Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

🎻 Congratulations to alumna and Australian violinist Beatrice Colombis, who has won the 2026 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

Along with the title, she receives a $40,000 NZD cash prize, a recording deal with Atoll Records, and the opportunity to tour with Chamber Music New Zealand and Auckland Philharmonia as part of the Winner’s Tour.

Please join us in congratulating Beatrice on this wonderful achievement.

Join us this Friday 29 May for the SCM Symphony Orchestra and SCM Choir.

Bringing together orchestra and choir, this series presents large-scale works from the choral symphonic repertoire, offering powerful performances of music written for voices and orchestra.

Led by Roger Benedict and Elizabeth Scott, the SCM Symphony Orchestra and Choir will combine to perform Haydn’s Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese and Stavinsky’s Symphony of Psalms.

Book your seat now: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/qd8xge

Join us on Wednesday 27 May at the Footbridge Theatre for an inspiring afternoon celebrating the remarkable achievements of our graduating Music Theatre cohort for 2026.

Experience a vibrant showcase of original work, creative innovation, and the outstanding artistry these students have developed throughout their studies. This special event brings together performance, collaboration, and the unique voices of our emerging professionals — a milestone moment you won’t want to miss.

Book your seat now: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/2026MTGradShowcase

Join us on Tuesday 26 May for the SCM Chinese Music Ensemble 10th Anniversary Concert.

Mountains, Seas, and All Living Things: Music in Dialogue with Nature

Celebrating 10 years since the establishment of the Chinese Music Ensemble (CME), this anniversary concert reflects on the profound and enduring relationship between Chinese music and the natural world. Across centuries, Chinese musical traditions have not only depicted landscapes and seasons but have also embodied philosophical understandings of harmony between humans and nature.

Under the theme Mountains, Seas, and All Living Things, this concert explores how sound can evoke ecological imagination — from musical gestures that imitate wind, water, and birdsong to works that reflect on environmental consciousness and cultural memory. Bringing together the intermediate advanced instrumentalists and choristers, this program marks a milestone in CME’s development while looking towards the future: reaffirming music as a living cultural practice that nurtures environmental awareness and sustains our connection to the natural world.

Secure your ticket: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/SCMCME26052026

SCM Wind Symphony. Join us Friday 15 May, 7pm at Verbrugghen Hall.

The SCM Wind Symphony, conducted by Stephen Williams, presents an exhilarating program of wind repertoire.

Featuring Catherine Likhuta’s Storm Chasers, a virtuosic concerto for timpani and wind symphony with SCM staff member Kevin Man, alongside classics by Percy Grainger and Johannes Hanssen.

The performance concludes with Bernstein’s dynamic Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

Secure your spot: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/pxSXii

SCM New Music Ensemble with Ensemble Contrechamps. Join us this Thursday, 7 May, 7pm at the Music Workshop.

The SCM New Music Ensemble presents their first concert for 2026, collaborating with Switzerland’s Ensemble Contrechamps.

This adventurous program features works by two SCM alumnae – Beth Roche’s Refraction, Reflection and Katia Geha’s and they leave me in the dark – alongside excerpts from Gérard Grisey’s landmark spectral work Vortex Temporum.

The concert concludes by bringing both ensembles together in an immersive and interactive performance of Jessie Cox’s Enter The Impossible.

Secure your spot: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/DNmgNt

SCM String Orchestra
Friday 1 May, 7pm at Verbrugghen Hall.

The SCM String Orchestra, conducted by Roger Benedict, presents a richly expressive program for strings spanning pastoral lyricism and contemporary Australian voices.

Featuring works by Edward Elgar, Gerald Finzi, Ella Macens and Paul Stanhope in collaboration with Molly Jalakbiya. The concert culminates in Vaughan Williams’ radiant and timeless Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

Secure your tickets now: https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/3oMiuP

Raising the Bar is back!

Big ideas. Local bars. One unforgettable night. Join us as researchers and academics from the University of Sydney share fresh ideas and cutting‑edge research shaping our world.

🎟️ 20 free talks
📍 10 inner‑city bars
🗓️ Thursday 7 May, from 6:30pm

See the full line‑up: http://srkr.io/6183BBnv

Join us tomorrow at 4pm!

Discover our music degrees, performance and composition opportunities, and what makes the Conservatorium’s learning environment so unique.

Learn about practical training, academic study, industry connections, facilities, and pathways, auditions, and student life for classical, contemporary, jazz, composition, and music education students.

🔗 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/ev9p8v8y