School of Music concerts and events

Anna Grinberg and Liam Viney will perform Schubert's Rondo in A D. 951, for piano four hands. Viney will then perform Beethoven's Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Opus 53, the "Waldstein".

Experience the magic of Art Song at the 'Collaboration in Art Song' concert! Four exceptional duos, who worked together during the Queensland Art Song Festival, will mesmerize you with captivating vocal and piano performances.

MATERIAL weaves delicate foley, live percussion, droning feedback and pulsing synths together into a seamless performance both contemplative and relentless in equal measures. Created and performed by composer/producer Connor D’Netto and performance artist Yvette Agapow, the collaboration draws on their shared contemporary classical, ambient and noise music practices, meditating on both the materials and the materiality of art and the work of artists.

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SignWaves, a collective of flautists from The University of Queensland, bring a diverse range of flute repertoire of varying ensemble sizes from solo flute to flute choir to delight a diversity of audiences.

Brisbane Chamber Choir will perform a concert that celebrates the choral sounds of some of our leading contemporary voices in a program that focusses on the ocean and the stars. It includes works by Ēriks Ešenvalds and Australians Stephen Leek, Matthew Orlovich, Andrew Schultz, and others.

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 the students who won the 2023 Sleath String Performance Prize, Isolde Schaupp Memorial Prize for Percussion, Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and Piano, and Ethel Osborn Prize.

UQ Chamber Music Academy is an unique program bringing together the cream of the crop secondary school aged string players and pianists in Queensland to study chamber music. Formally established this year, the program has been a working concept since 2021, when Amogus Trio won the Robert Salzer 1st Prize at the Strike A Chord National Chamber Music Championship. They were followed by both The IncrediBows and Trio Bellissimo, who were among the 12 groups nationally to reach the grand finals in Melbourne in 2022. The program was born so that more students can experience the incredible joy of playing chamber music.

UQ Singer’s return to St John’s to continue their long collaboration with the Cathedral. The audience will hear excerpts from composers such as Mozart, Rossini, J. Strauss, Lehar, and Donizetti and the singers will give you arias, duets, trios, and large ensembles in today’s offerings.

Student ensembles from the UQ School of Music who are finalists in the 2021 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Memorial Prize in Chamber Music competition are invited to perform their works for this special event which is broadcast on 4MBS Classic FM.

Experience musical innovation as Sketch Ensemble unveils their compositions in a premiere concert.

The UQ Singers encompass all the emerging artists who focus on classical singing at The University of Queensland School of Music.

Join us as we witness the enchanting performances by the 2023 UQ Chamber Music Academy during their end-of-year concert.

A collection of new songs, in French, English and Ladino, by Pauline Maudy and Robert Davidson for voice (Pauline Maudy) and string quartet (Black Square Quartet).

Unleash your passion for flute at our immersive Discovery Day!

Unleash your passion for double reed instruments at our immersive Discovery Day!

Helena's 2-year research at UQ School of Music delves into contemporary viola vibrato, aiming to inspire others in their practice.

The School of Music's 2024 opening concert will feature a program of chamber music for cello, clarinet and piano by Manuel de Falla, Alban Berg, Paul Dean and Gabriel Faure.

Courtenay Cleary, a highly accomplished violinist, and Alex Raineri, a versatile musician, will perform works by Beethoven, Clara Schumann and Respighi.

Muses Trio's 2024 International Women’s Day concert showcases radiant works, including premieres like Nat Bartsch's 'Under the Thinking Tree'.