Events for Schools
This page contains a list of upcoming events at the Elder Conservatorium of Music which may be of interest for school students and teachers.
Lunchtime Concert Series
All concerts in Elder Hall
Doors open at 12.30pm
Concert from 1.10–2.00pm
$20 general admission, or purchase a Gold Pass subscription for more than 33% savings.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS GOLD PASS SUBSCRIPTION
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Season One
Date Concert Title Artist(s) Booking Link Friday 21 March Songs of Travel and Distance Professor Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone) BOOK TICKETS Friday 28 March Veiled Disclosures Dr Elizabeth Layton (violin), Sofia Tortorelli (violin), CarlaMaria Rodriges (viola), Tim Tran (viola), Samvel Berberyan (viola), Edith Salzmann (cello), Henry Say (cello) BOOK TICKETS Friday 4 April Echoes and Horizons Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Associate Professor Luke Dollman (conductor), Professor Charles Bodman Rae (conductor), Lloyd Van't Hoff (clarinet) BOOK TICKETS Wednesday 9 April Honours Jazz Ensemble Elder Conservatorium Jazz Honours students BOOK TICKETS Friday 11 April Passion and Poetry Australian String Quartet, Aura Go (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 2 May The Touch of Dreams Mitchell Berick (clarinet), Kyle Stegall (tenor), Penelope Cashman (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 9 May Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra, Elizabeth Layton (director / violin), Adina Lopez (violin), Javier Goh (violin), Arjun Singh (cello), Henry Say (cello) BOOK TICKETS Friday 16 May Folklore Nexas Quartet, Lloyd Van't Hoff (clarinet) and Elder Conservatorium students BOOK TICKETS Friday 23 May Worlds within Worlds Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, Lloyd Van't Hoff (conductor) BOOK TICKETS Friday 30 May Best of Brazil Elder Conservatorium Jazz students BOOK TICKETS Friday 6 June Contrasts Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS Friday 13 June Autumn Grace The Catherine Fraser Trio BOOK TICKETS
For more information, please contact:
Martin Victory
Manager, Elder Hall
concertmanager@adelaide.edu.au
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Season Two
Date Concert Title Artist(s) Booking Link Friday 29 August Ravel 150 Roy Howat (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 5 September Airs and Graces The Bowerbird Collective BOOK TICKETS Friday 12 September Rhythms of Celebration Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, Lloyd Van't Hoff (conductor) BOOK TICKETS Friday 19 September Pictures and Dances Simón Pazos Quintana (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 26 September Cycles of Life Andrew Haveron (violin), Professor Anna Goldsworthy (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 3 October Orchestral Pianos Michael Ierace (piano), Vatche Jambazian (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 10 October The Trout Dr Elizabeth Layton (violin), Mark Menzies (viola), Edith Salzmann (cello), Rob Nairn (double bass), Michael Endres (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 17 October The Ringtone Cycle Seraphim Trio, Lorina Gore (soprano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 24 October Timeless Strings Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra, Elizabeth Layton (director / violin), Adam Draper (trombone) BOOK TICKETS Friday 31 October French Guise Cheryl Pickering (mezzo-soprano), Kate Macfarlane (soprano), Helen Ayres (violin), Thomas Marlin (cello), Glenys March (harpsichord) BOOK TICKETS Friday 7 November Top Class Elder Conservatorium Classical students BOOK TICKETS Friday 14 November Past and Present Australian String Quartet BOOK TICKETS
For more information, please contact:
Martin Victory
Manager, Elder Hall
concertmanager@adelaide.edu.au
+61 8 8313 5925
Elder After Hours
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Weekend and Evening Concerts
Date Time Concert Title Artist(s) Booking Link Saturday 12 April 6.30pm Dances and Dialogues Georg Gulyas (guitar) BOOK TICKETS Sunday 27 April 2.30pm Fantasies for Twenty Fingers Neeman Piano Duo BOOK TICKETS Friday 16 May 7.00pm Rapture Australian String Quartet BOOK TICKETS Saturday 24 May 6.30pm Ritual St Peter's Cathedral BOOK TICKETS Saturday 30 August 6.30pm Beauty and Power Timo-Veikko Valve (cello), Aura Go (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 12 September 7.00pm Classical Meets Jazz: Crossing the Great Divide Elder Conservatorium Studio Orchestra, Associate Professor Luke Dollman (conductor) BOOK TICKETS Wednesday 24 September 7.00pm Radiance Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS Friday 3 October 7.00pm A Birthday Celebration: Charles Bodman Rae Dr Konstantin Shamray (piano), Dr Elizabeth Layton (violin), Dr Mark Gaydon (bassoon), Dr Joe Chindamo OAM (piano), Dr Madeline Melrose (violin), Dr Katherine Moorhead (flute), Professor Charles Bodman Rae (piano) BOOK TICKETS Friday 17 October 7.00pm Convergence Australian String Quartet BOOK TICKETS Saturday 25 October 6.30pm Guitarissimo Elder Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble, Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini (director) BOOK TICKETS Saturday 1 November 8.00pm From little things... Elder Conservatorium Chorale, Associate Professor Carl Crossin OAM (conductor), Karl Geiger (piano), Timothy Wayne-Wright (artist in residence) BOOK TICKETS Wednesday 5 November 7.00pm Lumen Gala Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS Saturday 22 November 4.30pm Born in Vienna Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) BOOK TICKETS
For more information, please contact:
Martin Victory
Manager, Elder Hall
concertmanager@adelaide.edu.au
+61 8 8313 5925
Ensemble Lumen
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Concerts
Date Time Concert Title Artist(s) Booking Link Friday 28 February 12.30pm Towards the Light (Daylight Express) Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS Friday 6 June 1.10pm Contrasts Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS Wednesday 24 September 7.00pm Radiance Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS Wednesday 5 November 7.00pm Lumen Gala Ensemble Lumen BOOK TICKETS
For more information, please contact:
Lloyd Van't Hoff
Artistic Director, Ensemble Lumen
lloyd.vanthoff@adelaide.edu.au
Martin Victory
Manager, Elder Hall
concertmanager@adelaide.edu.au
+61 8 8313 5925
Hal's Hall
Hal's Hall is a jazz club on the University of Adelaide campus that has been hosting monthly concerts since April 2023. The club, located in the Madley Studio, is a collaboration between the Elder Conservatorium Jazz Department and the Jazz Students' Association. Hal's Hall already boasts an impressive list of local, national and international acts who have conjured soulful music out of the resident grand piano and delighted the jazz lovers in attendance. The venue gives an opportunity for both established acts and up-and-coming musicians to perform, and is a great place to hear alumni of the Elder Conservatorium jazz program whose careers have led them interstate or overseas.
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Coming Up in 2025
- March: SA drummer Angus Mason returns from New York
- April: our second collaboration with the Adelaide Jazz Festival
- October: the University of Adelaide Guitar Ensemble led by James Muller
Find Hal's Hall on social media, or email halshalljazzclub@gmail.com to become part of our mailing list.
For more information, please contact:
Mark Ferguson
Head of Jazz
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Hal's Hall in Scott Theatre
New for 2025 – check out these three fantastic Jazz performances in the Scott Theatre.
Date Time Performance Title Artist(s) Tickets Thursday 5 June 7.30pm Big Band and Latin Ensemble featuring Dustan Cox Elder Conservatorium Big Band and Latin Ensemble, Alex Taylor (director), Mark Simeon Ferguson (director), Dustan Cox (saxophones) Bookings Available Soon Friday 5 September 7.30pm Ladies of Song Elder Conservatorium Jazz Singers Bookings Available Soon Thursday 30 October 7.30pm Emerging Voices Elder Conservatorium Jazz Singers, Adelaide Connection Jazz Choir, Lauren Henderson (director) Bookings Available Soon
Music Theatre
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Coming Up in 2025
Production Dates Venue Cast and Crew Blurb Tickets Into the Woods Thursday 24–Sunday 27 April Scott Theatre 2025 Graduating Class of the Bachelor of Music Theatre Degree, Miranda Middleton (director), Peter Johns (music director), Amy Zhang (choreographer) This fractured fairy tale follows the interweaving tales of the Baker and his wife who wish to have a child; Cinderella who wishes to go to the King's festival; Jack who wishes his cow would give some milk; and Little Red, who wishes to visit her grandmother. When the Witch reveals that she placed a curse on the Baker and his wife, the pair set off on a journey into the woods to reverse the curse. Here, we encounter a hungry Wolf, the Witch's daughter Rapunzel, and two lovestruck princes. It seems that everyone might live happily ever after, until Jack's beanstalk brings them all a visit from an angry Giant, and the darkness of the world reveals itself. Bookings Available Soon
Ten Cents a Dance Sunday 21 September Scott Theatre First-year Bachelor of Music Theatre students, George Torbay (director), Peter Johns (music director), Alexander Kermond (choreographer) Ten Cents a Dance is an exciting showcase featuring the talented first-year students of the Bachelor of Music Theatre degree. Journey through the golden age of Broadway with iconic songs from the 1920s, along with fresh hits from today's stage. Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with energy and passion. Experience the future of music theatre in the making – one unforgettable dance at a time! Bookings Available Soon How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Thursday 2–Sunday 5 October Scott Theatre 2025 Graduating Class of the Bachelor of Music Theatre degree, Erin James (director), Paul Sinkinson (music director), Alexander Kermond (choreographer) Power, sex, ambition, greed... it's just another day at the office in this classic satire of big business.
A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant 'company man', the office party, backstabbing coworkers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love.
A tune-filled comic gem that took Broadway by storm, winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying boasts an exhilarating score by Frank Loesser, including 'I Believe in You', 'Brotherhood of Man' and 'The Company Man'.
Bookings Available Soon Elegies Thursday 16–Sunday 19 October Little Theatre Second-year Bachelor of Music Theatre students, Joseph Simons (director) Celebrate life, love, and loss with Elegies, A Song Cycle by Tony Award-winning composer William Finn. This deeply personal and heartfelt collection of songs beautifully captures the moments that shape our lives, from the joy of friendship to the bittersweet reality of saying goodbye. With Finn's signature wit, humour, and emotional depth, Elegies delivers a tapestry of stories that resonate universally, offering comfort and reflection in equal measure. Featuring a vibrant blend of styles and poignant lyrics, this unique musical experience is a moving tribute to the human spirit. Whether you're a fan of Finn's Falsettos or discovering his work for the first time, Elegies promises an unforgettable evening of music and storytelling from the second-year Bachelor of Music Theatre cohort. Bookings Available Soon
Tickets and further information can be found at ua.edu.au/ecmtScott Theatre
Box Office: Open 60 minutes prior to the start of each performance.
Bar: Drinks and light refreshments are available from the cafe in the foyer (Hubba Hubba Hummus) one hour prior to the start of each performance and during intermission.
Contact
ecmt@adelaide.edu.au