Find The Music In You! – Open Academy at the Con

Short courses for adults: jazz and soul ensembles, impro basics, jazz guitar, music theory, singing, and more! Classes held at: Conservatorium of Music with some online classes, starting 13th October. This spring, nurture your creativity with a short music course at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Open Academy. Pick up a new instrument perhaps? – […]

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MOONSTRUCK – Ensemble Offspring

MOONSTRUCK – Ensemble Offspring Almost 30 years to the day and in the same venue as the Spring Ensemble’s first concert, Moonstruck looks to the origins of our ensemble and imagines the future. The starting point is Arnold Schoenberg’s revolutionary classic from 1912, Pierrot lunaire – still radical to the ear as it straddles the […]

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Review: ACO Up Close, Shostakovich & Silvestrov

Saturday 23 August 2025 ACO on the Pier – The Neilson Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) When I saw the program for the latest ACO Up Close recital at The Neilson, I was curious as to the connection between Valentin Silvestrov and Dmitri Shostakovich. Yes they were both Soviet era […]

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Orlando – A Dazzling Journey Through Time and Identity

Based on the novel by Virginia WoolfAdapted by Carissa Licciardello & Elsie YagerDirected by Carissa Licciardello Virginia Woolf’s most beloved and brilliant novel takes to the stage in a joyous new adaptation. Orlando is young, rich and handsome. A courtier in the time of Elizabeth, he sets out in search of love, life, and a […]

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Review. The Takács Quartet

Monday 18 August 2025 City Recital Hall Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Four strings. One mind. It’s easy to see why the Takács Quartet is considered one of the pre-eminent string quartets on the planet and a regular guest of Music Viva Australia. An appreciative crowd gathered on a wet winter night at the […]

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Review: Beyond Jazz Weekender

Beyond Jazz Weekender 15-17 August, 2025 Bellingen Memorial Hall Review by John McNamara (Friday Drive) A long weekend of very fine jazz and much more returned to Bellingen in the mid-north Coast hinterland and what a treat it was for the locals and those who made the trek to this beautiful part of New South […]

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Review. Slip: INDance

Friday 15 August 2025 Rebecca Jensen and Sydney Dance Company. The Neilson, Walsh Bay Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Having spent the early years of my career working as a foley artist and sound effects editor, when I heard about a contemporary dance work based on the art of foley, I was intrigued. Rebecca […]

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Review. Lost Birds at White Bay Power Station

Saturday 16 August 2025 Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Ensemble White Bay Power Station Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) What White Bay Power Station lacks in the elite acoustic of the City Recital Hall or the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, it more than makes up for with its dramatic pre-WWI industrial infrastructure […]

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STROBE Music Film Festival Returns!

Get ready, music lovers! One of Sydney’s most beloved niche film events is back. Groovescooter’s 5th annual STROBE Music Film Festival kicks off Friday, August 29 at the Golden Age Cinema, showcasing a stunning lineup of music documentaries and retrospectives that celebrate iconic, unsung, and genre-defining artists from across the globe. This year’s program features […]

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Africa Film Fest Australia AFFA from 4th to 7th September 2025

AFRICA FILM FEST AUSTRALIA  2025 PROGRAM Africa Film Fest Australia is back in town! A bold, joyful and thought-provoking celebration of African cinema returns to Sydney from the 4th to 7th of September 2025 at iconic venues including the Sydney Opera House and Riverside Theatres, Arts & Cultural Exchange is proud to co-present the return […]

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Philosophy of Jazz, One-Off Special with Athésia

Written by: Athésia Bonjour, Good Afternoon beautiful souls of Sydney, Australia and The WORLD.Welcome to Philosophy of Jazz. My name is Athésia, and I’m filling in for Phil James today. Musical odyssey of peace and Love It has been a while since I’ve been on air, on social media, or in the public eye. After almost […]

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