Upcoming events

Lunchtime Concert - Contrasts

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

This program, featuring our new staff ensemble, Lumen, delves into the interplay of sound and emotion, showcasing how composers use chamber music to express a spectrum of colours and textures.

Adelaide Horn Days 2025

Date: Sun, 8, 12:30 pm - Mon, 9 Jun 2025, 5:00 pm
Location: Elder Conservatorium of Music & Scots Church Adelaide, 237 North Terrace

Join the Adelaide Horn Jam for two jam-packed days of activities and classes for horn and brass players of all ages and abilities. Sessions include music-making for horn players, classes and masterclasses, retail displays, ensemble performances, and an evening recital. Featuring international guest artist Lin Jiang (Principal Horn, Hong Kong Philharmonic) and tutors from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra horn section, including Adrian Uren, Sarah Barrett, Philip Paine, Tim Skelly, and our Head of Brass, Dr Emma Gregan.

Music and Mediation Conference

Date: Mon, 9, 8:30 am - Tue, 10 Jun 2025, 8:00 pm
Location: Level 5, Union House, The University of Adelaide

Mediation, in all its possible senses, from transmission to conflict resolution, is particularly relevant in times of technological innovation, sustainability challenges, forced displacement and struggles for equality or survival. This conference, generously supported by the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA), is concerned with the ways music and the study of music contribute to the many theories and practices around mediation.

The Cabaret Project (Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre)

Date: Thu, 12, 6:30 pm - Fri, 13 Jun 2025, 9:30 pm
Location: Nexus Arts

In this special showcase, third-year Music Theatre students present original cabaret works developed over six weeks of intensive writing, music, and performance workshops. Each piece is a reflection of their unique voice and creative vision – tackling the personal, the political, and everything in between.

Lunchtime Concert - Autumn Grace

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Acclaimed Scots/Australian fiddler Catherine Fraser is a vibrant and passionate exponent of the music of her heritage, and was the Director of the Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle for eleven years. Steeped in the Scottish fiddle tradition, the Catherine Fraser Trio perform repertoire from the wealth of Scottish collections – some dating as far back as the 1690s – as well as writing and arranging their own contemporary compositions.

Fanfare! (Elder Brass)

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Hartley Concert Room, The University of Adelaide

Join the Elder Conservatorium's flagship brass ensemble, Elder Brass, for a diverse offering of brass music from the heraldic to the hymnal, with a few unexpected twists! The program includes works for orchestral brass ensemble as well as chamber music for trombone ensemble, horn quartet, and a brass sextet featuring tuba soloist Stan McDonald. Hear pieces by Rimsky-Korsakov, Koetsier, Danielsson, and more, as well as an Australian premiere by American composer Steven Juliani and an energetic new work by Elder Conservatorium composition student, Ben Betelli.

String Quartet Courses 2025

Date: Sat, 9, 9:30 am - Sun, 10 Aug 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.

Open Masterclass with Linda May Han Oh (Helpmann Academy)

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Madley Rehearsal Studio, The University of Adelaide

Helpmann Academy and the Elder Conservatorium of Music are excited to announce an Australian exclusive Open Masterclass with GRAMMY-Award winning bassist Linda May Han Oh.

Linda May Han Oh – Afternoon Concert (Helpmann Academy)

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: UKARIA Cultural Centre

Helpmann Academy and the Elder Conservatorium of Music are excited to announce an Australian exclusive: GRAMMY-Award winning bassist/composer Linda May Hah Oh performing at UKARIA Cultural Centre.

Linda May Han Oh – Evening Concert (Helpmann Academy)

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: UKARIA Cultural Centre

Helpmann Academy and the Elder Conservatorium of Music are excited to announce an Australian exclusive: GRAMMY-Award winning bassist/composer Linda May Hah Oh performing at UKARIA Cultural Centre.

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