

Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown

and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms
her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realises her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

Music and Lyrics by

Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by

Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown

and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms
her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realises her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

Music and Lyrics by

Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by

Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown

and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms
her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realises her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

This production contains adult themes and strong language.

Music and Lyrics by

Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by

Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown

and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

Henry Purcell’s dramatic work tells the compelling story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan hero. They fall madly in love, but an evil sorceress plots to cause the downfall of Carthage, and with that, the destruction of Dido and Aeneas’ love. Aeneas seeks to defy the gods in order to remain with his beloved Dido. Dido on the other hand, feels betrayed by his perceived disloyalty and her desperation triggers a chain of events that, like most operas, does not end well…

Special thanks to Dr Glenda Powell OAM, whose long-standing support of the Val Machin Opera Scenes, named in memory of her mother, has continued to provide our emerging opera students with invaluable experiences at the Conservatorium.

Henry Purcell’s dramatic work tells the compelling story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan hero. They fall madly in love, but an evil sorceress plots to cause the downfall of Carthage, and with that, the destruction of Dido and Aeneas’ love. Aeneas seeks to defy the gods in order to remain with his beloved Dido. Dido on the other hand, feels betrayed by his perceived disloyalty and her desperation triggers a chain of events that, like most operas, does not end well…

Special thanks to Dr Glenda Powell OAM, whose long-standing support of the Val Machin Opera Scenes, named in memory of her mother, has continued to provide our emerging opera students with invaluable experiences at the Conservatorium.

Performing Arts department staff and students celebrate Christmas through music and drama in the stunning surrounds of and in partnership with St John’s Cathedral.

Performing Arts department staff and students celebrate Christmas through music and drama in the stunning surrounds of and in partnership with St John’s Cathedral.

Join the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, conductors Peter Luff and Peter Morris and selected student soloists as we present a mini festival of concerto performances. Plan to come and experience a series of rolling concerts throughout the day, with short breaks during which time there will be plenty of opportunity to engage with the soloists, conductors and fellow audience members.

Join the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, conductors Peter Luff and Peter Morris and selected student soloists as we present a mini festival of concerto performances. Plan to come and experience a series of rolling concerts throughout the day, with short breaks during which time there will be plenty of opportunity to engage with the soloists, conductors and fellow audience members.