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August 2019
Australian Sounds
The Australian Boys Choir and The Vocal Consort come together in a rare all-Australian expedition of music by our very best and brightest home-grown composers. Works by Ross Edwards, Iain Grandage, Paul Stanhope, Clare Maclean, Stephen Leek, Joseph Twist and Matthew Orlovich are hallmarks of this flagship event in the Australian Boys Choir's 80th anniversary concert season. Presented in association with the City of Harmony Boroondara Choral Festival.
Find out more »España El Vito – The Spirit of Spain – Piano & Guitar Recital
You’re invited to a special musical event as internationally acclaimed, award-winning concert pianist and Young Steinway Artist Nicholas Young is joined by renowned 10-string Spanish classical guitarist Matthew Fagan (aka Lord of the Strings). Enjoy a celebration of Spanish repertoire for the guitar and piano, from classical masterpieces to flamenco styles of Paco De Lucia and Paco Pena and modern jazz.
Find out more »September 2019
Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Band
2019 Friends of Music (FOMS) presents the Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Band! Featuring music from traditions including (but not limited to) Scotland, Canada and Scandinavia, the Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers embrace the fun of fiddling, with everything from raucous reels to quiet airs. A high energy collective with musical influences as diverse as its membership, the Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers plays anything from reels to airs and everything in between. Featuring music from traditions including (but not limited to) Scotland, Canada and Scandinavia,…
Find out more »PRIVATE PEACEFUL
From the author of War Horse comes Private Peaceful, the acclaimed stage version of the internationally best-selling novel. A very young World War 1 soldier awaits his court martial in No-Man’s Land. As his fate approaches, he relives his life, from the idyllic dappled fields of his West Country village to the nightmarish killing fields of The Great War. As he tells his moving story, he transforms into a host of colourful characters from his short life, in his mission…
Find out more »PRIVATE PEACEFUL
From the author of War Horse comes Private Peaceful, the acclaimed stage version of the internationally best-selling novel. A very young World War 1 soldier awaits his court martial in No-Man’s Land. As his fate approaches, he relives his life, from the idyllic dappled fields of his West Country village to the nightmarish killing fields of The Great War. As he tells his moving story, he transforms into a host of colourful characters from his short life, in his mission…
Find out more »PRIVATE PEACEFUL
From the author of War Horse comes Private Peaceful, the acclaimed stage version of the internationally best-selling novel. A very young World War 1 soldier awaits his court martial in No-Man’s Land. As his fate approaches, he relives his life, from the idyllic dappled fields of his West Country village to the nightmarish killing fields of The Great War. As he tells his moving story, he transforms into a host of colourful characters from his short life, in his mission…
Find out more »PRIVATE PEACEFUL
From the author of War Horse comes Private Peaceful, the acclaimed stage version of the internationally best-selling novel. A very young World War 1 soldier awaits his court martial in No-Man’s Land. As his fate approaches, he relives his life, from the idyllic dappled fields of his West Country village to the nightmarish killing fields of The Great War. As he tells his moving story, he transforms into a host of colourful characters from his short life, in his mission…
Find out more »Liane Keegan Sings The Judy Garland Songbook
Play It Forward is proud to present a special fundraising concert version of Skunkworks Productions’ recent sellout show at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre, featuring our patron, the incredible Liane Keegan, singing Judy Garland’s greatest hits. Accompanied by the fabulous seven-piece Skunkworks Band, conducted by Phillipa Edwards. Presented by Play It Forward A Skunkworks Production Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square Saturday September 7th 7pm – 8.30pm Tickets $35 adult / $30 concession / U!8 Proceeds support Play It Forward, providing a unique…
Find out more »Petrushka
Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes changed the history of ballet and the history of music too. Stravinsky composed all of his early landmark ballet scores for Diaghilev’s company, including Petrushka. It’s all energy, lyricism, playfulness and pathos, wrapped up in kaleidoscopic orchestral colours; it doesn’t take much imagination to see Petrushka and the Ballerina in their fairground tale of love and jealousy. Romantic pursuit lies at the heart of de Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos also: the miller’s attractive young…
Find out more »ESPAÑA- EL VITO – The Spirit of Spain & Tango – Piano & Guitar Recital
Continuing their ground-breaking 2018 tour collaborations including SOLD OUT shows at the Sydney Opera House Nicholas Young, Internationally acclaimed, Award Winning concert pianist & ‘Young Steinway Artist’ & renowned 10 String Spanish Classical Guitarist Matthew Fagan present the works of composers RODRIGO - ALBENIZ - DE FALLA – GRANADOS – PIAZZOLLA - COREA –RAVEL - BOLLING & MORE Featuring Spanish repertoire from classical to flamenco, Tango, South American Classical and Latin and modern jazz, infusing the exhilarating traditional flamenco elements…
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