Ensemble Offspring

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FUTURE CLASSICS

22 November, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Fresh ideas from the next generation – discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music in this Sydney Opera House showcase.

Past 2025 Events

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AVANT GARDENS: SONGBIRDS

8 March, Glebe
9 March, Kurraba Point
Our most popular and delightful program – the Aussie bush comes to your very own backyard as we riff with the birds in an intimate salon setting.

LUMEN MACHINE

12 April, The Neilson ACO On The Pier
13 April, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
Cutting-edge technology meets extreme virtuosity when London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga joins Ensemble Offspring at ACO on the Pier.

LONG PLAY FESTIVAL

2-4 May, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Long Play is an annual 3-day music festival in venues all around downtown Brooklyn, New York

AVANT GARDENS: DOUBLE SYMMETRY

17 May, Glebe
18 May, Alexandria
29 May, Tempo Rubato
From the edgy to the endearing – an evening of dynamic duets for violin and cello in an intimate salon setting.

DIVINE DARKNESS

3 July, The Neilson ACO On The Pier
4 July, The Street Theatre Canberra
Music for eyes and ears in an extraordinary and theatrical program. Ensemble Offspring and guests are joined by soprano Jane Sheldon in The Neilson, ACO on The Pier.

MOONSTRUCK

26 September, The Street Theatre Canberra
28 September, Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo
It’s Pierrot lunaire with double the madness when we perform Schoenberg’s revolutionary classic of modern music alongside Laura Bowler’s long form subversive reinvention.

NGARRA-BURRIA

15 October, Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre
Ngara-Burria means to listen to sing and this concert is a musical celebration of stories reflecting culture, country and connection from our 2025 cohort alongside our First Nations Composer in Residence Mark ‘Munk’ Ross.

Thirty years young, we're forging into the future with a tradition of groundbreaking new music. Join us for our year long celebration!

DOWNLOAD our SEASON 2025 brochure

Australia’s Musical Trailblazers

Formed in 1995, Sydney-based Ensemble Offspring is “Australia’s leading new music ensemble” (ClassikON)

Led by Claire Edwardes OAM on percussion, the ensemble comprises Lamorna Nightingale (flutes), Jason Noble (clarinets), Véronique Serret (violin) and Blair Harris (cello), with Ronan Apcar (piano) as 2025 Emerging Performer.
EO commissions more brand-new pieces of music than any other Australian group, and champion marginalised voices including female-identifying, emerging, and First Nations artists.

Meet The Musicians

"This is an ensemble of Australia’s finest musicians performing innovative, relevant and engaging new music that bursts with imagination, energy and inspiration.”

Seesaw Magazine
“Here is EO at its most adventurous and its strongest, with sharply-refined performing chops to follow through on its ambitious programmatic swing.”

Limelight
“Ensemble Offspring deserves its reputation…they perform with joy, enthusiasm and great skill.”

ClassikON
"This program was notable for its energy and variety as much as for its neat new devices."

Sydney Morning Herald
"...the quiet achiever on the Australian musical landscape… It deserves our strong support."

Sydney Arts Guide
"Ensemble Offspring's micro-festival was a tribute to the transformative power of living new music, and sent the audience home grinning."

Limelight
“Claire’s animated introductions…delight the audience, who then sit spellbound…delighted by the virtuosity and the flawless synchronicity.”

ClassikON
"The experience is totally immersive yet gently, rather than boldly, persuasive."

The Adelaide Advertiser

Ensemble Offspring

FUTURE CLASSICS

What’s On

Past 2025 Events

Australia’s Musical Trailblazers

"This is an ensemble of Australia’s finest musicians performing innovative, relevant and engaging new music that bursts with imagination, energy and inspiration.”

“Here is EO at its most adventurous and its strongest, with sharply-refined performing chops to follow through on its ambitious programmatic swing.”

“Ensemble Offspring deserves its reputation…they perform with joy, enthusiasm and great skill.”

"This program was notable for its energy and variety as much as for its neat new devices."

"...the quiet achiever on the Australian musical landscape… It deserves our strong support."

"Ensemble Offspring's micro-festival was a tribute to the transformative power of living new music, and sent the audience home grinning."

“Claire’s animated introductions…delight the audience, who then sit spellbound…delighted by the virtuosity and the flawless synchronicity.”

"The experience is totally immersive yet gently, rather than boldly, persuasive."