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Lunchtime Concert - Folklore
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
The Sydney-based Nexas Quartet is a trailblazing saxophone ensemble known for redefining the boundaries of chamber music. Comprising saxophonists Michael Duke, Andrew Smith, Nathan Henshaw, and Jay Byrnes, the quartet has garnered widespread recognition for their exceptional musicianship and unique artistic approach. United by the folkloric influences inherent in a diverse selection of music from Bartók, Guillermo Lago, Jacques Ibert, Elena Kats- Chernin, Lutosławski, and Annbjørg Lien, their recital includes two collaborations with our Head of Woodwind, Lloyd Van’t Hoff, and concludes with performances of Grainger and Dvořák performed alongside students of the Elder Conservatorium.
Elder After Hours - Rapture
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11 in F minor bursts forth, opening Rapture with unrivalled energy and intensity, setting the scene for a concert of remarkable contrasts. Experience the world premiere of Australian jazz composer Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, a four-movement quartet drawing inspiration from the composer’s own life and all its joys, twists and turns. Janáček’s Intimate Letters transports us to the fever dreams and passions of unrequited love, before Golijov’s tender Tenebrae reminds us of the wonder and fragility of human existence.
Saxophone Mega Day
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2025, 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
- Location: Hartley Concert Room, The University of Adelaide
A full day dedicated to all things saxophone! Whether you're a student, teacher, or passionate sax enthusiast, the Elder Conservatorium's Saxophone Mega Day offers a jam-packed schedule of workshops, performances, and expert sessions.
Lunchtime Concert - Worlds within Worlds
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
This captivating program celebrates the rich diversity of musical traditions and expressions from around the globe.
String Quartet Courses 2025
- Date: Sat, 24, 9:30 am - Sun, 25 May 2025, 7:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide
Calling all emerging string quartets! Join us for two weekends of intensive string quartet tuition at the Elder Conservatorium. Open to all Australian and New Zealand string players.
Elder After Hours - Ritual
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: St Peter's Cathedral
From birth to death and every important occasion in between, rituals – small and large – are a vital part of our daily lives. This is a program of powerful, emotional and eloquent music connecting us to some of life’s important rituals. Duruflé’s iconic Requiem has been performed in Adelaide on many occasions in the most familiar version for choir, soloists and organ. This program however, features the first Adelaide performance of the Requiem in its full orchestral version.
Concert 1 – String Quartet Courses 2025
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide
Twelve of the best young Australian string quartets perform works by Grieg, Haydn, Beethoven, Kreisler, Mozart and others in the culmination of our May 2025 String Quartet Course.
Lunchtime Concert - Best of Brazil
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Best of Brazil brings the vibrant rhythms and rich musical traditions of Brazil to the stage, featuring talented students from the Elder Conservatorium’s Jazz Department.
Classical Vocal Studies – Singers in Concert
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025, 7:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide
Our Classical Voice students will be giving a concert this coming Monday 2 June at 7.30pm in Elder Hall, with music by Handel, Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Donizetti, Puccini, Bellini and more. Entry is FREE – please come along and support our singers!
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Big Band and Latin Ensemble featuring Dustan Cox
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
- Location: Scott Theatre, The University of Adelaide
The Elder Conservatorium's Big Band and Latin Band are christening our new jazz venue – the Scott Theatre – with a concert featuring long-term jazz lecturer Dustan Cox on saxophones! Expect a night of Big Band classics and Latin evergreens with a few original works by staff and students. Rounding out the program, the Big Band will present a new adaptation of Mark Ferguson's 1959: The Twin Precipice, which was written especially for Cox and was first performed by him and the Elder Conservatorium Studio Orchestra in 2019.
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