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Bach: B Minor Mass
Saturday, 14 March 2026 @ 3:00pm
Myers Library | Dunkeld, Australia
Australian Chamber Choir and Melbourne Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Douglas Lawrence, AM. (On period instruments.)
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Genesis Baroque: Castlemaine Festival
Friday, 20 March 2026 @ 8:00pm
A program featuring the Handel Trumpet Suite in D Major (HWV341), music by Bach, and Vivaldi's Gloria with the Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

On period instruments.
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Bach: B Minor Mass
Saturday, 21 March 2026 @ 3:00pm
Church of the Resurrection | Macedon, Australia
Australian Chamber Choir and Melbourne Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Douglas Lawrence, AM. (On period instruments.)
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Bach: B Minor Mass
Sunday, 22 March 2026 @ 3:00pm
Scots' Church | Melbourne, Australia
Australian Chamber Choir and Melbourne Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Douglas Lawrence, AM. (On period instruments.)
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Marsalis: A Fiddler’s Tale
Tuesday, 24 March 2026 @ 7:30pm
With A Fiddler's Tale, Wynton Marsalis responds to Stravinsky’s famous A Soldier's Tale from the perspective of later twentieth century music, including but not limited to jazz.
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MOSSO: music in motion (Canberra Festival)
Saturday, 2 May 2026 @ 10:00am
Held over a single day at the National Film and Sound Archive, MOSSO: music in motion explores the relationship between music, the moving image and spatial sound.

The day kicks off with artist-in-residence Aaron Wyatt’s work Digital Echoes following which Lyrebird Brass fill the Courtyard and Foyer spaces with a series of ambitious contemporary Australian works including two world premieres.

Cathy Likhuta - Apex Predators
Elliott Gyger - In the Presence of So much Sky (World Premiere)
Nardi Simpson - Yulanbiirr
Kate Neal - Fanfare
Alice Humphries - Uncertain Meditations
Stuart Greenbaum - 15 Years On (World Premiere)

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Tissages du Temps
Saturday, 2 May 2026 @ 7:30pm
Tissages du Temps traces more than three centuries of French musical innovation, showing how each generation transcended the language of the one before while remaining deeply connected to its legacy.

The program opens with music from France’s early masters, heard here through the vibrant sonorities of Lyrebird Brass, Australia’s trailblazing brass ensemble. Their performance highlights the ceremonial brilliance, rhythmic finesse and expressive detail that defined a French Baroque musical identity.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum Prélude in D Major
François Couperin (arr. Bernard Hughes): Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Jean-Philippe Rameau (arr. Steven Verhlest): Dardanus Suite

Followed by performances by Ensemble Contrechamps, Kristian Chong, and Timothy Young
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Tales of Fragile Sensations (Canberra Festival)
Sunday, 3 May 2026 @ 2:00pm
Récit des sensations fragiles (tales of fragile sensations), forms part of Jü rg Frey's intense and luminous late-period oeuvre, which has brought him growing international recognition in recent years. The New Yorker has described him as "one of the most distinct voices in contemporary music."

This new, nearly hour-long work, written for 18 instruments, once again evokes the vast, tranquil soundscapes that are the hallmark of Frey's style. It invites listeners into a space of quiet contemplation, a sound world that one reviewer described as "the most ravishing place on the planet during its placid unfolding."

Ensemble Contrechamps, in collaboration with Lyrebird Brass, will present this concert in an environment that enhances the meditative atmosphere. Don't miss your chance to experience Frey's music in this pristine acoustic.
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Una per Ornette
Saturday, 13 June 2026 @ 3:00pm
Church of All Nations | Melbourne, Australia
World premiere performance of Andrián Pertout's "Una per Ornette" for trumpet and electric guitar with Paul Moulatlet's "Erratic Orbit"

Additional performances and works by Johanna Selleck, Paul Moulatlet, Colin McKellar, Haydn Reeder, Kevin Tamanini, Peter Sheridan, and Wei Ken Zixiao
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Hook Turn in Sydney
Saturday, 22 August 2026 @ 4:00pm
Church Street Studios | Sydney, Australia
Time TBA

Moulatlet - Erratic Orbit
Holley - Fallen Light
Mullaj - Digging
Sopiqoti - Echoes
Murray - Birding for Birdies
Selleck - Spiel?
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Hook Turn @ Rogue Gallery
Sunday, 23 August 2026 @ 4:00pm
Rogue Popup Gallery | Sydney, Australia
Time TBA

Moulatlet - Erratic Orbit
Holley - Fallen Light
Mullaj - Digging
Sopiqoti - Echoes
Murray - Birding for Birdies
Selleck - Spiel?
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Genesis Baroque: Cantatas for Christmas
Friday, 11 December 2026 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
with Myriam Arbouz, soprano

Michel Corette - Sinfonie sur des Noëls François et Etrangers
Christoph Graupner - Angst und Jammer, GWV 1145/11
J.S. Bach - Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51

On period instruments
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Genesis Baroque: Cantatas for Christmas
Saturday, 12 December 2026 @ 5:00pm
Christ Church | Castlemaine, Australia
with Myriam Arbouz, soprano

Michel Corette - Sinfonie sur des Noëls François et Etrangers
Christoph Graupner - Angst und Jammer, GWV 1145/11
J.S. Bach - Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51

On period instruments
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Genesis Baroque: Cantatas for Christmas
Sunday, 13 December 2026 @ 2:00pm
St John's Anglican Church | Flinders, Australia
with Myriam Arbouz, soprano

Michel Corette - Sinfonie sur des Noëls François et Etrangers
Christoph Graupner - Angst und Jammer, GWV 1145/11
J.S. Bach - Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51

On period instruments

Events: Past | Upcoming

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Handel: Messiah
Friday, 19 December 2025 @ 7:30pm
On period instruments
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Pacifica - Music for The Gathering
Friday, 28 November 2025 @ 7:30pm
Part of Australian National University's Australian and near-Pacific neighbours First Nations Composers Gathering. Performances of works be Leilehua Lanzilotti, Christopher Sainsbury, Nardi Simpson, Rhyan Clapham, and Troy Russell with Ensemble Three, Lyrebird Brass, and students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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Genesis Baroque: Vivaldi's Gloria
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 @ 7:30pm
ANTONIO VIVALDI Gloria in D, RV589

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (attrib.) Salve Regina Motet in F minor for Soprano, Alto, Strings and Basso Continuo

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Ich habe genug, BWV 82

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225

On period instruments.
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Lyrebird Brass: Tianjin Juilliard Residency
Friday, 14 November 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lyrebird Brass team up with performance faculty from the Tianjin Juilliard School
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Melbourne Composers' League: Elbow Room Concert
Saturday, 4 October 2025 @ 2:00pm
Church of All Nations | Carlton, Australia
Including the world premiere of Erratic Orbit by Moulatlet
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Ensemble Three: New Music Studio
Wednesday, 17 September 2025 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
World premieres of new works by Ellliott Gyger and Anne Hsuyin alongside "Gamma" by Melody Eötvös, Alan Holley's "All Demons Run," and "still" by Yihan Chen.
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Brass and Organ Recital
Saturday, 23 August 2025 @ 3:00pm
Scots' Church | Melbourne, Australia
Rhys Boak (organ) with the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Brass Ensemble
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Hindemith: A Celebration
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 @ 7:30pm
Marking the 130th birthday of the German-American composer, violist, music theorist, conductor and teacher Paul Hindemith in a concert featuring works that embody his philosophy of making quality music accessible for all instruments. Join pianist Konstantin Shamray, violinist Curt Thompson, clarinettist David Griffith, trumpeter Joel Brennan, and cellist Richard Narroway in celebration of a composer who rarely leaves the audience indifferent, revealing the beauty of this music. The program includes Second and Third piano sonatas, Sonata for Trumpet and piano, and almost alien Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
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Banff Centre: Interplay
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 @ 7:30pm
1-26 July, 2025
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New and Innovative Australian Works
Friday, 23 May 2025 @ 7:00pm
Johanna Selleck - Spiel
Alan Holley - Fallen Light
Ken Murray - Figbird & Torresian Crow from "Birding for Birdies"
...along with works by Colin McKellar, Andrián Pertout, Howard Dillon, and Paul Moulatlet performed by Johanna Selleck (flute) and Kevin Tamanini (piano)
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Trumpet and Guitar Recital
Thursday, 20 March 2025 @ 7:30pm
Tempo Rubato | Melbourne, Australia
Christopher Sainsbury - Pacifica
Caerwen Martin - Sleepless
Ken Murray - Birding for Birdies
Andrew Ford - Deep Riffs [world premiere]
Enis Mullaj - Digging
Kris Sopiqoti -
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Lyrebird Brass @ HDH
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 @ 7:30pm
Program to include:
Leonora Duarte (arr. Abby Black): Sinfonia No. 2
Cathy Likhuta: Apex Predators
Grace-Evangaline Mason: As Bronze
Victor Ewald: Quintet No. 1
Alice Humphries: Uncertain Meditations
Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song
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Orange Chamber Music Festival: Lyrebird Brass
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 @ 7:30pm
Program to include:
Leonora Duarte (arr. Abby Black): Sinfonia No. 2
Cathy Likhuta: Apex Predators
Grace-Evangaline Mason: As Bronze
Victor Ewald: Quintet No. 1
Alice Humphries: Uncertain Meditations
Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song
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Ozwinds and Yamaha Trumpet Weekend
Saturday, 23 November 2024 @ 5:30pm
Ozwinds and Yamaha have joined forces to bring you an amazing love in-store experience this November! On Saturday the 23ed of November, join us to witness inspiring recitals from top Australian trumpet musicians at Ozwinds Moorabbin. Following these preferences, on Sunday the 24th of November we are offering the opportunity to participate in an exclusive 30-minute one-on-one lesson and mentorship sessions with these talented artists (from 10am-3pm). Spots are limited so be sure to secure your place and elevate your trumpet skills!
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Windfire Festival: The Glory of Brass
Friday, 4 October 2024 @ 7:30pm
Lyrebird brass with guest students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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Album Launch - Singing Stone: The Music of Chris Sainsbury
Tuesday, 17 September 2024 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
This concert celebrates the launch of a new album of music by Christopher Sainsbury on ABC Classics.
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Handel: Messiah
Friday, 6 September 2024 @ 7:30pm
On period instruments
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Triptych
Friday, 30 August 2024 @ 7:30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
Australian premiere of Joseph Turrin's Triptych for trumpet and trombone with wind symphony. (Joel Brennan, Don Immel, and Jaclyn Hartenberger conducting the University of Melbourne Wind Symphony)
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Trumpet MegaDay+ Gala Concert
Saturday, 24 August 2024 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the premiere performance of a new work by Catherine Likhuta (Joel Brennan with pianist Jerry Wong) and weekend headliner Ashley Hall-Tighe.

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Indians on Vacation
Saturday, 29 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Workshop showing of an opera adaptation of the beloved comedic novel by Thomas King, composed by Ian Cusson, libretto by Royce Vavrek.
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Chamber Music: Epic
Wednesday, 26 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Program to include: Hilda Sehested's Septet with the Borealis Quartet and Ecstatic Science by Missy Mazzoli
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Chamber Music: Poetry
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Program to include:
Missy Mazzoli: The Sound of Light
Robert Starer: The Mystic Trumpeter
Joseph Turrin: Fandango
Yihan Chen:still
Emily Doolittle: Gardenscape
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Handmaid's Tale
Saturday, 15 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Based on Margaret Atwood’s Novel Composed by Poul Ruders, Libretto by Paul Bentley Workshop showing of Daniel Schlosberg’s new orchestration.
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Chamber Music: Landmarks
Saturday, 8 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Program to include: Galina Ustvolskaya's Symphony No. 4, Prayer
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DAM Festival Prishtina
Thursday, 30 May 2024 @ 7:30pm
Barabar Centre | Prishtina, Kosovo
Works for trumpet and guitar by Albanian and Kosovo composers Enis Mullaj, Kris Sopoqoti, Jetmir Zaganjori, Kreshnik Aliçkaj, Avni Krasniqi, and by Australians Johanna Selleck and Alan Holley.
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Albanian Brass Festival
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 @ 7:30pm
Universitetit të Arteve | Tirana, Albania
Works for trumpet and guitar by Albanian and Australian composers Enis Mullaj, Kris Sopoqoti, Eriona Rushiti, Jetmir Zaganjori, Johanna Selleck, and Alan Holley.
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Lyrebird Brass with Tianjin Juilliard School Brass
Tuesday, 16 April 2024 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Lyrebird Brass teams up with teaching artists from the Tianjin Juilliard School for a concert of brass chamber music.
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Handel: Messiah
Friday, 15 December 2023 @ 7:30pm
On period instruments
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Laudate Dominum: Christmas with Lyrebird Brass and Anthony Halliday
Sunday, 3 December 2023 @ 2:00pm
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Canberra Grammar School Brass Concert
Sunday, 12 November 2023 @ 4:00pm
Canberra Grammar School | Canberra, Australia
Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia
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Trumpet, Violin, and Organ Recital
Sunday, 15 October 2023 @ 3:00pm
Loreto Mandeville Hall | Melbourne, Australia
with Tomomi Kondo and Anthony Halliday
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the strong pulse beneath the charred earth: the musical world of Leilehua Lanzilotti
Thursday, 12 October 2023 @ 7:30pm
This evening of music and discussion features the work of Leilehua Lanzilotti, a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) composer / sound artist dedicated to the arts of our time. A "leading composer-performer" (The New York Times), Lanzilotti's work is characterized by expansive explorations of timbre. Lanzilotti's practice explores radical indigenous contemporaneity by integrating community engagement and ways of knowing into the heart of projects.

Leilehua's residency in Melbourne is supported by the Macgeorge Bequest. She currently in Melbourne on a Macgeorge fellowship working on her opera Lili'u, celebrating the legacy of the last queen of Hawai'I, Queen Lili'uokalani.

ko'u inoa (2017)
the strong pulse beneath the charred earth (2023) [world premiere]
ahupua?a(2022)
beyond the accident of time (2019)
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The Glory of Brass
Sunday, 8 October 2023 @ 7:30pm
Lyrebird brass with guest students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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Works for Trumpet and Guitar
Tuesday, 3 October 2023 @ 7:30pm
with Ken Murray

Chris Sainsbury: Pacifica

Caerwen Martin: Sleepless

Ken Murray: [new work]

and more
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Australia Ensemble: Ecstatic Science
Saturday, 16 September 2023 @ 7:30pm
J.S. BACH | Ricercar a 3 BWV1079/1 (1747)

Nigel WESTLAKE | Piano Trio (2003)

J.S. BACH | Ricercar a 6 (1747) trans. Stanhope (2022)

Missy MAZZOLI | Ecstatic Science (2016)

Alexander BORODIN | Piano Quintet in c minor (1862)

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The Complete Chamber Works of Kouvaras: A Multi-Album Project Preview
Tuesday, 5 September 2023 @ 7:30pm
Program to include ...until it's gone: Rhapsody on Loss (2019) with Ensemble Three
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Trumpet and Organ Recital
Saturday, 2 September 2023 @ 3:00pm
Scots' Church | Melbourne, Australia
with Rhys Boak, organ Ernst Sachse (1813-1870): Concertino

Patricia Van Ness (b. 1951): Air for Flugelhorn and Organ

Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964): Angel Tears and Earth Prayers

Joe Chindamo (b. 1961): Sinfonia Pastorale Urbana (2023)

Petr Eben (1929-2007): Windows (after Marc Chagall)
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Australian Chamber Music
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 @ 7:30pm
with Jerry Wong, piano

Andrew Batterham: A Golden Summer Day

Katy Abbott: Facing Forward (wold premiere)
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Inspired by Paris: Chamber Music Delights
Tuesday, 8 August 2023 @ 7:30pm
Pierre Gabaye: Récréation

George Antheil: Symphony for Five Instruments

Missy Mazzoli: The Sound of the Light
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New Works by Australian Composers
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
with Jerry Wong, piano

Melody Eötvös: Light Form(Australian premiere)

Ken Murray: Sunrise Over Silverleaves (World premiere)

Andrew Schultz: Silken Weave
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Genesis Baroque: La Tromba
Sunday, 19 March 2023 @ 5:00pm
Genesis Baroque featuring Leanne Sullivan and Joel Brennan, baroque trumpets

Torelli Sinfonia in D (G2)
Albinoni Sonata a Cinque op. 2 (No.2 in C major)
Andrea Grossi Sonata Op.3 No.11
Albinoni Sonata a Cinque op 2 (No.6 in G minor)
Geminiani Concerto Grosso after Corelli Op.5, No.9 in G minor
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets
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Lyrebird Brass
Tuesday, 14 March 2023 @ 7:30pm
Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 1

Maria Grenfell: Creatures of Norse (World premiere)

Grace-Evangeline Mason: As Bronze ( Australian premiere)

Tilson Thomas:Street Song

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Lyrebird Brass Ensemble
Sunday, 19 February 2023 @ 4:00pm
Ricardo Molla Albero: Fanfare for a New Beginning
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No 3
Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust
Sheridan Seyfried: Mad Jack’s Revenge
Jan Sandström (arr. Steven Verhelst): Sång till Lotta
Louisa Trewartha: Inspire
Duke Ellington arr. Juan Tizol: Ellington Medley
Anthony DiLorenzo: Of Kingdoms and Glory
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MCM Brass Festival: Opening Recital
Friday, 17 February 2023 @ 7:00pm
The festival opens with a showcase concert featuring performances by members of the members of the Conservatorium Brass staff - Carla Blackwood, Joel Brennan and Don Immel. A celebration of new and exciting music, including world premieres, solos, and chamber performances.
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Handel: Messiah
Friday, 16 December 2022 @ 7:30pm
On period instruments
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Handel: Messiah
Saturday, 3 December 2022 @ 7:30pm
Performed on period instruments
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Lyrebird Brass: Tonnerre de Brass
Saturday, 29 October 2022 @ 7:00pm
Lyrebird Brass is delighted to be launching its new album, Tonnerre de Brass, at Tempo Rubato on 29 October. The program includes selections from the new album, which features world premiere recordings of mid-20th century brass trios by Belgian and French composers.
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Lyrebird Brass: Book of Brass
Tuesday, 18 October 2022 @ 7:30pm
Lyrebird Brass present a program of exciting world premieres for brass quintet, including Book of Brass by GRAMMY award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon (co-commissioned with the American Brass Quintet), to the lighthouse by Linda Kouvaras, new canzoni by Alan Holley, and a new piece by Alice Humphries.
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Defaye: Concerto for Trombone, Trumpet, and String Orchestra
Wednesday, 28 September 2022 @ 10:13pm
Jean-Michel Defaye's Concerto for Trombone, Trumpet and String Orchestra with Don Immel.
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ReSOUNDING JOY: St. Michael's Recital
Sunday, 25 September 2022 @ 1:30pm
with Rhys Boak, organ; Joe Chindamo, piano; Zoe Black, violin
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Trumpet and Organ Recital
Tuesday, 20 September 2022 @ 1:30pm
Trinity Brighton Uniting Church | Melbourne, Australia
with Rhys Boak, organ; Joe Chindamo, piano; Zoe Black, violin
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Cathedral Windows - Music for Trumpet and Organ
Sunday, 11 September 2022 @ 3:00pm
Bach/Vivaldi, Patricia Van Ness, Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Eban's monumental Windows inspired by Marc Chagall.
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Ensemble Three at Born Creative
Saturday, 16 July 2022
2pm - Special Concert on the main stage, opening with Dai Fujikura's "Three"

7:30pm - Ensemble Three performs an all-Australian program of works by Percy Grainger, Katy Abbott, Harry Sdraulig, Wally Gunn, and Melody Eötvös.
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Liturgical Cantata: BWV 74
Sunday, 5 June 2022 @ 10:00am
On period instruments: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74
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Lohengrin
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Lohengrin with Opera Australia, featuring Jonas Kaufman. (14, 17, 21 & 24 May)
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Liturgical Cantata: BWV 175
Sunday, 8 May 2022 @ 10:00am
On period instruments: Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175
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Vivaldi's Gloria
Saturday, 23 April 2022
With the Australian Chamber Choir. On period instruments.

23 April - Terang
24 April - Flinders
30 April - Macedon
1 May - Geelong
7 May - Melbourne
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Metropolis: The Lost
Thursday, 21 April 2022 @ 7:30pm
Acclaimed Australian composer Mary Finsterer explores the narrative interpretations of myths and ancient rituals in The Lost, her concerto for Viola and Cello with Orchestra & Electro-acoustics. The concerto sits as the third in a series of orchestral concertos by Finsterer entitled Missed Tales. The three works explore mysteries of nature and place within Northern European mythology.
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Lyrebird Brass – Top of the Food Chain, Bottom of the World
Monday, 28 March 2022 @ 5:30pm
Cathy Likhuta - Apex Predators
Luke Styles - Solder
Kate Neal - Fanfare
Alan Holley - Dulwich Air
Andrew Batterham - Melbourne Mosaic
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Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets
Saturday, 26 March 2022 @ 7:00pm
with David Musk trumpet and John Ferguson, conductor
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All Demons Run (Rescheduled)
Tuesday, 22 March 2022 @ 6:00pm
Alan Holley - All Demons Run (world premiere)
Melody Eötvös - Gamma (world premiere)
Caerwen Martin - Sleepless
Christopher Sainsbury - Singing Stone (world premiere)
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All Demons Run
Monday, 13 September 2021 @ 6:00pm
A program of world premieres, including works by Alan Holley, Melody Eötvös, Sue-Anne Tan, Caerwen Martin, and Christopher Sainsbury
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New Works Performance
Saturday, 17 July 2021 @ 1:00pm
Melba Hall | Melbourne, Australia
In their first post-lockdown concert, the Lyrebird Quintet will give the world premiere of Robert Cohen's Neptune's Treasures on a program that also includes the Divertimento by Harry Sdraulig, and Solder, a new work by London-based Luke Styles.
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Recital Centre Relaxed Performance
Thursday, 17 September 2020 @ 12:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
Promoting a casual approach to sound and movement, the Centre’s series of Relaxed Performances provides the same exceptional artists in the best place to hear, with an environment specifically suited for audiences with sensory sensitivities. A relaxed performance is designed to create a safe and welcoming environment for people with autism, learning disabilities and sensory or communication needs. There is the ability for audience members to enter and exit the venue throughout the concert, the house lights will be turned on, and the sound will be moderated, providing a comfortable and less formal musical experience. With performances running for 45 minutes, this series is also perfect for young families. Children will be free to wriggle if they need, or leave the Primrose Potter Salon and move to a designated quiet area in the ground level foyer.
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Pinwheel
Wednesday, 8 July 2020 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
This performance features a new piece by Alan Holley alongside some of our favourites by Christian O’Brien, Wally Gunn, and Julian Yu.
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Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Performance
Monday, 25 May 2020 @ 7:30pm
Although the COVID19 pandemic has put a global halt on the performing arts industry, Lyrebird Brass will be teaming up with the Melbourne Digital Concert hall for a live performance streamed from the Athenaeum Theatre on 19 June. Works will include the Andrew Batterham's Melbourne Mosaic (a Lyrebird Brass commission), Colchester Fantasy by Eric Ewazen, and tangos by Piazzolla.
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Wet Ink
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
World premiere performances of Chris Pickering's "Lesser Heroes" and Timothy Dargville's "Transcience" alongside Yihan Chen's "??—still" and Dai Fujikura's "Three.
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Premieres
Tuesday, 11 June 2019 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
World premiere performances of "...until it's gone: rhapsody on loss" by Linda Kouvaras and Caerwen Martin's "What Lies Beneath" and the Australian premiere of "Magically Delicious" by Rudresh Mahanthappa.
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Dai Fujikura Portrait Concert
Wednesday, 17 April 2019 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Curated by Ensemble Three, this portrait of London-based composer Dai Fujikura includes the world premiere of "Three" written for the ensemble. Fujikura will be in attendance.
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Organica
Monday, 23 July 2018 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
Our second MRC Local Heroes program focuses on local composers and will include Katy Abbott's lush 'Midnight Songs', the foot-stomping 'PIT_T' by Christian O'Brien, Andrew Batterham's 'Organica', and 'Slow Air' by Andrew Ford.
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Undercurrents
Monday, 19 February 2018 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
The first of our 2018 MRC Local Heroes programmes, this program will feature the world premiere of a new commission by Jake Donahue alongside works by Katy Abbott, Elliott Hughes, Jane Hammond, and Harry Sdraulig.
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Macedon Music
Monday, 16 October 2017 @ 6:01pm
Macedon Music | Mount Macedon, Australia
World premiere performances of Jane Hammond's 'Country Crow Shuffle', Elliott Hughes's 'Despite our Silent Elders', a new work by Harry Sdraulig, as well as Katy Abbott's 'undercurrenT'
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Ensemble Three at ITF
Thursday, 29 June 2017 @ 2:00pm
Hunsacker Center | Redlands, USA
Presentation at the International Trombone Association conference.

News | Events

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New Commissions: Charlotte Harding and Stephen Goss
Ensemble Three are thrilled to be collaborating with two award-winning composers based in the UK, Charlotte Harding and Stephen Goss on new works to be premiered late in 2026. More info to come.
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The Gathering
Part of Australian National University's Australian and near-Pacific neighbours First Nations Composers Gathering. Performances of works be Leilehua Lanzilotti, Christopher Sainsbury, Nardi Simpson, Rhyan Clapham, and Troy Russell with Ensemble Three, Lyrebird Brass, and students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
News
New Album: Book of Brass
To be released 16 August 2024 on Navona records: Lyrebird Brass's latest album, Book of Brass, featuring premiere recordings of works by Jennifer Higdon, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Kate Neal, Alice Humphries, and Alan Holley.
News
New Album! Singing Stone: The Music of Christopher Sainsbury
Ensemble Three are featured on the new album Singing Stone: The Music of Christopher Sainsbury to be released in April 2024. The title track is a major work in five movements written for Ensemble Three. The album includes Ken's guitar on each track and Joel is featured on for the duo Pacific, arranged for trumpet and guitar. Both recordings are world premieres.
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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
I'm thrilled to be on Artist Faculty of the Banff Centre's summer program Chamber Music and Opera: Interplay. The summer will feature chamber opera performances of The Handmaid's Tale (Poul Ruders/Paul Bentley) and Indians on Vacation (Ian Cusson/Royce Vavrek) along with several chamber music concerts. This will be my first time back in Canada since I left Manitoba in 2012 - I miss it!
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Performances in Italy, Albania, and Kosovo
Ken Murray & Joel will perform at the Paganini Guitar Festival in Parma, Italy before we heading Albania and Kosovo for concerts featuring new works Enis Mullaj, Kris Sopoqoti, Eriona Rushiti, Jetmir Zaganjori, Kreshnik Aliçkaj, Avni Krasniqi, Johanna Selleck, and Alan Holley.
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Premiere Recording of Michael Frazier's glad to be
I'm camptivated by the sound world created by composer Michael Frazier, and jumped at the opportunity to commission a new work from him during the dull years of the pandemic. I'm thrilled to now be able to share this beautiful work with the world.
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MRC Music Always Tour
Ensemble Three will be touring Melbourne and its surrounds as part of the Melbourne Recital Centre's Music Always program, performing at a number of aged care and assisted living facilities.
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Leilihua Lanzilotti Residency
Leilihua Lanzilotti will be a Macgeorge Fellow at the University of Melbourne in late 2023, working with Ensemble Three on a new work.
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Alan Holley's All Demons Run
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New recording of GAMMA by Melody Eötvös
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Lyrebird Brass releases Tonnerre de Brass
Lyrebird Brass have released an album of brass trios — all previously unrecorded — by mid-20th century Belgian and French composers. Tonnerre de Brass includes works by Lucie Vellere, Georges Barboteu, Marius Flothuis, Frits Celis, Mathieu Debaar, and Arthur Meulemans.
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Lyrebird Brass releases Apex Predators
Lyrebird Brass's debut album, Apex Predators, includes works by Australian composers or written in tribute to Australia and its inhabitants. The title is not only apt for featuring the premiere recording of Catherine Likhuta’s work of the same name, but also because the ensemble's home country hosts many of the world’s deadliest creatures.
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Premiere Recording of Lucie Vellère's Deux Essais
In celebration of 2022 International Women’s Day, I recorded a performance of Lucie Vellère's beautifully lyrical “Deux Essais” (1965) with my friends and colleagues Carla Blackwood and Don Immel. The piece exploits the versatility of the three instruments, moving from warm, velvety textures in the first movement to frenetic, bouncy passages in the second.
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Jennifer Higdon Commission
Lyrebird Brass has teamed up with the American Brass Quintet to co-comission a new work by GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize award winning composer, Jennifer Higdon. The new work will receive its premiere performances in New York and Melbourne in late 2022.
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Commissioning Blitz!
We're please to announce a number of commissions, including new works for 2022 from Melbourne's own Linda Kouvaras and Alice Humphries. Details about the works and their premieres are forthcoming.
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Cohen: Neptune's Treasures
We are delighted to be the dedicees to a new piece by New York-based composer Robert Cohen. Neptune's Treasures is a four movement work musical exploration of the Great Barrier Reef. The first movement depicts the descent into the depths of the ocean in a bathyscaphe upon which a myriad of aquatic life living in and around the reef is encountered in the second movement. The third movement is a lament to the what is thought by many to be one of the world's ugliest creatures, the Blobfish. The final movement is the composer's take on the process by which many believe life began, culminating with the rise from the deep of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, who implores us to respect his kingdom.
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New Recording: Caerwen Martin's Sleepless with Ken Murray
Between Melbourne's two strict lockdowns in 2020, Ken Murray and I got together to experiment with recording ourselves. We made a recording of Sleepless, a hauntingly-beautiful piece by Caerwen Martin. Shoelace Creative made a video for the music so we could include it in the Guitar Perspectives Online Celebration.
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ITG Profile
I'm thrilled to have been profiled in the latest International Trumpet Guild Journal. ITG created a digital repository of back issues this year, and I’ve enjoyed reading many of the fascinating articles throughout lockdown!
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Tianjin Juilliard School's Mother Goose Suite Distance Recording
Facutly from the Tianjin Juilliard School have released a video performance of 'Le jardin féerique' from Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye. Although Ravel didn't intend for trumpet to be included, we've added a bit!
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Cancellations
his years' performances at the Melbourne Recital Centre and the tour to Tokyo have been cancelled due to the global pandemic. These events will be rescheduled for 2021 and 2022!
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New Recording: Turtle Toem on SONY/minabel labels
Now available on iTunes minabel/SONY: Dai Fujikura: Turtle Totem, featuring a live performace by Ensemble Three.
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Brass Quintet Database Re-launched
Developed in collaboration with the American Brass Quintet, the Brass Quintet Repertoire Database is now up and running. This interactive, searchable database of original works written for brass quintet is designed to serve as a resource to performers, composers, concert presenters, and researchers. Particular attention has been paid to ensuring data is stored and presented in a manner which will help shed light on works by composers of underrepresented demographics.
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Tokyo: Born Creative Festival
Ensemble Three will be featured in the 2020 Born Creative festival in Tokyo. More details soon!
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Tianjin Juilliard Ensemble on Tour
Upcoming performances and masterclasses for the Tianjin Juilliard School in Shenzen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, and Beijing.
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Fujikura Video
The video from Ensemble Three's world-premiere performance of Dai Fujikura's new work "THREE" is now available on YouTube.

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Yamaha Artist Video
New Yamaha Artist video part of Yamaha Australia's "Backstage" series, featuring Frankie....and me playing some Bach and Scelsi.
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New Recording with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Now available on iTunes by ABC Classics: Andrew Schultz: Century, with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under Hamish McKeich. Includes Symphony No. 3 'Century', Op. 91, Peace, Op. 93, and August Offensive, Op. 92.
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New Release: Ensemble Three's Despite Our Silent Elders
Despite Our Silent Elders, Ensemble Three's latest album, featuring works by Katy Abbott, Christian O'Brien, Andrew Ford, Jane Hammond, Elliott Hughes, and Harry Sdraulig is now available.
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Ensemble Three USA Tour
Ensemble Three US Tour
Performance at USC: 13 Feb 2019
Princeton Residency: 19-21 Feb 2019
More dates to come
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Tianjin Juilliard School Appointment
I have been appointed the trumpet teacher at the Tianjin Juilliard School, commencing in their 2019-2020 school year. For information on the school, please visit http://tianjin.juilliard.edu/
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New Release: Sonatas by Stuart Greenbaum (ABC Classics)
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MRC Contemporary Masters Award
Melbourne, Australia
Ensemble Three is honoured to have been chosen to receive the 2017 "Contemporary Masters" award from the Melbourne Recital Centre for our world premiere performance of James Ledger's "Voodoo Sonnets" on our "Australian Electric" concert in February!
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New Album: Punch - Brass Music of Katy Abbott (ABC Classics)
Now available on iTunes by ABC Classics: Punch: The Brass Music of Katy Abbott, featuring Cross Sections for solo trumpet and trombone with brass ensemble, Midnight Songs and undercurrenT with Ensemble Three, and Punch for brass ensemble.
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VMTA Interview
The Victorian Music Teachers' Association was kind enough to request an interview with me for the most recent volume of "their "Music and the Teacher" (Vol 43:2 Spring 2017).
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MRC 2018 Local Heroes
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
We're delighted to have been selected for the 2018 "Local Heroes" series at the Melbourne Recital Centre. We'll perform concerts in February and July.