UPCOMING CONCERTS
YOUNG MANNHEIM SYMPHONISTS 2026 NATIONAL ACADEMY CONCERT
Australia’s national HIP youth orchestra, performing brilliant masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Suk, Richard Strauss and more.
VERBRUGGHEN HALL, SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM
Saturday 11 July | 2.00pm
1 Conservatorium Road
Sydney NSW 2000
Photo credit: Robert Catto
DOUBLE DEAL: Buy this ticket and receive 15% discount to Love, Loss & Madness! Use code in ticket purchase email.
LOVE, LOSS & MADNESS
Bel canto tales of love, loss and madness from 19th-century Italy, told by some of Australia’s most brilliant singers, using all the chiaroscuro and passion of the human voice against a lush backdrop of historical strings, winds, brass and percussion.
Featuring: Anna Fraser and Claire Burrell-McDonald, soprano | Andrew Goodwin, tenor | David Greco, baritone
Co-directed by Neal Peres Da Costa, fortepiano and Rachael Beesley, violin
VERBRUGGHEN HALL, SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM
Thursday 16 July | 7.30pm
1 Conservatorium Road
Sydney NSW 2000
Photo credit: Aleksrandra Walker
DOUBLE DEAL: Buy this ticket and receive 15% discount to YMS 2026 National Academy Concert! Use code in ticket purchase email.
BOHEMIAN DREAMS
Horn calls, clarinets and sparkling strings – the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra returns to Queensland with elegant chamber music from Bohemia and Austria. Includes:
VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY: Dive into the stories in the free pre-concert musical talk.
TALK&TEA: Meet our musicians over drinks and delicious Austrian sachertorte.
PLANT EMPIRE, BRISBANE
Friday 21 August | 7.00pm (concert + Talk&Tea)
15/55 Lofter Street
Tennyson QLD 4105
GYMPIE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE
Saturday 22 August | 1.30pm (Voyage + Concert + Talk&Tea)
with Cooloola Community Orchestra
40 Mellor Street
Gympie QLD 4570
THE EVENTS CENTRE, CALOUNDRA
Sunday 23 August | 1.30pm (Voyage + Concert + Talk&Tea)
with Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra
20 Minchinton Street
Caloundra QLD 4551
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, ROCKHAMPTON
Friday 28 August | 7.00pm (concert + Talk&Tea)
with Rockhampton Youth Orchestra
75-79 William Street
Rockhampton QLD 4700
ST LUKE’S PERFORMANCE CENTRE, BUNDABERG
Saturday 29 August | 1.30pm (Voyage + Concert + Talk&Tea)
with Bundaberg Youth Orchestra & Bella Canna Quintet
4 Mezger Street
Kalkie QLD 4670
BROLGA THEATRE, MARYBOROUGH
Sunday 30 August | 12.30pm (Voyage + Concert + Talk&Tea)
with Maryborough State High Strings
5 Walker Street
Maryborough QLD 4650
YOUNG MANNHEIM SYMPHONISTS 2026 QLD State ACADEMY CONCERT
Australia’s national HIP youth orchestra, performing brilliant masterpieces by Mozart and Spohr in Brisbane.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
ST PETERS LUTHERAN COLLEGE
Saturday 26 September | 3.30pm
66 Harts Road
Indooroopilly QLD 4068
Photo credit: Wallis Media
YOUNG MANNHEIM SYMPHONISTS 2026 VIC State ACADEMY CONCERT
Australia’s national HIP youth orchestra, performing brilliant masterpieces by Mozart and Spohr in Melbourne.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Saturday 3 October | 3.30pm
55 Mont Albert Rd
Canterbury VIC 3126
Photo credit: Hikari Photography
MOZART & MURPHY
Experience the only two quintets ever written for historical basset clarinet and strings: Mozart’s iconic, beloved Clarinet Quintet, and the shimmering, ocean-inspired Wavelength by Australian composer Nicole Murphy, commissioned by ARCO in 2024. Also featured is Mozart’s String Quartet in C, written when he was only 17.
PRIMROSE POTTER SALON, MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
Monday 7 December | 6.00pm
31 Sturt St
Southbank VIC 3006
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FAILURE OR INABILITY TO ATTEND EVENT
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A Member is not required to provide a refund or exchange where you are unable to attend the Event for reasons including, without limitation, your illness, the illness of any person accompanying you to the Event or other person for whom you need to care, transport failure or delay, or where you choose not to attend the Event for which you purchased the Ticket. You are encouraged to investigate ticket and travel insurance which may cover your loss in some of these circumstances.