Mirabilis Collective

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Mirabilis Collective Bringing music by women centre stage. Mirabilis Collective is a Perth-based chamber ensemble & registered charity. Link in bio →linktr.ee/mirabiliscollective

We celebrate music written by women through performance, mentoring and community collaboration. Mirabilis Collective

Because music by women belongs centre stage. We’re an intergenerational ensemble of professional women musicians, amplifying underrepresented voices through story-driven concerts, workshops, recordings, and regional tours. What makes us different?

• We perform music written exclusively by women—from Baroque gems to Missy Higgins, Clara Schumann to First Nations composers. Every concert blends storytelling with diverse repertoire to celebrate identity, resilience, and creative power. Who we serve:

• Music lovers seeking something fresh and meaningful

• Presenters looking for impactful, story-driven programming

• Schools and communities seeking access to world-class female role models in music

• Funders and supporters aligned with gender equity, education, and the arts

What we offer:

• Stunning live performances with narration

• Community and school workshops

• Mentorship for young women musicians

• Original Australian music and commissioned works

What problems we solve:

• Underrepresentation of women in music

• Limited access to diverse and inclusive repertoire

• Lack of visibility for Australian women composers and musicians

• A need for engaging concerts that build connection and community

Next steps:
• Follow us for upcoming events, behind-the-scenes content, and ways to get involved.

🎟 Book tickets
🎤 Book a workshop
💖 Support our work
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Our goal:
• To grow an engaged community of supporters, reach new audiences, promote events, and connect with presenters and funding partners.

22/10/2026

Her story. Her song.

Jade worked with Mirabilis Collective to shape her ideas into an original song and hear it brought to life by our musicians.

Now we’re raising funds to help more women do the same, connecting Narrogin and Bunbury through songwriting, mentorship and shared performances.

This AusArt Day double your impact: a generous donor will match gifts dollar for dollar, up to $10,000 in total matching funds. Help someone’s story become a song. Donate via https://mirabiliscollective.com/support-us.

🎥 Leith Alexander

21/10/2026

Jan turned her story into a song — and found more people to share music with.

Help us bring that opportunity to more women in Narrogin and Bunbury, through songwriting, mentorship and performances with school and community choirs.

Two communities. Endless stories. Bringing people together through music.

Double your impact on AusArt Day, 22 October. A generous donor will match donations dollar for dollar, up to $10,000 in total matching funds.

Help someone’s story become a song. Donate on 22 October via the link in our bio.

🎥Leith Alexander

18/10/2026

Hear Us Roar — Monday night.
Music by women, supporting Breast Cancer Care WA.
19 October | 7:30pm | Callaway Auditorium
Tickets from $19. Link in bio.

16/10/2026

We’ve just been live with Channel 9’s Natalia Cooper talking about Hear Us Roar, the finale of the Hear Her Now Festival.

On Monday night, Mirabilis Collective, Chimera Ensemble, Broken Record Quartet and the UWA Conservatorium of Music Symphonic Chorus come together for a powerful celebration of music by women, supporting Breast Cancer Care WA.

Hear Us Roar | Monday 19 October | 7:30pm
Callaway Auditorium, UWA
Tickets from Humanitix/link in bio

Thank you Natalia Cooper and 9News Perth for helping us share the festival with more people, and Methodist Ladies' College for hosting us.

Hear Her Now | 8–19 October
Bringing music by women centre stage.

The Aussie Carnival of the Animals brought the Australian bush to life at the State Library Theatre on Saturday.There we...
12/10/2026

The Aussie Carnival of the Animals brought the Australian bush to life at the State Library Theatre on Saturday.

There were native animals, storytelling, live music, audience participation, learning Key Word Signs, plenty of laughter — and a whole lot of children (and grown-ups) joining in.

We travelled through music by Australian women composers including Carolyn Morris, Sally Greenaway, Fiona Hickie, Marion Sinclair and Yuin composer and storyteller Brenda Gifford.
And we finished with a full-room dance party to Brenda Gifford’s wonderful Galaa.

A few moments from the day:
1. Mirabilis Collective in full flight — with a very sleepy koala joining the action.
2. Luce and Karak, the red-tailed black cockatoo, leading the story
3. A theatre full of families joining the adventure with Mirabilis Collective
4. Julia demonstrating the Key Word Sign actions for Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree
5. The audience joining in with the Key Word Sign actions for Kookaburra
6. Tresna Stampalia on leading the kangaroo hop on piccolo
7. Julia Nicholls playing the song of Mamang the blue whale on violin
8. Elena Wittkuhn on cello
9. One very lively finale!

Photos: Tallulah Chong

Hear Her Now Festival | 8–19 October
Bringing music by women centre stage.

Homegrown opened the Hear Her Now Festival with music by 15 Western Australian women composers and songwriters — includi...
11/10/2026

Homegrown opened the Hear Her Now Festival with music by 15 Western Australian women composers and songwriters — including two world premieres, rarely heard works, new chamber arrangements and original songs from our Wheatbelt Song Project.

It was a wonderful way to begin 12 days of music by women.

1. Mirabilis Collective and guests performing Carmel Dean’s Elegy at Wesley Church
2. Jan Smith performing Terania Tree with the ensemble
3. Julia Nicholls and Kay Weaver performing As Days Go By
4. Lucinda Nicholls in performance
5. Jessica Casey and Amber Day
6. Catherine Cahill and Bridget Hutchinson performing Meta Overman’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
7. Our Homegrown audience
8. Federal Member for Moore Tom French MP presenting Mirabilis Collective with a Community Certificate of Recognition, following our Federal Volunteer Support Grant Award, recognising our work celebrating women in music and creating connection through the arts.

Next up: VIVID — Wednesday 14 October at Tranby Hall.

Photos: Tallulah Chong

Hear Her Now | 8–19 October
Bringing music by women centre stage.

Day 4 of Hear Her Now — International Day of the Girl Child.This morning at Wesley, music by women sat alongside powerfu...
11/10/2026

Day 4 of Hear Her Now — International Day of the Girl Child.

This morning at Wesley, music by women sat alongside powerful words from Every Daughter Matters sharing the work of Every Daughter Matters, an Australian not-for-profit helping protect vulnerable girls and young women in Nepal from human trafficking and modern slavery.

Then at midday, Mirabilis returned for the first of our Mirabilis at Midday concerts, with music by women from across the globe — from Barbara Strozzi and Rebecca Clarke to Kate Bush, k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Carmen Marulanda and Rina Sawayama.

A beautiful day of music, reflection and connection.

Hear Her Now | 8–19 October
Bringing music by women centre stage.

Day 3 of Hear Her Now — The Aussie Carnival of the Animals! 🦘🎶Today’s composers took us through a very Australian musica...
10/10/2026

Day 3 of Hear Her Now — The Aussie Carnival of the Animals! 🦘🎶
Today’s composers took us through a very Australian musical menagerie, with music by Carolyn Morris, Sally Greenaway, Fiona Hickie, Marion Sinclair and Brenda Gifford.

And we finished exactly as we should have — with a dance party to Yuin composer and storyteller Brenda Gifford’s wonderful piece Galaa.
Three days down, and so much more music by women still to come.
Hear Her Now | 8–19 October
Bringing music by women centre stage.

Today is the final day of our Creative Australia MATCH Lab campaign.Hear Her Now is Australia’s first chamber music fest...
31/05/2026

Today is the final day of our Creative Australia MATCH Lab campaign.

Hear Her Now is Australia’s first chamber music festival programmed entirely with music by women. Across 12 days in October 2026, the festival will bring together 100 works by 100 women spanning more than 900 years of music.

The festival will feature professional and emerging musicians, community participation, four new commissions, free events, student performances, and concerts across multiple Perth venues.

As a volunteer-run registered charity, Mirabilis Collective relies on community support to make ambitious projects like this possible. Every donation helps us commission new work, support musicians, create opportunities for emerging artists, and share extraordinary music with audiences across Perth.

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has donated, shared a post, attended an event, volunteered their time, or encouraged others to support the campaign. Your belief in this project is helping turn an idea into a festival.

Today is the final day to have your donation matched through Creative Australia’s highly competitive MATCH Lab program. While donations will continue to be welcomed beyond today, this is the most impactful day to give.

Donation link in bio.
Thank you for helping us bring Hear Her Now to life.

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