What's On at UWA

The Institute of Advanced Studies and the School of Music invite you to a free public lecture by Dr Richard Mills AM, composer, conductor, and Artistic Director of West Australian Opera.

Does the work of Australian composers have currency in the national debate? How do publicly funded (...)

Tai Chi (Taiji Quan) is an ancient Chinese art of health which has been passed down over the centuries. The Confucius Institute and the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia invite you to join an introductory course in Tai Chi, to discover a genuine path for health and tranquillity.

Celebrate the return of Paul Wright to the School of Music and join a staggering array of exceptional staff and illustrious graduates in world-class performances of exquisite chamber music.

Tickets available from BOCS: www.bocsticketing.com.au / 9484 1133

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Composers’ Concert

This concert will feature new works by composition students from the UWA School of Music.

The judges for the 2011 City of Albany Art Prize will bring their expertise, technical skill and judgement to the topic of art collection management, development and promotion. Art collections are a cultural asset which can reflect the owner's history, identity and aspirations. The City of Albany (...)

Early Music Concert

Join the MSS for an evening of exquisite solo and chamber music, as UWA Music students perform lesser-known works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Tickets: FREE for MSS members / $10 for non-members and are available at the door

Its WA's biggest sustainable living event and its free and non-profit - although a donation is appreciated.

With over 15,000 people will visiting the Fair on the day and over 90 organisation presenting. Arts music and activities, interactive displays for the kids and everyone.

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Winthrop Singers trace a key theme in Western Art: the depiction of the role of common people and farm animals in the Nativity. Their program includes art music by Victoria, Guerrero and Verdi alongside carols from the Mediterranean lands.

The Piece of Gold

The guitar students of UWA present a concert featuring new works by Roland Dyens, Roque Carbajo, Nadia Borislova and others.

Over a breakfast of coffee and muffins, the emotional power of the human voice will be explored in a celebrity interview with world-renowned dramatic soprano Lisa Gasteen.

Price: Standard $20, Friend of Music/Concessions $15 For tickets email [email protected] phone 6488 2054

Media artist Anne Niemetz (Victoria University Wellington) and cell biophysicist Andrew Pelling (University of Ottawa) will speak about their past projects and present experiments in the art-science realm. They first met in 2003 in Los Angeles, where they created “The Dark Side of the Cell”, an (...)

Composing Catastrophe: Robert Polidori’s Photographs in “After the Flood” and Comparative Visual Records of Post-Katrina New Orleans.

The form of cities, their design, and construction have long made it possible to think about human society, its representation and values. Likewise (...)

In this Power of Music Seminar, Lindsay Vickery, Lecturer in Composition and Technology, WAAPA, ECU will be presenting a seminar entitled 'The Screened Score' an investigation of the compositional process.

UWA Be with Buddha Society has organised a Japanese Music concert in efforts to raise funds for Japan disaster relief.

Kimono Flautist “Momochiyo” will share with us the hopeful spirit of Japan through her music, culture and memories, and Perth’s Taiko Drum group “Kaze No Ko” (...)

Adam Wigley, PhD Candidate, Schools of Music and Psychology, UWA presents his innovative research investigating ways in which music learning impacts on literacy skills in young children. Part of the Power of Music Seminar series.

The word educate is derived from educare (Latin), meaning to draw out, to bring out potential. Educational systems, the world over, are based on thrusting knowledge onto students, instead of drawing it out of them. As a result, students become well informed on one or more subjects. Such education (...)

Intelligence is acquired knowledge of a particular subject or subjects. But being knowledgeable in no way renders your intellect clear to think, reason and decide on matters pertaining to life. A person could be highly intelligent, yet impractical in day to day living. For example, a scientist may (...)

Dr Suzanne Wijsman presents a recital including works by Faure and Martinu.

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery will be the first venue in a national tour to exhibit the Art Gallery of South Australia’s exhibition ‘Desert Country’, following its successful season in Adelaide.

‘Desert Country’ charts the evolution and diversity of Australia’s most (...)

Nici Cumpston is Associate Curator of Australian Paintings, Sculpture and Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia. In this talk she will discuss her role as curator of the Desert Country exhibition, and will provide insight into the remarkable group of artists and artworks presented in (...)