DETAILS

• SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 4PM, GLEBE, SYDNEY SOLD OUT

• SUNDAY 1 MARCH 4PM, GLEBE, SYDNEY SOLD OUT

• THURSDAY 5 MARCH 8PM, MELBOURNE
  (Visions Of Purple at Tempo Rubato)

PROGRAM

ALEXANDER MALTAS A Vision of Purple*†▴(2026)

THOMAS ADÈS Berceuse from The Exterminating Angel (2018)

HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Excerpt from The Axe Manual (2001)

PASCAL DUSAPIN Selected songs from O Mensch! (2009)

VANESSA LANN Floating Sky*† (2023)

JACK SYMONDS I keep your burning glances*† (2025)

* World Premiere
† Ensemble Offspring Commission
▴ Ensemble Offspring commission with generous support from The Ogden Family

Concert Duration: 70 minutes followed by complimentary drinks and canapes

LISTEN

PERFORMERS

• Mitch Riley (voice)

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Jack Symonds (piano)

DESCRIPTION

A voice, a piano, a salon setting in a private home… It could be Schubert circa 1826, but add a percussionist and fresh new sounds and it’s Summer 2026.

The heart of the program is drawn from Pascal Dusapin’s O Mensch! – a song cycle to words by Nietzsche. It’s theatrical in spirit, but in this intimate performance, Mitch Riley and Jack Symonds bring the intense emotions and compelling musical gestures home. These long-time Sydney Chamber Opera collaborators also join forces for the creation of an evocative new work, I keep your burning glances, based on a Michelangelo text, and Mitch has written the lyric for A Vision of Purple by Hatched Composer alumnus Alexander Maltas.

The Berceuse from The Exterminating Angel is no ordinary lullaby – in the words of its dedicatee, it’s lascivious, morbid and very beautiful. Vanessa Lann’s Floating Sky offers balance with a shimmering, meditative sound world. And the program is completed with music that Claire and Jack have long wanted to perform: an austerely delicate excerpt from Harrison Birtwistle’s Axe Manual – a study in rhythm and colour.

Take a front-row seat for this concert of visions, memories and music that speaks to the soul.

What can you expect from an Avant Gardens concert experience?

These social salon concerts take place in the lovely private homes of generous Ensemble Offspring supporters, so we only share the exact address with concert-goers the week of the event in our pre-concert information email. When you arrive you will be warmly welcomed by the Ensemble Offspring team. Throughout the concert you’ll learn more about the music as the musicians and composers share stories and background on the works. After the concert, we invite you to join the musicians, composers and our wonderful hosts for a chat, a glass or two of wine and a selection of delectables.

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Accessibility Information

The Avant Gardens concerts take place in the private homes of some of Ensemble Offspring’s generous supporters. Some homes may have steps, limiting wheelchair access, but ambulant or mobility-restricted attendees can enter with extra time and assistance. If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Thank you to our Avant Gardens hosts for their generous support of Ensemble Offspring.

Photo: Mitch Riley by Keith Saunders

DETAILS

• THURSDAY 16 APRIL 8PM, MUZIEKGEBOUW, AMSTERDAM

• FRIDAY 24 APRIL 7:30PM, IKLECTIK, PECKHAM LEVELS, LONDON

• SATURDAY 25 APRIL 8PM, FRUITMARKET GALLERY, EDINBURGH

• SUNDAY 26 APRIL 7PM, THE STABLES, CROMARTY

• MONDAY 27 APRIL 6PM, ANATOMY ROOMS, ABERDEEN

• TUESDAY 28 APRIL 8PM, CIVIC HOUSE, GLASGOW

Ensemble Offspring’s 2026 Europe and UK Tour showcases a bold cross-section of new Australian and international music. The program features world premieres by Felicity Wilcox, Alice Chance and Matthew Whiteside, highlighting the ensemble’s commitment to boundary-pushing contemporary voices. In London, Ensemble Offspring joins forces with string band, Ruthless Jabiru, for a powerful new collaboration, while a Scottish tour with The Night With… expands the reach of new Australian and First Nations chamber music. The tour begins in Amsterdam with the premiere of a major new percussion concerto by Kate Moore, written for Claire Edwardes and performed with Holland's foremost new music ensemble, Het Muziek, affirming the ensemble’s global artistic impact.

Het Muziek Program

IVAN VUKOSAVLJEVIĆDead in Love (2025)

KATE MOOREStorm Oratory (Percussion Concerto)*▴ (2026)

* World Premiere
▴ Ensemble Offspring co-commission with generous support from the Keir Foundation and Geoff Stern

Kate Moore’s Percussion Concerto is a co-commission between Ensemble Offspring and Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam).

Ruthless Jabiru Program

BRENDA GIFFORD Bardju (Footprints)† (2017)

NARDI SIMPSON Of Stars and Birds† (2020)

ROBERT DAVIDSON Kookaburra Riff & Raven Riff from Bird Riffs† (2024)

GERARD BROPHY Hummingbirds from Beautiful Birds† (2019)

BRENDA GIFFORD Biwaawa (2023)

FLORENCE MAUNDERS Not Getting Out (2020)

HOLLY HARRISON Black Ice (2021)

THIERRY PÉCOU Rorqual (2013)

† Ensemble Offspring Commission

The Night With… Tour Program

BRENDA GIFFORD Mungala (Clouds) (2018)

NARDI SIMPSON Of Stars and Birds† (2020)

ROBERT DAVIDSON Bird Riffs† (2024)
Kookaburra Riff
Magpie Riff
Raven Riff

CAITLIN YEO A Tawny Tale† (2025)

FELICITY WILCOX Call and (a) Response*‡ (2026)

SEYOUNG OH Avian* (2026)

HOLLIS TAYLOR & JON ROSE Bitter Springs Creek† (2019)

ALICE CHANCE Crimson Rosellas*▴ (2026)

MATTHEW WHITESIDE Beneath the Surface* (2026)

* World Premiere
† Ensemble Offspring Commission
▴ Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring with assistance from Liz and Ken Nielsen
‡ Arranged for Ensemble Offspring (originally commissioned by Murray and Burgess)

PERFORMERS

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Louise McMonagle (cello)

• Het Muziek (Amsterdam)

• Ruthless Jabiru (London)

Photo: Caitlin Yeo by Daniel Boud

DETAILS

• SATURDAY 9 MAY 4PM, WOOLLAHRA, SYDNEY SOLD OUT

• SUNDAY 10 MAY 4PM, HURLSTONE PARK*, SYDNEY SELLING FAST

*Accessibility note: There are uneven pavers and multiple steps without handrails leading to our Hurlstone Park venue. If you have accessibility needs, we recommend that you select our Woollahra concert. Please don’t hesitate to email us with your access needs so that we can accommodate you.

PROGRAM

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Eight Etudes for Double Bass Solo (2007)

NIKI JOHNSON Under Ocean’s Skin from Shimmer Suite (2024)

ANTHONY BRAXTON Composition No. 152 (1991)

JANE STANLEY Desert Rose from Four Desert Flowers (2010)

KAIJA SAARIAHO Ciel étoilé (Starry Sky) (1999)

JACK SYMONDS Releasing the Marble*▴ (2026)

PAULINE OLIVEROS Wind Horse - An Improvisation Chart (1989)

* World Premiere
▴ Ensemble Offspring Commission with generous support from Peter Wise

Concert Duration: 70 minutes followed by complimentary drinks and canapes

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PERFORMERS

• Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

• Niki Johnson (percussion)

• Benjamin Ward (double bass)

DESCRIPTION

This is a program founded on love and affection, with new friends and old. We’ve played music by Kaija Saariaho nearly every season, and this year it’s her vision of a ‘starry sky’ – mining the normally earthbound voice of the double bass for shimmering jewel-like sounds and placing them in the gleaming setting of metallic percussion. Sofia Gubaidulina and Pauline Oliveros are two more international icons but, surprisingly, women who are new to our repertoire. They take us from solo virtuosity to jamming for the whole trio.

Anthony Braxton’s experimental music was a discovery from Ensemble Offspring’s 2025 visit to New York, when Lamorna heard his Composition No.19 for 100 tubas! Equally fascinating is his ‘garden-scaled’ Composition No.152. From closer to home, we’ve commissioned something new from Jack Symonds, and we’re delighted to reprise Jane Stanley’s gorgeous Desert Rose. And Niki herself will perform a movement from her Shimmer Suite – vibrant and sensuous music dedicated to the memory of her mother.

Join us in the Avant Gardens and find beauty in polarities: sound and silence, wood and metal, strict and free, earthy and celestial.

What can you expect from an Avant Gardens concert experience?

These social salon concerts take place in the lovely private homes of generous Ensemble Offspring supporters, so we only share the exact address with concert-goers the week of the event in our pre-concert information email. When you arrive you will be warmly welcomed by the Ensemble Offspring team. Throughout the concert you’ll learn more about the music as the musicians and composers share stories and background on the works. After the concert, we invite you to join the musicians, composers and our wonderful hosts for a chat, a glass or two of wine and a selection of delectables.

Accessibility Information

The Avant Gardens concerts take place in the private homes of some of Ensemble Offspring’s generous supporters. Some homes may have steps, limiting wheelchair access, but ambulant or mobility-restricted attendees can enter with extra time and assistance. If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Thank you to our Avant Gardens hosts for their generous support of Ensemble Offspring.

Photo: Niki Johnson by Keith Saunders

DETAILS

• WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE 6:30PM, THE NEILSON, ACO ON THE PIER
  Pre-concert talk 5:40pm

• FRIDAY 5 JUNE 6:30PM, THE STREET, CANBERRA

SYDNEY PROGRAM

CANBERRA PROGRAM

PROGRAM

CHRISTOPHER CERRONE How to Breathe Underwater (2011)

KATE MOORE Rose of roses**† (2025)

TANSY DAVIES Lost Science**▴ (2024)

KATE MOORE Storm Oratory (Percussion Concerto)**‡ (2026)

** Australian Premiere
▴ Ensemble Offspring co-commission with generous support from Charles Davidson
† Ensemble Offspring commission with generous support from Mark Wakely on the occasion of his 70th birthday
‡ Ensemble Offspring co-commission with generous support from the Keir Foundation and Geoff Stearn

Lost Science is a co-commission between Ensemble Offspring, Red Note Ensemble (Scotland), Sound Scotland and Crash Ensemble (Ireland).
Kate Moore’s Percussion Concerto is a co-commission between Ensemble Offspring and Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam).

Concert Duration: 100 minutes including interval

PERFORMERS

• Clark Rundell (conductor)

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion soloist)

• Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

• Nicola Bell (oboe)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Ben Hoadley (bassoon)

• Arkie Moore (trumpet – Hatched Emerging Performer)

• Nigel Crocker (trombones)

• Véronique Serret (violin/voice)

• Alexandra Osborne (violin)

• Ella Beard (viola)

• Blair Harris (cello)

• Benjamin Ward (double bass)

• Niki Johnson (percussion)

• Ronan Apcar (piano)

DESCRIPTION

Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. 

Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater is followed by Kate Moore holding a mirror to 13th-century Spain with a modern-day cantiga, Rose of Roses. In its unsung tale, the nightingale, pierced by a rose thorn, sings itself to death.

Two large-scale works receive their Australian premieres. English composer Tansy Davies has written Lost Science as an imaginary journey into the Earth’s interior. She evokes ancient spaces that ‘speak to us in moans, groans, echoes and whispers’, summoning visions of the Divine Feminine, from Isis to Joan of Arc. And Kate Moore’s new percussion concerto, written for her long-time friend Claire Edwardes and co-commissioned with Amsterdam’s Het Muziek, builds on her fascination with storms and the sensual experience of being in nature at the mercy of the elements. The result is equal parts edgy, exhilarating, transcendental, terrifying and beautiful.

Join us by the waters of Sydney Harbour as we consult the oracle.

Accessibility Information

ACO On The Pier

If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Kate Moore’s percussion concerto is supported by The Keir Foundation and Geoff Stearn.

Photo: Claire Edwardes by Cole Bennetts

DETAILS

• SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 1PM, CARRIAGEWORKS, SYDNEY

PROGRAM

MAURICIO KAGEL Schattenklänge: II. Presto (bass clarinet)(1995)

CONNOR D’NETTO Some kinda way: part 3 (through) (clarinet + electronics) (2025)

CHRISTOS HATZIS Fertility Rites (movt 1) (marimba + electronics) (1997)

TRISTAN COELHO Daybreak (flute + electronics) (2018)

MARTIN WESLEY-SMITH For Marimba & Tape (1983)

KAIJA SAARIAHO Noa Noa (flute + electronics) (1992)

KATE MOORE Synaesthesia Suite (violin + electronics) (2014)

Concert Duration: 75 minutes (no interval)

PERFORMERS

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Véronique Serret (violin)

• Benjamin Carey (electronics)

DESCRIPTION

Join Ensemble Offspring for Lone Hemispheres this July when they invite you within a rare sonic universe – where solos and electronics fuse in real time to create a sum bigger than their parts. Drawing from the radical imagination of the European avant-garde to the distinctive voices of contemporary Australian composers, this 70 minute program traces a lineage of music technology spanning the pioneering Fairlight Computer from the 70’s to contemporary sampling techniques and the use of Ableton and MAX/MSP sound manipulation and creation.

Jason Noble (bass clarinet), Lamorna Nightingale (flute), Claire Edwardes (marimba) and Véronique Serret (violin) perform alone yet move within each other’s orbits. As richly layered electronics combine with their acoustic virtuosity they form a constellation of immersive sounds where genre is blurred and boundaries dissolve.

Accessibility Information

Please let Carriageworks know of any accessibility requirements by contacting them via email boxoffice@carriageworks.com.au

Click here for more information about accessibility at Carriageworks.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Photo: Lamorna Nightingale by Oliver Miller

DETAILS

• SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2PM & 7PM, THE NEILSON, ACO ON THE PIER
  Pre-concert talk 6pm

• SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 6PM, THE STREET, CANBERRA
  Pre-concert talk 5:10pm

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ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS

PROGRAM

RICHARD CILLI/CLAIRE EDWARDES Metronomes (from RECITAL) (2018)
for metronomes and dancers

STEVE REICH Piano Counterpoint (1973, arr. 2011)
for piano and tape

STEVE REICH Quartet (2013)
for two vibraphones and two pianos

STEVE REICH Radio Rewrite (2012)
for large ensemble

Concert Duration: 65 minutes

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PERFORMERS

• Sam Weller (conductor)

• Richard Cilli (dancer)

• Gabi Sultana* (piano soloist)

• Lamorna Nightingale (flute)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Niki Johnson (percussion)

• Ronan Apcar (piano)

• Véronique Serret (violin)

• Alexandra Osborne (violin)

• Dana Lee (viola)

• Rowena Macneish (cello)

• Jacques Emery (electric bass)

* Supported by Arts Council Malta

DESCRIPTION

We’re celebrating Steve Reich’s 90th birthday this September. But who needs a birthday as an excuse? Steve Reich’s music is our guilty pleasure – we love listening to it and we absolutely adore playing it. 

In this program, we’re presenting three of our Reich favourites and special guest Gabi Sultana joins us all the way from Malta. Gabi is the soloist in Piano Counterpoint – a scintillating tour de force. Who needs six pianists when you have one astonishing virtuoso?

Gabi is joined by Ronan Apcar, Claire Edwardes and Niki Johnson in Quartet – glittering music with hints of jazz infiltrating Reich’s trademark rhythmic complexity. And with a piano–percussion quartet to hand, it makes sense to reprise Radio Rewrite, which was such a hit in our all-Reich marathon at City Recital Hall in 2018. Inspired by a meeting with Jonny Greenwood, Reich riffs on two Radiohead songs: Everything in its Right Place and Jigsaw Falling into Place. Will you recognise the originals? ‘The truth is,’ says Reich, ‘sometimes you hear them, sometimes you don’t.’

Don't be late! The performance begins with Metronomes (from RECITAL), featuring Claire Edwardes and special guest Richard Cilli in a striking fusion of music and movement. Richard then joins Gabi Sultana to create a compelling choreographic interpretation of Piano Counterpoint, bringing Steve Reich's iconic score to life through dance.

Accessibility Information

ACO On The Pier

If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Gabi Sultana is supported by Arts Council Malta.

Photo: Gabi Sultana by Jim Huylebroek

DETAILS

• SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 5PM, TEMPE, SYDNEY

• SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 5PM, ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY

• SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 3PM, HOLLAND PARK, BRISBANE

PROGRAM

BRYN HARRISON Listenings III (1999)

NARDI SIMPSON Where Water Amplifies*†▴ (2026)

JANE STANLEY Floral Streets*† (2026)

HELEN GRIME Embrace** (2015)

GERARD BROPHY Selected movements from Just outside Van..…† (2020)

REMY LE BOEUF New Work*‡ (2026) 

ANDREW CLASSEN Waveland Suite* (2014, arr. 2025)
I. Morning Dew
II. The Sentinels
III. Mulligan
IV. With the Wind

* World Premiere
** Australian Premiere
† Ensemble Offspring Commission
▴ Ensemble Offspring commission with generous support from Charles Davidson
‡ Hatched Emerging Performer Commission supported by the Silo Collective

Concert Duration: 70 minutes followed by complimentary drinks and canapes

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PERFORMERS

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Arkie Moore (trumpet – Hatched Emerging Performer)

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

DESCRIPTION

It all begins with a drumroll and Bryn Harrison’s inspired pairing of trumpet and snare drum. Not what you might expect from a concert ‘at home’ but it’s just the first quirky surprise in a program blossoming with the spirit of renewal.

Hatched Emerging Performer Arkie Moore is an exciting young trumpeter with a vast stylistic range that has taken her from the world of symphony orchestras to jazz and brass bands, and into the thickets of new art music. Taking the lead from her love of jazz, we end the program with the Waveland Suite by Andrew Classen, an avid golfer with a sense of humour who brings fresh meaning to the idea of ‘swing’.

Between these bookends are miniatures written especially for Ensemble Offspring. It will be a joy to revisit Gerard Brophy’s Just outside Van..…, with its sensuous evocations of a mediaeval Kurdish fortress and the remnants of an Armenian monastery. Meanwhile, we look forward to new music by Nardi Simpson, inspired by Yuwaalaraay waterways; Jane Stanley’s recollection of a Sydney street, fragrant with jasmine and gardenias; and our Hatched Emerging Performer Commission for 2026, a new work by Californian jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winning composer Remy Le Boeuf.

What can you expect from an Avant Gardens concert experience?

These social salon concerts take place in the lovely private homes of generous Ensemble Offspring supporters, so we only share the exact address with concert-goers the week of the event in our pre-concert information email. When you arrive you will be warmly welcomed by the Ensemble Offspring team. Throughout the concert you’ll learn more about the music as the musicians and composers share stories and background on the works. After the concert, we invite you to join the musicians, composers and our wonderful hosts for a chat, a glass or two of wine and a selection of delectables.

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM

Accessibility Information

The Avant Gardens concerts take place in the private homes of some of Ensemble Offspring’s generous supporters. Some homes may have steps, limiting wheelchair access, but ambulant or mobility-restricted attendees can enter with extra time and assistance. If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Thank you to our Avant Gardens hosts for their generous support of Ensemble Offspring.

Photo: Arkie Moore by Keith Saunders

DETAILS

• WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 6:30PM EUGENE GOOSSENS HALL, ABC ULTIMO CENTRE

PROGRAM

BRENDA GIFFORD Bardju (Footprints) (2017)

ERIC ACVERY Gliding (2020)

JAMES HENRY Zoom Meeting (2020)

MARK MUNK ROSS Colonisation of the Ibis (2025)

WILL KEPA Sleepless Dreaming (2022)

AARON WYATTCumulus (2022)

TROY RUSSELL Nucoorilma (Apple Tree) (2017)

NARDI SIMPSON Of Stars and Birds (2020)

BRENDA GIFFORD Saltwater (2025)

ELIZABETH SHEPPARD Walken Rainbow from Kooranginy (2017)

TIM GRAY Lupe! (A Serial Killer’s Mind Part 1 & Part 2) (2017)

GARY WATLING Lotte (2024)

RHYAN CLAPHAM I Think I Can Float (2025, arr. 2026)

MARLENE CUMMINS Starting Over (2021)

Concert Duration: 90 minutes

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PERFORMERS

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

• Ronan Apcar (piano)

• Rowena Macneish (cello

• Sonya Holowell (Host, First Nations Director)

• Tim Gray (Host)

DESCRIPTION

Since 2017, Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers has embodied deep listening and a bright future for Australian art music, nurturing a growing community of First Nations composers. In 2026, we celebrate ten years of cultural continuity, collaboration and creativity through Ngarra-Burria with a deadly Gala Concert at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo. Experience the bridges Ngarra-Burria has built over the past 10 years, between forms, genres, stories and generations, with a “best of” collection of First Nations chamber works written especially for and with Ensemble Offspring. Performed with clarity, flair and heart, this music speaks to Country, connection and the evolving future of an Australian sound.

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Accessibility Information

The Eugene Goossens Hall is fully wheelchair accessible via a ramp on the left side of the entrance stairs. If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Photo: Nicole Smede by Keith Saunders

DETAILS

• SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 3:00PM, UTZON ROOM, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
  Pre-concert talk 2:10pm

PROGRAM

REMY LE BOEUF New Work‡ (2026)

HAO ZHEN New Work* (2026)

AUDREY ORMELLA New Work* (2026)

MOSES MOHAMMED KINGTON-WALBERG New Work* (2026)

JUDE DONAHUE New Work* (2026)

* World Premiere
‡ Hatched Emerging Performer Commission supported by the Silo Collective

Concert Duration: 75 minutes

PERFORMERS

• Arkie Moore (trumpet – Hatched Emerging Performer)

• Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)

• Jason Noble (clarinets)

• Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)

• Niki Johnson (percussion)

• Ronan Apcar (piano)

DESCRIPTION

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

In this annual showcase at the Sydney Opera House, our Hatched Composer and Emerging Performer programs for 2026 come to fruition, and it’s your chance to discover the Future Classics of Australian art music.

Be the first to hear brand new works from four of our nation’s most innovative young composers, composed especially for Ensemble Offspring under the guidance of 2026 mentor Jack Symonds. Joining our Ensemble Offspring virtuosos on stage: Arkie Moore, this season’s Hatched Emerging Performer, and Emerging Performer alumnus Ronan Apcar.

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Accessibility Information

Sydney Opera House

If you have accessibility requirements, please reach out to the friendly Ensemble Offspring team by emailing admin@ensembleoffspring.com.

SUPPORTED BY

Ensemble Offspring is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Photo: Beth Roche by Keith Saunders