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Performances: Upcoming | Past

Performances: Past | Upcoming

Windfire Festival: The Glory of Brass | Friday, 4 October 2024 @ 7:30pm
Saint Mary of the Angels | Geelong, Australia
Lyrebird brass with guest students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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.
Handel: Messiah | Friday, 6 September 2024 @ 7:30pm
Saint Paul' Cathedral | Melbourne, Australia
On period instruments
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)
Trumpet MegaDay+ Gala Concert | Saturday, 24 August 2024 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Featuring the premiere performance of a new work by Catherine Likhuta (Joel Brennan with pianist Jerry Wong) and weekend headliner Ashley Hall-Tighe.

Indians on Vacation | Saturday, 29 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Jenny Belzberg Theatre | Banff, Canada
Workshop showing of an opera adaptation of the beloved comedic novel by Thomas King, composed by Ian Cusson, libretto by Royce Vavrek.
Chamber Music: Epic | Wednesday, 26 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Rolston Recital Hall | Banff, Canada
Program to include: Hilda Sehested's Septet with the Borealis Quartet and Ecstatic Science by Missy Mazzoli
Chamber Music: Poetry | Wednesday, 19 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Rolston Recital Hall | Banff, Canada
Program to include:
Missy Mazzoli: The Sound of Light
Robert Starer: The Mystic Trumpeter
Joseph Turrin: Fandango
Yihan Chen:still
Emily Doolittle: Gardenscape
Handmaid's Tale | Saturday, 15 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Jenny Belzberg Theatre | Banff, Canada
Based on Margaret Atwood’s Novel Composed by Poul Ruders, Libretto by Paul Bentley Workshop showing of Daniel Schlosberg’s new orchestration.
Chamber Music: Landmarks | Saturday, 8 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Rolston Recital Hall | Banff, Canada
Program to include: Galina Ustvolskaya's Symphony No. 4, Prayer
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.
Albanian Brass Festival | Thursday, 30 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.
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.
Handel: Messiah | Friday, 15 December 2023 @ 7:30pm
Scots' Church | Melbourne, Australia
On period instruments
Laudate Dominum: Christmas with Lyrebird Brass and Anthony Halliday | Sunday, 3 December 2023 @ 2:00pm
Loreto Mandeville Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Canberra Grammar School Brass Concert | Sunday, 12 November 2023 @ 4:00pm
Canberra Grammar School | Canberra, Australia
Sponsored by Yamaha Music Australia
Trumpet, Violin, and Organ Recital | Sunday, 15 October 2023 @ 3:00pm
Loreto Mandeville Hall | Melbourne, Australia
with Tomomi Kondo and Anthony Halliday
the strong pulse beneath the charred earth: the musical world of Leilehua Lanzilotti | Thursday, 12 October 2023 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
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)
The Glory of Brass | Sunday, 8 October 2023 @ 7:30pm
Saint Mary of the Angels | Geelong, Australia
Lyrebird brass with guest students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Works for Trumpet and Guitar | Tuesday, 3 October 2023 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
with Ken Murray

Chris Sainsbury: Pacifica

Caerwen Martin: Sleepless

Ken Murray: [new work]

and more
Australia Ensemble: Ecstatic Science | Saturday, 16 September 2023 @ 7:30pm
Sir John Clancy Auditorium | Sydney, Australia
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)

The Complete Chamber Works of Kouvaras: A Multi-Album Project Preview | Tuesday, 5 September 2023 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Program to include ...until it's gone: Rhapsody on Loss (2019) with Ensemble Three
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)
Australian Chamber Music | Tuesday, 22 August 2023 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
with Jerry Wong, piano

Andrew Batterham: A Golden Summer Day

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

George Antheil: Symphony for Five Instruments

Missy Mazzoli: The Sound of the Light
Ensemble Three at the Adelaide Guitar Festival | Saturday, 22 July 2023
Adelaide, Australia
Details TBA
New Works by Australian Composers | Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
with Jerry Wong, piano

Melody Eötvös: Light Form(Australian premiere)

Ken Murray: Sunrise Over Silverleaves (World premiere)

Andrew Schultz: Silken Weave
Genesis Baroque: La Tromba | Sunday, 19 March 2023 @ 5:00pm
Good Shepherd Chapel | Melbourne Australia
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
Lyrebird Brass | Tuesday, 14 March 2023 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 1

Maria Grenfell: Creatures of Norse (World premiere)

Grace-Evangeline Mason: As Bronze ( Australian premiere)

Tilson Thomas:Street Song

Lyrebird Brass Ensemble | Sunday, 19 February 2023 @ 4:00pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
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
MCM Brass Festival: Opening Recital | Friday, 17 February 2023 @ 7:00pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
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.
Akaroa Chamber Music Festival | Friday, 13 January 2023
Akaroa, New Zealand
13-22 January, 2023 Lyrebird Brass
Handel: Messiah | Friday, 16 December 2022 @ 7:30pm
Scots' Church | Melbourne, Australia
On period instruments
Handel: Messiah | Saturday, 3 December 2022 @ 7:30pm
Saint Peter's Eastern Hill | Melbourne, Australia
Performed on period instruments
Lyrebird Brass: Tonnerre de Brass | Saturday, 29 October 2022 @ 7:00pm
Tempo Rubato | Melbourne, Australia
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.
Lyrebird Brass: Book of Brass | Tuesday, 18 October 2022 @ 7:30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
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.
Defaye: Concerto for Trombone, Trumpet, and String Orchestra | Wednesday, 28 September 2022 @ 10:13pm
Hanson Dyer Hall | Melbourne, Australia
Jean-Michel Defaye's Concerto for Trombone, Trumpet and String Orchestra with Don Immel.
ReSOUNDING JOY: St. Michael's Recital | Sunday, 25 September 2022 @ 1:30pm
St. Michael's Day Uniting Church | Melbourne, Australia
with Rhys Boak, organ; Joe Chindamo, piano; Zoe Black, violin
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
Cathedral Windows - Music for Trumpet and Organ | Sunday, 11 September 2022 @ 3:00pm
Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels | Geelong, Australia
Bach/Vivaldi, Patricia Van Ness, Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Eban's monumental Windows inspired by Marc Chagall.
Ensemble Three at Born Creative | Saturday, 16 July 2022
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre | Tokyo, Japan
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.
Liturgical Cantata: BWV 74 | Sunday, 5 June 2022 @ 10:00am
St. John's Southgate | Melbourne, Australia
On period instruments: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74
Lohengrin | Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Arts Centre Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia
Lohengrin with Opera Australia, featuring Jonas Kaufman. (14, 17, 21 & 24 May)
Liturgical Cantata: BWV 175 | Sunday, 8 May 2022 @ 10:00am
St. John's Southgate | Melbourne, Australia
On period instruments: Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175
Vivaldi's Gloria | Saturday, 23 April 2022
Victoria, Australia
With the Australian Chamber Choir. On period instruments.

23 April - Terang
24 April - Flinders
30 April - Macedon
1 May - Geelong
7 May - Melbourne
Metropolis: The Lost | Thursday, 21 April 2022 @ 7:30pm
St. Paul's Cathedral | Melbourne, Australia
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.
Lyrebird Brass – Top of the Food Chain, Bottom of the World | Monday, 28 March 2022 @ 5:30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
Cathy Likhuta - Apex Predators
Luke Styles - Solder
Kate Neal - Fanfare
Alan Holley - Dulwich Air
Andrew Batterham - Melbourne Mosaic
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets | Saturday, 26 March 2022 @ 7:00pm
Scotch College | Melbourne, Australia
with David Musk trumpet and John Ferguson, conductor
Ensemble Three – All Demons Run | Tuesday, 22 March 2022 @ 6:00pm
Melbourne Recital Centre | Melbourne, Australia
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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