Past Events

Explore our recent programs: a dynamic mix of world premieres and avant-garde classics.

* Indicates a world premiere.

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performance

    Sat 31 August & Sun 1 September

    Glebe & Tempe

    Program

    Alex Turley – Rosewood & Steel (2023)

    Aristea Mellos – Preludes: Book One (2022)

    Mark Pollard – Sheridan Close (2004)

    Gareth Farr – Kembang Suling (1996)

    Anne Boyd – KaKan (1984)

    Gemma Peacocke – I Promise Not to Poison You xoxo (2024)
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Generously supported by Creative New Zealand

    Angus Davison – Fable (2024)
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Generously supported by the Silo Collective

    Performers

    Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

    Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

    Jocelyn Ho (piano/keyboard)

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performance

    3 August, 2024
    The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

    Program

    Bree van Reyk – Remnant Magnetism (2024)
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Generously supported by Peter Howard

    Kaija Saariaho – Light and Matter (2014)

    May Lyon – Da Na Chaill (2024)
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Noisy Women Commission 2023
    Generously supported by the Modest Expectations fund

    Georges Aperghis – Wild Romance (2013)
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    Performers

    Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

    Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

    Ben Opie (oboe)

    Jason Noble (bass clarinet)

    Jack Symonds (piano)

    Véronique Serret (violin)

    Andrew Jezek (viola)

    Blair Harris (cello)

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performance

    16 June, 2024
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown

    Program

    Caroline Shaw – Gustave Le Gray (2012)

    Brenda Gifford – Walimbaya (Return) (2022)

    Adrián Pertout – Musica Battuta (2016)

    Sarah Hennies – Spectral Malsconcities (2018)
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    Performers

    Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

    Benjamin Ward (double bass)

    Alex Raineri (piano)

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performance

    Sat 27 April & Sun 28 April

    Glebe & Alexandria

    Program

    David Lang – lend/lease (2008)

    Dai Fujikura – Twin Tweets (2019)

    Larry Sitsky – Zuqerq (1984)

    Tansy Davies – Yoik II (2021)

    Elizabeth Jigalin – Dream Sequence (2024)
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Generously supported by the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund

    Giacinto Scelsi – Maknongan (1976)

    Michael Smetanin – Temple (2015)

    Alexandre Lunsqui – Topografia Index 3A (2008)

    Performers

    Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

    Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

    Jason Noble (clarinets)

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performance

    23 March, 2024
    The Nielson, ACO Pier 2/3

    Program

    Kate Moore – Joyful Melodies (2024)
    WORLD PREMIERE

    Wang Lu – Cloud Intimacy (2016)

    Bernhard Gander – beijing (2010)

    Hannah Peel – Neon (2021)

    Fausto Romitelli – Amok Koma (2001)

    Performers

    Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

    Roland Peelman (conductor)

    Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

    Jason Noble (clarinet, bass clarinet)

    Claudia Jelic (clarinet)

    Alice Morgan (saxophone)

    Sonya Lifschitz (piano)

    Theo Carbo (electric guitar)

    Kyla Matsuura-Miller (violin)

    Blair Harris (cello)

    Andrew Jezek (viola)

2024

2023

  • Performances

    9 December, 2023
    Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

    Program
    Holly Harrison – Ice Giant (2023)*
    violin

    Kaija Saariaho – NoaNoa (1992)
    flute, electronics

    Jacob Druckman – Reflections on the Nature of Water (1991)
    marimba

    Huw Belling – Music in Sweatpants (2023)*
    bass clarinet

    Liza Lim – The Su Song Star Map (2017)
    violin

    Jane Sheldon – Spectre: three attempts to summon her (2023)*
    bass flute, electronics

    Lachlan Skipworth – Ocean Pulse (2023)*
    marimba

    Magnus Lindberg – Ablauf (1983)
    bass clarinet and two bass drums

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performances

    11 November, 2023
    The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3

    Program

    Isabella Gerometta – Meteor Mash (2023)*
    flute, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion

    Noemi Liba Friedman – Tangled Waves (2023)*
    flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion

    Isabella Rahme – Return (2023)*
    flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion

    Jessica Lindsay Smith – Supernovæ (2023)*
    alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion

    Matthew Laing – Timepiece (2023)*
    piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performances

    26 August, 2023 | 2pm & 5pm
    Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

    Program

    Missy Mazzoli – Still Life with Avalanche (2009)
    flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

    Kaija Saariaho – Oi Kuu (1990)
    bass flute, cello

    Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint (1985)
    clarinet, tape

    Samantha Wolf – A rose is a rose is a ruse: A Bachelor's Tale (2023)*
    piccolo/flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

    Paul Dean – the weight we carry (2023)*
    piccolo/flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performances

    23 June, 2023
    Carriageworks

    24 June, 2023
    Carriageworks

    Program

    Josephine Macken – The imaginary line about which the body rotates (2022)*
    flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

    Martin Wesley-Smith – For Marimba and Tape (1983)
    marimba, electronics

    Augustin Braud – Hexis (2022)*
    cello, percussion

    Richard Meale – Incredible Floridas (1971)
    flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

  • Performances

    10 May, 2023
    Tempo Rubato

    11 May, 2023
    Monash University

    12 May, 2023
    Orange Conservatorium

    13 May, 2023
    Church Street Studios

    Program

    Katy Abbott – Re-echo (2015)
    cello, vibraphone

    Stuart Greenbaum – Lunar Orbit (2011)
    cello

    Kate Moore – Spel (2016)
    vibraphone

    Mary Finsterer – TIDE (2023)*
    cello, percussion

    Matthew Shlomowitz – Hi Hat and Me (2010)
    percussion

    Mark Summer – Julie-O (1988)
    cello

    Bree van Reyk – Slipstreams (2021)
    vibraphone

    Christopher Cerrone – The Pleasure at Being the Cause (2021, arr. 2022)*
    cello, vibraphone

    Gene Koshinski – Get It! (2011)
    cello, cajon

  • Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performances

    25 March, 2023
    House concert in Glebe

    26 March, 2023
    House concert in Woolahra

    Program

    Sebastián Tozzola – Paisaje Folclórico No. 2 (2017)
    bass clarinet, piano

    Karen Tanaka – Techno Etudes (2000)
    piano

    Alice Chance – Mirroring (2021)
    vibraphone

    Samantha Wolf – Bull in a China Shop (2020)
    percussion, piano

    Nicole Murphy – Dissemble (2020)
    clarinet, percussion

    Joe Chindamo – Triangolo di pensieri (2023)*
    clarinet, piano, percussion

    Chick Corea – Children’s Songs No. 1 & 6 (1983, arr. Edwardes, Noble & Kopp, 2023)
    clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion

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    Program Booklet (PDF)

    Performances

    26 February, 2023
    House concert in Alexandria

    Program

    Brenda Gifford – Mungala (Clouds) (2018)
    alto flute, percussion

    Courtney Cousins – Daphne (2023)*
    soprano, flute, marimba

    Tōru Takemitsu – Toward the Sea (1981, arranged 2023)
    flute, marimba

    Frank Nuyts – Une fille comme Anne (2022, arranged 2023)
    soprano, flute, marimba

    Beat Furrer – auf tönernen fussen (2001)
    flute, soprano

    Jacob Druckman – Reflections on the Nature of Water (movements II, IV, VI) (1986)
    marimba

    George Crumb – Madrigals, Book II (1965)
    soprano, flute, percussion