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Lunchtime Concert - Ravel 150

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

In a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel, pianist Roy Howat offers an exquisite selection of works highlighting the intriguing connections between Ravel, Chopin and Chabrier.

Gala Concert – South Australian Honour Choir

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 7:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide

Experience the inaugural performance of the South Australian Honour Choir under the direction of Dr Carl Crossin, Christie Anderson and Jonathan Bligh in the incredible acoustic of Elder Hall.

Elder After Hours - Beauty and Power

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Elder Hall welcomes two of Australia’s most compelling musicians, pianist Aura Go and cellist Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve, for an intimate evening of chamber music.

Lunchtime Concert - Airs and Graces

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

A fun and fiery display of baroque virtuosity by five of Australia’s leading period performers.

Lunchtime Concert - Rhythms of Celebration

Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

This program is a jubilant celebration of rhythm, spirit, and energy.

Elder After Hours - Classical meets Jazz: Crossing the Great Divide

Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, a lively and rhythmically-charged celebration of Latin American influences, is filled with the composer’s signature flair. Mark Simeon Ferguson’s Live and Die With the Butterflies is an evocative work combining lyrical beauty with cinematic intensity. Ravel’s Bolero, a masterpiece of orchestral color and hypnotic rhythm, is performed here in its original form followed by a reimagined version featuring improvisations that breathe new energy and creativity into its iconic theme.

Hal's Hall – Ladies of Song

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Scott Theatre, The University of Adelaide

Ladies of Song celebrates the timeless voices of jazz, including the legendary Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Billie Holiday. Featuring the talented third-year jazz singers from the Elder Conservatorium, this captivating concert brings to life iconic hits from these three towering figures in jazz.

Lunchtime Concert - Pictures and Dances

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Spanish-born Australian pianist Simón Pazos Quintana – a recent doctoral graduate of the Elder Conservatorium – is rapidly building a reputation as one of South Australia’s busiest musicians, appearing regularly as a collaborative pianist, chamber musician, recitalist, and concerto soloist. In his debut solo recital in our Elder Hall series, he performs eight vignettes from Dvořák’s rarely-heard Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 (‘the great forgotten cycle of 19th-century piano music’, according to Leif Ove Andsnes) and concludes with a tour of his homeland through Turina’s irresistible Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22.

Baroque Academy 2025

Date: Tue, 23, 10:00 am - Fri, 26 Sep 2025, 9:00 pm
Location: Elder Conservatorium of Music

Adelaide Baroque's core musicians along with some of the most celebrated Australian baroque performers and teachers will present a significant four-day intensive and immersive experience, open to secondary students, tertiary students and young professionals. The Academy will present concerts, masterclasses, lectures, Baroque dance classes and workshops.

Baroque Academy 2025 Faculty Concert – 'Baroque Fire'

Adelaide Baroque Academy 2025 – Baroque Fire

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide

The first of two Adelaide Barouqe Academy concerts features the outstanding faculty in music showcasing the virtuosic fire of the Baroque. Music by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Geminiani, and Schmelzer.

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