April
A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare – cancelled
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre
Unfortunately, the season of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been cancelled. We haven’t taken the decision lightly. The health and wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance to us and we thank you for your understanding.
QTIX will handle all refunds on behalf of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using credit card via QTIX will automatically receive a refund of the full purchase price to the same credit card and no further action from you is required. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using cash, Paypal or EFTPOS, please call QTIX Box Office on 136 246 with your booking reference number to receive a refund of the full purchase price.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare – cancelled
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre
Unfortunately, the season of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been cancelled. We haven’t taken the decision lightly. The health and wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance to us and we thank you for your understanding.
QTIX will handle all refunds on behalf of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using credit card via QTIX will automatically receive a refund of the full purchase price to the same credit card and no further action from you is required. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using cash, Paypal or EFTPOS, please call QTIX Box Office on 136 246 with your booking reference number to receive a refund of the full purchase price.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare – cancelled
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre
Unfortunately, the season of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been cancelled. We haven’t taken the decision lightly. The health and wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance to us and we thank you for your understanding.
QTIX will handle all refunds on behalf of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using credit card via QTIX will automatically receive a refund of the full purchase price to the same credit card and no further action from you is required. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using cash, Paypal or EFTPOS, please call QTIX Box Office on 136 246 with your booking reference number to receive a refund of the full purchase price.
Behind the Music – cancelled
Behind the Music
Unfortunately, Behind the Music has been cancelled. We haven’t taken the decision lightly. The health and wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance to us and we thank you for your understanding.
Piano Series: Leanne Jin – cancelled
Piano
Leanne Jin is currently completing a Bachelor of Music Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying with Natalia Ricci, where she was awarded the John and Dorothy Vimpani Pianoforte Scholarship.
Leanne has won a string of major competitions and awards in Australia and abroad over the past couple of years. She was the first place winner of the prestigious Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition in July of 2019 and also won numerous other prizes, including the Concerto Prize on Finals night for her performance of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the award for Best Recital in Round 3 and best performance of a Prelude and Fugue. Following this, Leanne won the major Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Piano Scholarship, and shortly afterward, won the Sydney Conservatorium Piano Concerto Competition. As a result, she will perform with the Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra in March of 2020.
Leanne’s other achievements last year include a silver medalist special award at the First Vienna International Music Competition, and 2nd Prize winner in the Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition NY, resulting in an invitation to perform in Carnegie Hall in March. In October of 2019, Leanne won the Audience Choice Prize in the Fine Music Young Virtuoso Awards. Leanne was recently nominated by the Sydney Eisteddfod as an outstanding performer and stand-out Musician of their 2019 Festival for the 7 News Young Achiever QPRC Performing Arts Awards. Shortly afterward, she performed Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no.1 with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre.
Composition Lunchtime – cancelled
Lunchtime
Composition
A showcase of new works by the composition students.
3rd Year Autumn Musicale – cancelled
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Come and join us for an evening of song from the talented musical theatre students.
String Faculty Chamber Ensemble – cancelled
Faculty
Strings
Join us as our string faculty present beloved works from the chamber music genre.
3rd Year Autumn Musicale – cancelled
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Come and join us for an evening of song from the talented musical theatre students.
Ensemble Q: While the World was at War – cancelled
Ensemble in Residence
Classical
All linked by the horrors of war, this extraordinary program features works imbued with sadness of loss and the devastation of the composers’ lives, however the power of the human spirit and a great sense of hope comes riding through on a great white musical horse. As we approach Anzac Day, join Ensemble Q in this moving musical tribute to those who lost their lives in war. Featuring the brilliance of German born Canadian violinist Annette-Barbara Vogel.
Earth Day Concert – cancelled
Lunchtime
A lunchtime concert celebrating the Earth and its beauty. Works being performed in this concert, written by both local and well-kown composers, pay homage to the grandeur of nature and serve as a reminder of the problems our planet faces today. This performance is an exploration of how our naturla surroundings have inspired music through the ages.
Guitar and Harp Department Lunchtime Concert – cancelled
Students
Guitar, Strings
Performance by students from the guitar area.
The Music of Louise Denson – postponed
Faculty
Join QCGU students and staff in a celebration of Louise Denson’s musical creativity featuring her unique compositions and arrangements. Her work crosses genre boundaries reflecting her musical interests and practices over a 30-year career (so far). This concert will feature the song cycle Time with Margaret Schindler (soprano) and Stephen Emmerson (piano); new compositions for jazz piano trio with Helen Russell (bass) and Paul Hudson (drums); and an exciting finale with Con Artists big band led by long-time colleague Stephen Newcomb, performing Louise’s clever arrangements. Diana Tolmie (soprano sax) will join them for Bougainvillea glabra, written especially for her.
Umberto Clerici and Daniel de Borah – postponed
Faculty
Piano, Strings
Principal cellist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Umberto Clerici performs sonatas by Chopin and Mendelssohn with Conservatorium faculty Daniel de Borah.
Brass Department Lunchtime – cancelled
Lunchtime
Brass
A lunchtime concert presented by the students of the brass department.
ConKlezmer – cancelled
Jazz
The ConKlezmer Ensemble led by Yitzhak Yedid is a spectacle of Brisbane’s finest young players. ConKlezmer ensemble creatively re-work traditional Jewish folk songs from Eastern Europe, with the jazz agenda of improvisation. This fusion of styles offers a unique take on the traditional Klezmer style, by exploring the possibilities of improvisation and individual interpretation. The result is a mix of high-energy dance music and traditional Yiddish pieces for celebration. The group cites influences from John Zorn, The Klezmatics and Dave Douglas.
May
Sophie Min Jazz Orchestra – cancelled
Alumni
Jazz
Sophie Min presents chamber ensemble works which is a continuous version of her orchestral arrangements + new episodes that condenses adventurous twists and moves. The show featuring her longest-running musical colleagues. Its spontaneity also across the string music – alongside the stunning Nonsemble Strings.
Mendelssohn, Brahms and the Streicher Piano – cancelled
Faculty
Classical
Peter Roennfeldt presents two pinnacles of chamber music with colleagues Margaret Connolly, Wayne Brennan, Nicholas Tomkin and Daniel Curro – the Brahms Piano Quintet Op.34 and Mendelssohn’s C minor Piano Trio Op.66 – performing on the 1843 Streicher Viennese piano which is ideal for these richly scored romantic works.
The Poem of Ecstasy – cancelled
Orchestra
Classical
Unfortunately, Poem of Ecstasy has been cancelled. We haven’t taken the decision lightly. The health and wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance to us and we thank you for your understanding.
QTIX will handle all refunds on behalf of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using credit card via QTIX will automatically receive a refund of the full purchase price to the same credit card and no further action from you is required. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using cash, Paypal or EFTPOS, please call QTIX Box Office on 136 246 with your booking reference number to receive a refund of the full purchase price.
The Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra is excited to welcome back the sensational international conductor, Jessica Cottis. Hailed in the UK music press as “the one to watch”, she is fast gaining an international reputation as one of the most exciting conductors of the younger generation. Join us as Jessica leads the orchestra through an exciting program of works young and old.
REPERTOIRE:
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite
LISZT: Piano Concerto No.1 – soloist Samuel Choi
LIKHUTA Rituals of Heartland
SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy
Student Band Night – cancelled
Students
Jazz
An evening of music by student-led bands from the jazz department.
Flute to Freedom – A Concert for Cancer – cancelled
A cathartic concert of flute to help raise money for breast cancer research. In memory of her mother, Rachel Louise Andrews and friends will perform a beautiful evening of romantically inspired flute melodies, from her CD recording, inspired to comfort all those affected by breast cancer. All profits from this event will go to the Cancer Council Queensland for research and awareness of breast cancer in Australia. This concert will help to promote awareness of how flute music can be a powerful healing tool and bring a sense of peace and freedom to all those affected by breast cancer.
String Lunchtime Concert – cancelled
Lunchtime
Strings
These lunchtime concerts feature talented students from the String Department. The are pleased to present a varied program showcasing their abilities.
Conservatorium Big Band – cancelled
Faculty
Jazz
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.
Val Machin Opera Scenes: Dido and Aeneas
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
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.
Val Machin Opera Scenes: Dido and Aeneas
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
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.
Interactive Music – cancelled
Music Technology
First year Creative Music Technology students present a concert of live electronic music.
Piano Lunchtime Concert – cancelled
Lunchtime
Performances of top students from Piano Area.
The Con Artists – cancelled
The Con Artists showcase Brisbane’s emerging jazz talent in this 18-piece big band, formed by the illustrious John Hoffman and currently under the direction of Steve Newcomb.
Creative Collaborations – cancelled
Students
Classical
The Conservatorium Wind Orchestra presents a concert featuring exciting new works and unexpected collaborations. Come join us for world premieres of new works and cross-disciplinary art projects as we define the future of this evolving art form!
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
Ensemble Q and JP Jofre: Bailando en Agua – cancelled
Ensemble in Residence
Classical
Unfortunately, Ensemble Q and JP Jofre has been cancelled. We haven’t taken the decision lightly. The health and wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance to us and we thank you for your understanding.
QTIX will handle all refunds on behalf of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using credit card via QTIX will automatically receive a refund of the full purchase price to the same credit card and no further action from you is required. For patrons who purchased ticket(s) using cash, Paypal or EFTPOS, please call QTIX Box Office on 136 246 with your booking reference number to receive a refund of the full purchase price.
Ensemble Q is joined by the phenomenal New York bandoneon artist and composer JP Jofre in a celebration of music inspired by dance and leading into JP Jofre’s incredible tango-inspired compositions for classical ensemble. With some of the greatest dance inspired chamber works in the first half of the program (and perhaps one infamous dancing clarinetist), be prepared to get a little steamy as we take you on a journey to South America and JP Jofre’s world of incredible music.
Electronic Instruments – cancelled
Music Technology
Electronic
A showcase of new works featuring the sonic joyfulness of new and bleeding-edge technologies – come wonder at the unique creations!
Liveness in a Virtual World – cancelled
Music Technology
We live in a culture dominated by media technologies, this screening/concert asks: what is it to be ‘live’ in a virtual world?
Wind Department Lunchtime Concert – cancelled
Lunchtime
Woodwind
A concert showcasing the talents of our wind department students.
Chamber Showcase Concert – cancelled
Students
Classical
A concert showcasing the students of the Conservatorium chamber music program.
Raised Voices & In-Voices – cancelled
Lunchtime
Jazz
The Conservatorium’s premier jazz vocal ensembles Raised Voices and In-Voices present a double bill of unique compositions and arrangements for the genre.
Student Band Night – cancelled
Students
Jazz
An evening of music by student-led bands from the jazz department.
Chamber Showcase Concert – cancelled
Students
Classical
A concert showcasing the students of the Conservatorium chamber music program.
3rd Year Winter’s Eve Musicale – cancelled
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Come and join us for an evening of song from these talented students.
3rd Year Winter’s Eve Musicale – cancelled
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Come and join us for an evening of song from these talented students.
July
Acting Audition Workshop 2020
Acting
Acting
Do you have what it takes to be an actor? Find out at our Audition Workshop!
Date: Monday 6 – Friday 10 July, 2020
| This week-long audition workshop is for performers in years 11, 12 and beyond who want to develop their Acting audition skills.
Participants will work with our expert performing arts staff in intensive group lessons and learn the essentials of auditioning processes, etiquette and material selection. They will also take part in mock auditions; work on their acting pieces and hear from industry professionals about their own audition experiences. Acting workshops will include improvisation, scene work (contemporary and Shakespeare) and clowning. The Performing Arts Acting Audition Workshop, held at our Woolloongabba studios, is a fundamental experience for those preparing for a career in acting. Please email [email protected] with any queries. |
Musical Theatre Audition Workshop 2020
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre
Do you have what it takes to be a musical theatre performer?
Find out at our Audition Workshop!
When: Monday 6 – Friday 10 July 2020.
Cost : $560 (incl GST)
This week-long audition workshop is for performers in years 11, 12 and beyond who want to develop auditioning skills in Musical Theatre.
Participants will work with our expert performing arts staff in intensive group-lessons and learn the essentials of the auditioning processes, etiquette and material selection. They will also learn a simple dance routine, take part in mock auditions; work on their singing and acting pieces and hear from industry professionals about their own audition experiences.
The Performing Arts Musical Theatre Audition Workshop, held at our Woolloongabba studios, is a fundamental experience for those preparing for a career in musical theatre.
Please email [email protected] with any queries.
Summer Nights Project
Ensemble in Residence
New Music
Part of a National Tour of Emerging Female Composers.
Supported by APRA, Australia Council, Tura New Music
Behind the Music
Behind the Music
Research
This event will feature the creative processes and musical work of a Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre researcher.
Distant Connections
Faculty
Percussion
The performance will be a showcase of new works for percussion, involving Australian premieres and world premieres of local and international emerging composers.
Lyrebird Trio – Russian Masters
The Lyrebird Trio returns to the Queensland Conservatorium to present a thrilling performance of the first piano trios written by two Russian masters Arensky and Shostakovich.
The evening’s program will include:
Rachmaninov Trio Éégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Arensky Piano Trio no 1
Shostakovich Piano Trio no 1
Vocal Department Showcase Concert
Students
Opera & Voice
Students of the classical voice department will present a program of art song and operatic arias together with pianist and Conservatorium Lecturer in Opera Practices, Jillianne Stoll.
Clocked Out with Peter Knight
Ensemble in Residence
Experimental
Alumni, and director of the Australian Art Orchestra Peter Knight, teams up with longterm collaborators in their first trio performance.
August
Riverside Guitar Ensemble Fundraising Special Event
Special Event
Strings
Come and support the Riverside Guitar Ensemble’s forthcoming interstate tour! Riverside Ensemble features Queensland’s finest young professional guitarists alongside QCGU’s leading guitar students in an exciting programme of music from around the world. Drinks and nibbles will be provided after the concert and the audience will have the chance to mingle with the ensemble and their director Karin Schaupp.
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Wicked
Performing Arts
Acting, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts
Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.
Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future.
Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DIRECTOR: Alister Smith
CONDUCTOR: Peter Morris
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heidi Loveland
Away By Michael Gow
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Michael Gow’s Away is one of Australia’s most popular plays. Set in the summer of 1967-68, it focuses on three families embarking on their summer holiday at the end of the year. The families are seen as a cross section of the Australian community. During each of the holidays there is a storm and they coincidently end up on the same beach.
DIRECTOR: Jacqui Somerville
Double Bass Class Lunchtime Concert
Students
A performance by the talented students of the Double Bass class.
Away By Michael Gow
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Michael Gow’s Away is one of Australia’s most popular plays. Set in the summer of 1967-68, it focuses on three families embarking on their summer holiday at the end of the year. The families are seen as a cross section of the Australian community. During each of the holidays there is a storm and they coincidently end up on the same beach.
DIRECTOR: Jacqui Somerville
Chamber Wind Orchestra
Students
Classical
Join members of the Conservatorium Wind Orchestra as we present a concert of significant works composed for 13-18 winds. Following on from very successful chamber wind orchestra programs in 2018 and 2019, this has now become an annual event to look forward to! This concert will also feature our masters and doctoral conducting students.
String Lunchtime Concert
Lunchtime
Strings
These lunchtime concerts feature talented students from the String Department. The are pleased to present a varied program showcasing their abilities.
Away By Michael Gow
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Michael Gow’s Away is one of Australia’s most popular plays. Set in the summer of 1967-68, it focuses on three families embarking on their summer holiday at the end of the year. The families are seen as a cross section of the Australian community. During each of the holidays there is a storm and they coincidently end up on the same beach.
DIRECTOR: Jacqui Somerville
Away By Michael Gow
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Michael Gow’s Away is one of Australia’s most popular plays. Set in the summer of 1967-68, it focuses on three families embarking on their summer holiday at the end of the year. The families are seen as a cross section of the Australian community. During each of the holidays there is a storm and they coincidently end up on the same beach.
DIRECTOR: Jacqui Somerville
Away By Michael Gow
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Michael Gow’s Away is one of Australia’s most popular plays. Set in the summer of 1967-68, it focuses on three families embarking on their summer holiday at the end of the year. The families are seen as a cross section of the Australian community. During each of the holidays there is a storm and they coincidently end up on the same beach.
DIRECTOR: Jacqui Somerville
Away By Michael Gow
Performing Arts
Musical Theatre
Michael Gow’s Away is one of Australia’s most popular plays. Set in the summer of 1967-68, it focuses on three families embarking on their summer holiday at the end of the year. The families are seen as a cross section of the Australian community. During each of the holidays there is a storm and they coincidently end up on the same beach.
DIRECTOR: Jacqui Somerville
Apparition
Faculty
Opera & Voice
Pianist Stephen Emmerson and soprano Margaret Schindler will present a program of songs by American composers Charles Ives and George Crumb including his masterpiece Apparition.
Music Technology LIVE Capstone
Music Technology
Electronic
Third year Creative Music Technology students present a concert of new and original works with a variety of electronic and digital technology.
September
Student Band Night
Students
Jazz
An evening of music by student-led bands from the jazz department.
Béatrice et Bénédict
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
Based on the Shakespeare classic, Much Ado About Nothing, Hector Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict is a comic opera involving two very different pairs of lovers – the first, Claudio and Héro, are traditionally tender and loving, and the other, Béatrice and Bénédict, completely the opposite. The friction between this pair creates a timeless tale of secrets, lies, humour and mistaken identity. Set to Berlioz’s lush and romantic score, and conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, this is an opera that the whole family will enjoy.
Real Time Systems
Music Technology
Electronic, Experimental
First year Creative Music Technology students present a concert with bespoke software instruments using open-source visual programming language Pure data (Pd).
Béatrice et Bénédict
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
Based on the Shakespeare classic, Much Ado About Nothing, Hector Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict is a comic opera involving two very different pairs of lovers – the first, Claudio and Héro, are traditionally tender and loving, and the other, Béatrice and Bénédict, completely the opposite. The friction between this pair creates a timeless tale of secrets, lies, humour and mistaken identity. Set to Berlioz’s lush and romantic score, and conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, this is an opera that the whole family will enjoy.
Piano Lunchtime Concert
Lunchtime
Piano
Performances of top students from the Piano Area.
Béatrice et Bénédict
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
Based on the Shakespeare classic, Much Ado About Nothing, Hector Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict is a comic opera involving two very different pairs of lovers – the first, Claudio and Héro, are traditionally tender and loving, and the other, Béatrice and Bénédict, completely the opposite. The friction between this pair creates a timeless tale of secrets, lies, humour and mistaken identity. Set to Berlioz’s lush and romantic score, and conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, this is an opera that the whole family will enjoy.
Béatrice et Bénédict
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
Based on the Shakespeare classic, Much Ado About Nothing, Hector Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict is a comic opera involving two very different pairs of lovers – the first, Claudio and Héro, are traditionally tender and loving, and the other, Béatrice and Bénédict, completely the opposite. The friction between this pair creates a timeless tale of secrets, lies, humour and mistaken identity. Set to Berlioz’s lush and romantic score, and conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, this is an opera that the whole family will enjoy.
Sound in Space
Faculty
Electronic, Experimental, Music Technology
A biennial celebration of multichannel composition, sound diffusion, and live performance, all in surround-sound.
Class of 2020 Acting and Musical Theatre Showcase
Performing Arts
A delicious taste of some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire has been superbly crafted to create this talent-packed 75-minute show.
This showcase introduces the first cohort of graduating students from the Bachelor of Acting, alongside students from the Bachelor of Musical
Theatre. Putting the spotlight firmly on the graduating class of 2020. This production contains adult themes and strong language.
PRODUCER: Paul Sabey
CREATIVE DIRECTION:
Paul Sabey
Megan Shorey
Jacqui Somerville
Kate Wilson
PIANIST: Heidi Loveland
Brisbane Showcase
Wednesday 16 September, 7.30 pm
Thursday 17 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 18 September, 7.30 pm
Saturday 19 September,
2.30 pm & 7.30 pm
Melbourne Showcase
Monday 21 September, 7.30 pm
Tuesday 22 September, 1.00 pm*
Tuesday 22 September, 7.30 pm
Sydney Showcase
Thursday 24 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 25 September, 1.00 pm*
Friday 25 September, 7.30 pm
*Industry Only Performance
(Please contact the Performing Arts
department for invitations)
ByWays One – Phil Treloar
Faculty
Percussion
In a program which continues the development of his concept, Collective Autonomy, Phil Treloar presents spontaneous explorations for solo marimba integrating tonal and a-tonal structures, and ‘Bi-Ways One’, a new piece by Treloar designed to explore and extend relationships between notation in mobile form (Miller) and improvised responses (Treloar) as a dialogical process.
Class of 2020 Acting and Musical Theatre Showcase
Performing Arts
A delicious taste of some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire has been superbly crafted to create this talent-packed 75-minute show.
This showcase introduces the first cohort of graduating students from the Bachelor of Acting, alongside students from the Bachelor of Musical
Theatre. Putting the spotlight firmly on the graduating class of 2020. This production contains adult themes and strong language.
PRODUCER: Paul Sabey
CREATIVE DIRECTION:
Paul Sabey
Megan Shorey
Jacqui Somerville
Kate Wilson
PIANIST: Heidi Loveland
Brisbane Showcase
Wednesday 16 September, 7.30 pm
Thursday 17 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 18 September, 7.30 pm
Saturday 19 September,
2.30 pm & 7.30 pm
Melbourne Showcase
Monday 21 September, 7.30 pm
Tuesday 22 September, 1.00 pm*
Tuesday 22 September, 7.30 pm
Sydney Showcase
Thursday 24 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 25 September, 1.00 pm*
Friday 25 September, 7.30 pm
*Industry Only Performance
(Please contact the Performing Arts
department for invitations)
Class of 2020 Acting and Musical Theatre Showcase
Performing Arts
A delicious taste of some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire has been superbly crafted to create this talent-packed 75-minute show.
This showcase introduces the first cohort of graduating students from the Bachelor of Acting, alongside students from the Bachelor of Musical
Theatre. Putting the spotlight firmly on the graduating class of 2020. This production contains adult themes and strong language.
PRODUCER: Paul Sabey
CREATIVE DIRECTION:
Paul Sabey
Megan Shorey
Jacqui Somerville
Kate Wilson
PIANIST: Heidi Loveland
Brisbane Showcase
Wednesday 16 September, 7.30 pm
Thursday 17 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 18 September, 7.30 pm
Saturday 19 September,
2.30 pm & 7.30 pm
Melbourne Showcase
Monday 21 September, 7.30 pm
Tuesday 22 September, 1.00 pm*
Tuesday 22 September, 7.30 pm
Sydney Showcase
Thursday 24 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 25 September, 1.00 pm*
Friday 25 September, 7.30 pm
*Industry Only Performance
(Please contact the Performing Arts
department for invitations)
Class of 2020 Acting and Musical Theatre Showcase
Performing Arts
A delicious taste of some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire has been superbly crafted to create this talent-packed 75-minute show.
This showcase introduces the first cohort of graduating students from the Bachelor of Acting, alongside students from the Bachelor of Musical
Theatre. Putting the spotlight firmly on the graduating class of 2020. This production contains adult themes and strong language.
PRODUCER: Paul Sabey
CREATIVE DIRECTION:
Paul Sabey
Megan Shorey
Jacqui Somerville
Kate Wilson
PIANIST: Heidi Loveland
Brisbane Showcase
Wednesday 16 September, 7.30 pm
Thursday 17 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 18 September, 7.30 pm
Saturday 19 September,
2.30 pm & 7.30 pm
Melbourne Showcase
Monday 21 September, 7.30 pm
Tuesday 22 September, 1.00 pm*
Tuesday 22 September, 7.30 pm
Sydney Showcase
Thursday 24 September, 7.30 pm
Friday 25 September, 1.00 pm*
Friday 25 September, 7.30 pm
*Industry Only Performance
(Please contact the Performing Arts
department for invitations)