19 JULY @ 12noon

We invite our younger audience members to explore their own voices. The pre-concert improvisation workshop makes for a great family holiday activity, and you don't need an instrument or any musical experience to join!

FREE ENTRY - NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED

19 JULY @ 2:00pm

We all have important stories to tell, and our own unique voice to tell them with. When we listen to the stories that composers share through their music, we learn not only about the story, but about their emotional connection and experience of the story. From Margaret Sutherland, one of Australia's classical music legends, to the new voice of Imogen Ferdinando, Dialogue of Minds invites you to share in their retelling of these tales.

Join international chamber duo Dialogue of Minds as they dig out untold stories. Australian clarinetist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott visit Australia for just a handful of concerts after their second London tour. Their ambition is to always find ways to inject classical music with new life, whether that be with new commissions or new interpretations. They are admired for their sensitivity, having received training and praise across Europe.

We also invite our younger audience members to explore their own voices. The pre-concert improvisation workshop makes for a great family holiday activity, and you don't need an instrument or any musical experience to join!

2 AUGUST @ 7:30pm

Blending lyrical melodies, bouncy grooves, and cinematic atmospheres, the Stefano Rocco Quartet creates a unique sonic signature that transcends genre boundaries.

Described as “crisp and audacious... a sparkling gem of an album” ( Edward Blanco, AllAboutJazz) the quartet’s debut album, A New Night, a New Day, showcased their ‘humanistic approach to jazz, creating soothing and heartwarming soundscapes’

(Nikos Fotakis, AustralianJazz.net.)

Now the group presents works from their 2025 album ‘Wildlife’, promising an immersive musical journey:

“Wildlife, the group’s second album, is very impressive, the opposite of rough around the edges, with faultless sound balance.”

Eric Myers – The Australian

STEFANO ROCCO – GUITAR

NICK SOUTHCOTT - PIANO

ED RODRIGUES - DRUMS

CALLUM EGGINS - BASS

9 AUGUST

Vanessa Larry Mitchell returns with another hilarious show.

10 AUGUST

Max Alduca is one of Australia’s most in-demand bassists, regularly touring nationally and internationally with Hamed Sadeghi’s Eishan Ensemble, Hilary Geddes Quartet, The Pocket Trio, Microfiche and many others. He has also worked with prominent artists including Mike Nock, Paul Grabowsky and Dale Barlow. The quintet, formed in 2022, reflects Alduca’s long-standing musical relationships with Geddes, Avgenicos, Sweeting, and Waples. Their collective sound, shaped by years of collaboration, is at the core of Monastery.

19 AUGUST @ 7:30pm

Italian toy piano and toy instrument specialist Antonietta Loffredo will perform a variety of contemporary and classical works by Australian and International composers in this one-of-a-kind recital dedicated to musical toys. Using a collection of toy pianos, bells, rain sticks, and even a wooden spoon, Antonietta will present an exciting and experimental evening of music to showcase the range and depth of these unconventional instruments.

Antonietta will be joined by special local guests, Diana Blom, Alana Blackburn, and Paul Smith, and the evening will culminate in the rarely performed Toy Symphony written by Josef Haydn in the second half of the 18th century.

The concert will feature works by Diana Blom, Paul Smith, Gian Paolo Luppi, Michael Hannan, and Stephen Montague.

About Antonietta:

Antonietta Loffredo, pianist and musicologist, is a graduate of the Conservatorio “F.E. Dall’Abaco” in Italy and of the Conservatoire Niedermeyer d’Issy les Moulineaux in France. She earned a Master of Music degree in musicology from the University of Milan with a thesis on the toy piano. An acclaimed interpreter of the contemporary piano and toy piano repertoire, she has performed in Europe, the Middle East, USA, Australia, New Zealand and she has been holding lectures and conferences around the world on the subject of piano and toy piano in contemporary art music. Her CDs of newly composed piano and toy piano music include Childhood in Music, Shadows and Silhouettes – new music with a Chinese-Western confluence, Antarctica – new music for piano and/or toy piano released by Wirripang Pty. Ltd. and The Toy Piano Takes the Stage released by DaVinci Classics (Japan). Her book, “The Toy Piano - From the Playroom to the Concert Platform” (Ut Orpheus, Bologna, 2018), has been awarded the 2023 ITRA Senior Prize for Outstanding Toy Research (International Toy Research Association). Currently, she is a PhD student at the University of Bologna (Italy), conducting research on toy instruments in art music.

6 SEPTEMBER

Returning for another outstanding concert

13 SEPTEMBER

De Ziah and Date return for another inspiring concert of music with Irish origins

19 SEPTEMBER

Violin and piano recital

20 SEPTEMBER

ARIA award winning world-roots jazz ensemble

5 NOVEMBER @ 7:30pm

A presentation of spoken commentary, complementary visuals and musical interludes for solo viola and viola with piano.

Presented by Robert Harris (viola) with Deidre Rickards (piano).

21 - 29 NOVEMBER

Winner of three Tony Awards, Next to Normal is a musical with a story centering on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family.