What's On at UWA

Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

Featuring flute, clarinet and oboe in ensemble and solo performances - this concert will take you on a musical journey through works by Corelli, Prokofiev, Poulenc and more!

Entry is free - no bookings required

Don't Stop the Music is a documentary series highlighting the transformative effects of teaching music in primary school.

Classic FM's Russell Torrance helps chart the journey of students of Challis Community Primary School who are part of a new school music program. With their imaginations ignited they show us what they've learnt, supported by a collective of exceptional performers, including the UWA Symphony Orchestra and members of the UWA Symphonic Chorus.

The concert also features special guest performances by superstars James Morrison and Guy Sebastian who are mentors for the students.

Tickets $20

Issues of health promotion and understanding the culture of health advocacy and anti-health discourses have become very important social topics in recent years.

Changing communication methods (digital networks) shift how publics know and understand their own health and medical 'norms'. New social attitudes (e.g., populism) have produced an anti-expert, anti-medical and anti-vaccination discourse that is gaining popularity and has substantial negative health impacts on individuals and communities.

At the same time, there is growing scholarly criticism that narrow health solutions, including some pharmaceutical solutions, discourage patients and the general population from embracing an educated, embodied, whole-of life-course approach and socially-grounded understanding of health/wellbeing.

Across these different poles, health communication and advocacy face ongoing difficulties in communicating well to groups affected by migration, ageing and socio-economic and welfare vulnerabilities.

This symposium brings together researchers in population health, medical humanities, health sociology, health communication and cultural studies to discuss key issues around good health and wellbeing communication in an era in which anti-expert discourses as well as narrow transactional approaches to self-care are clouding important health and mental health communication.

The symposium aims to (a) share some current research and best practice knowledge, (b) develop new understandings through dialogue that aids the development of solutions and advocacy approaches, and (c) build new alliances to aid intervention, practice and policy advice in the health and mental health communication sector.

Appeal: Will be of interest to scholars, postgrads and students in Communication and Media Studies, Sociology, Social Sciences of Health, Health Communication, Medicine, Health and Mental Health Policy and those interested in contemporary cultural issues of bodies and wellbeing.

The Conservatorium of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduate UWA Students. Enrich! brings together these students in vibrant and dynamic ensemble performances.

In the World Percussion Carnival, renowned Perth percussionist Paul Tanner will lead 3 ensembles in a lively performance of traditional Zimbabwean, Zulu and West African music!

Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!

Tickets available at the door (cash only): $10 Standard / $5 Concessions (Seniors/Children/Students/Friends of Music)

The Conservatorium of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduate UWA Students. Enrich! brings together these students in vibrant and dynamic ensemble performances.

The Percussion Fiesta will feature over 80 students, performing pieces from film and TV, Pop and Rock favourites as well as more traditional African melodies in the culmination of their semester's work!

Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!

Tickets available at the door (cash only): $10 Standard /$5 Concessions (Seniors/Children/Students/Friends of Music)

Join us each week for a delightful musical surprise! From young artist-led concerts to informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind-the-scenes workshops, lectures and masterclasses, these free weekly musical experiences will delight all music lovers.

In our final Converge of Semester 1, talented honours students Maria Ceccarelli and Adrian Soares join Cecilia Sun, Shaun Lee-Chen and the UWA Chamber Orchestra for a free performance of Mozart’s Concerto No. 10 in E-flat major for two fortepianos.

This not to be missed free concert will also feature Mozart's 'Paris Symphony' before renowned soprano and UWA Conservatorium faculty member Sara Macliver joins the orchestra to perfrom Exultate Jubilate.

Entry is free - no bookings required

Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

In our final Lunchtime Concert for this semester, the Conservatorium's Vocal Ensembles present an all a cappella program.

Concordia Vocalis present selections from Banchieri’s Madrigal Comedy Festino, and Con-Cantorum (chamber choir) perform sublime reflective works by Gjielo (Ubi Caritas), Whitacre (Lux aurumque), Elgar (Lux aeterna arranged from Nimrod), and modern arrangements.

Entry is free - no bookings required

The Conservatorium of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduate UWA Students. Enrich! brings together these students in vibrant and dynamic ensemble performances.

Under the direction of Tim How, the Show Choir, will be perform songs from Broadway favourites. Whilst the UWA Jazz Ensemble, led by Jess Herbert will perform staples of the Jazz repertoire. This fantastic concert is not to be missed!

Tickets available at the door (cash): $10 Standard / $5 Concessions (Seniors/Children/Students/Friends of Music)

In the exhibition Fragment at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Stewart Scambler presents a new body of work, a striking assembly of large-scale sculptural forms and murals inspired by his recent journey through the Pilbara and Kimberley. Join us as the artist walks us through the exhibition and shares stories of his practice over high tea. Book: $50.00pp

Join us as Alana McVeigh, one of WA's premier ceramicists discusses the use of her bare fingers in clay, and her consummate application of pure colour glazes. Her works will be available for purchase at this event.

Free workshops aimed at medical and health professionals of all levels. Develop visual language and refine communication skills through close observation of artworks in the exhibition, In Light of Shadows.

Join cultural and social anthropologist Professor Lyn Parker (Asian Studies, UWA), whose research includes the anthropology of Indonesia, women and gender relations, to view the kris (asymmetrical daggers with distinctive blade-patterning) in the exhibition In Light of Shadows.

In 1989 the wall between East and West Berlin came down and the Soviet Union collapsed. Hungary as part of the Soviet block had virtually been occupied by Russia for the previous 40 years.

In 1990 Hungary was economically weak and very quickly they saw their best opportunity for economic growth was to seek capital investment from the west. Coca-Cola Amatil Australia identified the potential of building their business and purchased the State-run Coca-Cola Franchises of Hungary & the Czech Republic in 1990. The operations in Hungary were in dire need of modernisation both in manufacturing & marketing. Jim Natt was asked to join a team from Australia with this mission and he worked in Budapest for 6 months in 1991/92. It was a time when Hungarians for the first time could buy products they had seen in magazines or movies. They queued for hours at the new Levi jeans store, or Nike trainers or big Macc. Natt was focused in the Human Resources area and involved the recruitment of new marketing teams and making some difficult changes for some employees. Communism had a low unemployment rate but very low productivity from their workers. Most Hungarians had a job but not necessarily a task. The talk is a personal story of Natt’s experiences working with Hungarians adjusting to a new way of life He grew to love the people and is proud to have a very small part in helping the country prosper today.

Jim has been in the soft drink industry all his working life spending 14 years managing the family business (Mackays Aerated Waters) and 28 years with Coca-Cola Perth in Marketing and Human Resources. In 1989 he retired to pursue other goals.

He was involved in some very Interesting projects including a few years on the organising team of the Variety Club Bash – a car rally around Western Australia – and, with David Tunley, helping to manage the York Winter Music Festival and the Terrace Proms.

In 1991 Coke approached him to go to Hungary as part of a group from Coca-Cola Amatil Australia to help grow the business they had just purchased there. Jim joined the team of Australians in Budapest whose mission was to bring the franchise up to western standards of marketing and production. His appointment was for two three month periods in 1991 and 1992 and he will describe his experiences in Hungary at that time and some of the changes that were taking place.

RSVP: Kathryn Maingard – [email protected] or 08 6488 2356 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-of-the-library-hungary-after-the-wall-was-over-from-communism-to-capitalism-tickets-46000112575

Members: Free, Guests: $5 donation

Join potter Stewart Scambler as he demonstrates the techniques used to make the pieces in the exhibition Stewart Scambler: Fragment.

Perth Upmarket is Perth’s premier quarterly market for original and handcrafted wares. The market brings together over 180 of Perth’s most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and gourmets all under one roof at the University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall. Incorporating a dedicated Junior Upmarket and Gourmet section.

Parking and entry are free and the venue is easily accessible. Three ATMs onsite.

Sunday 24 June 2018 10am - 4pm University of Western Australia's Winthrop Hall www.perthupmarket.com.au

Modern Australian landscape tradition is captured in the spectrum of works selected from the UWA Art Collection by Curator Sally Quin. View the exhibition and join Associate Professor Tanya Dalziell as she discusses selected works and considers some relationships with contemporary Australian literature.

Looking for some fun in the July school holidays? The Little Hoo-Haa is improved comedy at its finest and funniest. A show of pure delight and unabashed enjoyment. If you are looking for a fun family event then this is it.

Dates: 2-7 & 9 - 14 July. Weekday performances at 2pm, Saturdays at 11am & 1pm. Tickets $15-20. Suitable for ages 6+. For more WINTERarts events visit: http://bit.ly/2Ihs5Nl

Led by one of Perth's premier young percussionists Jackson Vickery, Discover! Percussion helps budding musicians aged 8-12 years leap into the wonderful world of percussion! This session will allow students to explore a range of tuned and untuned percussion instruments and learn new and exciting beats and rhythms!

Tickets $20. For more WINTERarts events visit: http://bit.ly/2Ihs5Nl

Join artist Elizabeth Maruffo for a fun workshop learning how to make a tiny felt sculpture of your favourite dog.

It is the Chinese Year of the Dog this year and this workshop is also part of the A Portrait of Taiwan in Perth project. There is an opportunity for your creation to be exhibited in the upcoming Pup Pup is the Boss of the Stars exhibition, which will be held at Midland Junction Arts Centre in August (or if you love your sculpture too much you can take it home with you after the class). More information about this will be provided on the day.

Suitable for children aged 7 - 12. $20

Led by one of Perth's premier young percussionists Jackson Vickery, Discover! Percussion helps budding musicians aged 8-12 years leap into the wonderful world of percussion! This session will allow students to explore a range of tuned and untuned percussion instruments and learn new and exciting beats and rhythms!

Tickets $20. For more WINTERarts events visit: http://bit.ly/2Ihs5Nl