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Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents Rising Stars

Queensland Conservatorium

In this interactive performance, students will discover how composers use rhythm, texture, instrumentation and movement to create vivid musical worlds.

Orchestral Colour and Story

Coliseum Theatre

Exciting young Western Sydney composer Holly Harrison matches that energy in Hi-Vis, drawing on elements of electronic dance music, brass fanfares and disco to recreate the energy and sounds of suburban life.

The Sydney Symphony performs Orchestral Favourites

Civic Theatre Newcastle

For Schools: The Sydney Symphony Performs Music That Moves You

Lazenby Hall

Glasshouse Arts, conference and Entertainment Centre

Hear the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in your city on our 2026 Regional Tour, as we travel to Port Macquarie, Armidale, Nowra and Canberra with a concert of music for – and inspired by – dance.

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The Sydney Symphony Performs Music That Moves You

Canberra Grammar School

Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre

Conductor in Residence Benjamin Northey leads the Orchestra in this program featuring captivating works by Debussy, Stravinsky, Kodály and Sydney’s own Holly Harrison.

Each musician – and each instrument – stands out, their artistry shining bright.

The Sydney Symphony Fellows in Concert

Sydney Opera House

The combination of clarinet and strings is a perfect match, the mellow woodwind balanced beautifully against the sprightly strings in this chamber music concert at the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room.

Mozart & Harrison

Metropolis kicks off with Holly Harrison’s urban fanfare Hi-Vis in which the neon machine activity of roadworks is re-imagined through electronic dance music, bootscooting and disco!

Composing Australia Night One

Melbourne Recital Centre

Experience a kaleidoscope of dreams, visions, and euphoria as Symphonie fantastique takes you on a journey through the vivid imagination of Hector Berlioz. A stunning musical self-portrait and epic orchestral tour de force.

We open with Mendelssohn's overture, The Hebrides. Ride the waves of the Atlantic in this dark and brooding work, as Mendelssohn's music envelops you in the might of mother nature. Perth saxophonist Matthew Styles takes centre stage as he premieres Holly Harrison’s new Saxophone Concerto.

Symphonie Fantastique

Perth Concert Hall

Reflective-clad road workers inspired Holly Harrison as Sydney shut down during the pandemic. Eivind Aadland conducts music by Harrison, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frédéric Chopin, with Yeol Eum Son as the soloist in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2.

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Jun 26, 2026

Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents Rising Stars · Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

May 29, 2026

Orchestral Colour and Story · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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