Upcoming events

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Elder After Hours - Beauty and Power

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

Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano span the full arc of the composer’s creative life, from the young man mastering traditions in order to break them, to the transcendent inner beauty of the mature master. In this special Elder After Hours concert, Timo-Veikko Valve (Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra) and Aura Go (Head of Piano at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University) perform three of these visionary works, paired with the intensity of Anton Webern’s twentieth-century works for cello and piano: music of immense scope distilled into mere moments of beauty and power.

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.

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