The Queensland Conservatorium will soon throw open its doors, joining forces with ABC Queensland, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, QPAC and South Bank Parklands to present Crossbows - a four-day festival of music for small ensembles. Including new music, classical, jazz, popular, electronic and world music, the festival will feature 70 live performances and a host of workshops and forums to suit
a diverse range of musical tastes. Highlights of the four day festival include Katie Noonan and sublime jazz trio Elixir, musical comedy act Tripod, Topology & Clocked Out, the Southern Cross Soloists, Lawrence English, Emma Dean (named an artist to watch by the New York Post), renowned pianist and composer Paul Grabowsky, the China Conservatory, Brazilian act the Jason Machado Trio, Eastern European grooves from Greshka and the New Zealand String Quartet. Tickets are on sale now and be sold as a one-day-pass, allowing access to all performances across seven venues at South Bank each day for $30. Program highlights include:
THURSDAY 10 MAY
Reich’s Music For 18 Musicians, Katie Noonan & Elixir, Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, The Scrapes, Installations by Lawrence English & Concentric Circuits and much more. Party till late at the Con Theatre Bar as Conservatorium and Griffith Film School students transform the foyer into an electronica/VJ heaven. FRIDAY 11 MAY
Divertimenti (Chamber Strings), Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Elision, Christopher Wrench, Emma Dean and much more. SATURDAY 12 MAY
New Zealand String Quartet, Clocked Out with Topology, Collusion, Tripod, Aboriginal Centre For The Performing Arts, Paul Grabowsky & Elliott Dalgleish and much more. SUNDAY 13 MAY
Trichotomy (aka Misinterprotato), David Bentley Trio, Southern Cross Soloists, Camerata of St John’s, Lunaire Collective and much more. To view the program and learn more:
http://www.griffith.edu.au/music/queensland-conservatorium/news-events/crossbows/program
