Welcome to the annual Modular May! New time, new venue! Fancy Noize, bowls and BBQ? We've got it covered! This month, we are planning an all ages kid friendly modular extravaganza at the Leederville Sporting Club on Cambridge st. We have an absolutely epic modular synth line up in store for your listening pleasure and modular visuals too to cater for all senses! Furchick will be providing kid's activities from 4-4.30pm and Isaac Beers will be bringing a homemade kid's synth for playtime! We will also have live drawing from "it's just fred" who may also have a few crayolas […]

Free entry from 5pm.

Set your alarm clock for a meditative listening session set against the backdrop of the sunrise! In partnership with Tone List, Boola Bardip presents an experimental morning concert, set against the backdrop of the rising sun, perched in the highest reaches of our eastern terrace. Start your day early with a coffee in hand, take a moment to reflect, and watch Boorloo’s east metropolitan area light up from the base of the hills to the steps of the Museum, scored by our special guests - Unfold. Unfold, two of Boorloo's most seasoned artists in the world of contemporary art music, create […]

Musical mavericks Jun 26/27, 7:30pm Michael TORKE Adjustable Wrench Louis ANDRIESSEN Dances Martijn PADDING Slow March to Moscow Steve MARTLAND Danceworks Otto Tausk conductor Sara Macliver soprano A post-minimalist jukebox celebrating the legacy of Louis Andriessen, whose propulsive, genre-crossing music profoundly transformed the global music scene and influenced generations of composers. Enjoy the bright, pop-driven sound of Michael Torke, the subtle dramatic turbulence of Andriessen’s Dances, the quirky individuality of Martijn Padding and Steve Martland’s swaggering muscularity. We will do everything in our power to present the program listed but we may have to vary the repertoire or artists. If that […]

O Death! I shall become! Meditation is a powerful force. O used it for liberation, until their peaceful passing. Their lover E is led astray by power and seeks to bring O back from the dead. They manage—but do not recognise O in their new body, so seek to become Death themself. Death is just doing her job. Until she isn’t.  O,D,E is a new experimental opera by Sage J Harlow (aka Sage Pbbbt). A queer, occult retelling of Orpheus & Eurydice, grounded in the suffering that comes with simply being alive. Exploring gender and identity, characters change bodies, enter […]

UWA's thriving community of emerging composers create new and inspiring works in response to artworks from the Know My Name exhibition at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, to be performed by Niamh Dell (oboe) and Paul Tanner (percussion). Free event - bookings essential

Bold, inventive, and extraordinary! WAAPA’s Composition and Sonic Arts program focusses the spotlight on outstanding student work for both acoustic and electronic instruments. New voices and groundbreaking sounds come alive across a diverse array of performances, featuring chamber ensembles, the hearNOW Art Orchestra, West Australian Laptop Orchestra (WALO), Listener Ensemble, modular synthesis, and other exciting creative projects. This will be a captivating showcase of fresh music, performed by outstanding students from the music program.

State of the nation Nov 6/7, 7:30pm Jordan MOORE Pandaemonium Olivia DAVIES New Work (World Premiere) Lachlan SKIPWORTH Avem Asperitas Stephen de FILIPPO Micropraxis Melody EÖTVÖS New Work (World Premiere) Kate MOORE Art of Levitation Sam Weller conductor Explore the exhilarating diversity of music by six of Australia’s most creative composers, led by one of the most exciting young conductors in the country. Works by Lachlan Skipworth, Olivia Davies and Melody Eötvös will be accompanied by evocative moving images. Jordan Moore and Stephen de Filippo will unleash powerful, visceral volleys of sound and Kate Moore explores our sense of time […]