UPCOMING CONCERTS
FIRST LIGHT
A clarinet melody, rising like the sun from shimmering strings. Five of Australia’s most brilliant musicians. Works beloved and new by Mozart, Schubert, Murphy and Haydn/Gambaro, illuminated by the sunrise in a tour presented by Musica Viva Australia.
Bask in the luminous sonorities of rare historic instruments. Connect deeply with emotions. Experience ‘First Light.’
Photo credit: Marcus Ward Curran
ARMIDALE TOWN HALL
Thursday 5 March | 7.00pm
127 Rusden Street
Armidale NSW 2350
GLASSHOUSE THEATRE, PORT MACQUARIE
Friday 6 March | 7.00pm
30-42 Clarence Street &, Hay Street
Port Macquarie NSW 2444
TAMWORTH REGIONAL CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
Saturday 7 March | 7.00pm
223-227 Marius Street
Tamworth NSW 2340
JAMES THEATRE, DUNGOG
Sunday 8 March | 4.00pm
6 Brown Street
Dungog NSW 2420
MOZART & MURPHY
Fresh from tours in QLD, NSW and Victoria, ARCO performs the only two quintets ever written for historical basset clarinet and strings: Mozart’s iconic Clarinet Quintet, and the shimmering, ocean-inspired Wavelength by Australian composer Nicole Murphy, commissioned by ARCO in 2024.
Melbourne date & venue coming soon
YOUNG MANNHEIM SYMPHONISTS 2026 NATIONAL ACADEMY CONCERT
Australia’s national HIP youth orchestra, performing brilliant masterpieces by 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
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.
VERBRUGGHEN HALL, SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM
Thursday 16 July | 7.30pm
1 Conservatorium Road
Sydney NSW 2000
Photo credit: Aleksrandra Walker
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 5 October | 3.30pm
55 Mont Albert Rd
Canterbury VIC 3126
Photo credit: Hikari Photography
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