CALENDAR
CAMERATA - BRISBANE
AUG. 06, 2022
Brisbane QLD
Simply for Strings
Camerata perform a program works including the music of Australian composers Michael Patterson, John Rotar, and Nicole Murphy.
THOMPSON ST OPERA CO - CHICAGO
SUMMER 2022
Chicago IL USA
Thompson Street Opera Company
In the summer of 2022, Thompson Street Opera Company will present a double bill of two new one-acts which each explore the complexities of the human mind.
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC - PREMIERE
JUL. 30, 2022
Townsville QLD
Townsville Civic Theatre
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music commissioned 25 Australian composers to compose variations on Beethoven’s iconic theme Ode to Joy. Join the acclaimed Goldner Quartet in the premiere performances of 25 new miniatures for string quartet.
QUIRKY - THEATRE PREMIERE
JUL. 14-16, 2022
Brisbane QLD
Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
A comic tragedy that tells beautiful and emotionally challenging stories of human connection.
Quirky came to life as an expression of the experiences of the Real and Diverse (RAD) Theatre ensemble during the first years of the COVID pandemic – a time when the usual ways of “being” and “doing” changed enormously.
The ensemble explored notions of community, connection, contact, social and physical distancing, vulnerability, personal and communal responsibility, and the importance of interaction.
RAD never set out to make “a show about COVID”, but rather a piece that expressed how the ensemble members had experienced (and responded to) the new world in which they found themselves.
Nicole Murphy’s original music is the key thread of this piece, weaving together the various components into a singular whole, and providing both a response to RAD’s original thoughts and a springboard for new ideas.
Quirky aptly describes the production, but it also describes the individuality and diversity of the ensemble members, and their experiences during the past few years.
Quirky is the inaugural creation by inclusive ensemble Real and Diverse Theatre supported by Centacare. The artists of RAD have been part of Queensland’s artistic community since 2009, creating partnerships with the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, Queensland Opera, and now with Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
SPINNING TOP - TEMPO RUBATO
JUN. 13, 2022
Melbourne VIC
Tempo Rubato
Co-curated by Coady Green, Kyla Matsuura-Miller, Leigh Harrold and Miranda Hill, our June residency is a celebration of classical chamber and solo instrumental music by LGBTIQ+ composers from around the world, featuring leading Australian performers.
LUNART FESTIVAL
JUN. 4, 2022
Madison WI USA
LunArt Festival
New music by Stacy Garrop, Yuting Tan (Singapore), Nicole Murphy (Australia), and Ula Goldstein (United States). A focal point of the program will be Piano Quintet in A minor by Florence Price, who was the first African-American woman to have a piece performed by a major U.S. symphony orchestra.
PREMIERE - QUEENSLAND YOUTH SYMPHONY
MAY 28, 2022
Brisbane QLD
QPAC Concert Hall
Queensland Youth Symphony give the premiere of a new 30-minute orchestral work, alongside Strauss' Four Last Songs and Also Sprach Zarathustra.
THE ANAM SET FESTIVAL
MAY. 14, 2022
Melbourne VIC
Abbotsford Convent
The ANAM Set is an audacious commissioning project, pairing 67 Australian composers at varying career stages with 67 musicians studying at the Australian National Academy of Music. Supported by the Australian Government’s Restart Investment and Expand (RISE) Fund, the pairs would create over six hours of new music with the goal of reinvigorating new Australian music after the lockdowns of 2020 (and now 2021). Now, nine months on from the initial launch, ANAM has announced the completion of all 67 works, to be presented as a festival from 13–15 May next year.
ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYS
MAR. 26, 2022
Shanghai CHINA
ISCM World New Music Days
'Surfacing' has been selected from the Australian section to be performed at the ISCM World New Music Days in Shanghai and Nanning, China in March 2022.
ADELAIDE FESTIVAL - CAMERATA
MAR. 14, 2022
Adelaide SA
UKARIA Cultural Centre, Adelaide Festival
Tenzin Choegyal, the outstanding composer/performer who infuses his songs with his Tibetan lineage, has collaborated with Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass and, for over 10 years now, with the ever-innovative Camerata - Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, led by Brendan Joyce. Together, Tenzin and five Camerata musicians present a program of sublime Tibetan songs interspersed with music by some exceptional Australian composers.
THE ANAM SET - PREMIERE
NOV. 22, 2021
Abbotsford VIC
Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent
Trombonist William Kinmot will give the premiere of a new solo work, commissioned as a part of The ANAM Set.
'CLICK FARM' PREMIERE - ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING
OCT. 28, 2021
Sydney NSW
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
The premiere of a new work for Ensemble Offspring, written as part of the 2019 Noisy Women Commission.
HINGE ENSEMBLE - PROVIDENCE RI
OCT. 23, 2021
Providence RI USA
The Music Mansion
HINGE tours a specially commissioned version of 'Stolen' as part of their “A Scheme for Brightness” program. This program also features music by Dan VanHassel, Marti Epstein, and Julius Eastman.
HINGE ENSEMBLE - BOSTON MA
OCT. 22, 2021
Boston MA USA
Studio 401, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
HINGE tours a specially commissioned version of 'Stolen' as part of their “A Scheme for Brightness” program. This program also features music by Dan VanHassel, Marti Epstein, and Julius Eastman.
HINGE ENSEMBLE - COLUMBUS OH
OCT. 19, 2021
Columbus OH USA
Short North Stage
HINGE tours a specially commissioned version of 'Stolen' as part of their “A Scheme for Brightness” program. This program also features music by Dan VanHassel, Marti Epstein, and Julius Eastman.
DARKWATER FESTIVAL
SEP. 25, 2021
Pembroke NC USA
University of North Carolina, Pembroke
Lisa Neher performs a program of works for unaccompanied voice, including 'Air Stirs'.
SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL
SEP. 17, 2021
Sydney NSW
Sydney Fringe Festival
Jason Noble – Clarinet
Jason Noble is one of Australia’s most versatile clarinettists. He is equally at home in the concert hall or experimenting in Sydney’s improvised music scene. A specialist in presenting new work, he works closely with living Australian composers, championing the music of our time. A believer in the power of music in breaking down barriers, he has collaborated with musicians from Afghanistan, India and the Tiwi Islands.
FESTIVAL JEUNES TALENTS - PARIS
JUL. 20, 2021
Paris FRANCE
Cathédral Ste Croix Des Arméniens
Tendre Angoisse perform 'Spinning Top' at the Festival Européen Jeunes Talents in Paris.
SEEN BUT NOT HER
JUL. 03, 2021
Brisbane QLD
Judith Wright Arts Centre
Seen But Not Her is a theatrical conversation between women musicians playing the music of women composers, and physical performers inserting their bodies between musicians and their instruments, and between notes and phrases of this music. Together they will unpick the experience of playing and composing, and celebrate women being heard.
SEEN BUT NOT HER
JUL. 02, 2021
Brisbane QLD
Judith Wright Arts Centre
Seen But Not Her is a theatrical conversation between women musicians playing the music of women composers, and physical performers inserting their bodies between musicians and their instruments, and between notes and phrases of this music. Together they will unpick the experience of playing and composing, and celebrate women being heard.
SEEN BUT NOT HER
JUL. 01, 2021
Brisbane QLD
Judith Wright Arts Centre
Seen But Not Her is a theatrical conversation between women musicians playing the music of women composers, and physical performers inserting their bodies between musicians and their instruments, and between notes and phrases of this music. Together they will unpick the experience of playing and composing, and celebrate women being heard.
'CLICK FARM' PREMIERE - ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING
JUN. 24, 2021
Sydney NSW
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Ensemble Offspring give the premiere of 'Click Farm' at the Sydney Opera House on June 24 2021. 'Click Farm' was commissioned in 2019 for the Noisy Women Commissioning prize.
MAKE MUSIC FESTIVAL - CHICAGO
JUN. 21, 2021
Chicago IL USA
Kenwood Park
Michael Hall performs a programme of solo viola works at the Make Music Festival in Chicago.
PEARL - SUNSHINE COAST FESTIVAL
JUN. 16, 2021
Sunshine Coast QLD
Eudlo Hall
Muses Trio perform striking new music written especially for them at the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival. 2021 marks the Trio’s nineth concert season together and their third album release by ABC Classics for their Women of Note series. Nurtured in 2019, and recorded in late 2020, this program celebrates our incredible female composers from across Australia.
4MBS FESTIVAL OF CLASSICS - PREMIERE
MAY. 23, 2021
Coorparoo QLD
4MBS Studios
4MBS Ensemble-in-Residence OPUS 5 will bring to life four new Beethoven-inspired works by 4MBS commissioned Brisbane composers NICOLE MURPHY, PAUL KOPETZ, PAUL BONETTI and ELAINE SEETO. Opus 5 will also perform a Beethoven Clarinet Trio.
ANYWHERE FESTIVAL - BRISBANE
MAY 23, 2021
Brisbane QLD
Rabbits at Electric Ave
Join Muses Trio for an evening of music and wine. Now in their 9th year of celebrating music by women, the Muses have curated a program for Anywhere Fest 2021, featuring music by noted living Australian women composers including Elena Kats-Chernin, Sally Greenaway, Natalie Nicholas and Nicole Murphy. Performances at 4.30PM and 7PM.
ANYWHERE FESTIVAL - NOOSA
MAY 07, 2021
Noosa QLD
Noosa Regional Gallery
Join Muses Trio for an evening of music and wine. Now in their 9th year of celebrating music by women, the Muses have curated a program for Anywhere Fest 2021, featuring music by noted living Australian women composers including Elena Kats-Chernin, Sally Greenaway, Natalie Nicholas and Nicole Murphy.
CHARISMA - SYDNEY
MAY. 02, 2021
Sydney NSW
Callan St, Rozelle
Charisma perform a program of works by Mirrie Hill, Katy Abbott, Jane Stanley, Libby Larsen and Nicole Murphy.
CHARISMA - SYDNEY
MAY. 01, 2021
Sydney NSW
Callan St, Rozelle
Charisma perform a program of works by Mirrie Hill, Katy Abbott, Jane Stanley, Libby Larsen and Nicole Murphy.
PEARL PREMIERE
MAR. 11, 2021
Brisbane, QLD
Nixon Room UQ
Muses Trio celebrate International Women’s Day and their 9th season together with HOMEGROWN: striking new world premieres written recently for the Muses Trio by Australian women composers. These tiny seedlings were planted from spring 2019, and carefully nurtured and tended over the following seasons. Some bloomed and were harvested last summer, others blossomed and were plucked fresh from the vine only a few weeks ago. Let’s celebrate our incredible HOMEGROWN talent from across Australia: Sally Greenaway (ACT), Elena Kats-Chernin (NSW), Nicole Murphy (QLD), and Natalie Nicolas (NSW).
AVANT GARDENS
FEB. 06, 2021
Sydney NSW
Avant Gardens
Ensemble Offspring perform Dissemble at Avant Gardens. Join them for this intimate 4 concert experience featuring unusual line ups, much loved ‘avant garde’ classics and experimental music never heard before.
ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING - DISSEMBLE
SEP. 05, 2020
Sydney NSW
Ah Tempe
Ensemble Offspring’s own Claire, Jason and Lamorna bring you a bite-sized program of Australian works, including a new duo by our 2019 Noisy Women Composer, Nicole Murphy.
NOISY WOMEN COMMISSION PREMIERE - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
JUN. 23, 2020
Sydney NSW
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
The premiere of a new work for Ensemble Offspring, written as part of the 2019 Noisy Women Commission.
ONE VOICE PROJECT - LIVESTREAM
JUN. 16, 2020
Livestream
Third Angle New Music
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano, will perform a program of works from her One Voice Project including 'dark water...air stirs' at Wine Wednesdays, presented by Third Angle New Music (Portland OR). The concert will be live-streamed on Wednesday 17 June at 5:30pm PST.
LUNART FESTIVAL - MADISON WI - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
JUN. 06, 2020
Madison WI USA
LunART Festival
Spinning Top has been selected as one of four works to be programmed at the LunART Festival in Madison WI from June 3-7 2020.
HINGE ENSEMBLE, BOSTON - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
MAY 29, 2020
Boston MA
Boston
HINGE premieres a new version of Stolen, commissioned for their “Clockworks” program. This program features music by Heather Stebbins, Hannah Lash, and Louis Andriessen with world premieres by Yoon-Ji Lee, and Dan VanHassel’s arrangement of Meshuggah’s Clockworks.
SEEN BUT NOT HER - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
APR. 03, 2020
Brisbane QLD
Brisbane Powerhouse
'Seen But Not Her' brings together two formidable women’s performance groups, Muses Trio, and Vulcana, to present a new performance combining music by women, played by exceptional musicians, and embodied by awe-inspiring circus performers.
This show is presented on Friday 3 April at the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of the WOW Australia 2020 program, with music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Lera Auerbach, and Nicole Murphy.
DIVULSION - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
MAR. 21, 2020
Wilmington DE USA
Wilmington Classical Guitar Society
The Wilmington Classical Guitar Society will host guitarist Jordan Dodson and the Un/Strung Guitar Duo in a performance on March 21 at 7.30pm.
Works by Roland Dyens, Dai Fujikura, Reiko Füting, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Alonso Mudarra, and Nicole Murphy.
DARK WATER, AIR STIRS - PORTLAND - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
MAR. 17, 2020
Portland OR USA
Pullman Wine Bar
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano will perform a program of works including 'dark water...air stirs' at Wine Wednesdays, presented by Third Angle New Music on Wed, March 18, 5:30-6:30 pm
Pullman Wine Bar, Portland, OR
Free & open to the public
UNTANGLED - SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
FEB. 10, 2020
Selinsgrove PA USA
Susquehanna University
Three students and four faculty members join SU alumnus and pianist Zachary Nyce for a night of chamber music for “Pierrot Ensemble.” Performances will be interspersed with music from Arnold Schoenberg’s landmark composition, Pierrot Lunaire, the music and the ensemble which formed the basis for dozens of compositions over the last century.
VII STOLEN - CHICAGO
FEB. 09, 2020
Chicago IL USA
Constellation
Michael Hall performs a programme of solo viola works at Constellation in Chicago on Sunday 9 February at 8.30pm.
