Evening Keyboard Showcase Concert Featuring Students, Faculty, and Guests
Concert
Details for this event will be updated here once available. This event is part of our ANU School of Music Keyboard Institute Open Day 2026 Event Series.
ANU Keyboard Institute Open Day
Concert
Please join us for this full day of guided exploration of the Keyboard Collection. The Open Day program includes two daytime concerts: a solo fortepiano and clavichord concert given by Erin Helyard, as well as a concert of new music for instruments from the collection composed and performed by…
Erin Helyard: Bach and Handel at the Harpsichord
Concert
Bach and Handel transform the harpsichord into an instrument of dazzling imagination. Bach’s exuberant D-major Toccata and monumental English Suite in A minor meet the operatic lyricism and contrapuntal brilliance of Handel’s F-major Suite. A final Chaconne brings the recital to a theatrical close,…
Music and Music-making in Laborde’s Choix de chansons
Seminar
Jean-Benjamin de Laborde’s lavish four-volume Choix de chansons (1773), dedicated to Marie Antoinette, brought together music, poetry and engraved images in what Laborde described as an entirely new genre of chansons pittoresques. This paper examines the collection through the lens…
ANU Lunchtime Concert: Sophie Min, Edward Neeman and Chris Latham
Concert
As part of the ANU School of Music Keyboard Open Day, join us for a special concert featuring ANU School of Music Faculty members Sophie Min and Edward Neeman (piano) accompany by special guest, Chris Latham (violin).The program includes the Fantasia by Beethoven; the Sonata in E major by J. S.…
The Mandolin in Naples in the 18th Century
Lecture
This lecture/recital is a presentation of the English translation of a book entitled: Il mandolino a Napoli nel Settecento—The Mandolin in Naples in the 18th century. The volume consolidates the recollection of the themes and reflections that were the content of a meeting between…
Cello & period instruments Recital: Zoltán Szabo (cello) and Nicholas Kennedy (piano)
Concert
Zoltán Szabo (cello) and Nicholas Kennedy (piano) present a recital featuring rare instruments from the ANU Historical Keyboard Collection:The program includes Beethoven's G minor cello sonata, using a period cello with gut strings and the University's replica fortepiano by Paul McNulty of a 1819…