Held in the hours is a fifty-hour durational performance using a 1970s Singer 20U industrial sewing machine once belonging to Salwa, a skilled dressmaker. Held in the hours will be performed on Friday 26 September, and Saturdays and Sundays during the exhibition, between 12-5pm, with closing event on Sat 18 Oct 3-5pm.
Van Diemen’s Band with Ensemble Kaboul featuring musicians Khaled Arman (rubab), Siar Hashimi (tablā and vocals) and Masud Hashimi (zerbaghali and percussion).
Van Diemen’s Band’s period instruments interweave with the melodic patterns of traditional Afghan and Persian music, while vocals merge with the late 19th century piano compositions of Erik Satie. Traditional Persian compositions have been arranged for this ensemble, and Western classical pieces selected, creating an interplay between Central Asian and European musical traditions.
Works all composed in 2025 by Australian women
Iran Sanadzadeh – Weave
Anne Cawrse – Killing the Angel in the House
Melissa Douglas – Swift Fly the Wings
Alex Manton – Women Wear Capes
Samantha Wolf – Vox Serpentis
Naomi Dodd – Two Voices
Alena Walentin; Collaborative Artist: Anna Rutkowska-Schock
Anže Rozman (b.1989) – Phoenix (2015)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) – Nocturne from the Suite “Belshazzar’s feast” Op. 51 (1906)
André Jolivet (1905-1974) – Chant de Linos (1944)
Diane Berger and Sydney Flutists
Melody Eotvos – Tardigradus for solo flute/picc, vibraphone and fixed electronics
Katrina Penman – Distant Landscapes for Two Flutes (2023)
Stephen Lalor – Flute Quartet I. Flying II. Reflection III. East-West
Ian Clarke – Zig Zag Zoo for Flute Quintet
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Paul Cutlan has composed a cycle of songs to poems in some of the languages which have helped shape the cross-cultural journey of the group MARA. For this project, the MARA! quintet is joined by a string quartet.
Mara Kiek, Lew Kiek, Sandy Evans, Paul Cutlan, Lloyd Swanton
Lisa Pallandi, Riikka Sintonen, Beth Condon, Oliver Miller
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlySpectral Gates are *doom/math/rave*, and are launching a new video/single, 'Chakdat' from 2024's album 'Warning'. https://www.facebook.com/spectralgates/
PURE MASS "Loud and weird" https://puremass.ampwall.com
Migret are an indie-electronica band that craft reflective soundscapes, made up of Argentinan-born couple Betsy and Fran. https://www.facebook.com/migretmusic
1. Sonata 1 for Flute and Piano (1956)
2. Metaborphoses: Six Pieces for Two Flutes (1981)
3. Sonata 2 for Flute and Piano (1982)
4. Eight Monos for Flute and Electronic Keyboard (1989)
5. Concertino for Five Flutes (1990)
Maria Hincapie Duque, flute. With Anna Rutkowska Schock.
Amparo Ángel – El encantador de Pájaros 72 Paulo
Costa Lima – Aboio II for Flute Alone
Tania Leon – Alma for Flute and Piano
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Etude #3
Gabriel McMahon, Chloe Chung, Chinese flutes. With Anna Rutkowska Schock.
Wang Chenwei - (winds of affinity) for Dizi, Matusiflute, and Piano
Liz Cheung - (Deciduous tree), a new composition for Dizi and flute
Gabriel McMahon, Chloe Chung - Dithering, a new composition for Dizi and flute
Bhairavi Raman is an Indian-Australian violinist blending concepts and techniques developed through her training and expertise in Carnatic (South Indian Classical) and Western Classical music.
Accompanying Bhairavi Raman is Nanthesh Sivarajah, a percussionist, trained in both South Indian Classical (Carnatic) and Western forms, and proficient in the Mridangam, Kanjira, Ghatam, Morsing, Drumkit and several other percussion instruments.
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyBELIEVE is returning to Lazy Thinking for a night of electroacoustic improvisations.
Novak Manojlovic; Farfisa Organ and electronics,
Laurence Pike; drums and percussion,
Peter Farrar; saxophones and percussion, and
Clayton Thomas double bass and objects
Waakya (meaning ‘the crow moving its feathers’) is a bold cross-cultural collaboration between Yolŋu artists Daniel and David Wilfred and electro-acoustic musicians Martin Ng, Ben Carey and Matt McGuigan. Over the last decade, the Wilfreds have developed an international reputation as innovators of Yolŋu music traditions, seeking to develop new artistic directions for the ancestral music of Arnhem Land. Through this collaboration, the artists were inspired to bring new life to manikay (song), the ancestral songs of Arnhem Land.
Karatachi-no-hana for piano solo (1928) - Kosaku Yamada (Japan, 1886-1965)
Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon (1935) - Jianzhong Wang (China, 1933-2016)
Liuyang River (1972) - Jianzhong Wang (China, 1933-2016)
From 'The Secret Garden of Arirang' (2019) - Heeyoung Yang (South Korea, b. 1979)
Fantasy from Arirang (2017) - Youngmin Choi (South Korea, b. 1984)
Ausecuma Beats - Melbourne multicultural ensemble, bringing together musicians from Australia, Senegal, Cuba, Mali and Guinea.
Ashkan Shafiei - Iranian-born percussionist and composer crafting meditative, textural soundscapes.
Maryam Rahmani - Iranian multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, blending Persian classical music with contemporary expression.
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) was a composer who fully committed herself to music of emotional intensity. Once described as "irresponsible" and "mistaken" under the unforgiving arts regime of the Soviet Union, Gubaidulina would go on to be recognised as "the grand dame of new music" (Boosey & Hawkes) and "the most important Russian composer of her generation" (Wise Music).
Contrapunctus XIV from 'The Art of Fugue' by J.S. Bach
Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H by Sofia Gubaidulina
Dancer on a Tightrope by Sofia Gubaidulina
Piano Quintet by Sofia Gubaidulina
Annie Jacobs-Perkins - cello
Joseph dall'Abaco Caprice No. 9 in C Major; Caprice No. 11 in F Major; Caprice No. 1 in C Minor
Marin Marais Les Voix Humaines
Esa-Pekka Salonen Arabesques for Olly
Andrew Norman Sabina
Pamela Madsen Why Women Weep: It Is the Quickest Way to Rejoin the Ocean
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 3 BWV 1009 in C Major
DRUB (VIC/NSW)
Scott Tinkler - trumpet
Scott McConnachie - saxophones
Carl Dewhurst - guitar
Simon Barker - drums
Melbourne Scotts, Tinkler and McConnachie join forces with Carl Dewhurst and Simon Barker for a night of extended improvised furore.
Chan/Fujisaki/Turner - first-time improvising trio
Hayley Chan – drums
Hinano Fujisaki – tenor saxophone
David Turner - guitar
Maddy Briggs & Ben Lopes
Composer/performers and members of Chaos Collective.
Nicole Smede - Garan (Wings Of Birds)* (2025)
Brenda Gifford - Saltwater* (2025)
Troy Russell - Motorways* (2025)
Mark ‘Munk’ Ross - Colonisation and Demonisation of the Ibis* (2025)
Mark 'Munk' Ross - The Generations* (2025)
Will Kepa – Sleepless Dreaming (2022)
Mark ‘Munk’ Ross – Loss and Lost (2022)
Aaron Wyatt – Cumulus (2022)
Marlene Cummins – Starting Over (2021)
Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion), Jason Noble (clarinets), Ronan Apcar (piano)
In her Hayes Street Studio debut Annie performs the iconic Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 by J.S Bach, alongside two trios with flautist Rosie Gallagher and pianist Lee Dionne: Cendres (Ashes) by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and the stormy Trio in D minor, Op. 11 by Fanny Mendelssohn.
Kaija Saariaho: Cendres, Op. 65 (1998)
J.S Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BMV 1009 (ca. 1717)
Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846)
Fri 17 Oct 6.30pm–7.15pm
Fri 17 Oct 8.30pm–9.15pm
Over more than 20 years, Maissa Alameddine has been a vital presence in the contemporary Arab Australian arts community. She is a founding member of the Western Sydney–based Arab Theatre Studio, and the creative director and lead vocalist of Ensemble Dandana, a collective dedicated to creating Arabic music, delivering workshops, and reimagining traditional sounds through experimental public improvisations.
Classical, composition, contemporary, digital, jazz and music theatre degree sudents dream up their own collaborative projects.
***Please note that events are taking place in multiple venues and at different locations including the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The Footbridge Theatre and Old Darlington School at the University of Sydney Camperdown and Darlington campuses.
The New Creatives festival showcases live outcomes from the subject Music Specialist Creative Projects featuring Bachelor of Music students in the final year of their degree.
Maryam Rahmani is an Iranian-born santur player now based in Adelaide. Her music draws deeply from Persian classical traditions and poetry, enriched by her studies in traditional instruments and rhythmic structures.
Maharshi Raval is an accomplished tabla player from Benaras Gharana (school) living in Sydney.
Monica Brooks solo piano, celebrating the release of her forthcoming album.
Chris Pidcock will perform:
Iannis Xenakis: Nomos Alpha (Νόμος α΄) for solo cello (1965)
Horatio Radulescu: Lux Animae for solo cello (1996)
Chris Pidcock: Schaum for CS 80 for synthesiser.
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STANHOPE String Quartet No.1, Elegies & Dances
BRITTEN String Quartet No.2 in C Major, Op.36
SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 in D minor, Death and the Maiden
STANHOPE String Quartet No.1, Elegies & Dances
BRITTEN String Quartet No.2 in C Major, Op.36
SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 in D minor, Death and the Maiden
Long Sentences is a dance about a sentence — navigating double meanings, foretold endings and the gap between words and feelings, Long Sentences plays with how language and sensation move us beyond ourselves. Artist and performer Rhiannon Newton.
Wed 22 Oct, 6-7pm
Thur 23 Oct, 7-8pm
Sat 25 Oct, 4-5pm
Sun 26 Oct, 4-5pm
Kori Miles uses breath, sound and movement to summon the energies of protest, resistance and transformation. While the first performance is a solo presentation, the second performance of WHO CARES?! is a collaboration between Kori Miles, Agnes Whalan and Irihipeti Waretini.
Thurs 23 Oct, 7-8pm
Fri 24 Oct, 7-8pm
Drummer Chloe Kim (김예지) is one of Australia's foremost improvising musicians. Chloe also composes and lectures at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in the Drum Set faculty.
From Thursday to Saturday, the installation opens to the public. The week culminates in a special ticketed solo performance by the artist, presented alongside their installation.
Bukhu and Nosh weaves together Khuumii (Harmonic overtone throat singing), ancient instruments, and contemporary sonic exploration.
Bukhu is a master of Mongolian musical traditions, most notably Khuumii and the Morin Khuur (Horsehead fiddle).
Nosh is a composer and sonic experimentalist with a diverse musical background blending electronic elements with acoustic textures.
Adriel Sukumar Hyper-Drive
Fernando Concierto de las cinco ciudades
Soloist: Michael Duke
Arturo Marques Danzon No 2
Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980) Ecstatic Science
Friedrich Cerha (1926 - 2023) Quellen (Sources) for ensemble
Holly Harrison (b. 1988) Jabberwock (2021 version)
New Student Work - TBA*
Heinz Karl Gruber (b. 1943) Frankenstein!! (ensemble version)
Convergence is the title of Hamed Sadeghi’s new composition. The concert series aims to convey a deconstructed yet detailed performance of the composition’s roots and components in three acts.
Convergence 1: Classical Exploration
Freya Schack-Arnott (cello), Beth Condon (viola), James Tarbotton (violin), Aida Manouchehr Pour (soprano), Sohrab Kolahdooz (percussion), Hamed Sadeghi (tar).
Developed through a series of collaborative workshops between artists in Australia and Hong Kong, based around the notion of mapping the meta discourses between diverse artistic practices: sculpture, new media, sound, installation; Ground On Ground rages in continual sound and light, and contemplates the ever present condition of our falling bodies in space. Featuring Emily Parsons-Lord, Shan Turner-Carroll and Evelyn Ida Morris, with Hong Kong-based Taurin Barrera, Lazarus Chan Long Fung, Vvzela Kook, Davor Vincze, Karen Yu, and current.cam (Provides Ng, Eli Joteva, Yanzi and Artem Konevskikh).
Fri 24 Oct, 8-9pm
Sat 25 Oct, 8-9pm
𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗨 (Boredoms / Zeni Geva / Acid Mothers Temple) and 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗜 𝗞𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗜 (New Rock Syndicate / Keiji Haino) come together with 𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟 𝗞𝗜𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗬 and DON DRUM to form PAUL KIDNEY JAPANESE EXPERIENCE.
This psychedelic quartet has wowed Japanese audiences twice with tours in 2024 and earlier in 2025 and tours Australia for the very first time this October.
Claudia Döffinger, German pianist, composer and conductor, makes her Australian debut at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the culmination of Döffinger’s creative residency at the Con. Sharing the stage are: the Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Orchestra and Mary Lou and Beyond, an all-female and gender-diverse student ensemble featuring.
The program pays homage to the legacy of women in jazz composition, from Mary Lou Williams to Toshiko Akiyoshi, Nadje Noordhuis, Miho Hazama and new works by student composer Chiara Minotto.
Brigid is a dance and sound performance inspired by the pre-Christian goddess Brigid, linked to the origins of the Bean Sí (Banshee) myth and her caoineadh (keening). The performance interlaces sonic and visual patterns in rhythmic interplay, where dancing and keening summon wretched, buried, and imagined worlds.
Sat 25 Oct, 7-8pm
Sun 26 Oct, 5-6pm
Pharos (The Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective)
Loretta Palmeiro | Alto/Sop/Clarinet/piano; Mariela Mulder | Tenor; Kali Gillan | Baritone; Ellen Kirkwood | Trumpet; Louise Horwood | trumpet; Alex Silver | Trombone; Hilary Geddes | guitar; Hannah James | Double Bass; Bonnie Stewart | Drums
Tymbal Echoes
Hinano Fujisaki | Saxophones; Simon Barker | Drums
Franz Schubert Shepherd On The Rock
Anna Hirst Friedman The Heart Always Says Yes (world premiere)
Robert Davidson Three Bird Riffs, new work (world premiere)
Ollie Muller Petrie Creek Road (world premiere)
Amanda Harberg Court Dances
Amy Moore: Soprano, Andrew Kennedy: Clarinets/artistic director, Anna Rutkowska-Schock: Piano, Ewa Kowalski: Flutes, Rafael Salgado: French Horn, Kate Moloney: Harp, Jack Ward: Cello
Jenna Cave Sextet: Jenna Cave (composer & vocals), Yutaro Okuda (guitar), Tom Avgenicos (trumpet/flugelhorn), Loretta Palmeiro (saxophones, clarinet), Hannah James (double bass), Alex Inman-Hislop (drums)
Gabriella Hill Quartet: Gabriella Hill - tenor saxophone, Jacques Emery - double bass, Eric Tsai - guitar, Daniel Raymond - drums
Convergence is the title of Hamed Sadeghi’s new composition. The concert series aims to convey a deconstructed yet detailed performance of the composition’s roots and components in three acts.
Convergence 2: Persian Traditional
Hamed Sadeghi (tar), Ramin Etemadzadeh (vocals), Sina Bastami (kamancheh), and Amir Salar Makhzani (percussion).
Elysian Fields - musical dialogue between past and contemporary musical realms, shifting between improvised and notated modalities.
Susie Bishop | voice/violin; Loretta Palmeiro | saxophones; Matt McMahon | piano; Jenny Eriksson | electric viola da gamba; Jacques Emery | double bass; Rease Cameron | drums
Austral Baroque - Music by Jenny Eriksson, Alice Chance, Louis Andriessen, arrangements by Lousie Johnson, and more!
Louise Johnson | Harp; Jenny Eriksson | electric viola da gamba
Spread all across PACT's black box space, a bevy of noise musicians:
WEYÓN
SOCIETY OF CUTTING UP MEN
ANGUS MCGRATH
WYTCHINGS
ANDREA ILLÉS & MARCUS WHALE
Liv Andrea Hauge Trio
Liv Andrea Hauge | Keys
Chloe Kim | Drums
Jacques Emery | Bass
Niki Johnson & Hilary Geddes
Niki Johnson | Percussion
Hilary Geddes | Guitar
Convergence is the title of Hamed Sadeghi’s new composition. The concert series aims to convey a deconstructed yet detailed performance of the composition’s roots and components in three acts.
Convergence 3: Improvisation Duo
Mike Nock (piano) and Hamed Sadeghi (tar).
BELIEVE connects the spectrum of contemporary creative sound making with the fluid, anything is possible momentum of free jazz. For the past three years this Sydney-based quartet has committed to a musical process of learning, exploring, experimenting and growing in public.
Peter Farrar - saxophones, percussion
Novak Manojlovic - piano, percussion
Clayton Thomas - double bass, percussion
Laurence Pike - drums, percussion
Tickets: Free, by ballot only"Unbound" defies artistic boundaries, presenting a night of profound personal expression. Witness Ria Andriani's soul-stirring vocals performing Molly Joyce's compositions, followed by Melanie Eden's experimental fusion of vocals and accordion, where spiritual depth meets powerful social advocacy. Sonnet Curé, drawing from their "Headliners" experience, unveils a new experimental work, channeling their lived experience of deafness. Together, these artists offer an evening of transformative art, pushing beyond expectations.
Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.
These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com
The Cloud Maker
Te Kahureremoa | Taronga Puoro/Voice
Aviva Endean | Clarinet/Winds/Electronics
Sunny Kim | Voice/Electronics/Percussion
Freya Schack-Arnott | Cello/Nyckelharpa
Maria Moles | Drums/Kalimba/SPD
Panghalina
Helen Svoboda | double bass, vocals
Bonnie Stewart | drum kit, vocals
Maria Moles | drum kit, synthesizer
Keyna Wilkins - piano/flute, compositions
Jodie Michael - drumset
Elsen Price - double bass
Will Gilbert - trumpet
Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical and set to real space sounds and projections.
Carla Thackrah - flute; Virginia Comerford - viola; Alice Giles - harp
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1915)
NICHOLAS ROUTLEY Sonata for flute, viola and harp (2024)
ROMANO CRIVICI Arafura Haze (2025)
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyUrethra Vortex (Urethra Stockade + Cletus Vortex) - https://notverygoodrecordsrecords.bandcamp.com/.../48...
Monoeater - https://monoeater.bandcamp.com/album/propping-up-bulldozers
PartyOvOne - https://partyovone.bandcamp.com/.../asymptotically...
Rapacity - https://www.instagram.com/rapacity__/
Born in Iran and now based on Gadigal land (Sydney), Hamed Sadeghi is a multi-award-winning Persian-Australian tar player and composer.
From Thursday to Saturday, the installation opens to the public. The week culminates in a special ticketed solo performance by the artist, presented alongside their installation.
Berlin-based musician and composer Jules Reidy has created a musical accompaniment to the 38th Kaldor Public Art Project 38, Thomas Demand: The Object Lesson.
Local musicians and sound artists will reinterpret Reidy’s score for their performances. Mary Rapp is a multidisciplinary musician based in Sydney who has gained wide acclaim for her distinctive approach, which integrates jazz, experimental, classical and regional music traditions.
Music of Noël Lee, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, George Walker and Aaron Copland,
performed by:
Ole Bøhn, violin
Daniel Herscovitch, piano
Jessica O'Donoghue and Jack Symonds's undead is a celebration of Australian musical and literary talent, offering a cross-section of Australia’s contemporary operatic landscape.
MARY FINSTERER Your Dusk is Near from Biographica (2017)
JACK SYMONDS The Flood from Gilgamesh (2024)
ANDRÉE GREENWELL Speak Our Names from Three Marys (2023)
MARY FINSTERER Eternal City from Antarctica (2022)
JESSICA O'DONOGHUE The Witness from Running Man (2022)
HUW BELLING The Canon & Katharsis from Fumeblind Oracle (2021)
PEGGY POLIAS Dawn from Commute (2020)
PAUL STANHOPE Hanging Rock from Picnic at Hanging Rock (2023)
THOMAS ADÈS Life Story (1993)
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyFiona Hill - electronics: Ableton Live
Gary Daley - piano accordion, electronics
An In: Flux performance consists of a slowly evolving long-form improvisation. A marrying of a traditional acoustic instrument, the accordion, with contemporary electronics.
A night of experimental electronica and Slavic darkwave. Layered vocals, live looping, deconstructed club sounds and witch-house.
ŽIVA (Melbourne) a bilingual music project fusing Slavic-pop, darkwave, and experimental electronica
Gift Exchange (Sydney) Jaime Krausman on guitar, Madison Scott on vocals and Eduardo Bianchino on production/synth
Grasps (Sydney) an electronic artist & producer whose sound is experimental electronic, intending to combine extremes of sound.
CHRIS CAINES & EMMA X ZHANG are artists working across installation, sound, and performance. Chris explores immersive media and spatial interventions, while Emma focuses on materiality, movement, and the sensory experience of environments.
MICHAIL MATHIOUDAKIS as MARCIA MANHUNTER artist and performer working through drag, screen, photography, and zine-making.
ŽIVA (Lucija Ivšić) artist, researcher, and lecturer working at the crossroads of music, sound technology, and cultural heritage. Her sound blends Slavic-pop, darkwave, and experimental electronica.
Violinist Anna da Silva Chen in a recital with pianist Lee Dionne.
Saturday 8 November 2025 - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Sunday 9 November 2025 - 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Sz. 75 (1921)
Grażyna Bacewicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Cheng Jin Koh: Dancing Marionettes (2021)
Peter Dasent - Piano
Phillip Johnston - Alto Saxophone
Playing With Monk’s repertoire traverses the music of jazz icon Thelonious Monk, the film composers Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, early jazz and blues classics, and their own compositions for film and jazz.
Niki Johnson (percussionist, composer-performer) & Shervin Mirzenali's (composer, sound design) collaboration blurs the line between composer and performer, theatre and music, and experimental and conventional instrument design. This newest project involves using vibrating objects as methods of activating different percussive materials, and secret contact microphones as methods of listening small sounds.
From Thursday to Saturday, the installation opens to the public. The week culminates in a special ticketed solo performance by the artist, presented alongside their installation.
Sulla Lingua is an Australian-Italian electroacoustic noise rock trio, featuring Anthony Pateras (tētēma/PIVIXKI) on electronics, Stefano Pilia (Zu, Rokia Traoré, Massimo Volume) on guitar and Riccardo La Foresta on drums and his own creation, the Drummophone.
Anthony Pateras is a composer, pianist and electronic musician. He works across many contexts including modern classical, acousmatic diffusion, film soundtrack, free improvisation, experimental rock, and various mutations of electronica.
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyAtunement is a live sound collaboration between Panos Couros and Mx Robert Frost, Blending field recordings, ambient textures, musique concrète with analogue and digital synthesis.
Supported by Shooshy. Electronic musician: Using synths, made instruments, mashed loops and processed vocals, inspired by airports, train depots and the natural world.
Matthew Ottignon - tenor, alto, and baritone saxophones
Lauren Tsamouras - piano
Hannah James - acoustic bass
Hayley Chan - drums and percussion
While embodying the spirit of giants such as John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Volant is a modern quartet, delivering compositions and improvised dialogue.
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (ARR. J. AGOSTINO) Dance of the Paper Umbrellas
RICHARD CHARLTON Port Jackson Suite*
VINCENT LINDSEY-CLARK Magnetar (From Celestial Suite)
P. BELLINATI Baiao de Gude
GUSTI NGURA ADI PUTRA (ARR. T. DRACOULIS) Melasti
JALAL AHMED Dream Walking* (Premiere)
MANUEL DIEWALD Celestial* (Premiere)
JULIA VLAHOGIANNIS Notion*
LUIGI BOCCHERINI (ARR. J. SPARKS) Introduction and Fandango
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyALEXIS WEAVER (she/her) is a composer, sound artist and educator based in Sydney, Australia. At Local Edition, Alexis will create a site-specific work that celebrates the character and wonder of the artefacts within the store. Alexis will highlight certain objects and their makers, drawing out unique sounds and creating a shifting sonic constellation for visitors to dwell in.
From Thursday to Saturday, the installation opens to the public. The week culminates in a special ticketed solo performance by the artist, presented alongside their installation.
FORMA ENSEMBLE is an Australian percussion collective creating, performing, and collaborating on new and experimental music. Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Joshua Hill, Niki Johnson, Gabriel Fischer, Caleb Colledge, Shu-hsuan Wang.
Michael Gordon’s Timber is a meditative, hour-long work scored for six wooden planks.
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyFor one night only, thedieyoungs and Julien Mier unveil Pluto’s Exchange Program—a secret music project they’ve been crafting since 2017. Improvised collision of percussion, piano runs, and otherworldly textures that fuse jazz, electronica, drum & bass, neo-classical, and spacecore.
Joining them are live acts ilex and Kid Fiction, plus a DJ set by Postponez.
Lee Dionne - piano
UNSUK CHIN Etude No. 1 ‘In C’ (1999/2003)
GYÖRGY LIGETI Etude No. 6 Autumn in Warsaw (1985)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Scherzo No. 4 in E Major (1842)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Partita No. 6 in E Minor (1730)
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyMaissa is a multi-disciplinary artist, creative producer and experienced vocalist. Maissa has been part of the contemporary Arab Australian arts community for over twenty years. She is the Creative Director and one of the lead vocalists in ATS’s musical project Ensemble Dandana.
From Thursday to Saturday, the installation opens to the public. The week culminates in a special ticketed solo performance by the artist, presented alongside their installation.
Chloë Sobek is a composer-performer based in Naarm. This installation presents an experimental archive of the violone, composed of sound and artefacts that resist conventional models of documentation and preservation.
From Thursday to Saturday, the installation opens to the public. The week culminates in a special ticketed solo performance by the artist, presented alongside their installation.
**To be postponed until early 2026 due to Chloe’s absence**
Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.
These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com
Composer Samantha Wolf and pianist Alex Raineri present a performance for piano and live electronics, featuring new, existing, and revised works from their 15-year collaborative history.
Samantha Wolf blends the classical, contemporary, acoustic, and electroacoustic worlds, while being grounded in the notated tradition.
Alex Raineri is active throughout Australia and Internationally as a piano recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, harpsichordist, composer, writer, producer, and educator.
Tickets: Free, by ballot onlyMelodic Fictions is a contemporary choral, improvised layered work by vocalist Merinda Dias-Jayasinha. For this performance, Melodic Fictions is crafted live by Merinda in collaboration with vocalists Hannah Cameron, Imogen Cygler, Hannah McKittrick, and Ebony Tait.
Luke M de Zilva, as LMDZ, presents live mixes of mostly Australian musicians, collating, sampling and abstracting their work to create a series of new ‘collaborations’.
Tickets: Free, by ballot only**To be postponed until early 2026 due to Chloe’s absence**
Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.
These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com
Ralema Fairhead - The Journey: Emma Tan - Cello; Ye Chen (Jasmine) - Vibraphone; Olivia (Wei Mun) Wang - Flute; Jacinta Na - Piano
Eric Avery (Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla) – Gliding (2020)
Avraham Eilam-Amzallag (1941–) – Desolation (1973)
Yuko Uebayashi (1958–) – Au-delà du Temps (Beyond Time) (2002) I. La Lumière lointaine de nuit (The Distant Light of Night)
W. A. Mozart (1756–1791) – Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major K.314 (1777) I. Allegro aperto
Rosie Gallagher - A Dancing Wish: Lee Dionne, piano; Jodie Michael, percussion
JS Bach – Partita in A Minor for solo flute BWV 1013 (1723) arr. Gallagher
Elizabeth Younan – Fantasie No.II for solo flute (2018)
Valerie Coleman – Wish Sonatine (2014)
Liza Lim – Bioluminescence
Messiaen – Le Merle Noir
JS Bach – Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 I. Andante II. Largo e dolce III. Presto
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne for Flute and Piano
Ralema Fairhead: Welcome to Country; Ross Edwards – Yanada
Yulugi (Keyna Wilkins, David Barnett, Raph Hat): Running On Red Sand
Jacaranda Flute Collective: Monash Lal - Cardiac Adventure (2024)
Kim Falconer: Gabriel Faure - Fantasie
Queensland Conservatorium Flutes: Tim Munro – Lake of Spaces (2025)
Mark Xiao: Camille Saint Saëns – Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Flutes and Flutists Quintet: John Rutter - Suite Antique (arr. Neille)
Melbourne bassist Monty Shnier is developing a new set of works, drawing from classical, jazz, folk, and film music to present music dripping with lyricism and drama.
Jack Stoneham: Alto Saxophone
Lauren Tsamouras: Piano
Alexander Inman-Hislop: Drums
Monty Shnier: Bass
New music by Nicole Murphy and Archie Tulk, alongside work by works by Orlande de Lassus, Frank Nyuts, Gavin Bryars, and more.
Mezzo-Soprano & Artistic Director: AJ America, Baritone: Lucien Fischer, Soprano: Josephine Brereton, Soprano: Rachel Mink, Bass-Baritone: Alasdair Stretch, Tenor: Dan Walker, Conductor: Roland Peelman AM
Long-term MARA! member and composer Paul Cutlan is studying cross-cultural, stylistic hybridity in his PhD research. Cutlan has composed a cycle of songs, to poems in some of the languages which have helped shape MARA!'s cross-cultural journey.
Mara Kiek | vocal & percussion; Llew Kiek | guitar & bouzouki; Sandy Evans | soprano & tenor saxophones; Paul Cutlan | composer, clarinets & alto flute; Lloyd Swanton | double bass; Liisa Pallandi | violin; Riikka Sintonen | violin; Beth Condon | viola; Oliver Miller | cello
Berlin-based musician and composer Jules Reidy has created a musical accompaniment to the 38th Kaldor Public Art Project 38, Thomas Demand: The Object Lesson.
Local musicians and sound artists will reinterpret Reidy’s score for their performances. Banana is M Hopkins and Alexandra Spence, two local sound artists/musicians who use small instruments, domestic objects and electronic devices to play, record, listen, forget, transcribe; then play, record, listen, forget, transcribe; then play …
Darcy Gilkerson and Monty Shnier - Long time partners and collaborators bring together their love of folk, bluegrass, chamber music and improvisation into an intimate format.
Darcy Gilkerson - cello, Michael Brady - guitar, Monty Shnier - bass
We Have Cats - Free Form - Improvised - Double Bass Trio. Exploring the bass beyond its typical role, Marie-Louise Bethune, Josh Shipton and Valerios Calocerinos unite their creative and cultural diversity to produce genre-defying music that moves through ambient, experimental, classical and jazz (plus whatever they find in-between).
Performances and readings curated by William Barton, featuring friends and collaborators across disciplines: Aunty Delmae Barton, Véronique Serret, Jack Thompson and Rupert McCall.
