Each year, Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers – our award-winning collaborative First Nations artist development program – brings exciting new artistic voices into the spotlight - you can discover them for yourself in this concert at the Eugene Goossens Hall (Sydney). Hear new instrumental works from the 2025 cohort alongside music by Mark ‘Munk’ Ross and join the celebration of stories reflecting culture, country and connection to the here and now.

PROGRAM

Nicole Smede - Garan (Wings Of Birds)* (2025)

Brenda Gifford - Saltwater* (2025)

Troy Russell - Motorways* (2025)

Mark ‘Munk’ Ross - Colonisation and Demonisation of the Ibis* (2025)

Mark 'Munk' Ross - The Generations* (2025) First Nations Composer in Residence Commission

Will Kepa – Sleepless Dreaming (2022)

Mark ‘Munk’ Ross – Loss and Lost (2022)

Aaron Wyatt – Cumulus (2022)

Marlene Cummins – Starting Over (2021)

* World premiere

PERFORMERS

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Ronan Apcar (piano)

DESCRIPTION

Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers is our award-winning collaborative artist development program, and in 2025 we celebrate ten years of building bridges for First Nations musicians to develop composition skills while connecting with their cultural roots. Each year, Ngarra-Burria brings exciting new artistic voices into the spotlight and you can discover them for yourself in this concert at the Eugene Goossens Hall (Sydney).

Hear new instrumental works from the 2025 cohort alongside music by Mark ‘Munk’ Ross, Ensemble Offspring’s 2025–26 First Nations Composer in Residence, and join the celebration of stories reflecting culture, country and connection to the here and now.