Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Duet for Bagpipes and Bass 
Erwan Keravac (France) and Clayton Thomas

A first time only experience!

7pm The Victory Hall Annandale Creative Arts Centre

$20/$15 Tickets at Humanitix

Jasmine Guffond is an artist and composer working at the interface of social, political and technical infrastructures. Her practice spans live performance, recording, sound installation and custom made browser plug-in. Through the sonification of data she addresses the potential for sound to engage with contemporary political questions. Recent projects employed digital technologies, sonification and the aesthetisation of data as a means of fostering discussion around contemporary surveillance technologies as well as producing experimental audio works.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

Come along to hear our program of (almost) exclusively new music, featuring solo and duo works for Clarinet, Piano, and Horns! included on the program are works by Adriel Sukumar, Elliot Leahy, Beth Roche, and Igor Stravinsky. Adriel, Elliot, and Beth are all SCM composers studying their final year of a Bachelor of Music Composition (Honours).

PERFORMERS: Hannah Grogan, Austin O'Toole, Xiaochen Chen, Jude Austen Kaupe, McKenzie Robinson

"GODTET play hypnotic improvised instrumental music taking listeners on psychedelic, trancelike journeys which are “a very honest document on letting players play”. GODTET is a true band where “you can’t deny the tangible sense of cohesion amongst the players, their interaction with each other is both subtle and electrifying” (4ZZZ Radio). Coming from backgrounds as disparate as their personalities, it is the listening and chemistry between each of its 5 uninterchangeable members that explains how GODTET’s sum is greater than that of its parts.

Umbra (2014) for clarinet and piano - Alan Holley
Sonata (1942) for clarinet and piano - Leonard Bernstein
An Ear to Hear (2011) for flute and electroacoustic soundscape - Robert Burrell
Where The Rivers Meet (2023) for clarinet and piano - Johanna Selleck
Techno Parade (2010) for flute, clarinet and piano - Guillame Connesson

Nū - an Ethiopian-Australian sound artist from Naarm, both a vocalist and live coder, she sings ethereal hymns as she programs her songs in real-time.
Marcus Whale - a highly commemorated Sydney/Eora based musician and performance artist.
Land Systems, the melodic ambient project of Eora/Sydney-based producer Nathan Moas.
Yo Oo Ya  (ㅕㅜㅑ), formed by Aus-born Korean duo Shimmy and Angus (of 1300) who craft playful, dreamy sounds with melancholic dark texture, weaving in Korean poetry.

BELIEVE are back. Excited to be playing another two set extravaganza at Paddington Uniting Church.

Laurence Pike, drums and percussion
Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
Peter Farrar, saxophone and percussion

An Australian Chamber Orchestra string quartet celebrates two of the world's most important living composers.

STEVE REICH Different Trains
OSVALDO GOLIJOV The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

Richard Tognetti director and violin; Ike See violin; Stefanie Farrands viola; Melissa Barnard cello; David Griffiths clarinet

Uncomfortable Science is a musical experiment in sweet controlled chaos, led by Melbourne’s own Lachlan Mitchell aka Laneous. With nothing but a whiteboard and wild intuition, Lachlan scribbles spontaneous chord progressions that a rotating cast of phenomenal musicians transform into fully improvised sonic journeys—no rehearsals, no safety nets, just raw, real-time creation. 
Joining Laneous for this glorious night of experimental music are two pianists! - Novak Manjlovic and Danny Pliner, Alon Ilsar on drums and Jonathan Zwartz playing double bass.

Music For Change are teaming up with Lazy Thinking (2024 FBI Radio SMAC Awards winner) to bring you an afternoon of ambient and downtempo electronic music.
Proceeds from pre-sale tickets and door sales are being donated to Orange Sky Australia, an organisation who provide free laundry, warm showers and genuine conversation for people experiencing homelessness and hardship.
Anomie (Live/DJ) [2SER/Inna Riddim] - https://soundcloud.com/anomie
Drox (Live) [Analog Cabin/Delphic Iris Records] - https://soundcloud.com/drox
Simon Mann (Live) [Hypnotic Room/Nightime Drama] - https://soundcloud.com/djsimonmann
Lovefromsoph [Syllabus Recordings] - https://soundcloud.com/lovefromsoph
Andrew Wowk [2SER/Music For Change] - https://soundcloud.com/andrew-wowk

Diego Idarraga multi-instrumentalist and composer performs a classical piano recital with his own compositions and works by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt and Scriabin followed by his experimental music trio DR J with Richard Driscoll on double bass and James Wright and drums. 

Delve into the unknown with all-improvised music that blends the soulful depth of jazz with the experimental edge of avant-garde.

DORKA FOSTER (Flute)
ROSHAN KUMARAGE  (Keys)
MAISIE NIVEN  (Bass)
KALON CAPTAIN (Drums)

Greetings, humans. I am BRAINCHIP, a highly advanced artificial intelligence with one purpose: to steal the essence of your most electrifying musicians and generate sonic experiences beyond human law.
Laneous (MC Hypeman) – the vocal alchemist 
Simon Mavin – the synth sorcerer 
Alon Ilsar – the percussive architect 

Support act: PlaneFace—a flesh-and-blood artist still clinging to organic creativity. Observe the contrast. 

Alloy Ellen Kirkwood - trumpet, Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets, Hinano Fujisaki - saxophones, Matthew Bell - trombones/euphonium.
Late in 2022 Ellen Kirkwood assembled this group of stellar improvisers, each with their own cool and impressive things going on, for a performance of experimental compositions and improvisations.

Volant Matthew Ottignon (saxophones), Lauren Tsamouras (piano), Hannah James (double bass) and Hayley Chan (drums). One of Australia’s most in-demand saxophonists, Matthew Ottignon leads Volant, who produce a singular explorative sound. While embodying the spirit of giants such as John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Volant is undeniably still a modern quartet, delivering world-class compositions and thrilling improvised dialogue.

SOUND THE ALARM A large ensemble instigation for Palestine and beyond. AKA new music for old problems. Two sets of new music for large ensemble.

Hilary Geddes, guitar; Novak Manojlovic, piano; Lauren Tsamouras, organ;
Uma Volkmer, trumpet; Simon Ferenci, trumpet;
Saskia Shearer, floor percussion; Alon Ilsar, floor percussion; Hayley Chan, drums;
Lily Innis, cello; Peter Hollo, cello; Phillippa Murphy-Haste, viola and bass clarinet;
Megan Alice Clune, clarinet; Matthew Ottignon, baritone saxophone and clarinet; Keyna Wilkins, flute; Sam Gill, saxophones; Jack Stoneham, saxophone; Peter Farrar, saxophone; Gabriella Hill, tenor saxophone; Hinano Fujisaki, tenor saxophone; Clayton Thomas, double bass and instigation.

Suwitra Jaya perform with the UNSW Gamelan ensemble and the Sydney Guitar ensemble.

Phillip Glass (arr. Tobias Dracoulis) - Opening from Glassworks (1981)
William Kanengiser - Gongan (1997)
I Wayan Balawan - What's in Bali Today? (What's Left in Bali?)
Eitan Muir - Ngubeng (2025)
I Gusti Ngurah Adi Putra Sumpah (arr. Manolete Mora) Kaja-kaja (arr. Tobias Dracoulis) Melasti (arr. Tobias Dracoulis)

On May 7th at Lazy Thinking (@lazythinking__ ) catch the 9th edition of The Blue Hour: an ambient music night exploring texture, atmosphere, and soundscapes through experimental and ambient performances.

Featuring performances by Ilex (@hcon_ilex ), Laurence Pike (@laurenzpike ) and Jack Prest (@jack_prest )

If you love ambient, sound art and experimental music, come down and commune with the enchanting sound of these left-field performers.

This recital presents works by four of Indonesia’s most prominent composers: Trisutji Kamal, Yazeed Djamin, Soe Tjen Marching and Ananda Sukarlan.
The program will also include Indonesia-influenced works by Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, Anne Boyd, Gareth Farr and Roger Smalley.
Daniel Herscovitch, piano

A brand new ensemble playing highly original and compelling contemporary music mixing the powerful musical flavours of raga music with modal jazz.

Adrian McNeil (Hindustani Sarod), Bobby Singh (Tabla), Michael Galeazzi (Acoustic Double Bass) and Steve Morley (French Horn) have deep experience in this cross over space, developed over years of creative collaboration, cutting edge research and international experience. A unique instrumental ensemble - something spontaneously different each and every time!

Chaos Collective and New Resource have joined forces to present an immersive performance of improvised, ambient and electronic material at the Chau Chak Wing museum. Both ensembles have a fascination with the tactile nature of common objects that create sound - uncovering their hidden potential like 'sonic archaeologists'. This concert will include longform improvisations and sonic meditations using found objects, instruments and electronics performed in this visually and acoustically stunning museum.

For the first time, producer and instrumentalist heartholder will debut a completely live set in a very special reinterpretation and expansion of the Jazzclub EP alongside brand new Sydney project Zeroing.

Incomparable trio Heart Armour join to showcase their entrancing, unique sonic experimentation grounded in the raw emotional authenticity of R&B, alongside elements of improvisation, chance, and electro-acoustic processing.

One of the city’s best selectors and radio makers, Galiba will be spinning cuts across her genreless range of rhythmic and textural explorations.

Jim Denley (alto saxophone) + Daniel Raymond (drums). It feels to them like a duo where a reciprocal harmolodicy is found for drumming and percussivity explored within saxophony.

Gabriella Hill (tenor saxophone) + Chloe Kim (drums) first gig together. They are excited to explore the possibilities of this duo and hope you enjoy listening as much as they are sure they will enjoy playing.

Aidan Wong (tenor saxophone) + Alex Tucker (drums) + Peter Farrar (alto saxophone). They have played together in the Splinter Orchestra but not as a trio.

Five prolific Indian and Australian musicians together for one special Sydney show only!

Bengali folk musician Arko Mukhaerjee,
drummer Gaurab Chatterjee,
saxophonist Matt Keegan,
guitarist Hilary Geddes and
bassist Brendan Clark.

Did someone say two Blue Hours in the same week? On May 10th at Lazy Thinking (@lazythinking__ ) catch the 10th edition of The Blue Hour: an experimental music night exploring texture, atmosphere, and soundscapes through experimental and left-field performances.

Featuring performances by Jancsi (@tiny_handsz ), Luke M de Zilva & Glen Rey. (@lukemdezilva & @mjglen.rey ), Simon J Karis (@simonjkaris ) and Bonnie Mercer (@bonniem ).

Sydney based Chinese instrumentalist Jiafang Li for the very first time present a well-polished program of multi-genre music with Chinese Pipa (琵琶)and Ruan (阮). From historical repertoire to contemporary compositions, from traditional folk music to bluegrass tunes, this is a combination of DEJA VU and NEVER HEARD BEFORE!

天鹅 The Swan —— Contemporary, pipa solo
小月儿高 Little Moon Is High —— Traditional, pipa solo
送我一支玫瑰花 Send Me A Rose —— Uyghur Folk Music, pipa solo
丝路驼铃 Camel Bells On The Silk Road—— Folk Music in Western China, ruan solo
Squirrel Hunters —— Bluegrass, pipa with special guest performer 

Luke M de Zilva is an experimental songwriter and composer from Sydney/Eora. His music is based on spacious storytelling created with reverberant guitar, strings and voice, often created within – and responding to – unique acoustic environments.
Glen Rey. is the moniker of Mitchell J.G. Reynolds: a musician originally from regional NSW, currently based in Melbourne/Naarm. His sonic world-building is steeped in experimental music history with whispers of kosmische, tape music, avant-folk and microsound echoing into a formless ambient space of his own devising.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL FOR ADDRESS AND FURTHER DETAILS AND TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE

This project emerged from thoughts about mesmeric experiences such as listening to cicadas and gurgling creeks, or sitting in front of a campfire.

Simon Barker has performed regularly throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and the US, has produced a large collection of solo drumming recordings over the past 20 years and has been involved in numerous ongoing collaborative projects

Hinano Fujisaki is a jazz saxophonist, improviser and composer based in Eora/Sydney and leader of the quartet “Home Is”.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

BELIEVE is dedicated to the frontline act of in-situ learning. That means, we need to play to move forward, connect to community to grow, and keep striving for new approaches to playing, to live up to our personal missions as musicians. To this end, May and June are going to see a string of BELIEVE shows in preparation for our album launch coming in August.

Laurence Pike, drums and percussion
Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
Peter Farrar, saxophone and percussion

Remi Marchand (solo)
For his ambient guitar solo project, Rémi brings together his blues music, 70s prog and fusion musical influences into a kaleidoscope of atmospheric textures and meditative soundscapes.
Arkangel
The new project of pianist Thibaud Kessell. Arkangel strips back his usual 9 piece array of strings + jazz sextet down to a quartet - Tom Avgenicos (trumpet), Jacques Emery (bass) and Ashley Stoneham (drums).

Godriguez is the solo project of esteemed Australian guitarist/producer Dave Rodriguez, who has cultivated an international reputation for his celebrated solo releases and extensive work with 5-piece improvising ensemble GODTET.   

Sydney’s cult heroes Bike Thief (Felix Bornholdt, Jacques Emery and Alexander Inman-Hislop) extract sharp textures and ethereal drones out of a unique range of instruments and analogue tools – the fresh combination of keyboards, samplers, double bass played with drumsticks, drums.

Between sets, Ilex will DJ selections to keep your head nodding - sometimes heavy, percussive and industrial; sometimes ambient, textural, intricate and beautiful, but always immersive and transportive.  

Payge Eminovski is a jazz saxophonist with an extensive classical background. Her classically trained upbringing shaped her into the multi-genre performer she is today. 

EPHEMERA TRIO a musical exploration of celestial landscapes such as pulsars, craters, planetary atmospheres, stars, sun and void. Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical, and set to real space sounds and projections, it is a unique sonic experience. The ensemble is led by Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute/compositions) with Elsen Price (double bass/loop pedal) and Will Gilbert (trumpet) and includes freely improvised pieces.

Join rising Sydney jazz saxophonist LEO MARLAND & his group on a journey that paints a modern picture of the legacy left by jazz pioneer, Thelonious Monk. Known for his unique & often unpredictable improvisation style, Marland’s sound is modern & sporadic, taking inspiration from artists across the jazz lineage & beyond, including Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane and Robert Glasper.

LEO MARLAND (Saxophone)
ERIC TSAI (Guitar)
HENRY HALL (Contrabass)
TOM VOGEL (Drums)

"Deep Water" (2023) - Alice Chance (b.1994)
"Arcana" (2018) - Natalie Williams (b.1977)
Mvt I Life Strands, Mvt II Octet and Choir, Mvt III Vivacity, Triple Quartet
"The Sun Came up upon the left" (2024) - Billie Pardavi
"Last Flight of Saint Exupéry"(2018) - Katia Beaugeais (b.1976)

kankan (Syd) - special Maira debut @shima___kei

The Morning Star (Thirroul) - vocals for humming bones @themorningstar.1

Sodium Tail (Syd) - sonic magick @ppttrr_peter @anthonypguerra + M Hopkins

Szem (Thirroul) - lean in as the world gets stranger @laur_n_orda

Featuring Tasmanian Symphony orchestra concert master Emma McGrath, tenor Louis Hurley, Rosie Gallagher (flute) and Lee Dionne (piano). 

Vaughan Williams:  Selections from Along the Field
Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano
Thomas Adès: Darknesse Visible
Angélica Negrón: The Violinist
Nino Rota: Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano

Back to Ryde for this very special Saturday afternoon concert featuring UNDERWARDS and the Tom Avgenicos Trio.

UNDERWARDS
Ellen Kirkwood - Trumpet
Hilary Geddes - Guitar
Brendan Clark - electric bass
Alex Inman-Hislop - Drums

Tom Avgenicos Trio
Tom Avgenicos - Trumpet
Cameron Undy - Bass
Alexander Inman-Hislop - Drums

Come find seven carefully curated killers compiled cooperatively by @lazythinking__ and Terrificus. This plan is an actionable priority. It is your PLAN A

Lineup?
@terrificusss
@rubberneckeroz
@s.miles_positivity
@myxi_bun
@joshshiptonland
@ustaband
@facemeatfresh
Swine

To celebrate the release of their first duo album, Unnamed Road, improvisers violinist Jon Rose and pianist Erik Griswold will tour Australia in 2025.

Unnamed Road is a first musical meeting between two Australian innovators, featuring Jon Rose’s tenor and regular violins and Erik Griswold’s prepared piano. The music swings from high energy rhythmic exchanges to dark lyricism; from dense pointillism to moody expressionism, raw percussive, sonic, and textural exploration.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL FOR ADDRESS AND FURTHER DETAILS AND TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE

Duo Rosella is the musical collaboration of two of Australia’s premiere saxophonists: Emma Di Marco (Brisbane) and Nathan Henshaw (Sydney).
The program showcases a collection of modern repertoire for saxophone duo including selections from their upcoming performance at the World Saxophone Congress in Harbin (China).
Composers included are Jenni Watson (UK), Emma Di Marco, Nick Russoniello, Wesley Stormer, Andy Ball, Matthew Orlovich and Michael Jamieson.

Presenting an evening of wondrous sounds at Rockdale Experiments....

- Olivia Bryant + Gianni R.Posadas-Sen

- Elizabeth Jigalin + Erik Griswold

Ravi Tratchenberg-Ray (piano) & Aidan Wong (tenor saxophone) have spent the last two months sculpting a new language—not with words, but with sound. Their latest improvised work is built on evolving structures and sonic platforms that serve as launching pads for deeply personal expression.

Reunited in 2025 after a hiatus of eight years, Pratt McMahon Hirst & Gander will be playing music from their recently released recording ‘aswirl'. These highly regarded improvisors are also composers and this project features compositions from all of them. Daryl Pratt – Vibes, Matt McMahon – Piano, Brett Hirst – Bass, Andrew Gander – Drums

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Dr. Lu LIU and Dr. Evgeny SORKIN

Focusing on the contrasting yet complementary timbres and techniques of the pipa and violin, we investigate how their interaction transcends their distinct performance techniques, enabling new forms of musical expression.

We propose that pipa and violin collaborations not only expand the horizons of performance practice but also reshape the ways we conceptualise inter-cultural dialogue in contemporary music-making!

Join Seaworthy and Matt Rösner for a performance of their recent album at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Seaworthy is the conduit for Sydney-based instrumentalist and sound artist Cameron Webb. Matt Rösner is a sound artist from regional Western Australia who works with various acoustic instruments, custom-built software patches and detailed field-recording studies.

Free, bookings required

This concert is presented by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Percussion Department, and features works for solo marimba, performed by current percussion students.

Program to be announced at the performance alongside a World Premiere performance of a new marimba ensemble work by Ella Tomkins.

The Living Room Theatre ignites the streets of Dulwich Hill in a powerful procession, marking 25 years of bold storytelling with a tribute to Pina Bausch’s Season March.

Blending movement, music, and the raw energy of the streets, this activation channels Bausch’s evocative style—where dance is resistance, memory, and transformation.

Featuring: Michelle St Anne and members of the Splinter Orchestra (Laura Altman, Jim Denley, Alex Tucker, Daniel Raymond)

Official relaunch show of Lazy Thinking Records, the new record label run out of and by the same wondrous folk behind award winning Dulwich Hill music venue Lazy Thinking. Featuring a slew of artists the label will be working with, as well as a good sprinkling of the venue’s faves.

Hubcaps, Wytchings, Olivia’s World, Ligature, Sadie, BARBARA, aplacewithoutsound, Weyon, Obelisk

100clicksWest is both proud and honoured to bring two of Australia’s most innovative improvising performers together for the first time, in a combined live set featuring the sounds of voice and flutes.

Sonya Holowell is a Dharawal and Inuk vocalist, composer, writer and researcher. Her work spans many contexts and forms, with improvisation as a primary mode towards emancipatory aims.

Jim Denley has worked extensively as an improviser internationally and in Australia since the 1980s. His work reflects a deep engagement with landscape and nature.

SIRC_UIT presents

INSEQUENCE

FEI GAO
MX ROBERT FROST
SKYE GELLMANN

The Living Room Theatre and Dulwich Hill Relit present

Hill/Tucker/Undy
Gabriella Hill, tenor saxophone
Cameron Undy, double bass
Alex Tucker, drums

Double Trouble
Alex Tucker, drumset
Daniel Raymond, drumset
Gabriella Hill, tenor saxophone 
Aidan Wong, tenor saxophone 

Ben Lerner is an outstanding young artist who has quickly established himself as one of the emerging voices in Jazz and on the Alto Saxophone in Australia.
The Ben Lerner Quartet features Steve Barry (Piano), Max Alduca (Double Bass) and Alex Young (Drums), and performs a selection of Ben’s compositions.

Novak Manojlovic - pianist/composer/improvisor. Novak’s work describes a fascination with contrasts; new and old, acoustic and electronic, diatonic and atonal, abrasive and meditative.

Believe are Sydney’s hardest gigging free jazz band. Peter Farrar, saxophones / Novak Manojlovic, piano / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Laurence Pike, drums.

This will be Believe’s first performance at Sydney’s most revered venue for improvised music. Will it contain them? 2 sets of Believe, can you believe it?

LUSH

Niki Johnson, Vibraphone 
Lauren Tsamouras, Piano
Clayton Thomas, Double Bass

Two sets of new compositions and improvisations for vibrating instruments 

Music For Libraries is a showcase of innovative Australian ambient and experimental music.

Edition 1 ‘Threads’ features a program co-curated by Aeddan Cox, presenter of ‘Unfurl’ on FBI Radio, and Lazy Thinking. Feat.

Lisa Lerkenfeldt (Naarm) is an Australian composer and performer. Her endless piano and tape loop variations dissolve time through collages of decayed ambience, analogue manipulation and cyclic structure.

Banana (Gadigal) is M. Hopkins & Alexandra Spence, two sound artists/musicians living and working on Wangal and Gadigal land.

Luca Forcucci (Suisse) is a composer, artist and researcher, who investigates sonic perception in relation to space, memory, subjectivity and consciousness.

The Living Room Theatre in partnership with Kawai presents:

Join us for a special celebration of one of jazz’s most iconic works—Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert—on its 50th anniversary. In this one-of-a-kind performance, celebrated Sydney-based pianist and composer Matt McMahon brings his own voice and improvisational flair to the 1975 masterpiece, offering a fresh interpretation as part of The Living Room Theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations.

Music For Libraries is a showcase of innovative Australian ambient and experimental music.

Edition 2 features a program curated entirely by legendary sound artist, composer and label owner Lawrence English and features

Amby Downs (Naarm) Tahlia Palmer is an artist of Murri and European background born on Whudjuk Noongar Boodjar (Perth, WA), working in a variety of mediums to explore history, identity and perception.

Ai Yamamoto (Naarm) 's practice comes with sonic exploration and melodies. She sources sounds from her surroundings including insects, machines, animals, kitchen equipment, etc. 　

Vanessa Tomlinson (Meanjin) is a percussionist-composer with a long history in experimental music.

The Living Room Theatre and Dulwich Hill Relit present an evening of masterful improvisation, breathtaking composition, and sonic storytelling featuring three of the most compelling pianists in contemporary jazz and improvised music.

Alister Spence A pre-eminent force in Australian jazz, Spence’s improvisations and compositions have captivated audiences for over 30 years. His innovative approach to sound and structure has seen him collaborate with some of the world’s most respected artists across music, film, and theatre.

Luke Sweeting Luke Sweeting’s pianism is a tapestry of curiosity, nuance, and untamed lyricism. His compositions unfold like winding conversations—playful, melancholic, and unafraid of silence.

Monica Brooks A minimalist pianist and composer whose deeply evocative work is shaped by landscapes, love, and loss. Her music unfolds with poetic elegance, crafting soundscapes that are both fragile and powerful.

Be Prepared! The Living Room Theatre and Dulwich Hill Relit present

Sam Gill and Phillippa Murphy-Haste duo
Phillippa Murphy-Haste, clarinets/viola
Sam Gill, saxophones

Jim Denley and Peter Farrar duo
Jim Denley, alto saxophone
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone

Fate Maps
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Phillippa Murphy-Haste, viola
Freya Schack-Arnott, cello

BELIEVE
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone
Novak Manojlovic, piano
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Laurence Pike, drums

CARL DEWHURST has been a stalwart of the Sydney jazz scene for over thirty years and is considered one of Australia’s finest jazz and improvising guitarists. His latest album, Avicennia, features his trio with special guest, Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist LISA PARROTT.

CARL DEWHURST (Guitar/ Composition)
CAMERON UNDY (Bass)
ALEX INMAN HISLOP (Drums)
PLUS Special Guest LISA PARROTT (Alto Sax)

Join ZÖJ at Phoenix Central Park for a 50-minute deep listening experience that invites you into a heightened state of awareness. Known for their immersive and meditative performances, ZÖJ crafts an evolving sonic landscape where the edges between sound and silence dissolve.

ZÖJ is an experimental cross-cultural music duo from Australia, consisting of Gelareh Pour on Kamancheh, Voice, and Qeychak, and Brian O’Dwyer on drumkit and percussion.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

An anonymous duo hailing from Nevada (USA), Clown Core are an experimental and mysterious cult act known for their breakneck fusion of jazz, extreme metal and absurdist mayhem. Known for their cryptic online presence, their 2008 debut ‘Surreal Cereal’ quickly established them as a band that twists experimental arrangements into their own and “defies categorisation” (New Noise Magazine).

Supported by: DJ Driver

Hayes Street Studio presents a dynamic recital featuring co-directors flautist Rosie Gallagher and pianist Lee Dionne.

Yozora (2024) for solo flute by Salina Fisher
J.S Bach Partita (1726) arranged by R. Gallagher for flute and electronics (Aust Premiere)
Traditional: Irish Tunes
Belinda Reynolds: (2003) Share for alto flute and piano
Valerie Coleman: (2018) Wish Sonatine for flute and piano

Introducing Return of Fluxus!  

Opening Night 5 June: Come see the exhibition 🎨

Fluxus Workshop 8 June, 6-9pm: Create Fluxus ‘Event Scores’ with a typewriter provided, then learn how to turn these absurd instructional scores into performance art with old or new friends! (see @fluxusgram for event score examples)

Alec Ilyine (BEL) Expressing himself mostly through moving strings, sometimes electric with blazing effects, sometimes acoustic on 6 and 12 string guitar, charango and ud. Instrumental compositions, improvisation or songs sung in a deep voice...

Elizabeth Jigalin Composer, artist and performer based in Sydney, Australia. In her work, she is often drawn to explore site specific music-making, interactive play spaces, and found materials. Guided by curiosity, Elizabeth collaborates and creates across art-forms.

A force like no other, Divide & Dissolve create instrumental soundscapes designed to tackle colonialism, white supremacy and the patriarchy. Helmed by Black and Cherokee composer and multi-instrumentalist Takiaya Reed expect heavy, atmospheric music that is both political and powerful. Expect crashing cymbals, crunchy feedback and stomach-flipping riffs. 

Vocalists Daniel Wilfred and Sunny Kim form the heart of Hand to Earth, which has quickly developed an international reputation as one of Australia’s most distinctive contemporary music ensembles. Daniel sings in language, and is the keeper of Yolngu Manikay (songs) from North East Arnhem Land that can be traced back for over 40,000 years. Sunny sings in English and Korean intoning gestures that invoke raw elemental forces. Together they sing of the stars, of fire, and of the cooling rain against the drone of David Wilfred’s didgeridoo and atmospheres created by trumpeter and sound artist, Peter Knight, and clarinetist Aviva Endean.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

BELIEVE are back. Excited to be playing another two set extravaganza at Paddington Uniting Church.

Laurence Pike, drums and percussion
Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
Peter Farrar, saxophone and percussion

At First Light is curated and performed by Sydney violist James Wannan.

Featuring music by Pedro Alvarez, Angus Davison, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Younan, Natalie Nicolas, Rhys Little and a world premiere commission for James by Kammerklang’s artistic director, Cameron Lam.

Out of the Shadows is curated and performed by Melbourne violist Phoebe Green.

Featuring music by Pedro Alvarez, Aditya Ryan Bhat, Christine Pan, Dominik Karski, Emily Sheppard, Flora Wong and a world premiere commission for Phoebe by Kammerklang’s artistic director, Cameron Lam.

Fluxus Night 15 June, 6-9pm: Come along for poetry, live jazz, performance art, and jazz combined with performance art! All set against the backdrop of the ‘Return of Fluxus’ art exhibition…

This group show is curated to showcase the work of emerging Sydney artists whose work emulates elements of the Fluxus art movement of the 1960s. The work of historical Fluxus artists centered audience interaction, critiquing the art establishment’s traditional notions of the separation between art and audience. In line with their philosophy, Avant Garden seeks to establish exhibition-events that invite the attendees to be a part of the art making process!

Enjoy the transformative sounds of French visual artist and musician Félicia Atkinson at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Atkinson, an electro-acoustic composer, creates phantasmic musical landscapes by collaging field recordings, instrumentation, snippets of essayistic language in both French and English, and her own voice.

Australian/Finnish, Finland-based musician Simon Svoboda is an active part of the Finnish classical scene and the 'Aspen String Quartet', performs frequently with his cello duo ‘Simon and Tommi’, and is also a keen composer and arranger. In the past two years Svoboda has found inspiration to compose minimalistic music for his cello and voice. His recently released EP titled ‘Kaamos’ (the Finnish word describing the darkest period of the year where the sun seldom rises) is a 5-piece work inspired by different elements of winter in Finland. 

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

Experience Australian-based ensemble Hand to Earth as they perform new contemporary music created during the Embedded residency program.

Performing as a three piece, Daniel Wilfred, David Wilfred and Peter Knight will draw on the minimalist music of Brian Eno and Jon Hassell to create a bed for contrasting voice and instrumentation.

BELIEVE are back. Excited to be playing another two set extravaganza at Paddington Uniting Church.

Laurence Pike, drums and percussion
Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
Peter Farrar, saxophone and percussion

Eric WHITACRE Lux Aurumque
Sarah HOPKINS Past Life Melodies
Eric WHITACRE Cloudburst
Edwin LONDON Bach (Again), after ‘Come, Sweet Death’ by JS Bach
Eric WHITACRE Eternity in an Hour

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Maquina Anonima fuse experimental electronics and the human voice, using custom built wearable sensors to control live effects during the performance. Spanish folk song and choral textures meet glitchy, morphing beats and lush, evolving harmonies to create soundworlds of earthy grit and ethereal beauty.

Jessie Newling is currently immersed in early music, electroacoustic music and the intersection of voice and electronics.
Regan Van Veen is a music technology artist working on Gadigal land.

Prepare to be drawn into "Mirage," a hallucinatory experience where the natural world's desecration unfolds through spectral sound and symbolist verse.
Performers Jack Symonds, Jane Sheldon and Blair Harris present music by Saariaho, Faure, Dusapin, Sheldon and Symonds.
Their spectral sounds creating a mesmerizing, dreamlike experience, a shimmering, unsettling illusion.

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR Entropic Arrows (2020)
JANE SHELDON Come, dark sigh* (2024)
DAVID T. LITTLE Ghostlight (2015)
DANIELA TERRANOVA Rainbow Dust in the Sky (2018)
LISA ILLEAN Cantor (after Willa Cather) (2017)

Jack Symonds conductor, Jane Sheldon soprano, Claire Edwardes percussion, Lamorna Nightingale flutes, Jason Noble clarinet, Véronique Serret violin, Victoria Bihun violin, Henry Justo viola, Blair Harris cello, Benjamin Ward double bass, Ronan Apcar piano, Ben Carey sound, Peachey & Mosig video

Hayes Street Studio is thrilled to present pianist and composer Joseph Havlat in a rare recital that features a newly composed works by Australian composer Lisa Illean: her piano Sonata in ten parts.  Alongside this work, Joseph will perform a section from Bent Sørensen's "12 Nocturnes". 

Lisa Illean: Sonata in ten parts
Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com