Upcoming events

Danica Elle: Originals (Hal's Hall)

Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024, 7:00 pm
Location: Hal's Hall, Madley Rehearsal Studio, The University of Adelaide

Come and experience the brilliant and joyous sound of rising vocal talent Danica Elle at Hal's Hall. Danica graced us with an excellent performance in 2023 where she paid tribute to the iconic Ella Fitzgerald and is back this year to share with us her original pieces backed by her superb trio of Dave McEvoy (piano), Tasha Stevens (double bass) and Jack Barton (drums).

Christmas Adjacent – Elder Conservatorium Chorale

Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024, 3:00 pm
Location: St John's Anglican Church

A concert for, and around, Christmas – with the occasional smattering of non-Christmas fare (just to keep things balanced!) Featuring the Elder Conservatorium Chorale, Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone), Karl Geiger (piano and organ) and Associate Professor Carl Crossin OAM (conductor).

Marty Holoubek Trio (Hal's Hall)

Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024, 7:00 pm
Location: Hal's Hall, Madley Rehearsal Studio, The University of Adelaide

For one night only, Marty Holoubek is back from Tokyo, bringing his unique sound and music to Adelaide's stage. Joining him are longtime collaborators Ben Todd on drums and Django Rowe on guitar, promising a night that celebrates years of shared musical chemistry. Expect a dynamic blend of jazz, indie-rock, and ambient that's spontaneous, heartfelt, and packed with the twists only this trio can deliver.

OMA 2025 Program Launch and Welcome Concert

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025, 4:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide

To celebrate the launch of our new Open Music Academy (OMA) programs, the Elder Conservatorium is hosting a free 2025 Program Launch and Welcome Concert to kick off the New Year. The afternoon is a unique oportunity for staff, students and audiences to get to know each other, and to introduce our Associate Director, Edith Salzmann, who will provide an overview of our new programs.

Ensemble Lumen: Towards the Light (Daylight Express)

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025, 12:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall

In its debut performance, Ensemble Lumen explores facets of light in all its radiant forms. The program will illuminate the rarely heard music of William Shield, whose melodies once charmed the ears of Mozart and Beethoven. Dai Fujikura brings the solo horn to life in yurayura, conjuring the mesmerising dance of a candle-lit flame. The Australian premiere of Libby Larsen's Trio Noir draws a shimmering sonic parallel between music and the mystery of film noir, while Dohnányi's sweeping Sextet embarks on a dramatic journey through light and shadow.

Ensemble Musikfabrik

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025, 4:30 pm
Location: Madley Rehearsal Studio, The University of Adelaide

An exclusive performance by musicians from Ensemble Musikfabrik, one of the world's leading contemporary ensembles based in Cologne, in residence at the Elder Conservatorium of Music.

Claire de Sévigné: From Mozart to the Merry Widow (Daylight Express)

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025, 12:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Claire de Sévigné's recent performances have been described as 'remarkable in every way'. Similarly praised for conjuring 'serenity incarnate' as well as for her 'high-flown coloratura', both sides of this extraordinary Canadian soprano will be showcased in this one-off recital, as she steps off the stage of the Adelaide Festival's main opera Innocence.

Robert Dessaix: Music in My Life and Work (Daylight Express)

Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025, 12:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Robert Dessaix is one of Australia's most intriguing authors, with an abiding love of music. Professor Anna Goldsworthy is a concert pianist, author and Director of the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium. Together they will explore the place of music in Dessaix's life and work, interspersed with performances by Goldsworthy of works close to Dessaix's heart and inspired by the conversation. Join us for a warm, intriguing and revealing hour of music and discovery.

Lunchtime Concert - Songs of Travel and Distance

Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Fresh from his appearance in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence (the headline opera of the 2025 Adelaide Festival), baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes (our newest staff member) joins forces with Professor Anna Goldsworthy (Director of the Elder Conservatorium) to open our 2025 concert series with a poignant sojourn through the spatial and temporal landscapes of self-discovery.

Lunchtime Concert - Veiled Disclosures

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Elegant, wistful and deeply expressive, Bridge’s eight-minute Lament was one of two duos performed by the composer and his teacher in 1912, and is today recognised as one of the most haunting musical dialogues ever written. Contrasting cheerful exuberance and a darker, veiled beauty of its own, Brahms’s second String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 (‘the most ethereal of Brahms’s longer works’, according to Sir Donald Tovey) provides the ideal companion piece, containing within its first movement a hidden cypher for Agathe von Siebold, to whom the composer had been engaged (but was destined never to marry) six years prior.

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