What’s On

Bold, brave and fearless, Ensemble Offspring is poised to navigate uncharted musical territories in 2023. Our daring season features over twenty world premieres which traverse themes of the human psyche, nature and the cosmos. With a fierce commitment to emerging, female-identifying and First Nations voices, our trusted brand of musical trailblazing burns bright in 2023. ...

Here’s your chance to get out of the concert hall and into the fresh air. Avant Gardens 1 features soprano Jane Sheldon, harpist Emily Granger and flautist Lamorna Nightingale in a unique mash-up of sound worlds. International giants Saariaho, Crumb and Furrer meet works by First Nations composer Elizabeth Sheppard and emerging Sydney composer Courtney ...

Our first Mondays @ The Church concert features two re-imaginings of existing works. A quartet of clarinet, violin, cello and percussion presents Genevieve Murphy’s They Move Differently Here, originally premiered at Gaudeamus 2019 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, plus a piano and vibraphone performance of Bumps Per Minute by Anna Meredith, newly arranged by Jessica Wells. ...

Ngarra-Burria are Dharug words meaning ‘to hear, to sing’. Initiated in 2017 by Indigenous composer Christopher Sainsbury, the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program exists to support and mentor emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander composers. The annual program is a platform for First Peoples musicians to develop their compositional skills and connect with the art ...

The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s Voyage of Musical Discovery series was established and designed by the late Richard Gill AO, world-renowned educator and ARCO’s founding artistic director. ‘Musical Identities’ is the third Voyage of Musical Discovery in 2023, and reveals the multiple identities of composer and performer and the links between them. Ensemble Offspring ...

The Surge is a multi-layered feast of music, ideas, lessons from the past and hope for the decade ahead. Joined by leading guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach, Ensemble Offspring reignites two ’90s classics by iconic Australians Peter Sculthorpe and Nigel Westlake alongside five new commissions reflecting on the cultural, environmental and political situations Australia ...

This Showcase is the culmination of Ensemble Offspring’s 2023 Hatched Composer Intensive. Six rising composers from around the country will debut new works they have composed under the expert eye of Ensemble Offspring’s virtuoso instrumentalists. Come along for an evening of fresh ideas, celebrating the next generation of musical thinkers. The triumphant end of a ...