School of Music

School of Music concerts and events

The University of Queensland School of Music is proud to present our Concert Series. In reflecting the School's role in the broader South-East Queensland community, we have designed a diverse and exciting program. With established international and national artists performing, as well as our own emerging student artists, this year is set to be a vibrant, creative, and energetic time at the UQ School of Music. We look forward to connecting with you, as you explore this concert series, listen to our streamed and recorded concerts, and visit us at the St Lucia campus or browse through our website. 

 

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Rhapsody in C: Gershwin to Riley

5 May 2024 2:00pm–3:30pm
 
in Spectrum
Highlighting the depth and diversity of musical talent within the UQ School of Music - don't miss the grand finale of Spectrum!
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Dots+Loops: VESSEL

9 May 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in 2024 Live at UQ concert series
Violinist Flora Wong and ceramic artist Ruby Yu-Lu Yeh perform a sonic exploration of the process of creating a clay vessel. The experimental work combines the sounds of clay and ceramics with violin and electronics as the two performers play in the meeting place between musicking and ceramicking.
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Yeeun Heo masterclass

13 May 2024 10:00am
 
in Masterclasses at UQ
Come behind the scenes with us and be inspired by cellist Yeeun Heo from the Esmé Quartet, as she shares her experience and expertise with talented young artists.
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UQ Chamber Academy

16 May 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in 2024 Live at UQ concert series
Esteemed collective of award-winning musicians, concertmasters and LMusA-qualified soloists performing a range or impressive works.
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Voices and Viols: An Evening of Early Chamber Music

17 May 2024 6:00pm
 
in An Evening of Early Chamber Music
Join UQ Early Music Performance Project's first 2024 concert at UQ Art Museum, featuring chamber works.
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Prize Winner's Concert 1

23 May 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in 2024 Live at UQ concert series
UQ School of Music showcases excellence in performance and composition, featuring winners from various competitions in wind, brass, vocal, piano and string categories.
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Double Reed Discovery Day

4 July 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
 
in 2024 Discovery Days
Discovery Day for AMEB Grade 4+ students to explore oboe, bassoon with experts, workshops, performance skills, and networking opportunities.
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Clarinet and Saxophone Discovery Day

5 July 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
 
in 2024 Discovery Days
Join our Discovery Day to improve technique and explore music with top musicians, designed for high school students seeking inspiration.
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Brass Discovery Days (2)

6 July 2024 9:00am–7 July 2024 4:30pm
 
in 2024 Discovery Days
Explore brass at our 2-day Brass Discovery Day for high school students with workshops by leading musicians, enhancing skills and inspiration.
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Xanadu Sky: feat. Ensemble Offspring

25 July 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in 2024 Live at UQ concert series
Ensemble Offspring will present Xanadu Sky: a hypnotic blend of solos, trio, evolving patterns and rhythmic virtuosity by Harvey, Ward and Edwardes
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Choral Conversations: Composition As Collaboration

16 August 2022 12:00pm
 
in Choral Conversations

Sarah Maher Progress Review presentation

14 February 2023 12:00pm
 
in Research Seminar series
Finding a flexible future: A multiple case study exploration of perceptions and experiences of multi-genre and multi-disciplinary undergraduate voice performance programs in Australia.

Choral Conversations: Decolonisation, New Intersectionalities, Bad Faith and Wilful Misunderstandings

15 February 2023 4:00pm
 
in Choral Conversations

Conference as ceremony: Embracing an Indigenist approach in music education research

23 February 2023 12:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Research Seminar series
Dr Anita Prest will present a guest lecture on decolonising and Indigenising curriculums in music education

Old made New

2 March 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Aaron Brown’s Early Modern in collaboration with Black Square String Quartet presents a program of new compositions based on early music sources. Ancient songs and dances are re-imagined in a novel fusion of early music, modal jazz and world music that delights the senses and blurs the boundaries between past and present.

Visible

9 March 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Visible, a concert featuring Muses Trio, showcases world premieres from two composers/pianists across Australia who move effortlessly between genres
Professor Adrian Cherney

Low and Negligible Risk (LNR) Ethics Reviews

14 March 2023 10:00am–12:00pm
 
in Research Seminar series

Three Hundred Years of English Polyphony

16 March 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Small vocal ensemble Fractio Modi explores polyphonic music from England, spanning a time period of roughly three hundred years.

Sparks of Eastern and Western Voices

23 March 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Two visiting scholars from Shaanxi Normal University in China will present ancient Chinese poetry art songs and Western classical music pieces.

Li Chen Progress Review presentation

28 March 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Research Seminar series
The "Chinese Essence" embedded in Chinese and Western Piano Music

Taana Rose Progress Review presentation

30 March 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Research Seminar series
Creating opera utilising augmented reality and virtual reality technologies

Early Music Society of Queensland Memorial Concert

30 March 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
The Early Music Society of Queensland Inc. (EMSQ) brings together people with an interest in the music, instruments and dance of the medieval, renaissance, baroque, and classical periods. Our aim is to support and promote early music in Queensland.

Road Movies

6 April 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
UQ staff members Courtenay Cleary (violin) and Alex Raineri (piano) present three masterpieces of the duo repertoire; Messiaen’s glistening 'Thème et variations', Adams’ hypnotically groovy 'Road Movies' and Strauss’ epic 'Violin Sonata in Eb'.

Viney-Grinberg Duo

Cancelled
20 April 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series

Choral Conversations: Rebuilding the Choral Art for Justice and Equity

22 April 2023 11:00am
 
in Choral Conversations

Marike van Dijk Progress Review presentation

26 April 2023 12:30pm
 
in Research Seminar series
Big band of the Future? Applying techniques of the New York School of composers to large jazz ensemble

Nonsemble with Jo Davie and Monique Clare

27 April 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Indie-Chamber group Nonsemble collaborate with Australian songwriters Jo Davie and Monique Clare.

Robert Davidson

4 May 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Robert Davidson plays his own solo piano works, including the first solo performance of Queensland at Home, which includes a collection of home movies made in Queensland during the 1920s-40s, recently restored by the State Library of Queensland and Sally Golding.

Fanfare

16 May 2023 11:00am
 
in St John's Concert Series
Join the UQ Brass Ensemble and their director Bob Schultz for a morning concert at St John’s Cathedral.

Instant Music

18 May 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
An ensemble of UQ student improvisers will invent music in real time, responding to each other's visual and audible cues, creating melodies, rhythms, riffs, grooves, textures and soundscapes that constantly shift and develop. The culmination of a semester-long course in Creative Music Making.

Prize Winners' Concert

25 May 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
The UQ School of Music throughout the year promotes excellence in performance and composition by inviting students to participate in a range of competitions. This concert will feature students who were winners in the O’Brien Family Wind and Brass, Ethel Osborne Vocal, Burnett William Wendorff Memorial Prize for Classical Piano, and Richard Pollett String competitions.

Hannah Harley Progress Review presentation

31 May 2023 1:00pm
 
in Research Seminar series
Attention Distribution in String Quartet Performance: The Impact of Quartet Expertise

Double Reed Discovery Day

16 July 2023 10:00am–4:30pm
 
in 2023 Discovery Days
Embark on a captivating journey into the world of double reed instruments with our esteemed experts.

Art Song Festival Performance

27 July 2023 1:00pm
 
in Live at UQ Concert Series
Presented as part of the prestigious Queensland Art Song Festival; "Lovesick: A Journey through Schubert, Schumann & Reimann," featuring the mesmerizing vocals of Alexandra Flood, accompanied by the talented pianist Sholto Kynoch.

Brass Discovery Day

30 July 2023 10:00am–4:30pm
 
in 2023 Discovery Days
Discover the magic of brass instruments with our renowned experts.

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