australian music calendar

australian music calendar Victoria : January – December 2012

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The Australian Music Calendar lists events from around Australia which feature music by one or more Australian composers, sound artists or improvisers. Below are details for events in Victoria in 2012. * denotes World premiere ; ** denotes Australian premiere

VICTORIA

28 January 2012 - Sacred Stage

Venue: Kallista Mechanics Hall - Cnr Church St and Tom Roberts Rd, Kallista, 2pm Program: Jacqui Rutten - New hope*

- Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program Venue: Iwaki Auditorium - ABC Southbank Centre, 120-130 Southbank Boulevard, South Melbourne, 6:30pm. Program: Simon Charles - Atropos, Lisa Illean - Veils, Daniel Portelli - Finding Kensho, Catherine Sullivan - Vidova Gora - Svitanje, Music by Simon Charles, Lisa Illean, Daniel Portelli, Catherine Sullivan. Performers: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

1 February 2012 - Frock

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8.30pm

- Seensound Visual/Music Venue: Loop - 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne, 7:30pm Program: Warren Burt - E-PHI (Didn't Care), Brigid Burke - Street line*, Snapper is a feast, Seed*, Mark Pederson - Seed*, Street line*, Jim Denley - Closely Woven Fabrik, Andrew Thomson/Lloyd Barrett - Dorn Kpring, Music by Peter Jovanov, Scott Morrison. Also: Dan Senn and Justin Bradshaw.

5 February 2012 - Syzygy @ Stones of the Yarra Winery

Venue: Stones of the Yarra Winery - 14 St Huberts Road, Coldstream, 11am Program: Brenton Broadstock - I touched your glistening tears, Annie Hsieh - Quartet: towards the beginning.

- Jazz at Canterbury Gardens Venue: Canterbury Gardens - Boroondara, 4pm to 6pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Dave Beck, Sam Keevers, Ali McGregor, Ben Robertson Performers: Dave Beck, Sam Keevers, Ali McGregor, Ben Robertson.

8 February 2012 - Frock

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8.30pm

10 February 2012 - Induction of new Minister

Venue: St Luke's Uniting Church (Geelong) - Barrabool Road, Highton, Geelong, 7pm Program: New work by Malcolm John

- Andrea Keller Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 7.30 Jazz/improvisations by Andrea Keller

12 February 2012 - Tony Gould & Friends

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8:30pm

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13 February 2012 - La Mama musica

Venue: La Mama Courthouse - 349 Drummond Street, Carlton, 7.30pm Program: New work by Nick Tsiavos

15 February 2012 - Dialogues - Warren Burt

Venue: St Ali - 12-18 Yarra Place, South Melbourne, 8pm

- Mostly Mozart : including Glanville-Hicks Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, 11:30am. Program: Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Three gymnopedies. Performers: Adam Chalabi, Orchestra Victoria.

- Frock Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8.30pm

16 February 2012 - Wreckage

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 8.00 pm Program: Music by Oren Ambarchi, James Rushford. Also: Alvin Lucier - Still Lives. Performers: Oren Ambarchi, Nat Grant, Phoebe Green, Judith Hamann, Karen Heath, James Rushford, Kim Tan.

18 February 2012 - David Jones - Energy through Matter

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 3.00 pm and 7.00 pm Jazz/improvisations by David Jones. Performers: David Jones.

19 February 2012 - David Chesworth Ensemble - Vanishing Tekopia

Venue: The Famous Spiegeltent (Melbourne) - Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, 4pm. Program: David Chesworth - Vanishing Tekopia

23 February 2012 - Felix Werder at 90

Venue: Iwaki Auditorium, South Melbourne, 7.30pm Program: Felix Werder - Dice*, Recipe for disaster, Ill Tempered Clavier**, Tempest, Quinny on the Roof, H Factor*, Performance/sound art by Warren Burt. Performers: Michael Kieran Harvey, Silo String Quartet, Eugene Ughetti, Warren Burt.

24 February 2012 - Tracings CD launch (Bandt & Sistermanns) & sound art performance

Venue: Grainger Museum - University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, 6:30pm Program: Ros Bandt - global garden for Percy, Johannes Sistermanns - global garden for Percy

24, 25, 27, 28, 29 February, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 March 2012 - Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music)

Venue: State Theatre - The Arts Centre. Program: Brett Dean - Fire music**, Music by Stefan Gregory, David Page. Performers: Orchestra Victoria.

27 February 2012 - Cold Water

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 6.00 pm Program: James Rushford - Open Chain, Alexander Garsden - Nearly Shadow, Alexander Garsden - Erice. Performers: Atticus String Quartet.


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29 February 2012 - Syzygy Ensemble - Pierrot by Moonlight

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 6pm Program: Brett Dean - Night window, Annie Hsieh - Quartet: towards the beginning. Performers: Leigh Harrold, Jenny Khafagi, Julia Stoppa, Syzygy Ensemble.

4 March 2012 - Kalimna Duo - Lyrebird Music Society Concert

Venue: Wyselaskie Auditorium - 29 College Crescent, Parkville, 2.00pm Program: Colin Brumby - Exotic dances. Performers: Alannah Guthrie-Jones, Karen Schofield.

- George Dreyfus: Symphony No. 3 Venue: Hawthorn Town Hall, Hawthorn, 2:30pm Program: George Dreyfus - Rush, Symphony No. 3.

7 March 2012 - LOOP - Visual/music series

Venue: Loop - 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne, 7:30pm Music by Ros Bandt, Brigid Burke, Warren Burt, Jon Drummond, Gordon Monro, Performance/sound art by Brigid Burke, Mark Pederson

8 March 2012 - The Way You Move Me

Venue: Fehily Contemporary, Collingwood, Program: David Chesworth - The way you move me, Sonia Leber - The way you move me

9 March 2012 - Think, Dance, Imagine, Fly

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 7.00pm New works by Tony Gould, Imogen Manins, Performers: Tony Gould, David Jones, Riley Lee, Imogen Manins.

10 March 2012 - Think, Dance, Imagine, Fly

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre. Program: New works by Tony Gould, Imogen Manins, Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, David Jones, Riley Lee, Imogen Manins

10, 13 March 2012 - Prestidigitation : Erik Griswold & Adam Simmons

Venue: Footscray Community Arts Centre - Footscray, 8 pm Program: New works by Erik Griswold, Adam Simmons.

13 March 2012

- Australian Voices - Nigel Westlake curated by Matthew Hoy Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 6pm Program: Nigel Westlake - High tension wires, Piano sonata, Tall tales but true, Rare sugar Performers: Michael Kieran Harvey, Matthew Hoy, Musicians of the National Academy of Music.

14 March 2012 - Australian String Quartet : Towards Light

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 7.00 pm. Program: Peter Sculthorpe - String quartet no. 11. Performers: Australian String Quartet, Daniel de Borah.


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15 March 2012 - Jim Denley & Sam Pettigrew

Venue: Tape Projects Space, Melbourne, 8pm Performance/sound art by Ben Byrne, Jim Denley, Sam Pettigrew

17 March 2012 - Flinders Quartet and Vince Jones: Intimate Letters

Venue: Montsalvat Barn Gallery - 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, 2.30pm Program: New work by Calvin Bowman, Jazz/improvisations by Vince Jones.

18 March 2012 - Australian Chamber Orchestra & Helena Rathbone

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Program: Ross Edwards - Veni creator spiritus. Also: Elgar Sheryngham, Raskatov, Part, Arensky.

- Concert to celebrate St. Patrick's Day Venue: St Michael's Anglican Church Kalorama - Cnr Falls Rd and Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd, Kalorama, 2pm. Program: Jacqui Rutten - Singing across the valley

- 'Heart and Voice' Venue: Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts, Program: Rae Howell - Tails of the Trebuchet*. Performers: Ballarat Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Burn.

19 March 2012 - Flinders Quartet : Intimate Letters

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, Performers: Flinders Quartet, Vince Jones.

- Lunchtime concert: Merlyn Quaife & Andrea Katz Venue: Melba Hall - Royal Parade, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 1.10pm Program: Gordon Kerry - Five cantos from John Kinsella's Divine Comedy, Keith Humble - Cabaret songs, Music by Percy Grainger. Also: Howarth Three Love Songs (world premiere), poems by Melbourne poet Graeme Ellis.

- Australian Chamber Orchestra : The Hilliard Ensemble Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 8 pm. Program: Ross Edwards - Veni creator spiritus.

20 March 2012 - Sound Bite - Musicians of the National Academy of Music

Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall - 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 6pm Program: Matthew Hindson - Light music, New work by Peter De Jager.

20, 21, 22, 23 March 2012 - MSO : Up Close and Musical

Venue: Footscray City College - Footscray. Program: Stuart Greenbaum - Symphony No. 2 Performers: Brett Kelly, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

23 March 2012 - In conversation with Tony Gould AM

Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall - 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 3pm

24 March 2012 - Encounters : Malaysian Liaisons

Venue: Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne. Program: Margaret Sutherland - Orange tree, Stuart Greenbaum - Columns of rain, Tony Gould - Crossroads, Ross Baglin - Columns of rain, John Shaw Neilson - Orange tree. Performers: Andrew Boyle, Blair Harris, Alison Rae Jones, Brenna Wee.


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29 March 2012 - Sound Bite - Dale Barltrop

Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall. Program: Matthew Hindson - metallic violins.

31 March 2012 - Monique diMattina with TT.O.

Venue: Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, 4.00pm. Program: Monique diMattina - Sun Signs, TT.O./Martin Friedel - 24 Hours: The Day The Language Stood Still

1 April 2012 - Monique diMattina with TT.O.

Venue: Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, 4.00pm. Program: Monique diMattina - Sun Signs, TT.O./Martin Friedel - 24 Hours: The Day The Language Stood Still

3 April 2012 - Australian Voices - George F. Boyle curated by Timothy Young

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 6pm Program: George F Boyle - Sonata for viola and piano, George F Boyle - Suite for two pianos, George F Boyle - Ballade for piano, Music by George F Boyle Performers: Musicians of the National Academy of Music, Timothy Young.

4 April 2012 - Firebird Trio : Brave New World

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 7pm Program: Stravinsky arr. Benjamin Martin - Four movements from the Firebird, New work by Benjamin Martin. Performers: Firebird Trio.

14, 15 April 2012 - Cinema with pianos, percussion, voices

Venue: Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, 7.30pm Program: Music by Phil Treloar. Performers: ASTRA choir, Astra Improvising Choir, Kim Bastin, Kym Dillon, Monique diMattina, Gloria Gamboz, Joy Lee, Joan Pollock, Phil Treloar.

14 April 2012 - AYO Young Symphonists

Venue: Bracebridge Wilson Theatre. Program: Richard Mills - Fantastic pantomimes. Performers: Australian Youth Orchestra, Richard Mills.

18 April 2012 - Fat Rain Music Series: Simmons & Jones

Venue: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. Jazz/improvisations by David Jones, Adam Simmons Co-presented by the New Music Network.

24, 28 April 2012 - St Lawrence String Quartet & Diana Doherty

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre. Program: Matthew Hindson - Rush, Gordon Kerry - Elegy, for string quartet.

28 April 2012 - Improv Sound Bite

Venue: Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Program: Andrea Keller - Boy, Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, Colin Hopkins, Tim Stevens, Three Lanes, Erkki Veltheim, Music by Andrea Keller. Performers: Cameron Hill, Helen Ireland, Andrea Keller, Zoe Knighton, Genevieve Lacey, Joe Talia, Roger Young, Tony Gould, Colin Hopkins, Tim Stevens, Three Lanes, Erkki Veltheim.


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29 April 2012 - Australian Doctors' Orchestra : charity concert

Venue: Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts. Program: Robert Hughes - Linn O'Dee. Performers: Australian Doctors' Orchestra, Joanna Drimatis.

30 April 2012 - UNESCO International Jazz Day.

Venue: City Square - Swanston St, Melbourne, 12noon-2pm

2 May 2012 - Seensound Visual Music Series

Venue: Loop, Melbourne. Program: Music by Diana Blom, Warren Burt, Eve Duncan, Wendy Suiter, Performance/sound art by Brigid Burke, Adrian Sherriff

- Paul Grabowsky Quartet Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 8:30pm Jazz/improvisations by Frank di Sario, Paul Grabowsky, Niko Schauble.

4 May 2012 - Blindman's Bluff

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 6pm Program: Bree van Reyk - Blindfold Duet. Also: Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint, John Luther Adams - Roar, Thierry de May - Musique de Tables, John Lely - Distance Learning, Tom Johnson - Bedtime Stories. Performers: Claire Edwardes, Jason Noble, Bree van Reyk.

6 May 2012 - Poems of the end

Venue: Sacred Heart Church, Carlton, 3.00pm Program: Keith Humble - Trio No. 5*, New work by Keith Humble. Also: Works by Christoph Demantius, Dan Dediu, Clemens non Papa, Charles Ives, Paul Dessau, Hanns Eisler & Stefan Wolpe. Performers: Rhys Boak, Robert Collins, Tristram Williams.

- Choral@Montsalvat : Melbourne Chamber Choir, Melbourne Women's Choir Venue: Montsalvat, Eltham, Program: Tulley Henchel - If You Can Walk You Can Dance, Robyn Murphy - Heritage, Charles MacInnes - Projection, Warren Lenthall - Spotlight, Courtney Williams - When I Was Fair and Young, Meena Shamaly - Votum Jesu, Julian Raff - 1001 Nights

8 May 2012 - Australian Voices - Liza Lim curated by Marshall McGuire

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre Southbank, Program: Liza Lim - heart's ear, four seasons, Ming qi, Shimmer songs Performers: Musicians of the National Academy of Music, Marshall McGuire.

11 May 2012 - Poetry & Virtuosity : Tony Gould, Slava Grigoryan, Imogen Manins

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 7.00pm Program: New works by Tony Gould, Slava Grigoryan, Imogen Manins,

12 May 2012 - Doecke McKay Duo - Flute and Guitar

Venue: Richmond Uniting Church, Richmond, 7:00 pm. Program: Phillip Houghton - From the dreaming. Performers: Doecke McKay Duo, Melissa Doecke, Daniel McKay.


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13 May 2012

- Mother's Day concert at ANAM Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne, 2pm. Program: Matthew Hindson - Piano trio, Peter de Jager - Trumpet Concerto, Music by Peter De Jager.

16 May 2012 - Midnight Son

Venue: Merlyn Theatre - The CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt St, Southbank, 7.30pm Program: Gordon Kerry - Midnight son*, Louis Nowra - Midnight son* Performers: Orchestra Victoria, Victorian Opera, Nicky Wendt.

- ELISION Venue: Melba Hall - Royal Parade, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 7:30pm Program: Liza Lim - Gyfu (Gift). Performers: Peter Veale.

18 May 2012 - In Conversation with Barry Conyngham

Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall - 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 3pm.

19, 20, 22 May 2012 - Midnight Son, Orchestra Victoria, Victorian Opera, Nicky Wendt

Merlyn Theatre, Southbank, 7.30pm Program: Gordon Kerry/Louis Nowra - Midnight son

22, 26 May 2012 - Trio Dali

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank. Program: Gordon Kerry - Im winde. Also: Ravel, Schubert.

- Compass : presented by Forest Collective Venue: 1000 Pound Bend - Cinema - 361 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 7:30 pm Program: Holly Sharpe - Song Cycle, Evan Lawson/Holly Sharpe - 4 Improvisations "North, South, East and West", Evan Lawson - Ariadne's Cry. Performers: Evan Lawson, Holly Sharpe.

25 May 2012 - Arcko Symphonic Project Monash Residency - New works

Venue: Richmond Uniting Church - 310-314 Church Street, Richmond, 8:00 pm Program: Vincent Giles - A Glimmer of Foresight, Mitchell Mollison - Divisions, Warren Lenthall - Forecast, Damon Key - Pattern Recognition, Tully Henchell - Release, Dario Ogrin - Sometimes the Living Can Haunt You, Emma McGeorge - Hope, Pride and Wise, Meena Shamaly - Untitled, Tom Wolff - Play, Shannon Barnes - Meeting

27 May 2012 - Choral Festival - Geelong

Venue: St Paul's Anglican Church (Geelong) Program: Malcolm John - Wind Fire* Performers: Choir of St Paul's Anglican Church (Geelong), John Kirkham.

- Doecke McKay Duo - Flute and Guitar Venue: Bev McAlister Music Centre - 1 Main Road, Monbulk, 3:00 pm Program: Phillip Houghton - From the dreaming. Also: Ourkousounov, Beaser, Nelegatti. Performers: Doecke McKay Duo, Melissa Doecke, Daniel McKay.

28 May 2012 - Flinders Quartet : Silent Inspiration

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6.30pm Program: Calvin Bowman - Elegy.


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1 June 2012 - Three Lanes

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre. Program: New work by Andrea Keller Performers: Andrea Keller, Genevieve Lacey, Joe Talia.

2 June 2012 - Flinders Quartet : Silent Inspiration

Venue: Montsalvat Barn Gallery - 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, 2.30pm Program: Calvin Bowman - Elegy. Also: Beethoven, Smetana.

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 June 2012 - The Australian Voices Choral Classics

Venue: Various. Program: Gordon Hamilton - To an early flowering almond, Toy Story 3 = Awesome! (Facebook Song), Stephen Leek - Ngana, William Barton, arr. Gordon Hamilton - Kalkadunga Yurdu. Performers: Gordon Hamilton, The Australian Voices.

8 June 2012 - Another Place Some Other Time : music from the films of the Coen Brothers

Venue: Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Program: Music by Joe Chindamo Performers: Zoe Black, Joe Chindamo, Daniel Farrugia, Nigel Maclean, Alex Pertout, Philip Rex.

9 June 2012 - Fish Boast of Fishing

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6:00 pm Program: Peter Knight - Fish boast of fishing*. Performers: Andrew Brooks, Frank di Sario, Erik Griswold, Peter Knight, Joe Talia, Vanessa Tomlinson.

- nightclubs/concerthalls Venue: Various venues, Program: Thomas Meadowcroft - Great Knot, Eugene Ughetti - Syncretism A (drumkit trio), Terminal Sound System (arr. Speak Percussion) - City Jungle (percussion duo & electronics) Performers: Speak Percussion, Matthias Schack-Arnott, Leah Scholes, Eugene Ughetti.

- Undecisive God/Ernie Althoff dual CD launch Venue: Conduit Arts Initiative, Fitzroy, 8:30pm Program: Clinton Green - RPMs 6, Music by Ernie Althoff, Undecisive God Performers: Ernie Althoff, Em Vécue Aquieu, Sean Baxter, Clinton Green, Undecisive God.

- Evans/Swanton/Hall Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 2 sets from 8pm Jazz/improvisations by Sandy Evans, Toby Hall, Lloyd Swanton

12 June 2012 - Australian Voices - Gerard Brophy curated by Lisa Moore

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 6pm Program: Gerard Brophy - room of the saints, Glove, Charm, Sheer nylon dances, Kalighat votives. Performers: Musicians of the National Academy of Music.

14 June 2012 - Australian String Quartet : Legacy

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 7.00 pm Program: Brett Dean - Epitaphs . Also: Beethoven, Brahms. Performers: Australian String Quartet, Brett Dean. Phone number for further information: 1800 040 444.


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15 June 2012 - Seraphim Trio: Midwinter Dream

Venue: Oddie Room, Art Gallery of Ballarat - 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat, 7pm Program: Alan Holley - The Estuaries of Time*. Also: Mendelssohn, Beethoven. Performers: Seraphim Trio.

- In Conversation with Matthew Hindson Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall - 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 1pm

16 June 2012 - Seraphim Trio: Midwinter Dream

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 7pm Program: Alan Holley - The Estuaries of Time. Also: Mendelssohn, Beethoven. Performers: Seraphim Trio.

17 June 2012 - Australian Chamber Orchestra : Danielle de Niese

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall - 120 Swanston St, Melbourne, 2.30pm Program: Richard Meale - Cantilena Pacifica, Carl Vine - tree of man, Patrick White - tree of man. Performers: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Danielle de Niese.

18 June 2012 - Australian Chamber Orchestra : Danielle de Niese

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall - Melbourne, 8 pm, Program: Richard Meale - Cantilena Pacifica, Carl Vine - tree of man, Patrick White - tree of man.

26 June 2012 - Takács Quartet

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 7 pm. Program: Gordon Kerry - Variations for string quartet.

- Viola! Sound Bite Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall - 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 6pm Program: Brett Dean - Testament.

27, 28, 29 June, 1 July 2012 - Liquid Architecture 13: Antarctic Convergence : Bendigo - Artist Talk and Workshop

Venue: La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo - 121 View St, Bendigo, 3pm Performance/sound art by Philip Samartzis; Robin Fox, Lawrence English, Scott Morrison, Philip Samartzis

29 June 2012 - Leigh Barker Quartet featuring Heather Stewart & Tom Vincent

Venue: The Surrey Music Cafe, Box Hill, 8pm Program: Tom Vincent - Child Stealing Blues Performers: Leigh Barker, Heather Stewart, Tom Vincent, Sam Young.

30 June 2012 - A Celebration of Australian Music

Venue: Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, 5.30 pm. Program: Bohdan Krowicky - Song of the Forest. Also: Schubert. Performers: Murray Conservatorium String Quintet.

- Takács Quartet Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Program: Gordon Kerry - Variations for string quartet. Also: Janacek, Britten, Debussy.


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- Tom Vincent and Julie O'Hara Quartet Venue: Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne, 9.30pm. Program: Tom Vincent - Japanese Moonlight. Performers: Leigh Barker, Julie O'Hara, Andrew Swan, Tom Vincent.

1 July 2012 - A Celebration of Australian Music

Venue: Benalla Art Gallery - Bridge Street, Benalla, 2.30 pm Program: Music by Mary Bowden, Ross Edwards, Margaret Sutherland

4 July 2012 - Selby & friends : 2012 National Concert Season

Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Melbourne, 7.30 p.m. Program: Andrew Schultz - After Nina. Performers: Catherine McCorkill, Kathryn Selby, Julian Smiles.

7 July 2012 - Jane Rutter : Flute spirits of the interior, landscape of the soul

Venue: MARS Gallery - 418 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, 7pm Program: Sarah Hopkins - Journey to the east. Performers: Jane Rutter.

- National Australia Brass Gala Concert Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, Melbourne, 7:00pm Program: Barry McKimm - Cornet concerto**, Brenton Broadstock - Metal on Metal Performers: David King, National Australia Brass, Paula Russell.

- Fine Blue Thread and Adnaan Baraky Venue: Boite World Music cafe - 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy, 8.00pm Program: Chris Sprague, Ria Soemardjo - Pulang, Fine Blue Thread - Red Mountain, Fine Blue Thread - One Two Three, Fine Blue Thread - Little Cat Big Mouse Performers: Adnaan Baraky, Sam Evans, Fine Blue Thread, Helen Mountfort, Ria Soemardjo.

9 July 2012 - French Letters / Aussie Accents

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 6.00pm Program: Kevin March - Ophélie. Also: Boulez: Le Marteau sans Maître. Performers: Arcko Symphonic Project, Tim Phillips.

13, 14, 16 July 2012 - MSO: Beethoven & Dean

Venue: Robert Blackwood Concert Hall - Monash University, Clayton Campus, 8pm. Program: Brett Dean - Amphitheatre. Performers: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson.

14 July 2012 - Volatinsky Trio

Venue: Boite World Music cafe - 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy, 8.00pm Program: Stephen Lalor - Troika, Kolo Kolo, Vostochny-Zapednie, Bukovina odyssey Performers: Stephen Lalor, Anatoli Torjinski, Lucy Voronov.

19 July 2012 - Metapraxis - Jon Rose, Atticus & Guests

Venue: North Melbourne Town. Program: Cat Hope - Cruel and usual, Anthony Pateras - Crystalline, Jon Rose - Strings and Fences 2**. Performers: Atticus String Quartet, Jon Rose, Biddy Connor, Phoebe Green, Judith Hamann, Anita Hustas, Charlotte Jacke, Zac Johnston, Andrea Keeble, Kevin CK Lo, Leigh Raymond, James Rushford, Joe Talia, Lizzy Welsh.


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23 July 2012 - Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black

Venue: Melba Hall - Royal Parade, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 1:10pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Zoe Black, Joe Chindamo

25 July 2012 - Syzygy Ensemble - Pierrot's Creator

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 6pm Program: Brett Dean - Equality. Also: Theo Loevendie: Barn Dance, Bruno Mantovani: L’Ere de Rien, Carl Schimmel- Roadshow (world premiere), Arnold Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie.

- Fat Rain Music Series: Deborah Kayser, Adam Simmons, Nick Tsiavos Venue: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - 40 Lydiard St, Ballarat, 7:30pm Co-presented by the New Music Network

29 July 2012 - Sacred, Classical and Celtic

Venue: Kennon Memorial Uniting Church - 6 Clarkmont Rd, Sassafras, 2pm Program: Jacqui Rutten - Four sacred songs*. Performers: Sam Derrick, Mary Knights-Rutten, Laurence Moore, Jacqui Rutten, Carla Whiteley.

1 August 2012 - SeenSound: Visual/Music Screening : Brigid Burke, Mark Pedersen

Venue: Loop - 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne, 7:30pm. Program: New works by Diana Blom, Warren Burt, Erik Griswold, Glen Henderson, Ollala Lemus, Noelene Lucas, Scott Morrison, The Cordelians, Caroline Wilkins

2 August 2012 - Four Thursdays in August - Hard Core on the fly : Australian Art Orchestra

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 8:30pm. Jazz/improvisations by Lachlan Davidson, Paul Grabowsky, Tony Hicks, Adrian Sherriff

3 August 2012 - A Voice for Our Time : Imogen Manins & Tony Gould with Gian Slater

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre. Program: Tony Gould - Funeral blues, New works by Tony Gould, Imogen Manins, Gian Slater.

5 August 2012 - 2012 Lyrebird Commission Concert : Curro Quartet

Venue: Wyselaskie Auditorium - 29 College Crescent, Parkville, 2.00pm Program: New work by Stephan Cassomenos.

- Mostly Mozart Venue: Forest Street Uniting Church, Bendigo, 2:30pm. Program: Rohan Phillips - Eine sehr kleine sinfonie*. Performers: Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Rohan Phillips.

7 August 2012 - The Song Company & Claire Edwa: Sunken Dreams

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 8 pm Program: Peter Sculthorpe - Maranoa lullaby. Performers: Song Company, Claire Edwardes.

9 August 2012 - Cloudy With a Chance of Rain (The Griffyn Ensemble) - Melbourne

Venue: National Gallery of Victoria International,, Southbank, 7pm. Program: Elena Kats-Chernin - Green leaf, Michael Sollis - Mirage, Crowded House - Always take the weather with you/Four seasons in one day.


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- Four Thursdays in August - Hard Core on the fly : Australian Art Orchestra Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8:30pm Jazz/improvisations by Paul Grabowsky, Philip Rex, Niko Schäuble

9, 10 August 2012 - Act 1 - Mahler's Third, Fiona Sargeant, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Venue: Hamer Hall - Victorian Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, 8.00 pm

10 August 2012 - Cloudy With a Chance of Rain (The Griffyn Ensemble) - Bendigo

Venue: Discovery Science and Technology Centre (Bendigo) - Railway Place, Bendigo, 7pm Program: Elena Kats-Chernin - Green leaf, Michael Sollis - Mirage, Crowded House - Always take the weather with you/Four seasons in one day.

- Barwon Heads Fine Music Society Venue: All Saints Anglican Church (Barwon Heads), 2:30pm. Program: New work by Malcolm John, Music by Dorian Le Gallienne, Esther Rofe, Margaret Sutherland.

11 August 2012 - Zubin Kanga: Spectrum

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6pm Program: David Young - Not music yet*, Jane Stanley - Diptych*, Rosalind Page - Being and Time II: Tabula Rasa*, Andrew Harrison - drumfire was incessant, and continued all night with unabated fury...*, Marcus Whale - Errata, Anthony Moles - Diabolic Machines. Also: Z/K by Michael Finnissy (Australian Premiere) .

12 August 2012 - Stutter presents: Frode Gjerstad Trio (NO) + dQtç (CH) + Leon (CH) with Joe Talia + Dick

Threats + Kusum Normoyle / Sean Baxter Venue: The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood, 7:00pm. Program: New works by Mark Groves, Sharryn Koppens, Jazz/improvisations by Sean Baxter, Kusum Normoyle, Joe Talia Performers: Sean Baxter, Kusum Normoyle, Joe Talia.

14 August 2012 - Australian Voices - James Ledger curated by Paul Dean

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6pm Program: James Ledger - Inscriptions, All hail the machine, Processions Performers: Musicians of the National Academy of Music, Paul Dean.


Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8:30pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Eugene Ball, Stephen Magnussen, Scott Tinkler Performers: Eugene Ball, Stephen Magnussen, Scott Tinkler.

19 August 2012 - ReGroup - women composers in concert

Venue: Montrose Town Centre - 935 Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd, Montrose, 2:30pm Program: Dindy Vaughan - Nu' Day*, Holly Caldwell - Eeling, Holly Caldwell - Time is the Essence, Christina Green - Cosmos, Christina Green - Three Songs, Music by Holly Caldwell, Christina Green, Jacqui Rutten. Performers: Cass Richards.

22 August 2012 - The University of Melbourne Orchestra

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, 7:30pm. Program: Andrew Batterham - Ithaka*. Performers: Fabian Russell, University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.


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Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8:30pm Jazz/improvisations by Simon Barker, Paul Grabowsky, Scott Tinkler

24 August 2012 - In conversation with Iain Grandage

Venue: South Melbourne Town Hall - 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 3pm

26 August 2012 - Syzygy Ensemble - Winter Warmers

Venue: St David's Church, East Doncaster - 1111 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster East, 2-4pm Program: Annie Hsieh - Quartet: towards the beginning, Ralph Whiteoak - Gooble Gobble, One of Us, Phil Noack - Three Suns, Courtney Williams - Walkman . Performers: Syzygy Ensemble, Laila Engle, Blair Harris, Leigh Harrold, Jenny Khafagi, Julia Stoppa.

- Bridges Collective: Persian Liaisons Venue: Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne, 3:00pm. Program: Katia Tiutiunnik - Lament of the flutes for Dummuzi. Performers: Arya BastaniNezhad, Karen Heath, Melika Tehrani BastaniNezhad, Brenna Wee, Agatha Yim.

30, 31, August, 1 September 2012 - Sir Andrew Davis conducts Grainger

Venue: Hamer Hall - Victorian Arts Centre. Program: Percy Grainger - Marching song of democracy, Bride's Tragedy**, Danny Deever, Tribute to Foster. Also: Delius, Grieg. Performers: Andrew Davis, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Chorus, Piers Lane.

4 September 2012 - Chamber View T(w)oo! : Arcko Symphonic Project

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6pm Program: Nigel Butterley - Forest I, Of wood, Fire on the Snow, David Chisholm - Beginning & the end of the snow. Performers: Arcko Symphonic Project, Jessica Aszodi.

5 September 2012 - Syzygy Ensemble - Pierrot's Successors

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 6pm Program: Roger Smalley - Poles apart. Also: Jacob ter Veldhuis – Lipstick, Helen Grime – Seven Pierrot Miniatures (Australian premiere), Peteris Vasks: Das Buch.

- Selby & Friends : 2012 National Concert Season Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Melbourne, 7.30 p.m. Program: Paul Stanhope - My song is love unknown. Performers: Glen Donnelly, Elizabeth Layton, Kathryn Selby, Julian Smiles.

7 September 2012 - Fortune My Foe : fundraiser for ACRATH

Venue: Recital Room, ACU (Fitzroy) - Australian Catholic University Program: Roger Heagney - Fortune my foe, Graeme Ellis - Fortune my foe Performers: Andrea Katz, Merlyn Quaife.

9 September 2012 - Voices of Spring : Australian Girls Choir

Venue: The Capital, Bendigo - 50 View St, Bendigo, 2pm Program: Music by Mark Puddy. Performers: Australian Girls Choir.


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10 September 2012 - Australian National Piano Award 2012

Venue: Eastbank Centre, Shepparton Program: Nigel Butterley - Uttering joyous leaves, Miriam Hyde - Valley of rocks, Carl Vine - Anne Landa preludes, Piano sonata no.1, Toccatissimo, Larry Sitsky - Arch (Fantasia no. 4), Peter Sculthorpe - Between Five Bells, Calogero Panvino - Sonata 101, Brett Dean - Equality, Roy Agnew - Capricornia, Sonata legend, Elena Kats-Chernin - Vocalise Performers: Ben Austin, Daniel de Borah, James Guan, Yiyun (Yvonne) Gu, Michael Ierace, Jennifer Li, Jisook Noh, Oliver She, Anne Veinberg, Jonathan Wilson, Nicholas Young.

13, 14, 15, 16 September 2012 - ANAM Quartetthaus

Venue: ANAM Quartetthaus, Southbank, 6:30pm (Ledger, Mozart), 8:30pm (Westlake, Mozart). Program: Nigel Westlake - High tension wires, James Ledger - Processions

- Australian Voices - Paul Stanhope curated by Matthew Hindson Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 6pm Program: Paul Stanhope - Dawn lament, String quartet No. 2, Agnus dei (after the fire), Oboe trio. Performers: Musicians of the National Academy of Music.

16 September 2012 - Music at the Court House - Brothers

Venue: Kew Court House - 188 High Street, Kew, 2pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Evri Evripidou, David Jones, Vinod Prasanna Performers: Evri Evripidou, David Jones, Vinod Prasanna.

18 September 2012 - Kuss Quartet & Naoko Shimizu

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre Program: Gordon Kerry - String quintet. Also: Smetana, Kurtag, Mozart.

19 September 2012 - Joe Chindamo Trio

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 8:30pm

- Australian String Quartet, Paul Dean : Sunrise Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre - Program: Wilfred Lehmann - Theme and variations for clarinet quintet.

20 September 2012 - Balkan Wizardry

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Program: Stuart Greenbaum - Dance music for concert halls*. Performers: Ensemble Liaison, Nemanja Radulovic.

- ANAM Quartetthaus Venue: ANAM Quartetthaus - Corner City Rd and Sturt St, Southbank, 6:30pm Program: Alfred Hill - String quartet No. 6 in G major.

- To Whomever Finds This Note : The Consort of Melbourne Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre. Program: Andrew Anderson - To whomever finds this note*, Calvin Bowman - Beach Burial, Megan Nelson - In Paradisum. Performers: Consort of Melbourne, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, Brenna Wee.


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21 September 2012 - ANAM Quartetthaus

Venue: ANAM Quartetthaus - Corner City Rd and Sturt St, Southbank, 6:30pm Program: Miriam Hyde - String quartet in E minor. Also: Mozart.

22 September 2012 - Kuss Quartet & Naoko Shimizu

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 8 pm Program: Gordon Kerry - String quintet.

23 September 2012 - Love your Locals

Venue: Richmond Uniting Church - 310-314 Church Street, Richmond, 6-7pm Program: Brenton Broadstock - I touched your glistening tears, Brett Dean - Equality, Hugh Crosthwaite - Tango, Tom Henry - Time is Another River, Luke Hutton - The Antithesis of Weal, Kelvin Fung - Music for Sextet, PJ Noack - Three Suns, Ralph Whiteoak - Gooble, gobble one of us, Courtney Williams - Walkman, Music by Hugh Crosthwaite, Kelvin Fung, Tom Henry, Luke Hutton, PJ Noack, Ralph Whiteoak, Courtney Williams Performers: Syzygy Ensemble, Laila Engle, Blair Harris, Leigh Harrold, Jenny Khafagi, Dan Richardson, Julia Stoppa.

24 September 2012 - KODO & TAIKOZ

Venue: Hamer Hall - Victorian Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, 7:30pm Program: Music by Ian Cleworth. Performers: TaikOz.

26 September 2012 - Southern Cross Philharmonia - Organ, Voice and Strings

Venue: Melba Hall - Royal Parade, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 7:30pm Program: Brenton Broadstock - Fanfare for Gerald*, Ken Muirden - Rhapsody for String Orchestra, Jes Grixti - Intimo. Performers: Gerald Gentry, Southern Cross Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Neville, John O'Donnell, Timothy Reynolds.

27, 28, 29, 30 September 2012 - Vienna Boys Choir

Venue: Geelong Performing Arts Centre - 50 Malop St, Geelong Program: Elena Kats-Chernin - My country

29 September 2012 - AUTOMATION : Speak Percussion

Venue: The Substation, Newport, 8pm. Program: New work by Speak Percussion Performers: Robbie Avenaim, Matthew Horsley, Matthias Schack-Arnott, Eugene Ughetti.

30 September 2012 - Trichotomy with String Quartet

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 8.30pm Program: New work by Trichotomy. Performers: Daniel Curro, Sarah Curro, Sean Foran, Cameron Hill, Pat Marchisella, John Parker, Leah Zweck-Bain.

- Tony Gould, Peter Petrucci (CD launch) Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 9pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, Peter Petrucci

- ASTRA Spring Piano Plus Series #1 Venue: The Eleventh Hour Theatre, Fitzroy, 5pm, Program: Anthony Lyons - Trace elements*, Steve Adam - Ion, Chance, Star, Avion, New work by Steve Adam. Performers: Sonya Lifschitz.


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- Prospectors Day Venue: Old Fire Station and La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo - Bendigo, 10.30am - 4.30pm. Program: David Chisholm - Prologue from The Experiment*. Performers: Windspiel, Mauricio Carrasco, Benjamin Marks, Tristram Williams, Verena Wüsthoff, Eva Zöllner.

3 October 2012 - Musica Botanica

Venue: Oddie Room, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 6pm. Program: Ross Edwards - Ulpirra, Interior, Yanada, Margaret Sutherland - Sonata for clarinet or viola and piano, Elena Kats-Chernin - Blue silence. Performers: Bronwyn Blaiklock, Samantha Kelson Gray.

6 October 2012 - West Head Project | The Now Now : Out Hear

Venue: Keanes Bridge, Studley Park Picnic Area - Boathouse Rd, Kew, 4pm Program: Performance/sound art by Laura Altman, Monika Brooks, Jim Denley, Dale Gorfinkel, Sam Pettigrew, Rishin Singh. Presented by the New Music Network.

7 October 2012 - Duo H|A in Melbourne

Venue: Queens College, Parkville, 3pm. Program: Charlie Sdraulig - Trace, Anthony Dunstan - As I hear it, New works by Anthony Dunstan, Charlie Sdraulig. Also: Michael Young, Roderik de Man, Matijs de Roo. Performers: Hannah Coleman, Anne Veinberg.

- Celtic Sacred Music Concert, Jacqui Rutter Venue: Emerald Community House Hall - 356-358 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald, 2pm Program: Jacqui Rutten - Were you there?, Easter song, Australian sacred song, He that is Down, Improvisation*, Come to the Garden, Two Irish Folk Songs*, Laborem

9 October 2012 - Sound Bite

Venue: Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) - South Melbourne Town Hall, 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 6:00PM. Program: Matthew Hindson - Nintendo music, Peter De Jager - New Work. Performers: ANAM Musicians, Peter De Jager, Patrick Power.

12 October 2012 - Birdsong at dusk

Venue: Reardon Theatre - Port Fairy, 8pm Program: William Barton - Petrichore, William Barton - Birdsong at dusk, Music by William Barton. Performers: Australian String Quartet, Anna Goldsworthy.

- Conversations with Ghosts Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 8:00 pm Program: New works by Paul Kelly, James Ledger Performers: ANAM Musicians, Bluebottle, Paul Kelly, Genevieve Lacey, James Ledger.

- VOLUME 4 with Ghostboy and Sir Lady Grantham Venue: Hares and Hyenas Bookstore - 63 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, 9pm Program: Richard Grantham - Tourmaline, Cam Butler - I Surrender, Hugh Crosthwaite - Cat and Mouse, Simon Charles - Be More Silent, Christian O'Brien - JFK-LAX, Jane Hammond - That Wild Mercury Sound, Jonathan Zion - New work, Music by Cam Butler, Simon Charles, Hugh Crosthwaite, Richard Grantham, Jane Hammond, Christian O'Brien, Jonathan Zion Performers: Sarah Curro, Richard Grantham, David Stavanger, Jonathan Zion.


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13 October 2012 - Overlander

Venue: Reardon Theatre - Port Fairy, 2pm

- Brahms Reawakening Venue: Reardon Theatre - Port Fairy, 10am Program: Percy Grainger - Shepherd's hey, Blithe bells. Also: Brahms, de Falla. Performers: Ensemble Liaison.

- Already it is dusk, Australian String Quartet Venue: St John's Church (Port Fairy) - Port Fairy, 11:30am Program: Richard Meale - String quartet no. 2.

- Conversations with Ghosts Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 8:00 pm. Program: New works by Paul Kelly, James Ledger. Performers: ANAM Musicians, Bluebottle, Paul Kelly, Genevieve Lacey, James Ledger.

- Lullabies : if that diamond ring turns brass... Venue: Lecture Hall, Port Fairy - Port Fairy, 3:30pm Program: Brett Dean - Berlin music, David Chisholm - Axeman Lullaby, Graeme Koehne - Lullaby, Gerard Brophy - Sostenuto, Elena Kats-Chernin - Lullaby, Kate Moore - Broken rosary, Damian Barbeler - Lullaby, Andrew Ford - Cradle song. Performers: Tamara Anna Cislowska, Anna McMichael.

- To the Earth Venue: Reardon Theatre - Port Fairy, 11:30am Program: Tim Dargaville - Invisible dance, Stuart Greenbaum - April revisited. Also: Bach, Korea, Piazzolla, Rzewski, Norgard, Kitazume, Maslanska. Performers: Claire Edwardes.

14 October 2012 - Variations on Goldberg

Venue: Reardon Theatre - Port Fairy, 11:30am. Jazz/improvisations by Paul Grabowsky

- Sacred and profane Venue: St John's Church (Port Fairy) - Port Fairy, 11:30am Program: Jabra-Ibrahim Jabra - Deserts of exile, Paul Stanhope - Deserts of exile, Hildegard von Bingen - Mountain chant, Fred Watson - Mountain chant, Ross Edwards - Mountain chant. Performers: Adelaide Chamber Singers, Carl Crossin.

- Exchanges of Breath’ "تتتتت تتتتت" Venue: Flockhart Hall, Methodist Ladies College (MLC) - 207 Barkers Road, Kew, 7pm Program: Ross Edwards - Ulpirra, Katia Tiutiunnik - De Profundis**, Michal Rosiak - Quasi Latino. Also: Reza Vali, Saeed Sharifian, Arya BastaniNezhad, Gary Schocker, Alex Shapiro, Peter Sheridan. Performers: Arya BastaniNezhad, Alice Bennett, Elizabeth Collier, Peter Sheridan.

- Syzygy Ensemble meets Greta Bradman Venue: Lecture Hall, Port Fairy - Port Fairy, 3:30pm Program: Brenton Broadstock - I touched your glistening tears.

16 October 2012 - Australian Voices - Andrew Schultz

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6pm. Program: Andrew Schultz - Suspended preludes, 12 variations for piano duet, Stick dance II, Quicksilver serenade, After Nina Performers: ANAM Musicians, Stephen Emmerson.


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17 October 2012 - Fat Rain Music Series: Tony Gould, Adam Simmons

Venue: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery - 40 Lydiard St, Ballarat, 7:30pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, Adam Simmons

18, 20, 21 October 2012 - The Minotaur Trilogy : Chamber Made Opera

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre , Southbank, Program: David Young - Minotaur the island, Minotaur the labyrinth*, Minotaur the boats*, Margaret Cameron - Minotaur the island, Minotaur the labyrinth*, Minotaur the boats* Performers: Chamber Made Opera, Mark Cauvin, Deborah Kayser, Caroline Lee, Anastasia Russell-Head, Matthias Schack-Arnott, Hellen Sky.

- Sound Bite Venue: Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) - South Melbourne Town Hall, 210 Bank St, South Melbourne, 6:00PM Program: Paul Dean - Cruden Farm*. Performers: ANAM Musicians, Paul Dean, Jacinta Dennett.

19, 21 October 2012 - Dolorosa/Gaude! : Astra Chamber Music

Venue: St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne, 8pm. Program: Carl Vine - They Shall Laugh and Sing, Anthony Briggs - Credo, Steve Stelios Adam - Et Døgn – One Day, Steve Stelios Adam - Waves, Michael Hewes - An Imaginary Hymn, Music by Anthony Briggs. Performers: Steve Adam, Rhys Boak, Michael Hewes, Genevieve Lacey, The Astra Choir.

19 October 2012 - Melbourne Composers Big Band

Venue: Gertrude's Brown Couch - 30 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy Program: Jenna Cave - Dear Miss Upstill, Sally Greenaway - Falling of seasons, Music by Natalia Grechko, Timothy Lawrence, Elijah Maddern, Cam McAllister, Daniel Mougerman, James Mustafa, Dave Newington. Performers: Melbourne Composers Big Band, James Mustafa.

- 24 Hours in Lapa Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank, 7:30pm. Program: New work by Tamil Rogeon Performers: Doug De Vries, Ryan Ritchie, Krystle Warren, Dan West.

21 October 2012 - The "Piano Lessons" Recital with Anna Goldsworthy : Music at the Court House

Venue: Kew Court House - 188 High Street, Kew, 2pm. Performers: Anna Goldsworthy.

23 October 2012 - The Gathering: 40th Anniversary Concert

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 7:30pm. Program: Music by Kutcha Edwards, Paul Grabowsky, Shane Howard

- Quasi Una Fantasia : Speak Percussion Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6pm, 9pm Program: Chris Dench - Permutation city*, Rohan Drape - See hearer clearer for mechanical piano, percussion & electronics, Adam Simmons - Pandora’s Box for eight music boxes and toy piano, New works by Rohan Drape, Adam Simmons. Also: John Cage, Helmut Lachenmann, Iannis Xenakis, La Monte Young, Conlon Nancarrow. Performers: Speak Percussion, Michael Kieran Harvey, Peter Neville, Matthias Schack-Arnott, Leah Scholes, Eugene Ughetti.


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28 October 2012 - Victorian Flute Guild-AGM Concert, Peter Sheridan

Venue: Ewing Memorial Uniting Church Hall, Malvern East, 2pm Program: Ross Edwards - Ulpirra, Houston Dunleavy - Serenade, Thomas Reiner - Propositions, Vincent Giles - Differing Dialogues. Also: Hikary Taggart.

1 November 2012 - Frock Gig

Venue: Open Studio, Northcote, 9:00pm - 11:00pm Program: Adam Starr - His Smilingest Day, Adam Starr - Mango Face, Adam Starr - Something Groovy Like I Love You, Adam Starr - Shoreditch, Adam Starr - John In Flight, Adam Starr - Tilt, Adam Starr - Freedom from Security Bossa, Adam Starr - Germanic Manic, Music by Adam Starr

- Songlines of the Heart Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6.00pm Program: Margaret Sutherland - Five songs, Richard Mills - Here Where Death and Life are Met*, Songlines of the Heart, Eric Austin-Phillips - Five Australian Landscapes* Performers: Paul Barrymore Hughes, Amir Farid, Merlyn Quaife.

2 November 2012 - New Music Network presents : Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address : Guest speaker Michael

Kieran Harvey. Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, Melbourne, 7.30pm

- Mildura Jazz Food & Wine Festival Venue: Mildura City - Mildura, All Day. Jazz/improvisations by Beaten Bodies, Dixie Street Jazz Band, Don Mayne Trio, Lazy Eye, Maryborough Traditional Jazz Ensemble, Jan Preston, Royal Garden Jazz Band, Sam Leske Trio, Shirazz. Performers: Beaten Bodies, Dixie Street Jazz Band, Don Mayne Trio, Lazy Eye, Maryborough Traditional Jazz Ensemble, Jan Preston, Royal Garden Jazz Band, Sam Leske Trio, Shirazz.

- Wangaratta Jazz Festival Venue: Various venues in Wangaratta - Wangaratta Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, Paul Grabowsky, Andrea Keller, Mike Nock, Tom Vincent.

3 November 2012 - Tom Vincent Trio

Venue: St Patrick's Hall, Wangaratta - Wangaratta, 8pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Sam Anning, Danny Fischer, Tom Vincent Trio, Tom Vincent Performers: Sam Anning, Danny Fischer, Tom Vincent Trio, Tom Vincent.

4 November 2012 - VOLUME 5 @ BMW Edge

Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, Melbourne, 8pm Program: Daniel Masmanian - Fire is in mine ears*, Anton Koch - Intrada*, Ade Vincent - The Clockwork Owls, Rob Cossom - Autumn Evening, Stephan Cassomenos - Double Violin Concerto, New work by Joe Chindamo, Music by Stephan Cassomenos, Robert Cossom, Ade Vincent. Performers: Sarah Curro, 2 Men Drawing, Monica Curro, Sarah Curro, The Cassomenos Orchestra.

- Spring Piano-Plus Series Venue: Eleventh Hour Theatre - 170 Leicester Street, Fitzroy, 5pm Program: Michael Hannan - Three improvisatory mobiles, Andrew Harrison - Piano fantasia no. 1*, Michael Kieran Harvey - 48 fugues for Frank, Jazz fusion transcriptions by Peter Dumsday - On the Virg. Also: Mauricio Kagel. Performers: Peter Dumsday.


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5 November 2012 - Turntable At Dawn CD launch

Venue: Conduit Arts Initiative - 83 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, 8pm Program: Music by Ernie Althoff, Clinton Green

8 November 2012 - Jarek Czechowicz and Ty Burhoe

Venue: Northcote Uniting Church - 251 High St, Northcote, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Program: Music by Jarek Czechowicz. Performers: Ty Burhoe, Jarek Czechowicz, Ami Hasson, Sun Hyland, Kavisha Mazzella, MBonz, Michael McInerney, Jessica Nabb, Sundardas.

- Frock Gig Venue: Open Studio, Northcote - 204 High St, Northcote, 9:00pm - 11:00pm Program: Adam Starr - His Smilingest Day, Adam Starr - Mango Face, Adam Starr - Something Groovy Like I Love You, Adam Starr - Shoreditch, Adam Starr - John In Flight, Adam Starr - Tilt, Adam Starr - Freedom from Security Bossa, Adam Starr - Germanic Manic, Music by Adam Starr

9 November 2012 - Elly Hoyt - a night of jazz at the Court House

Venue: Kew Court House - 188 High Street, Kew, 7:30pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Sam Bates, Elly Hoyt, Tom Lee, James Sherlock Performers: Sam Bates, Elly Hoyt, Tom Lee, James Sherlock.

10 November 2012 - Spring Piano-Plus Series

Venue: Eleventh Hour Theatre - 170 Leicester Street, Fitzroy, 5:00pm Program: Peter De Jager - Heaven's Architecture. Also: Girolamo Frescobaldi. Performers: Kim Bastin, Peter De Jager, Peter Dumsday, Joy Lee, Sonya Lifschitz.

- Flute and piano music of John Carmichael : Andrew Day and David Laughton in recital Venue: Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), 7.30pm. Program: John Carmichael - Fantasy sonata, Spider song, Little night music. Also: Works for flute and piano by Franck, Faure, Pierne, Poulenc, Feld, and Jolivet.

11 November 2012 - Melbourne Composers Big Band

Venue: Gertrude's Brown Couch - 30 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy Program: Sally Greenaway - At the start of day, Music by Eric Budd, Ned Dixon, Kye Dove, Ned Fairlie, Carl Hammond, James Mustafa

12 November 2012 - Too

Venue: La Mama Theatre - 205 Faraday St, Carlton, 7:30pm. Program: Music by Ben Byrne

13 November 2012 - Peter Knight - new quartet & solo

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 9pm Jazz/improvisations by Peter Knight, Joe Talia, Brett Thompson, Erkki Veltheim

- Anthony Marwood & Aleksandar Madzar Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, 7 pm Program: Gordon Kerry - Martian snow.


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14 November 2012 - Australian Voices - Miriam Hyde curated by William Hennessy

Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 6pm Program: Miriam Hyde - Toccata for two, String quartet in E minor, Trio for flute, oboe and piano, Fantasy trio.

15 November 2012


- Gauge Venue: Meat Market (Arts House) - 5 Blackwood Street , North Melbourne, 12pm-8pm featuring ‘Weather Broadcast’ short performances and guided interactions at 6pm Program: Music by Graeme Leak, Performance/sound art by Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey Performers: Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey.

16 November 2012 - Another View - Ughetti, Manins, Gould

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 7.00pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, Imogen Manins, Eugene Ughetti Performers: Tony Gould, Imogen Manins, Eugene Ughetti.

17 November 2012 - Flute and piano music of Johanna Selleck : Andrew Day and David Laughton in recital

Venue: Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) South Melbourne, 7.30pm Program: Johanna Selleck - Sonata for flute, Crossing points, Starlight*.

- Anthony Marwood & Aleksandar Madzar Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 8 pm Program: Gordon Kerry - Martian snow.

18 ovember 2012 - Music at the Court House - The Tony Gould Trio

Venue: Kew Court House - 188 High Street, Kew, 2:00pm Jazz/improvisations by Tony Gould, David Jones, Imogen Manins

22 November 2012


- Tom Vincent Quartet Venue: Paris Cat Jazz Club - 6 Goldie Place (off Lonsdale St), Melbourne, 8.30pm Performers: Leigh Barker, John Scurry, Heather Stewart, Tom Vincent Quartet, Tom Vincent.

23 November 2012 - Going Nowhere: Gauge

Venue: Meat Market (Arts House) - 5 Blackwood Street , North Melbourne Program: Music by Graeme Leak, Performance/sound art by Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey Performers: Madeleine Flynn, Tim Humphrey.


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24 November 2012 - Pulling Strings - Arcko Symphonic Ensemble

Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Melbourne, 8pm Program: Richard Meale - Homage to Garcia Lorca, Margaret Sutherland - Concerto for strings, James Hullick - Although I See the Darkness, Music by James Hullick.

- Melbourne Composers League : Four Colours – Indigo, Veldman String Quintet Venue: Trinity Uniting Church, Brighton - 15 Black St, Brighton, 8pm Program: Paul Moulatlet - Aftermath, Eve Duncan - Archai, Silvia Simons - Indigo Realms, Anthony Wilson - Frustration, Peter Simondson - Four Colours - Indigo, New works by David Holyoake, Peter Simondson, Anthony Wilson, Music by Andrián Pertout, Silvia Simons.

29 November 2012 - HUSH: Wind in the Willows

Venue: The Edge - Federation Square, Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, Melbourne, 7pm Program: Mark Isaacs - Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame - Wind in the Willows

- Brenton Broadstock - Celebration Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne, 6pm Program: Brenton Broadstock - And no birds sing, Celebration - love, I touched your glistening tears, Clear flame within, Under capricorn, My Feet want to dance but my eyes want to sleep Performers: Syzygy Ensemble.

30 November 2012 - Opera Australia Young Artists Program Recital

Venue: Hamer Hall - Victorian Arts Centre, Southbank, 12:30 pm. Program: James Wade - Fragments of Truth* Performers: Jonathan Abernethy, Nicole Car, Tony Legg.

2 December 2012 - Concinnity - Lyrebird Music Society

Venue: Wyselaskie Auditorium - 29 College Crescent, Parkville, 2pm Program: Matthew Hindson - Jungle fever, Music by Margaret Sutherland. Performers: Anna Carson, Pri Victor, Anna Carson, Pri Victor.

4 December 2012 - Lina Andonovska : Lost Compass, Forgotten World

Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, 8pm. Program: Lachlan Skipworth - Light rain, Music by Austin Buckett, Brett Dean, Anthony Pateras.

6 December 2012 - Ensemble Offspring : On Loop

Venue: Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank, 8pm. Program: Matthew Shlomowitz - Hi Hat & Me. Performers: Ensemble Offspring, James Crabb, Claire Edwardes, Geoffrey Gartner, Anna McMichael, Martin Ng, Lamorna Nightingale.

7 December 2012 - Riverside Live : Ben Opie, Melissa Doecke & Peter de Jager

Venue: Riverside Mezzanine, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, 12:30pm. Program: Peter de Jager - Fanfare for Oboe and Piano, Peter de Jager - Dance for Flute and Piano, Mark Gaydon - The Arguments of Beatrice and Virgil, New work by Mark Gaydon, Music by Peter De Jager.

8 December 2012 - Carols in the Chapel, Melbourne Women's Choir

Venue: Trinity College Chapel (Parkville), 8pm. Program: Wendy Morrissey - Carol, Ronald Grainer - An Australian Carol, William G. James / John Wheeler - The three drovers, William G. James / John Wheeler - Our Lady of December, Music by Ronald Grainer, William G. James.


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9 December 2012 - Andrea Keller & Genevieve Lacey

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8:30pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Andrea Keller, Genevieve Lacey, Joe Talia Performers: Andrea Keller, Genevieve Lacey, Joe Talia.

- Melbourne Composers' League presents 'Four Colours: Orange' Venue: Richmond Town Hall - 333 Bridge Rd, Richmond, 3.00pm Program: Paul Moulatlet - désolé, Brenton Broadstock - Beast from air, Peter Tahourdin - Music for solo clarinet*, Haydn Reeder - Breathing*, Andrián Pertout - Modèles dans le sable*, Anthony Wilson - Acceptance for string quartet, Chris Watson - Tag for trombone and string quartet, Antonio Tenace - Out-Takes - amplified string quartet and tape, New works by Antonio Tenace, Chris Watson, Anthony Wilson. Also: new work by Ahmet Yurur. Performers: Peter Neville, Robert Schubert, Silo String Quartet, Barrie Webb.

- Jazz Liaisons Venue: Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne - Parkville, 3pm Program: Stuart Greenbaum - angel bowed backward, Jazz/improvisations by Boaz Modman, Brenna Wee. Performers: Blair Harris, Brenna Wee, Boaz Modman, Brenna Wee.

13 December 2012 - Hollandia - music for guitar and flute

Venue: fortyfivedownstairs - Melbourne, 7:30pm Program: Barry Conyngham - Silhouette, Matthew Hindson - Lounge, New work by Annie Hsieh, Music by Christian O'Brien. Performers: Laila Engle, Ken Murray.

- Petrichor : flute, viola and harp trio Venue: Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), 7pm. Program: Barry Conyngham - Streams. Performers: Jess Fotinos, Rowan Hamwood, Alexina Hawkins.

15 December 2012 - Petrichor : flute, viola and harp trio

Venue: Loop - 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne, 4pm Program: Barry Conyngham - Streams. Also: Sonata for flute, viola and harp - Claude Debussy; "And then I knew 'twas Wind" - Toru Takemitsu; Romanian Folk Dances - Bela Bartok. Performers: Jess Fotinos, Rowan Hamwood, Alexina Hawkins.

16 December 2012 - Magnificat, Melbourne Chamber Choir

Venue: Trinity College Chapel (Parkville) - Royal Parade, Parkville, 2:30pm Program: Lloyd Vick - Magnificat.

- Leigh Barker & the New Sheiks, featuring Heather Stewart Venue: The Flying Saucer Club - 4 St Georges Rd, Elsternwick, 3:00pm

18, 19 December 2012 - Floating Glass: Ros Bandt

Venue: The Library Artspace - 100 Barkly St, North Fitzroy, 7pm (opening live performance) Program: Performance/sound art by Ros Bandt

19 December 2012 - Zoe Black & Joe Chindamo Trio

Venue: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club - 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8:30pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Zoe Black, Joe Chindamo, Danny Fischer, Ben Robertson Performers: Zoe Black, Joe Chindamo, Danny Fischer, Ben Robertson.

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