2023 Emerging Composer-in-Residence Applications now open
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 …
Job Vacancy: Marketing Coordinator
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 …
2023 Upbeat Applications Now Open
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 …
Q&A with Anthe Philippides
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 …
In Review: Camerata & Lior: Compassion in Brisbane
“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 …
Just announced: Camerata & Emily Wurramara!
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 …
Relive Camerata’s Illuminations
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 …
More seats released for Camerata & Lior: Compassion plus Lior’s songs announced
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 announced as 2022 Art Music Awards Finalist
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 …
In Review: Illuminations
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 …
Camerata joins the Brisbane Festival line-up for 2022
Brisbane Festival has just announced their 2022 program! We are excited to be a part of the Festival once again, including the heartfelt and moving Camerata & Lior: Compassion on opening night, the return of the reimagined Brisbane Serenades and an …
Pop-Up Concert at Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge
We had so much fun on our regional tour last month, and one of the highlights was definitely performing this pop-up concert in Barcaldine, Queensland at the Tree of Knowledge. The tree is memorialised in this spectacular, inspired sculpture by m3archit …
