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January 8-13

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Australasian Recorder Festival

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Tutor

Opening Concert - 8th January

re-grounded performance - 12th January

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March 25 & 26

 

St John Passion

Saturday 25th 3pm - Australian Poetry Hall of Fame, Guyra

Sunday 26th 3pm - Hoskins Centre, The Armidale School

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April 27 - 30

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New England Bach Festival

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La Folia - Virtuosic Dance music

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Alana Blackburn - Recorder

Joanne Arnott - Recorder

Anthony Abouhamad - Harpsichord

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Friday 27th April 7.30pm Armidale Uniting Church

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/CFKPJ

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Heroic Marches and Recorders

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Alana Blackburn
Benjamin Thorn

Joanne Arnott

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Sunday 30th April 12.30pm Armidale Uniting Church

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/CFKQJ

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June 23

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Handel's Alexander Feast

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UNSW Collegium Musicum Choir

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7.00pm

UNSW Sir John Clancy Auditorium, Kensington

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June 30- July 2nd

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Making music together - performance and recording

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The Music and/as process study group celebrates its 10th annual conference with a performance of new collaborative, experimental and improvisational works which will be recorded and released on Birmingham Record Company label NMC Recordings.

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham City University)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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July 7-9

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Open Recorder Days Amsterdam

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A weekend full of performances, a makers' market and international recorder competition.

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Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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July 21-22

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Regional Futures Exhibition Opening and Symposium

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The sate-wide initiative "Regional Futures" will present artists' works at the Casula Powerhouse in the exhibition "Artists in Volatile Landscapes"

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"Sweet Alcaic Meters" - Alana Blackburn (sound) & Mike Terry (visuals)

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Casula Powerhouse

Exhibition opening: Friday 21st July

Symposium: 9.30am-4pm Saturday 22nd July

For more information and to register and purchase tickets to the symposium here

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October 10 & 11

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Australasian Computer Music Conference

 

Premiere of 'String Theory' by Dr Mark Oliviero

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Riverside Theatre Tuesday 10th @ 2pm

Parramatta Lanes Festival, Eat Street car park  Wednesday 11th @ 5.45pm

 

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October 15

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La Folia - Virtuosic Dance music

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Alana Blackburn & Joanne Arnott - recorders

Anthony Abouhamad - harpsichord

 

Robert Knox Hall

45 Mann st, Gosford

2.00pm

Tickets and info: https://centralcoastconservatorium.com.au/event/la-folia/

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October 21

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Music and pestilence: 14th century and 21st century during pandemics

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Online presentation for the Early Music Society of Queensland

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Online

11am (NSW)/10am (QLD)

For more information and to register: TBC

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November 11

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Baroque Curios, Gems & Genius

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Alana Blackburn - recorders

Steve Thorneycroft - guitars

Sofia Debus - cello

Sarah Lawrence - words

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7.00pm

The Playhouse

309 Beardy St, Armidale

Tickets $35/25: https://www.trybooking.com/CMMAP

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December 15

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Sounding Spaces

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Sound Artist Ros Bandt collaborates with recorder player Alana Blackburn and sound engineer Jim Atkins, this rare performance features original works that push artistic boundaries. World premiere of 'Debris' a new multimedia work for two recorder players and soundscape.

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Melbourne Recital Hall

6.00pm

More information and tickets here.

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Events 2024

 

January 7-12

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Australasian Recorder Festival

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Tutor

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February 16 and 18

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Salut! Baroque - "The Genius"

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CPE Bach described his father’s house as “like a pigeonry, and just as full of life”, with Johann Sebastian keeping an open house where “no master of music was likely to travel through [Leipzig] without making my father’s acquaintance and letting himself be heard by him”. Bach was a genial host, in contrast to his combative relationship with authority. The complex character behind the music we admire so greatly was not always so well regarded during his life, and it was often his rivals who enjoyed the greater success. This program places the genius of Bach’s music beside the composers who most impacted his life and work.

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Friday 16 February 2024, 7.30pm
Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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Sunday 18 February 2024, 3.00pm
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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Tickets: https://baroque.com.au/concerts/ 

 

 

 

 

2022

March 17, 18 & 19

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Newcastle Fringe Festival

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Re-Growth? performance of electroacoustic works for recorder

Works by Ros Bandt, Benjamin Thorn, Donna Hewitt

Video Artist- Jutta Pryor

Sound Engineer - Jim Atkins

 

The Royal Exchange

32-34 Bolton St

Newcastle

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17th - 6pm

18th - 6pm

19th - 4.30pm

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March 25

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Looking Through Windows: A multimedia Aboriginal history and art exhibition

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Performance at the opening ceremony

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The University Gallery

University Drive

University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus

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5.30pm

Register with Eventbrite here.

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March 27

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Music and Shakespeare

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Alana Blackburn & Alex Robson

A short act about music, the recorder and Shakespeare. 

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UNE Showcase @ Parramatta Nights - Philip Lane

2.00pm-5.00pm

Free event

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April 19

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Tamworth Country Music Festival

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UNE Showcase - staff and students perform

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Tamworth Library

Tamworth

 

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April 30

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Breath Transformed​

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Alana Blackburn & Riley Lee

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The Armidale Playhouse

Beardy St, Armidale

7.00pm

Tickets $35 Adults, $25 concession

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=888392&

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August 25

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EarthBound

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Backstage Music series

For more information and program visit Backstage Music

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Nauti Studios 

201 Great Western Highway, Hazelbrook

7.00pm

Tickets here

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August 26

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EarthBound

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Backstage Music series

For more information and program visit Backstage Music

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Woodburn Creatives

82 Cope Street, Waterloo

7.30pm

Tickets here

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September 25

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Music on a Market Sunday - Grounds and cycles with a twist

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Finger, Purcell, Weiss & Frisell, but not like you've heard them before!

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Alana Blackburn (recorders)

Steve Thorneycroft (guitars)

Ash Hall (trumpet)

Sarah Lawrence (narrator)

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Armidale Uniting Church

Rusden St, Armidale

12.30pm - free event (donations welcome)

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November 6

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Breath Transformed

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Alana Blackburn & Riley Lee

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1/37 Fairlight St, Fairlight​

2.00pm

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CDCHQ

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2023

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January 8-13

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Australasian Recorder Festival

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Public Performance & Tutor 

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Armidale, NSW

 

 

 

March 25 & 26

 

St John Passion

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Armidale

TBC

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April 23

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Blackheath Music Festival

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Alana Blackburn & Riley Lee

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TBA

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April 27 - 30

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New England Bach Festival

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2021

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January 31

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Happy Birthday Benjamin Thorn!

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A celebration of one of Australia's most prolific composers.

Benjamin Thorn is an important contributor to Australian recorder music.

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Uniting Church

Rusden St, Armidale

2.30pm

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April 18

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Crosswinds Duo

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Performance of Crosswinds Duo (Maryanne Piper & Alana Blackburn)

with special guest Damian Wright (flamenco guitar) for the launch of the New

England International Circle

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Danica Park, Nemingah. NSW

Donation $29 includes food and drink

4.30pm

Reservations: https://www.trybooking.com/BQHQW

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April 19

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WORD PLAY

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A children's show angled around New England children's author Sophie Masson's children's picture book, 'Join the Armidale Parade', illustrated by local illustrator Kathy Creamer and published by local publisher Little Pink Dog Books, and it's attracted a lot of enthusiasm from the schools, especially as it will be happening around the traditional time of the actual Parade in Armidale.

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Sophie Masson - Author

Alana Blackburn - Recorders

Maryanne Piper - Clarinet

Damian Wright - Guitar

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St Joseph's Primary school, Uralla

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April 20

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WORD PLAY

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10 am - Kelly's Plains Public School

                   

12pm - Armidale City Public School 

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2pm - Drummond Public School

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April 29 - May 2

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New England Bach Festival

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Sydney Consort  "Farewell concert: Bach and Sons"- Music from the Bach family for violin, recorder and harpsichord by JS, WF, CPE and JC Bach, and a little Handel on the side.

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Stan Kornel - Violin

Alana Blackburn - Recorder

Monika Kornel - Harpsichord

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Thursday 29th April

Uniting Church, Armidale

7.30pm

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BOKPS

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"The German Recorder and Friends" 

Premiere of a new work by Steve Thorneycroft for recorder and guitar

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Alana Blackburn - Recorders

Steve Thorneycroft - Guitars

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Friday 30th April

Uniting Church, Armidale

5.30pm

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BOKQJ

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June 19th

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12 Threads

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New Australian Art song project brought to you by Blush Opera

Supported by the City of Sydney

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Vicki Lee Gallery

2/350 Bourke St, Surry Hills

Tickets Free Register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au

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December 16

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Regrowth? New Multimedia work for recorder by Ros Bandt premiere

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Armidale Playhouse

Armidale NSW

6.30pm for 7pm performance

Tickets $25 adult, $15 concession 

https://www.trybooking.com/BVWTT

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2020

January 18 & 19

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Chaos & Chasms 

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A program of French Baroque repertoire by historical performance

musicians around Australia.

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Saturday 18, 7pm

Sunday 19, 2pm

The Oratory - Abbotsford Convent

1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford VIC

 

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BGAZX or cash at the door

 

 

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January 21-25

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Tamworth Country Music Festival

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Various appearances throughout events at the TCMF

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Wednesday 22nd January: 11am 'Story Time' Tamworth Library

Friday 24th January: 11am Entrepreneurs Hour discussion panel, UNE Tamworth

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Tamworth, NSW

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April 4th and 5th - Cancelled

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St John Passion - J.S. Bach

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Saturday 4th April: Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium, 3.00pm

Sunday 5th April: TAS Hoskins Centre, Armidale. 7.30pm

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For Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/eventlist/messiah

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April 25th - Cancelled

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Away from Home

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Performance with local Ezidi musicians

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May 7-10 - Cancelled

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New England Bach Festival 

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Performances with some of Australia's finest early music ensembles

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Thursday 7th May - Sydney Consort 'Farewell Concert, Bach and sons'

7.30pm Uniting Church

 

Saturday 9th May - Austral Harmony 'Bach and Florid Song'

7.30pm TAS Memorial Hall

See http://www.ne-bach-festival.com for details

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May 24

 

Free Space — Live music from an empty gallery

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FREE SPACE is a series of live performances at New England Regional Art Museum featuring local musicians using the unique physical qualities of the gallery's spaces to explore sonic possibilities.

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Download the program notes here.

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5.00pm-6.00pm

LInk TBA

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November 22

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Inverell Music Society

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Early music for recorder and lute/guitar with local guitarist Steve Thorneycroft

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2.30pm

Inverell Art Gallery, 5 Evans St, Inverell NSW

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December 13

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Fiori Musicali

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Sunday 6.00pm

The Armidale School. Armidale NSW

Tickets $20: www.trybooking.com/BNGGT or at the door

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