Churchill Fellowship

We celebrated the wonderful news this month that one of our violinists, Helentherese Good, has been awarded the 2015 Mr and Mrs Gerald Frank New Churchill Fellowship to explore innovative ways for a chamber orchestra to enrich the broader community. Helentherese will travel to USA, UK, Norway, and Austria for her research. If that's not incredible news in itself, the Good family were awarded another Churchill fellowship, with Helentherese's husband, Dr Phillip Good, awarded the 2015 Dr … [Read more...]

2015 has commenced with a spectacular concert with new venue partner, Brisbane Powerhouse. The first Camerata Lounge program featured Melinda Schneider who joined the ensemble for a country meets classical mix. The program included a selection of Melinda’s hits, Marjan Mozetich’s Affairs of the Heart, and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Partnerships are critically important for us to continue our work – a big thanks to the staff at Brisbane Powerhouse for making this … [Read more...]

Sunday 12 April marked Camerata's QPAC Concert Hall debut as we performed with internationally acclaimed countertenor Max Emanuel Cen?i?. "Watch this space. This ensemble is going places." - The Australian  "As the stars aligned it quickly became apparent that this concert would form a new milestone in the development of the ensemble." "5/5 stars...an ensemble of first rate professional musicians..." - ArtsHub "With extraordinary flair the players took both centre stage with their … [Read more...]

Camerata's 2015 Regional Queensland tour, Strings at Sunset, saw the full ensemble visit communities in Townsville, Ingham, Chinchilla, Mitchell, Blackall, Barcaldine, Ilfracombe, and Longreach. Our tour commenced with critically acclaimed performances at this year's Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville with a stellar line up of guest artists including Piotr Anderszewski, Li-Wei Qin, Amy Dickson, and Eugene Ughetti. One of the most enthralling concerts in Australia this … [Read more...]

Following a sold-out performance in Toowoomba, Brisbane audiences enjoyed the sublime talent of international guest artist Li-Wei Qin who joined Camerata for an exclusive performance in July 2015. Audiences at String Fantasy in Brisbane were given a special up-close look in the foyer at Brisbane-based designer Leigh Buchanan's wonderful dress he created for our violinist Tiana Angus to wear in our award winning marketing campaign. … [Read more...]

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Anthony Lucas (The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello) has created four new works entitled Four Tales of Monstrous Elegance for Camerata's upcoming Halloween-inspired concerts in Brisbane (1pm 21 & 7pm 23 October), Ipswich (7.30pm 24 October), and Toowoomba (7pm 31 October). The four short film works will be shown with Camerata performing live on stage. Be sure to join us for a SPOOKtacular performance that will leave you with chills...book your … [Read more...]

They said it couldn't be done...but we believe it can! We have had a tremendous response to our call to help fill QPAC's Concert Hall for our final concert of 2015. As of today, our box office record has been broken and we have 641 attending our Brisbane performance. This still leaves us with 393 seats to fill - so if you are free this Sunday and haven't yet secured your ticket, then make sure you book today! Thank you for your support in 2016. With your help we will welcome a packed house … [Read more...]

Camerata is excited to announce that we have been invited to perform with Gurrumul Yunupingu in His Life and Music at Darwin Festival 2014. Multi-ARIA award-winning Indigenous artist Gurrumul presents an unparalleled musical event – a spellbinding account of his unique life, voiced through song, film and the storytelling of his people. This extraordinary concert will be performed on Sunday 17 August at the Botanic Gardens Darwin. Tickets are now on … [Read more...]

Camerata took to the road from Wednesday 30 July delivering a series of public performances, school workshops, and our highly regarded concert series in aged care facilities. Camerata is proud to work closely with communities to present opportunities for audiences to engage with music regardless of their age or location. Funkandworrebe who is . With investment from Arts Queensland, Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and from regional councils and business we provide quality music experiences for … [Read more...]

Live onstage following their electrifying Wild Card performance at Camerata's French Twist concert, we were proud to announce and welcome Orava Quartet as Quartet in Residence with Camerata of St John's 2014-15. With thanks to Australia Council's Early Career Residency program, Camerata is able to provide support and performance opportunities over the next twelve months to Orava. Orava Quartet will join Camerata for performances at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in August and … [Read more...]