Friends of the School of Music Annual Jazz Concert
Concert
The 12th Annual Friends Jazz FundraiserANU Jazz Orchestra (prepared by Con Campbell)Interval (bar open)Senior Student Jazz Ensembles (prepared by the School's jazz teachers)
Whitworth Roach Classical Music Performance Competition 2026
Concert
Through the generosity of the late Ms Christine Roach, students from The Australian National University have the opportunity to perform before an esteemed panel and guests for their share of $12,000 in prize money.Join us for the finals of the Whitworth Roach Classical Music Performance Competition…
Lee Dionne: Solo Piano Recital
Performance
Lee Dionne, who appears courtesy of an ongoing artistic research partnership with the Sydney Conservatorium, presents a solo piano concert featuring works from Unsuk Chin, Robert Schumann, and J.S. Bach. Dionne is described as “impressive” (NYTimes), “impeccable” (Fanfare Magazine), and “entrancing…
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…