October
Queensland Conservatorium Singers @ St Ignatius Church
Voice
Students
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
Join the QCGU Contemporary Ensemble in a journey through exciting new music.
QCGU Saxophone Orchestra
Students
Woodwind
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
Have a sublime lunchtime with beautiful music from our Guitar and Harp students.
Composition Showcase
Students
Composition
A celebration of new work by the Composition students.
Out of Time
Faculty
Contemporary
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
CMT: MultiMedia Project
Students
Music Technology
Second year Creative Music Technology students present live audio-visual compositions created with Touch Designer
Jazz Showcase
Jazz
Jazz
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
Join us in the internal Courtyard for a performance by our Gamelan Ensemble.
Post-concert Foyer Jazz
Jazz
Students
Join our jazz students for some smooth jazz following the Showcase.
Brass Ensemble Lunchtime
Students
Brass
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
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.
Wind Department Lunchtime
Students
Woodwind
A feast of music for woodwind.
Chamber Music Showcase
Students
Chamber
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
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
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.
Chamber Music Showcase
Students
Chamber
Join us for the final two Chamber Music Showcases of the year.
Real and Diverse Theatre presents Quavers
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.
Pop Showcase
Popular Music
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.
Butter
Acting
Special Event
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.
Real and Diverse Theatre presents Quavers
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.
An Evening in Concert: With the Second-Year Musical Theatre Students
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre
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
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.
CMT: Capstone
Students
Students
Third year Creative Music Technology students present their final performances of original work, come support our graduating students!
November
Edges
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre
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
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
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
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
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
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
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