Upbeat is Camerata’s emerging artist initiative, fostering the next generation of Queensland musicians, and provides a number of performance and rehearsal opportunities over twelve months to support career pathways for talented graduating or recently g …

In amazing news to start the New Year, we are happy to share that we are a recipient of the Touring Queensland Fund for 2023 thanks to Arts Queensland. We are grateful to Arts Queensland for this funding which enables us to bring our mission to life: e …

Are you Camerata’s 2023 Emerging Composer-in-Residence? Write for one of Australia’s busiest ensembles! Camerata’s Emerging Composer-in-Residence program originally began in 2015 as a regional touring commission where an emerging composer was invited t …

Our team is growing! We’re on the hunt for a part-time Marketing Coordinator to join our management team, based on Yagara Country at Brisbane Powerhouse to support marketing and development activities. Come and join our superstar team and world-class m …

Start your career with Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra! Upbeat audition applications are now open for 2023. Camerata’s Upbeat program offers five emerging artists (typically in their last year or first year out of tertiary music studies) to p …

In July 2021, after a serendipitous encounter with Artistic Director Brendan Joyce, the award-winning First Nations singer/songwriter, Emily Wurramara, joined Camerata as a last-minute special guest. For us it was transformative, but also for our audie …

“Do whatever you can to experience Lior with Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra.” Leigh B We have been blown away by the overwhelming response to our concert on Friday evening which featured Lior and Nigel Westlake’s moving song cycle, Compassio …

Tickets on sale now! After joining us at our performance of Landscapes in July 2021, Camerata is delighted to return to the stage with award-winning First Nations performer Emily Wurramara for a one-night-only performance of spirited storytelling. In t …

As we approach our much-anticipated collaboration with Lior next week, we look back on what a joy it was to bring Illuminations to the stage last month. This glorious, sensual program featuring Britten, Debussy and Elgar, was adored by our audiences an …

Just announced! In our upcoming mainstage concert, Camerata & Lior: Compassion, we will be performing some of Lior’s greatest hits arranged especially for chamber orchestra! As well as the multi-award-winning music Compassion, composed by Nigel Wes …

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra is delighted to be announced as a finalist in the 2022 Art Music Awards for Excellence in a Regional Area for our 2021 Emerging Composer Commission in Winton. “Plains Baked Golden in the Morning Light”, by John …

Our Illuminations concert series on 7, 8 and 9 July in Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba lit up the stage and audiences alike! Explore the photo gallery and the wonderful reviews we received below. Amy Hyslop for classikON said, “A magnificent and uplift …