Hinano Fujisaki is the recipient of SIMAs inaugural Judy Bailey Emerging Composer Scholarship. In this one-off performance, she assembles a bespoke ensemble to premiere new music commissioned by SIMA and the Judy Bailey Trust alongside repertoire from her recent there is a rabbit on the moon EP.
Hinano Fujisaki - saxophone, guitar, voice, composition
Jasper Craig-Adams - guitar
Novak Manojlovic - keyboards
Jacques Emery - bass
Bonnie Stewart - drums and voice

Runa Cara 
Freya Schack-Arnott - cello, nyckelharp, voice
Bonnie Stewart - guitar, banjo, percussion, voice

Enjoy the transformative sounds of French visual artist and musician Félicia Atkinson at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Atkinson, an electro-acoustic composer, creates phantasmic musical landscapes by collaging field recordings, instrumentation, snippets of essayistic language in both French and English, and her own voice.

Annika Moses - voice (Boorloo) and Uma Volkmer - trumpet

Astrid Lorange - poetry

Saskia Willinge - flute (Boorloo) and Peter Farrar - amplified submerged tiles

Australian/Finnish, Finland-based musician Simon Svoboda is an active part of the Finnish classical scene and the 'Aspen String Quartet', performs frequently with his cello duo ‘Simon and Tommi’, and is also a keen composer and arranger. In the past two years Svoboda has found inspiration to compose minimalistic music for his cello and voice. His recently released EP titled ‘Kaamos’ (the Finnish word describing the darkest period of the year where the sun seldom rises) is a 5-piece work inspired by different elements of winter in Finland. 

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𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 & 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐘𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐙 will be presenting a special duo performance of Flamenco guitar and Kurdish Flute, two distinct yet strongly rooted cultural and musical traditions.

METIN YILMAZ is a virtuoso exponent of the kaval (Ancient/traditional flute)
"DAMIAN WRIGHT is a brilliant flamenco guitarist...his articulation of complex lines was fluid and dripping with conviction" - SMH

5oLo5 is a series of monthly contemporary music presentations that brings together five preeminent performers to present short solo works and to present a longer work as a quintet. Carefully curated by Trevor Brown 5oLo5 examines the very personal elements of practice and the nature of collaboration and cooperation.

Stephen Adams
Jess Green
Felicity Wilcox
Nik Wishart
Trevor Brown

We’re calling it Living Room Theatre Night of MOURNING - Not just for what we’ve lost, but for what the world is losing right now.

We’ll start light with games, chaos, our beloved MC, but as the night unfolds, we shift the tone. We’ll honour those lost to violence with a special musical performance. We’ll reflect, rage, and reckon with what comes next.

Featuring Alex Tucker and Daniel Raymond - improvising drummers.

Sydney. It's been too long.
Let them make it up to you with a hard hitting night on home ground at Marrickville Bowling Club, with friends The Blamers and Exit Mould.
One night only. Party Dozen in Marrickville.

Henry Dunbabin is here to present a psychedelic blend of good ol’ fashioned folk songs with ambient electronic soundscapes. He has a collection of songs composed under the southernmost stars (then recorded onto dusty cassette tapes exclusively ransacked from the bottom of crates stacked with forgotten music) that pivot between both grounded and mystical.

Support from Ligature.

Join DB as they light up Lazy Thinking with BoNo (Bonnie Stewart and Novak Manojlovic) and Laura Altman.

Boorloo 6-piece Didion's Bible (DB) venture out east to showcase their unique blend of DIY-punk and synth-pop. Described as 'a band with a stupendous amount of energy and devotion to their performance' Didion's Bible shows are a force to behold.

Serving as the shared songwriting outlet for frontmen Drew Krapljanov and Laurent Shervington, the pair have cultivated an infamy for their combination of bizarre, witty lyricism and unmatched onstage passion, flanked by some of Boorloo's most seasoned instrumentalists.

Following our first interstate visit to Hobart during Dark Mofo, we are hosting a special little music party in Sydney to mark our 3rd birthday!
Bike Thief (Live) a three-piece percussive unit: music for the dancefloor, created on drums, prepared double-bass and keyboard samplers.
Morphlink A true tastemaker, Morphlink is one of the most celebrated DJs in Hobart.
salllvage (Live) (Rowan Savage) is an experimental producer and DJ working at the intersection of queer club culture and connection with Country.
Szem (Live) is the left-field electronic project of visual and sound artist Laura Hunt. 
Postponez is a DJ based in Eora / Sydney, with selections that range from ambient and dub techno to Italo and space disco, euphoric house, forgotten 90s trance anthems, psychedelic and everything in between.

Hayley Chan solo
Hayley Chan - drums & percussion

Sam Gill's Scattered
Sam Gill - alto & soprano saxophones
Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinet & bass clarinet
Luke Sweeting - accordion
Yutaro Okuda - guitar
Jacques Emery - double bass

Jim Denley (alto saxophone) + Peter Farrar (alto saxophone) Jim and Peter continue with their duo explorations of prepared saxophone sounds following their performance at the Great Scout Hall Concert as part of the Dulwich Hill Relit festival.

An exploration of musical interplay, Waveteller plays music that draws heavily on rhythmic concepts and the elasticity of time, from fast paced energetic grooves, to open, vast melodies.
Casey Golden – Piano
Michael Mear – Bass
Ed Rodrigues – Drums

​Zela Margossian - piano
Jeremy Rose - saxophones and bass clarinet
Adem Yilmaz - drums and percussion

Visions of Nar brings a kaleidoscopic ride through Armenian folk, jazz and fresh compositions with a nod to the fiery Armenian goddess of water, sea and rain: Nar.

The fourth Jazz:NOW event - CHORUS - welcomes a relationship with storied alternative arts performance space Red Rattler Theatre in Marrickville. Here, we will witness two ensembles who bring an improvisatory sympathy to song structures and music that leads with the lyric.

HEAPS GRASS - Ebony Tait; keyboard and vocals, Lachlan Mills; guitar, Jack Rosenzweig; drums

BEN HAUPTMANN; THE BAND WITH SOMEONE SINGING IN IT - Ben Hauptmann; guitar, Arne Hanna; guitar/vocals, Lauren White; bass/vocals, Harry Sutherland; keys, James Hauptmann; drums

Experience Australian-based ensemble Hand to Earth as they perform new contemporary music created during the Embedded residency program.

Performing as a three piece, Daniel Wilfred, David Wilfred and Peter Knight will draw on the minimalist music of Brian Eno and Jon Hassell to create a bed for contrasting voice and instrumentation.

Improv heaven awaits you

The duo of YSK and Brett Evans from Naarm to perform at Rockdale.
Supported by local trio of Danny Wild, Riley Jones and Andrew Fedorovitch.

Doors 7pm
$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Presenting the first album in 6 years by Dutch-French multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Julien Mier, Julien returns to dive into an electronic genre-less, meditative and texturally sculpted ambient & rhythmic world. Gradually tells the story of exploring, shaping and maturing over years of search of identity.

Accompanied on the night, we will dive into the music worlds of Land Systems and Sofia Carey.

Land Systems is the melodic ambient project of Eora/Sydney-based producer Nathan Moas.

Sofia Carey is inspired by many corners of the sonic world, deriving influence for her solo project from the nuances of singer/ songwriter sounds, ambient music, experimental electronic music and more.

The latest iteration of the Dean Kalait group fuses the roles of improviser and composer to create a fluid and organically evolving set of music that strikes a delicate yet electric balance between the spontaneous and prepared.

Dean Kalaitzidis - saxophone
Harley Coleman - guitar
Jacques Emery - bass
Chloe Kim - drums

BELIEVE are back. Excited to be playing another two set extravaganza at Paddington Uniting Church.

Laurence Pike, drums and percussion
Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
Peter Farrar, saxophone and percussion

The People’s Republic is excited to finally welcome an outfit whose members traverse decades of the best experimental music Sydney has ever produced...

dprk – the trio of Richard Fielding (Severed Heads, The Loop Orchestra) on synths, Nick Dan (xNoBBQx) on electronic drums and synth, and Juke Wyat (Loop Orchestra) on guitar and electronics with the appearance of Japanese master drummer Yusuke Akai and saxophonist Brett Evans.

Peter Fonda Their third album, "The Making of Thriller", documents Fonda's recent explorations of instruments unknown.  A fast track between subconscious and witness, this is Fonda's 'jam as magickal ritual' captured in its most pure form yet.

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Celebrating the release of Genevieve Von Black's debut album, Ghosts Are Speaking, this is a special one night only performance exploring the concept of the DNA and the history we bring with us to places already laden with ghosts. Von Black (synth/electric piano) is combining with the improvisational talents of Joseph Cummins (Vic) on trumpet, and Natalie Ivin Poole (aka Twirling Wolf) (Vic) celebrated dancer, to projected digitally manipulated landscapes by artist Joanne Faulkner (Tas).

Part 2 of the event is Delays Have Dangerous Ends improvising an interpretation of the Ghosts Are Speaking theme and taking into dark celestial heavy ambient heights, to live projection art by screen artist Shahane Bekarian.

Eric WHITACRE Lux Aurumque
Sarah HOPKINS Past Life Melodies
Eric WHITACRE Cloudburst
Edwin LONDON Bach (Again), after ‘Come, Sweet Death’ by JS Bach
Eric WHITACRE Eternity in an Hour

Snehesh Nag is a sitar player, composer, and educator who performs Hindustani classical music and Indian-inspired cross-genre music.

He will perform for Local Edition alongside Murtaza Damoon on tabla.

Modern Double Bassist Elsen Price performs with Indian Classical Sitar player Rishta Dyall at one the Inner West's best secret venues - Woodlands Studio. Elsen and Rishta will be performing an array of music that crosses tradition with invention.

Support performances by Flautist/Pianist Keyna Wilkins and Classical Guitarist Peter Doublinszki.

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

Maquina Anonima fuse experimental electronics and the human voice, using custom built wearable sensors to control live effects during the performance. Spanish folk song and choral textures meet glitchy, morphing beats and lush, evolving harmonies to create soundworlds of earthy grit and ethereal beauty.

Jessie Newling is currently immersed in early music, electroacoustic music and the intersection of voice and electronics.
Regan Van Veen is a music technology artist working on Gadigal land.

Facemeat are doing two sets - we hope you're ready for this. Soul, country, Outrage

Inspired by the likes of John Zorn and Frank Zappa, and comprising some of the best of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Facemeat is abrasive, uncompromising, and unsettling.
Rooted somewhere near the transgressive art tradition, its album “Questions For Men” deals with the more abject elements of modern masculinity, such as violence, jealousy, anxiety and rage.

Pascal Dusapin - Wolken
Jane Sheldon - Colloque
Gabriel Fauré - excerpts from La chanson d’Ève
Jack Symonds - À la recherce d'Eden perdu (Cello Sonata no. 2)
Kaija Saariaho - Mirage

Jack Symonds - Composer and Pianist
Jane Sheldon - Composer and Singer
Blair Harris - Cello
Lucy Norton - Poet

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Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the first edition, we hear two rhythmically-driven duos exploring the outer limits of their sonic possibilities.

SAM GILL & SIMON BARKER
Sam Gill - saxophones
Simon Barker - drums

JACHLO (JACQUES EMERY & CHLOE KIM)
Primarily known as a bassist and drummer, the Jachlo project allows an open platform to experiment with compositional forms and a wide palette of multi-instrumental colour.

Kim/Fujisaki/Kalait
Chloe Kim - drums
Hinano Fujisaki - tenor saxophone
Dean Kalaitzidis - tenor saxophone

Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes - guitar
Matt Harris - piano
Maximillian Alduca - double bass
Alexander Inman-Hislop - drums

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR Entropic Arrows (2020)
JANE SHELDON Come, dark sigh* (2024)
DAVID T. LITTLE Ghostlight (2015)
DANIELA TERRANOVA Rainbow Dust in the Sky (2018)
LISA ILLEAN Cantor (after Willa Cather) (2017)

Jack Symonds conductor, Jane Sheldon soprano, Claire Edwardes percussion, Lamorna Nightingale flutes, Jason Noble clarinet, Véronique Serret violin, Victoria Bihun violin, Henry Justo viola, Blair Harris cello, Benjamin Ward double bass, Ronan Apcar piano, Ben Carey sound, Peachey & Mosig video

Szináta unveils a musical odyssey drenched in the enigmatic embrace of shadow, the resonant cadence of sound, and the haunting allure of crows. In a world that intricately weaves the complexities of neo-modernist sensibilities and daring auditory experiments, Emily-Rose Sharkova and Trevor Brown forge a fusion of wind instruments, piano strings, and the esoteric realm of color theories, giving birth to an intricate tapestry of real-time compositions.

Matthew Hindson AM Septet: From the Heart (2009)

Liza Lim The Turning dance of the bee (2016)

Fiona Hill Palynopholy (2023)

Damien Ricketson Castles Made of Sand (2025) - WORLD PREMIERE

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO Ngarrgooroon (2002)

Daniel Rojas Danzas Amorosas (2025) - WORLD PREMIERE

Hamed Sadeghi is an Iranian-born tar player and composer based on Gadigal land (Sydney). Trained as a Persian classical musician in Tehran, Hamed’s haunting compositions give you a taste of his cherished culture.

Sohrab Kolahdooz is a versatile percussionist, educator, and music advocate with a deep passion for rhythm, drawing from diverse musical traditions.

Celebrate the beauty and the thrill of new music in this gala concert, as we give the world premiere performances of five pieces and then experience the emotional power of Paul Stanhope’s groundbreaking and award-winning re-imagining of the Requiem mass.

Luke Byrne Song (World premiere)
Anne Cawrse The Greatest of These (World premiere)
Meta Cohen Meteora (World premiere)
Nardi Simpson Dharriwa – Narran Lakes Dreaming (World premiere)
Paul Stanhope We might be fifty (World premiere); Requiem

Fabels and Scattered Order are performing together at the wonderful Alpha Gallery in Newtown, it’s the 1st time they have played together at the gallery for a long time and its always a special night, it also will be a closing night celebration of Hiske Weijers Art Exhibition. THE LIVING SCIENCE Dept will be doing amazing visuals as well, a night not to be missed.
donations at the Door.

Concert 1, 2pm
1. Clocks & Clouds Landscapes and Contours Kraig Grady & Terumi Narushima
2. Praveen Venkataramana Reflection III Greg van der Struik - trombone, Michael Hugh Dixon - horn
3. Michael Hugh Dixon Door of Many Mysteries - Reopened Wendy Dixon - soprano, Greg van der Struik - trombone, Michael Hugh Dixon - horn
4. Rohan Drape Fields Keyboard & electronics
5. Michael Hugh Dixon This Need Not Be - A Deepening Peter Leung - alto saxophone
6. Warren Burt Not a Clue Computer generated sounds

Concert 2, 4:30pm
1. Perfect Cents Ensemble Perfectly Censual Music Amanda Cole - lumatone, Alicia Crossley - flute/recorder, Jared Underwood - Partch Diamond
2. Michael Hugh Dixon Rejoin Kathryn Bennetts - tenor recorder
3. Matthias Sebastian Krüger Mikrotonale Etüde 8 - Residual Kathryn Bennetts - tenor recorder, Michael Hugh Dixon- horn
4. Greg Schiemer AYU Live electronics
5. Behzad Ansari Inimitable Set Avaye Rood Ensemble

Omniversal Hum presents the highly anticipated debut Australian performance from the enigmatic London based band Moin, featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime, alongside visionary percussionist Valentina Magaletti.

Support comes from local sound adventurists Worlds Only, Alister Hill (guitar), Darren Lesaguis (spoken word), Jenny Trinh AKA Wytchings (electronics/vocals), Justin Tam AKA Tzekin (saxophone), Reginald Harris (bass) and Thomas William Smith AKA T. Morimoto (electronics). 

Ephemera: a musical exploration of celestial landscapes such as pulsars, craters, planetary atmospheres, stars, sun and void. Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical, and set to real space sounds and projections, it is a unique sonic experience. Led by Keyna Wilkins (compositions, flute, piano) with Elsen Price (double bass), Will Gilbert (trumpet) and Jodie Michael (drumset).

Gadigal (Sydney) based pianist and composer Wilbur Whitta presents a new set of improvised music for piano and organ. Inspired by the likes of Craig Taborn, Cory Smythe and Kit Downes, the will see Wilbur free-soloing between both instruments, navigating in the moment to find new paths up the mountain.

On July 9th at Lazy Thinking (@lazythinking__ ) catch the 11th edition of The Blue Hour: an ambient music night exploring texture, atmosphere, and soundscapes through experimental and ambient performances.

Featuring performances by Penelope Trappes (@penelopetrappes ), Handclap (@handclap ) and LMDZ (DJ) (@lukemdezilva ).

If you love ambient, sound art and experimental music, come down and commune with the enchanting sound of these left-field performers.

Sydney-based musician, engineer, composer and producer, Miles Thomas presents their new work You Are Here - guided improvisations for sextet.

Miles Thomas - drums
Matt Keegan - tenor saxophone
Brendan Clark - bass guitar
Novak Manojlovic - piano
Peter Farrar - alto saxophone
Simon Ferenci - Trumpet

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

An evening of boundary defying film and musical performance, Sydney Experimental invites audiences to engage with works that challenge form, narrative, and perception. Showcasing emerging and established artists, this curated program explores the evolving language of experimental art in a contemporary context.

The night will be split in 2, starting off with 4 musicians, then an intermission, and then a pack of short films.

On the back of their starry-eyed, doom-laden 2024 albums When Will You Be Here Again? (Grasps) and Ecstasy (Marcus Whale), these two Gadigal/Wangal-based night owls will join forces to commemorate the release of a split CD-R of new music out on BLUE VOID with an evening of cinematic performances spilling out from the dark cabaret bosom of The Vanguard stage and into the audience. Come down early for a live set of divine electronics from special guests Heart Armour. Stay late for a rare b2b DJ set from Grasps & Marcus Whale.

JOHN GAVANTI (ARR. LOUIS WISHART) Mars and DNA
LOUIS WISHART Are Ye Then With God?
MADDY BRIGGS First Dog in Space
CLANCY REYNOLDS Bongpeople

Louis Wishart, Josh Shipton, Aidan Eccleshall, Uma Volkmer, Alex Tucker, Isabella Rahme, Alison Eom, Leo Apollonov.

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A soundtrack which is performed live with the The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) by Lotte Reiniger, a silent silhouette animation, considered by many to be the first feature length animated film, and based upon One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales often known in English as The Arabian Nights. The music when performed with the film comprises a continuous score of 65 minutes. It is performed live by a quartet of soprano sax, trombone, and two keyboards, against a pre-recorded track of samples, loops and live drums.

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Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the second edition, we'll be immersed in the richness of strings and winds in two exciting duo projects.

SAM GILL & JOSEPH FRANKLIN
Sam Gill - saxophones
Joseph Franklin - semi-hollow bass guitar

CLAYTON THOMAS & FREYA SCHACK-ARNOTT
Clayton Thomas - double bass
Freya Schack-Arnott - cello

Abi Lee & Alister Spence
Alister Spence - piano
Abi Lee - piano

Gabriella Hill Quartet
Gabriella Hill - Tenor Saxophone
Cameron Undy - Bass
Eric Tsai - Guitar
Alex Tucker - Drums

Experience an electrifying night of contemporary jazz led by two of Australia’s most acclaimed saxophonists.

Sandy Evans - tenor and soprano saxophone
Andrew Robson - alto and baritone saxophone, recorder
Brett Hirst - bass
Hamish Stuart – drums, percussion, tin whistle

Hayes Street Studio is thrilled to present pianist and composer Joseph Havlat in a rare recital that features a newly composed works by Australian composer Lisa Illean: her piano Sonata in ten parts.  Alongside this work, Joseph will perform a section from Bent Sørensen's "12 Nocturnes". 

Lisa Illean: Sonata in ten parts
Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes

Joseph Franklin (electric bass guitar) and Ben Carey (electronics) proudly celebrate the release of their live collaborative tape recorded last year.

Ustad Irfan Khansahib is the highly renowned scion of the Lucknow Shahjahanpur lineage of sarod players. Representing more than 10 generations of court musicians/ international performers, composers and teachers, he has inherited an enormous repertoire of traditional material from his forefathers. Based in Kolkata he has toured the world many times to critical acclaim.

Bobby Singh is a highly experienced accompanist on tabla to many of the leading artists of Hindustani Music. As a leading disciple of Pandit Aneesh Pradhan, Bobby is beautifully trained in the art of accompaniment and creates a beautiful space for his fellow musician to flourish and connect with audiences.

Zodiac are thrilled to mark the release of their second record ‘From’ with a live performance of the album on July 19th at St Stephen's Uniting Church.

Jordan Chung – Piano
Hinano Fujisaki – Tenor Saxophone
Sabine Tapia – Double Bass
Manson Luk – Drums

Short film 7pm; Music 7:15pm

Bukhu - Khuumii (Harmonic overtone throat singing) and Morin Khuur (Horsehead fiddle)
Nosh Mistry - Electronic composition
Together, Bukhu and Nosh forge a unique musical dialogue. The duo creates rich, expansive soundscapes that can be at once meditative and electrifying, grounding the listener in a deep sense of history while simultaneously propelling them into the future of sound. Their music defies categorization, drawing from world music, experimental electronic, and contemporary classical influences, resulting in a sound that is uniquely their own.

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

HOLLY HARRISON Sylvan      
DANIEL ROJAS  ...Of Magic and Realism 
TRISTAN COELHO  As the Dust Settles  
CAMERON LAM  Paint by Numbers       
ANNE BOYD  Prayers to the Light    
TIM HANSEN  Pencils         

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Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the third edition, we'll hear rich textural explorations from two sonically diverse duos.

SAM GILL & CHRIS ABRAHAMS
Sam Gill - saxophones
Chris Abrahams - piano

MONICA BROOKS & CLARE COOPER
Monica Brooks - piano/accordion
Clare Cooper - guzheng/harp

Theo Carbo; guitar, Hilary Geddes; guitar

THE WELLSPRING - Jacques Emery; bass, guitar, percussion, Thomas Avgenicos; Trumpet, Imogen Cygler; Violin, Voice, Roshan Kumarage; Accordion, Hilary Geddes; Acoustic and electric guitars, Theo Carbo; Acoustic and electric guitars, Chloe Kim; Percussion

Jane's 2022 album ‘I am tree, I am a mouth’ was listed on the New Yorker's Notable Recordings of that year, alongside the Berlin Radio Symphony and Björk. Her follow-up release, ‘Flowermuscle’, comes out June 27, and she's been working with brilliant audio artist and frequent collaborator Bob Scott to create a surround sound performance for Phoenix.

With an international reputation for highly specialised contemporary opera and art music for voice, Jane's own music shows the influence of the avant garde. Described as “riveting” (New York Times) and “gripping and expressive” (Financial Times), Jane’s work focuses on the experience of altered or transformative states of being.

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Sandy Evans: Saxophones, composer
Renowned Indian Jazz ensemble Shakti Spirit celebrate female creativity through the shared joy of improvised music-making. This ensemble transcends music, offering a experience of cultural exchange.

Nadhamuni Gayatri Bharath: Voice, composer
Jess Green: Guitar
Pirashanna Thevarajah: Mridangam and other percussion
Prahlad Iyer: Ghatam and other percussion

Noitcurtsed Nodnet
Daniel Raymond - drums
Aidan Wong - tenor saxophone
Eric Tsai - electric guitar
Ravi T-Ray - piano

Hectet (NZ)
Hector McLachlan - piano
Phoebe Johnson - bass
Lennox Grootjans - drums
Jasper Holloway - guitar

Pianist Ronan Apcar and Ensemble Apex present a showcase of Sydney composers at ACO On The Pier on the harbour.

DULCIE HOLLAND Serious Procession
DAN ROJAS La Gran Salsa
NIGEL WESTLAKE out of the blue
DULCIE HOLLAND Conversation for Piano
DULCIE HOLLAND Concertino for Piano and Strings

Planks & Percussion: a series of works composed by three drummer/percussionists.

Inspired by found objects, knick-knacks, and planks of wood, performer-composers Bree van Reyk, Niki Johnson, and Hayley Chan unite to present three original compositions. Building on their debut performance of van Reyk’s A Series of States at the Art Gallery of NSW, their appearance at Local Edition deepens their exploration of guided improvisation, sonic environments, and evocations of the natural world—revealing the vast textures and terrains that can emerge from a percussion ensemble.

Maryam Rahmani, David Moran, and Sebastian Collen come together in a unique collaboration that bridges Persian classical music, experimental composition, and contemporary Western performance. Rooted in Maryam’s Iranian heritage and mastery of the Santur, the trio explores rich sonic landscapes shaped by David’s virtuosic cello performance and Seb’s conceptual compositions.

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This performance will feature original compositions which draw on multiple musical styles including jazz, world and classical music. The program will also feature deep dives into the world of free improvisation. Virtuoso instrumentalists on reeds, piano accordion and piano.

Sandy Evans is an internationally renowned saxophonist, composer, music researcher and teacher with a passion for improvisation and new music.

Gary Daley is a highly regarded Australian composer, pianist, accordionist and teacher from Springwood in the Blue Mountains.

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

Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the fourth and final edition, the focus is on woodwinds and will feature four of Australia's most acclaimed improvising reeds players.

SAM GILL & PHILLIPPA MURPHY-HASTE
Sam Gill - saxophones
Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets & viola

PAUL CUTLAN & ANDREW ROBSON
Paul Cutlan - saxophones & clarinets
Andrew Robson - saxophones

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

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

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

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