September
Saxophone Department Lunchtime
Students
Woodwind
A concert of stunning music for classical saxophone.
View the program here
Pre-concert Foyer Jazz
Join our jazz students in the foyer for some smooth jazz before the Student Band Night at 7.30pm
Student Band Night
Students
Jazz
Classics and new music by our fantastic student-led ensembles.
5 September:
desvendando (Chris Stover and Erik Griswold, trombone and piano) will present a short set, followed by Tocando Brasil (directed by Kym Ambrose).
6pm: Join us in the Courtyard for a pre-performance set.
Ways by Ways plays Canto Ostinato
Faculty
New Music
Contemporary music collective Simeon ten Holt’s epic work Canto Ostinato has achieved legendary status across the globe. Hear it for the first time in Brisbane, played by Contemporary music collective alongside QCGU students. Ways by Ways is a contemporary music collective committed to curious and explorative musical practices, striving to develop and push the boundaries of the listening and musical experience.
Led by Timothy Munro (flute), Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (Percussion), and Alex Raineri (piano), Ways by Ways has community and collaboration at its core, committed to working with Australian composers and creating new works with emerging composers/performers who are challenging the intersection of conventional and experimental practices.
CMT: Real Time Systems
Students
Music Technology
First year Creative Music Technology students present a concert with bespoke software instruments using open-source visual programming language Pure Data (Pd).
Please note, the event was previously scheduled for Monday 9 September
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
Eishan Ensemble
Chamber, Special Event
“Casts a spell all on its own…” – Sydney Morning Herald.
Led by acclaimed Persian-Australian tar player and composer, Hamed Sadeghi, the ARIA-nominated Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary and classical music traditions of both East and West. Described as ‘Persian chamber jazz’ and ‘Middle Eastern jazz fusion’, Eishan defies neat labels.
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
Latin Guitar Extravaganza with Chrystian Dozza.
Guitar
This exciting celebration of the guitar will feature the Riverside Guitar Ensemble, alongside smaller guitar ensembles, presenting a program of favorites alongside guitar legends, Chrystian Dozza and Karin Schaupp.
Composition Department Lunchtime
Students
Composition
More cutting-edge music from our Composition students.
Pre-concert Foyer Jazz
Jazz
Students
Join our jazz students for some smooth jazz before Student Band Night kicks off at 7.30pm
Student Band Night
Students
Jazz
Classics and new music by our fantastic student-led ensembles.
5 September:
desvendando (Chris Stover and Erik Griswold, trombone and piano) will present a short set, followed by Tocando Brasil (directed by Kym Ambrose).
6pm: Join us in the Courtyard for a pre-performance set.
Vocal Department Showcase
Students
Voice
A concert which celebrates current students of classical voice in a concert of art song, opera and operetta.
Kristian Winther & Daniel de Borah in Recital
Faculty
Chamber
Acclaimed violinist Kristian Winther joins Qld. Conservatorium’s Head of Chamber Music, Daniel de Borah, to perform Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.134 by Shostakovich along with Bartok’s Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, Sz.75.
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
Chamber Music Side-By-Side with the L.A. Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Chamber
Experience a delightful musical collaboration as students from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University join forces with the world-renowned LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet to present a program including the first movement of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet in F minor and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll.
This unique concert celebrates the beauty and intimacy of chamber music, showcasing the exceptional talent of these young musicians alongside the seasoned expertise of the LA Philharmonic members.
Join Andrew Bain on horn, Whitney Crockett on bassoon, Boris Allakhverdyan on clarinet, Denis Bouriakov on flute, and Marc Lachat on oboe, along with the faculty and students of the Queensland Conservatorium for a performance that promises to be both joyous and inspiring.
View the full program here
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre – Class of 2024 Musical Theatre Showcase
Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre’s Class of 2024 presents the Musical Theatre Industry Showcase. Featuring some of the industry’s most rich and moving repertoire, this event has been superbly crafted to create a talent-packed showcase, spotlighting the Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduating students of 2024.
Patrons are advised that this production may contain adult themes and strong language.
October
Creative Music Ensemble
Students
Contemporary
Join the Creative Music Ensemble for a performance of contemporary classics.
Jazz Vocal Showcase
Students
Jazz
QCGU’s premier jazz vocal ensembles present an evening of unique compositions and arrangements for the genre.
Piano Department Lunchtime
Students
Piano
Spend your lunchtime with the cream of the QCGU Piano Department.
Queensland Conservatorium String Orchestra
Students
Orchestra, Strings
Masterworks for Strings including Bartok – Divertimento for String Orchestra, Tippett – Concerto Grosso, Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
Pop: Live & Loud
Students
Popular Music
A fabulous display of talent by our amazing Pop students.
Symphonic Winds
Wind Orchestra
Brass, Percussion, Woodwind
String Department Lunchtime
Students
Strings
Join the talented students of the QCGU String Department for a programme of popular and lesser-known gems.
View the program here
Breath, Buzz & Slide Part 2
Students
Brass
The QCGU trombone ensemble presents a collection of works for both small and large groupings of trombones.
Feathered
Students
Woodwind
When too much treble is never enough. The newly-formed QCGU flute ensemble lives life on a solid-silver edge, in music by Anna Clyne, Ian Clark, Richard Strauss and Felix Mendelssohn.
Acting Showcase
Students
Acting
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s 2024 3rd Year Bachelor of Acting students present their graduating Industry Showcase.
An exciting opportunity to experience close-up the talented cohort and the results of their work over the 3 years of study.
Acting Showcase
Students
Acting
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s 2024 3rd Year Bachelor of Acting students present their graduating Industry Showcase.
An exciting opportunity to experience close-up the talented cohort and the results of their work over the 3 years of study.
Musica Viva Australia: Ensemble Q & William Barton
Ensemble in Residence
Classical
Old meets new and new meets old when classical virtuosos team up with the boundless sonic imagination of William Barton to explore Brahms, Ligeti and more. Wrap yourself in a kaleidoscope of sound.
Venue:
Conservatorium Theatre
Griffith University
South Bank, Brisbane
Acting Showcase
Students
Acting
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s 2024 3rd Year Bachelor of Acting students present their graduating Industry Showcase.
An exciting opportunity to experience close-up the talented cohort and the results of their work over the 3 years of study.
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.
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Orchestra
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.
Pop Showcase
Popular Music
This exciting capstone event features 90 minutes of original music; created, arranged and performed by by the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s amazing third-year Popular Music students.
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.
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