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Conservatorium launches most accessible concert series yet
With more weeknight performances in fit-for-purpose venues, a Mozart motet and a multi award-winning musical, our 2025 concert series is perhaps the most accessible yet.
The series begins later than usual—April 16—with a new experience. Called Meet the Music, and based on what your local symphony orchestra might have presented, you will get interesting and informative background information about key pieces before hearing the pieces performed. Learn more about composers and their compositions as David Pudney and Guy Strazz lead their Avondale Jazz and Guitar Ensembles in this Music Hall concert.
After strong support this past year, Open Rehearsal (May 5) returns, giving you another opportunity to learn how music is made. Go behind the songs as artistic director Dr Aleta King leads vocal ensemble The Promise in this interactive “practice.”
Soprano Marian Moroney and Avondale String Ensemble collaborate to perform the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart motet Exsultate, jubilate. This Evensong (May 31) in Ella Hughes Chapel will also feature violinist John Duncan presenting his third Master of Philosophy recital.
Raise your voice in worship with orchestra, choir and soloists as Benjamin Milis and Sing Series close Avondale Alumni’s Homecoming. If you grew up singing along to the Gaithers, Voice of Prophecy or Heritage Singers, then you will enjoy Sing Praise: The Gospel Edition (August 23) with its massed choir.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the multi award-winning musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, comes to the stage of Avondale University Church over not one but two weekends (September 12-14 and 19-21). This family-friendly retelling of the story of Joseph, with familiar themes and catchy music, should be popular.
With its low-fi urban vibe, The Dungeon at Adamstown Uniting Church is ideal for jazz music. So, David Pudney and his Avondale Jazz Ensemble, supported by The Promise, will head back to the venue for a concert featuring sacred and secular repertoire.
The final concert in our series ends with The Thrift Honours (December 13), an annual celebration of Avondale Conservatorium’s graduands, high distinction recital and prize-winning students, and scholarship recipients.
The emphasis on making music for the masses—and bringing it “closer” to an audience—“is about us engaging with our community, at all levels,” says conservatorium director Dr Aleta King. “I want the appeal to be as broad as possible, so we’re presenting an eclectic series in intimate venues on a variety of days.” She encourages you to attend at least one event. “It’ll give you a physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual boost.”
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