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Paris Wages

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A native of New Orleans, Paris earned her MFA in dance from Florida State University.  She went on to work professionally with several companies including LA Opera, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Collage Dance Theatre, San Diego Opera, Oakland Ballet, Moving Arts Dance and San Francisco Opera Ballet.  After moving to Melbourne Ms. Wages began teaching at Elancé Adult Ballet School, started the first Dance for Parkinson’s class in Victoria in 2014 and received her Dance for PD® teacher certification in 2018.

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  • August 2025

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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

August 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

Playing the works from their vast back catalogue that have earned the brothers justifiable recognition as Australia’s finest classical guitarists.

$52 – $65

0 events, 2

1 event, 3

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

August 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

Ethereal French melodies to elevate your soul and senses. This is truly music of the ethereal realm. A French program featuring…

$30 – $65

1 event, 4

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

August 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

Anna Rabinowicz, flute Molly Collier-O’Boyle, viola Melina van Leeuwen, harp Much like the creeping, evergreen perennial, Violets trio have hit the…

$22 – $30

1 event, 5

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

August 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

Marking the 130th birthday of the German-American composer, violist, music theorist, conductor and teacher Paul Hindemith in a concert featuring works…

Free

2 events, 6

6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Shiyeon Sung. Join us for an hour in some…

$15 – $19
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Shiyeon Sung. Join us for an hour in some…

$15 – $19

2 events, 7

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196
7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

One of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities, Simone Lamsma makes her MSO debut performing Tchaikovsky’s expressive and virtuosic…

$20 – $127

1 event, 8

7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

August 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

'The most sought-after singer on the planet' - BBC Superstar soprano Danielle de Niese shot to stardom in Australia at the age…

$35 – $149

3 events, 9

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

A celebration of trailblazing women composers. Join Melbourne musicians Jasper Ly (oboe) and Peter Dumsday (piano) for TENERA, a journey through…

$30 – $37
7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

One of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities, Simone Lamsma makes her MSO debut performing Tchaikovsky’s expressive and virtuosic…

$20 – $127

4 events, 10

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

Can music describe a person? Flinders Quartet explores this with new pieces by Eötvös, Singh, and Nicolas, and Borodin’s second quartet.…

$40 – $50
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander…

$30 – $167
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

Choristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by…

$35
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196

1 event, 11

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander…

$30 – $167

2 events, 12

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

Can music describe a person? Flinders Quartet explores this with new pieces by Eötvös, Singh, and Nicolas, and Borodin’s second quartet.…

$42 – $53
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

1 event, 13

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

The MSO is about to hit the road on its first European tour in more than a decade. Join Jaime Martín…

$37.40 – $49

2 events, 14

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

Is Takács Quartet the world's greatest string quartet? 'You will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today.'…

$56 – $153
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

0 events, 15

6 events, 16

7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

Choristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by…

$35
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

At the afternoon matinee concert, the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir and Orchestra will present a magnificent one hour long concert featuring…

$29 – $59
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

Omega Ensemble presents Elevator Music, a captivating showcase of the clarinet featuring legendary British clarinettist Michael Collins in his first Australian…

7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

An evening of romantic and dramatic chamber music. Witness three of Australia’s most compelling musicians unite for an evening of richly…

$20 – $53
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

At the afternoon matinee concert, the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir and Orchestra will present a magnificent one hour long concert featuring…

$29 – $59
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

3 events, 17

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia presents two bold and breathtaking works by acclaimed Australian composer Chloé Charody. This transformative concert seamlessly fuses…

$45 – $55
5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

August 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

Join The University of Melbourne's Wind Symphony for their third concert of 2025. The ensemble's energetic program kicks off with the…

Free
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia presents two bold and breathtaking works by acclaimed Australian composer Chloé Charody. This transformative concert seamlessly fuses…

$45 – $55

0 events, 18

0 events, 19

1 event, 20

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

August 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

Students from the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School return for a program of excellence in performance. Opening with the…

$37.75 – $58.75

1 event, 21

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

Liana plays the electro-acoustic pedal harp, coupled with amplification and analogue effects pedals to extend the sonority of her instrument.

$20

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1 event, 30

7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

Excelsis, Chime Choir and the Yarra Philharmonic Orchestra give the Australian première of Dan Forrest's 'Creation', with soloists Rachael Joyce (Soprano)…

$25 – $30

1 event, 31

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

August 31 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

A Cathedral in Sound : Bach’s Mass in B minor

$70
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August 1
August 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

  • There are no events on this day.
August 3
August 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

August 4
August 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

August 5
August 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

August 6
August 6 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 7
August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 8
August 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

August 9
August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

August 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 10
August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 11
August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 12
August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 13
August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 14
August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 16
August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 17
August 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 14
August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

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August 16
August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 17
August 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

August 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

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August 20
August 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

August 21
August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

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August 30
August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

August 31
August 31 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

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