This showcase at the Sydney Opera House celebrates the best of a new generation of musical creators, nurtured by the virtuosic artists of Ensemble Offspring in the acclaimed Hatched Academy mentorship program.

A talk hosted by Stephen Adams featuring Claire Edwardes and Holly Harrison will take place pre-concert.

The Ensemble Offspring Hatched Academy has been an incubator for the Australian music scene for more than a decade, with ‘fledglings’ having taken flight all over Australia, bringing fresh ideas and creative excellence to the vanguard of contemporary music. 

In this showcase at the Sydney Opera House, our Hatched Composer Intensive and Emerging Performer residencies for 2025 come to fruition, and it’s your chance to discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music.

Hear world premieres from four of our nation’s most innovative young composers, composed especially for Ensemble Offspring under the guidance of 2025 mentor Holly Harrison.

Featured on stage: exciting and versatile young pianist Ronan Apcar, our 2025 Hatched Emerging Performer, alongside our virtuosic Ensemble Offspring instrumentalists

Presented by Ensemble Offspring

Artist information

Ronan Apcar Hatched Emerging Performer
Piano

Lamorna Nightingale
Flute

Jason Noble
Clarinet

Benjamin Ward
Double bass

Niki Johnson
Percussion

Program

Klearhos Murphy
New work* (2025) (Hatched Alumni Commission)

Georgina Bowden 
New work* (2025)

Callum O'Reilly 
New work* (2025)

Beth Roche 
New work* (2025)

Louis Wishart 
New work* (2025)

Thomas Meadowcroft 
New work* (2025) (Emerging Performer Commission)
 
* World premiere