Sydney Conservatorium Percussion Department

08/10/2026

Our main percussion studio is set up and ready for a wadaiko workshop this morning led by Taikoz (and Percussion Australia) Artistic Director Ian Cleworth

Students will be preparing to work up a sweat today!

In the second pic you can also see a huge amount of gear ready to go- for a concert tonight- see details below and go to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney Box office webpage to book.

Sydney Conservatorium New Music Ensemble performance tonight 7pm

Student soloists take centre stage in this program from the SCM New Music Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Northey. The concert includes works by Stuart Greenbaum and Andrew Boss alongside SCM staff member Paul Stanhope and SCM alumna Elena Kats-Chernin. This powerhouse program celebrates virtuosity, innovation and the expressive possibilities of contemporary ensemble composition.

PROGRAM

Stuart Greenbaum Chamber Concerto
Andrew Boss Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra, I. Prologue and Concertante
John Dowland In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Paul Stanhope* Dawn and Darkness (Chamber Orchestra Version)
Elena Kats-Chernin Force Majeure
*SCM Staff

PERFORMERS

Benjamin Northey conductor
Joshua Goddard alto saxophone (Boss)
Cadence Ing cello (Stanhope)
Grace Lee percussion (Greenbaum)
Omar Rihani voice (Dowland)
Massimo Russo piano (Kats-Chernin)
Christina Zhou flute, alto flute, piccolo (Greenbaum)
New Music Ensemble

Running time: 110 minutes, including interval (subject to change)

25/08/2026

A date for your diaries- next week Wednesday 2 September 12.30pm Sydney Conservatorium Percussion Ensemble lunchtime concert in Verbrugghen Hall.
https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/lunchbreakpercussion02092026

PROGRAM

CASEY CANGELOSI Theatric No. 6

KEVIN MAN shichi-karak

JANE STANLEY Celestial Dances

STEVE REICH Nagoya Marimbas

CALEB PICKERING Electro Phantasm

PERFORMERS

Anneke Brahe
Bill Chen
Ean Huey Lee
Ben Weatherall
Bryn Wood
Wen Zhu

Directed by Claire Edwardes OAM

22/06/2026

Congratulations to Sydney Conservatorium alumni Buddy Lovett

Congratulations to Barker Alumni Buddy Lovett (Class of 2019), named a semi-finalist in the ABC Young Performers Awards 2026.

Now Associate Principal Timpani with Orchestra Victoria, Buddy’s remarkable journey, from the Sydney Conservatorium to leading roles with Australia’s top orchestras, continues to inspire.

We wish him all the best for his semi-final performance in Melbourne on Thursday 13 August. 🎶

📷 abc.net.au

18/06/2026

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12/06/2026

As we approach the end of first semester we celebrate and support one of our hard-working percussion students as he presents his first ever public recital today!

28/05/2026

We’re ready! Concert starts at 7pm at the Sydney Conservatorium, Music Workshop.
Tickets are free, register here

https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/sem1marimbaconcert_28052026

27/05/2026

Our students have been working hard with momentum heading into the last few days of classes and concerts for Semester 1! Come to our Marimba Concert tonight at 7pm in the Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

Tickets are free but you'll need to register here.

21/05/2026

Bookings are now open for our free Marimba Concert next week!

Thursday 28 May 7pm, Music Workshop Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

Featuring the percussion students at the Sydney Conservatorium performing works by Druckman, Peters, Abe, Debussy, Stout, Bach, Man, and Piazzolla.

Come support the next generation of talented percussionists!

https://boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/tiny/sem1marimbaconcert_28052026

20/05/2026

In Sydney we've been treated to some excellent percussion focussed concerts recently-
Rebecca Lagos performing "When the Clock Strikes Me" by Nigel Westlake with Sydney Symphony, senior percussion student Grace Lee performing one of the soloist parts in Viet Cuong's "Vital Sines" Concerto for Sextet and Wind Ensemble, and more recently Kevin Man performing Catherine Likhuta's "Storm Chasers" Concerto for Timpani and Wind Symphony, both performed these works with our very own Sydney Conservatorium Wind Symphony, conducted by Stephen Williams.

Our next program is Thursday 28 May at 7pm in Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney when the Percussion department presents its annual Marimba Concert, featuring solo and ensemble works for marimba.

Bookings open shortly, save the date!

20/11/2025

More public recitals today - 4.20 and 6pm for students Grace and Jack, come along and support their performance in the Music Workshop! Music by Davies, Xenakis, Bach, Martynciow, Puts, Sammut, Koshinski, and Carter!