Coming up hosted by Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Sunday21Jul2019
Monday22Jul2019
- 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Baroque Winter Academy - Flow for Musicians with Rachael Beesley
Seminar/ForumSimple and effective Flow ideas for musicians: Increase awareness of contact with the instrument Develop resonance produced by your body and the instrument Enhance ease in playing through movement Learn improvisation skills to study repertoire ...
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Baroque Winter Academy - Bohemian Baroque
PerformanceArtists’ concert from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Baroque Winter Academy performing repertoire from the highly virtuosic and sublime music from the Bohemian Baroque. We strongly encourage booking in advance for all of our events. This g...
- 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Tuesday23Jul2019
- 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Baroque Winter Academy - Bohemian Baroque with Donald Nicolson
Seminar/ForumA lecture on affect and on the baroque court of Kroměříž. We strongly encourage booking in advance for all of our events. This guarantees your seat, and allows us to communicate any unforeseen event scheduling changes with you.
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Baroque Winter Academy - Presentation Concert
PerformanceFinal presentation concert from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Baroque Winter Academy. This presentation is the culmination of an innovative pedagogical project where the musicians took part in masterclasses and workshops designed to explor...
- 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Friday26Jul2019
Saturday27Jul2019
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Stables Studios: Artist-Led Tours
OtherOpen to the public for the very first time at Open House Melbourne 2019, following a multimilliondollar makeover, the former Victoria Police Mounted Branch Stables have been reimagined as a bestinclass facility for learning and creative collaborat...
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Master of Music (Opera Performance) Concerts
PerformanceGraduate students from the Conservatorium’s Master of Music (Opera Performance) program perform signature arias from the classical repertoire in the Prudence Myer Studio. Prudence Myer Studio The last of the building’s flagship performance venue...
- 10:15 am - 2:15 pm
Ian Potter Southbank Centre Tours
OtherSee the behindthescenes spaces of the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre on a hosted tour with our staff and students. Visit the hidden balconies, backstage, studios and rehearsal rooms of the new home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Space...
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Architect Talk – Adam Pustola from Lyons Architects
Free Public LectureOpened in 2019, The Hub is now home to the largest performing arts and music library in Australia, combining the Lenton Parr and Louise Hanson Dyer collections to create the Southbank Library. Designed by Lyons Architecture, this extraordinary co...
- 10:30 am - 3:45 pm
Chamber Music Program
PerformanceThe Hanson Dyer Hall is Melbourne’s newest concert hall, with a 400seat, cantilevered auditorium that features stateoftheart acoustic treatment and two newlyarrived Steinway & Sons Concert D Grand Pianos. Sit back and enjoy a series of chamber mu...
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
First Commissions Exhibition
ExhibitionFirst Commissions Exhibition On Open House Weekend, you can be among the first to see our landmark exhibition First Commissions in the Martyn Myer Arena, after a successful launch in Florence. The exhibition features 30 of the University of Melb...
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Designing Cultural Spaces and Precincts
Free Public LectureJoin the leading architects behind some of the Melbourne Arts Precinct’s most iconic buildings, as they discuss the evolution of our creative neighbourhood, and reflect upon the art of designing cultural spaces. Presented by the University of Me...
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sunday28Jul2019
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Stables Studios: Artist-Led Tours
OtherOpen to the public for the very first time at Open House Melbourne 2019, following a multimilliondollar makeover, the former Victoria Police Mounted Branch Stables have been reimagined as a bestinclass facility for learning and creative collaborat...
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Master of Music (Opera Performance) Concerts
PerformanceGraduate students from the Conservatorium’s Master of Music (Opera Performance) program perform signature arias from the classical repertoire in the Prudence Myer Studio. Prudence Myer Studio The last of the building’s flagship performance venue...
- 10:15 am - 2:15 pm
Ian Potter Southbank Centre Tours
OtherSee the behindthescenes spaces of the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre on a hosted tour with our staff and students. Visit the hidden balconies, backstage, studios and rehearsal rooms of the new home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Space...
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Designing The Ian Potter Southbank Centre
Free Public LectureProfessor Alan Pert, Director, Melbourne School of Design, will lead a discussion with Kah Fai Lee (John Wardle Architects) to consider the challenges and opportunities that arose during the design and construction of The Ian Potter Southbank Cent...
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
First Commissions Exhibition
ExhibitionFirst Commissions Exhibition On Open House Weekend, you can be among the first to see our landmark exhibition First Commissions in the Martyn Myer Arena, after a successful launch in Florence. The exhibition features 30 of the University of Melb...
- 28 July - 29 August
Fabric Culture
ExhibitionDid you know that Australian composer and innovator Percy Grainger also designed and made his own clothes? Fabric Culture is an interdisciplinary collaboration project, between the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and the Grainger Museum. Through so...
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Monday29Jul2019
Tuesday30Jul2019
Wednesday31Jul2019
Thursday1Aug2019
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Majlis Travelling Scholarship Exhibition Opening
ExhibitionThe Majlis Travelling Scholarship is open to third (final) year undergraduate students at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, School of Art. A travelling scholarship of $10,000 is awarded to a third year student that will allow them to travel over...
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Masters Crewing Night
OtherThis is your chance to be a part of the production of a VCA student film! Each year, VCA Film and Television hosts an evening for their first year masters students. Directors will pitch their film concepts and indicate crewing role vacancies. Al...
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Friday2Aug2019
- 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guitar Perspectives Concert 1 - Meng Su
PerformanceMeng Su began studying the guitar at the age of 5 and showed her talents from an early age under the guidance of Professor Chen Zhi at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. Multifaceted guitarist Meng Su is captivating audiences around the world wi...
- 02 August - 03 August
Majlis Travelling Scholarship Exhibition
ExhibitionThe Majlis Travelling Scholarship is open to third (final) year undergraduate students at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, School of Art. A travelling scholarship of $10,000 is awarded to a third year student that will allow them to travel over...
- 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday3Aug2019
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Guitar Perspectives - Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Guitar Showcase
PerformanceA concert featuring current students and alumni of the MCM guitar area. These solo performances will draw on styles that are integral to the MCM guitar program, especially classical, contemporary, flamenco and Brazilian repertoire. Four works co...
- 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guitar Perspectives Masterclass 1 - Meng Su
PerformanceGuitar Perspectives Winter Celebration welcomes you to a masterclass with Meng Su and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music students. This is free to the public and we encourage you to come observe this exceptional display. Meng Su began studying the...
- 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guitar Perspectives Concert 2 - Adam del Monte
PerformanceOne of the leading flamenco and classical guitarist/composers of his generation, Adam del Monte has made it his life mission to fully express himself in these two genres, transcending labelling and convention. Always having incorporated a wide arr...
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm