Evening Concert Series
The Elder Conservatorium Concert Series showcases some of the best talent in classical music and jazz today. Our Evening series is know for it's wonderful guest artists, staff and student ensembles, and the beautiful acoustic and ambience of Elder Hall.
Regular ticket prices are $30 Adult, $25 Conc. and $19 Student. Special discounted pricing applies for Quey Percussion Duo on 15 May, Nicholas Mathew on 10 August, and Guitarissimo on 26 October ($25 / $20 / $15).
Purchase a subscription to four or more concerts, and you'll not only have your own seats for the series - but also save 25% off the cost of a single ticket!
Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra
Luke Dollman conductor Anne Cawrse Musaic |
Saturday 6 April, 6:30pmAnne Cawrse (composer) and Pei-Sian Ng (principal cello of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra) are both alumni of the Elder Conservatorium making waves in the wider world. Cawrse’s dance-inspired Musaic contrasts with the chilling intensity of Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. Rachmaninov’s richly melodic Second Symphony offers a blissful experience for orchestra and audience alike. |
Quey Percussion Duo
Featuring Elder Conservatorium Percussion Students Gene Koshinski As One |
Wednesday 15 May, 7:00pmThe Elder Hall stage will be filled with instruments of all shapes and sizes as Quey, an innovative American percussion duo, join forces with the Elder Conservatorium’s percussion students. Watching percussionists at play is a great way to be reminded of music’s inherent power and physicality. |
Celebration of Song
Michelle Nicolle and Anita Wardell voice |
Saturday 25 May, 6:30pmTwo of our highest-profile graduates, singers Michelle Nicolle and Anita Wardell, return to the Elder Conservatorium to join with current jazz staff and students in a celebration of song. |
Larger than Life
Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra Luke Dollman & David Polain conductors Leonard Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs |
Saturday 1 June, 6:30pmThe fruitful collaboration between the Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra and the Band of the South Australia Police continues with a program full of personality. A new work by Lauren McCormick pipes up between audacious Bernstein and wide-eyed Maslanka. |
Seraphim Trio
Fanny Mendehlsson Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 |
Thursday 4 July, 7:00pmThe Seraphim Trio deliver a program of great depth and beauty, including Smetana’s grandiose Piano Trio in G minor, and Elder Conservatorium graduate Jakub Jankowski’s Silhouettes. |
Fortepiano Recital
Nicholas Mathew fortepiano Beethoven |
Saturday 10 August, 6:30pmA rare opportunity to hear a fortepiano live! Its sound is gentler, drier, than the modern concert grand, and capable of great subtlety. Nicholas Mathew, specialist in early pianos, performs some of Beethoven’s early sonatas close to how they would have been heard over 200 years ago. |
Bonython Ensemble
Britten Sinfonietta |
Sunday 1 September, 2:30pmMeet the newly formed Bonython Ensemble, comprised of Elder Conservatorium staff, students, composers and conductors. They have unearthed a couple of gems – early works by Brahms and Britten, written before they went on to bigger things. An eerie work by the Conservatorium’s Head of Composition completes this fascinating program. |
Streeton Trio
Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major |
Saturday 14 September, 6:30pmTwo much-loved classics from the piano trio repertoire: Schubert’s expansive Second Trio (one of his last works) and Brahms’ unabashedly romantic First Trio (composed at the age of 20). Australia’s acclaimed Streeton Trio also perform a delightfully playful piece by young Australian composer Harry Sdraulig. |
1959: The Year That Changed Everything
Elder Conservatorium jazz staff and students Dustan Cox saxophones* Rodrigeuz/Evans ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ (from Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain)* And selections from albums including: |
Saturday 12 October, 6:30pm60 years on, we look back at a year that saw major changes in culture, politics and music – and the recording of some of the most influential jazz albums of all time. We recreate some of those musical milestones and feature a new work by Head of Jazz Mark Simeon Ferguson inspired by the events of 1959. |
Guitarissimo
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Saturday 26 October, 6:30pmOnce again a year of music making comes to a close with the sound of guitars – lots of them! There will be a wide range of solo and chamber music from our classical guitar students, and we wrap up the last of 2019 with the massed strings of the Elder Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble. |
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All concerts performed at Elder Hall. |
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