Events: music, arts and culture
Elder After Hours Concert - Radiance
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
In its third concert for 2025, Ensemble Lumen draws the audience into a dance of light and shadow, where three remarkable works shimmer with their own unique brilliance. Wednesday 24 September, 7–9 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
ASQ's Big Gig
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025, 12:30 pm - 7:30 pm
- Location: Adelaide Town Hall
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of the Australian String Quartet with free concerts, exhibitions, and hands-on opportunities to try string instruments and explore a virtual reality experience. Sunday 28 September, 12.30–7.30 pm. Adelaide Town Hall. Tickets.
Elder Con Music Theatre present How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Date: Thu, 2 - Sun, 5 Oct 2025
- Location: Scott Theatre, Kintore Avenue, North Terrace campus
This musical took Broadway by storm, winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize. Matinee & evening performances. Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 October. Scott Theatre, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
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Elegies
- Date: Thu, 16 - Sun, 19 Oct 2025
- Location: Little Theatre, The Cloisters, North Terrace campus
Celebrate life, love, and loss with Elegies: a Song Cycle by Tony Award-winning composer William Finn. This deeply personal and heartfelt collection of songs beautifully captures the moments that shape our lives, from the joy of friendship to the bittersweet reality of saying goodbye. Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 October, various times. Little Theatre, The Cloisters, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
Elder After Hours - Guitarissimo
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
A delight for lovers of classical guitar, this annual showcase concert features an array of works for solo guitar and small chamber groups, culminating in a performance by the Elder Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble. Curated by Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini. Saturday 25 October, 6.30–8.30 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
Elder After Hours - From little things…
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
Here are the Elder Conservatorium Classical Voice students and Chorale as you may not have heard them before! Artist-in-Residence Timothy Wayne-Wright guides the Elder Conservatorium’s Classical Voice students and Chorale through an exciting and diverse program of small vocal ensemble and choral music. Saturday 1 November, 8–10 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
Elder After Hours - Lumen Gala
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
Our Lumen Gala ignites the stage with a program that celebrates the brilliance and boundless possibilities of chamber music. Guillaume Connesson’s electrifying Techno Parade launches the evening with pulsating energy and modern flair. Wednesday 5 November, 7–9 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
Elder After Hours - Born in Vienna
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
Celebrating Vienna as the birthplace of orchestral music as we know it, this special performance presents Mozart’s first and last thoughts, Beethoven’s dramatic arrival onto the stage, and Schubert’s ‘great’ C major symphony, a work that sums up the Viennese classical tradition while simultaneously knocking on the door of the romanticism that took its place. Saturday 22 November, 4.30–6.30 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
