What's On at UWA

The School of Music and MusicaViva are delighted to be welcoming members of the legendary Borodin String Quartet to UWA for a Masterclass with UWA School of Music Students.

Masterclasses are an invaluable experience for our young musicians who are honing their craft, but are also an (...)

A public lecture by Klaus Stierstorfer, Professor of English and Chair, British Studies, University of Münster, Germany and 2014 IAS Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.

The Antipodes are a concept which originated in European Antiquity and then travelled with expanding and changing (...)

Under the Rug is an open-entry art competition aiming to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing on campus. All welcome to attend this official exhibition opening, and view the outstanding artworks on display. Prizes will be awarded and light refreshments will be provided.

Presented as part of the World Musician in Residence Program (made possible by a generous donation from a private donor to the School of Music) we are pleased to welcome Vickneswaran Ramakrishnan (tabla) and Praashekh Borkar (sarod) in a workshop-performance focussing on Hindustani classical music (...)

This year, Carmen Lawrence presents the Callaway Lecture exploring how music gives shape and meaning to our lives and what happens to us when its power is diminished. After training as a research psychologist at The University of Western Australia and lecturing in a number of Australian (...)

The place of the Islamic face veil in public places has again arisen as an issue for debate in Australia. Politicians from all sides have variously called for its banning, called it confronting or appealed to liberal values in defence of freedom of choice. In light of the recent debates it is time (...)

Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.

FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm. No booking required, just turn up!

The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA.

Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus in this concert featuring our brand new ensembles for Semester 2 - the Ukulele Ensemble & Rumba (...)

Often translated from the Latin as ‘remember you must die’ or ‘remember your mortality’, memento mori serves as a symbolic representation of the inevitability of death. The term ‘memento mori’ first entered English in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1 (1598) and was immediately accepted (...)

Join us for the opening of two exhibitions: Memento Mori, curated by Ted Snell and Self Portrait as Shared Dream, curated by Gemma Weston.

Memento Mori are artworks that prompt us to ponder the emptiness and transience of earthly pleasures and re-assess our moral progress as we move (...)

The Perth Undergraduate Choral Society presents “Reveille!”, a concert of music inspired by war and conflict. Music from the war eras takes on many guises, from rousing nationalistic propaganda to works meditating on the devastation of human cruelty, with each composer bringing their own (...)

Featuring late Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe's monumental work Memento Mori, plus a new arrangement of Lament for String Orchestra plus solo Violin and Cello, this concert will coincide with UWA’s Institute of Advanced Studies’ 2014 Day of Ideas – Memento Mori.

Finalist (...)

Significant buildings and spaces on the Crawley Campus are embellished with applied or freestanding artworks. Sometimes the art is inherent in the architectural design like the winged lion frieze at the eaves to Winthrop Hall or the decorative panels built into the Institute of Agriculture Building (...)

THE UNDISCOVERED symposium is the first of a proposed series of symposia that will emerge over the next three years, presented by Artsource and The University of Western Australia Cultural Precinct.

Speakers include: Victorie Laurie, Ian McLean, Trevor Vickers, Stuart Elliot, Olga (...)

The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA. Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!

This concert will feature 2 of our well established broadening ensembles, the Broadening Percussion (...)

Vladimir Belogolovsky’s talk, “Curating Architecture” is a part of his 2014 lecture tour across universities in Asia and Australia. The lecture is a work in progress. It presents and analyzes some of the most critical and transformative events and tendencies in the culture of curating (...)

Following on from successful collaborations in 2013, the School of Music proudly presents a concert for the serious music lover in Saint Mary’s Cathedral featuring the UWA Symphonic Chorus and Wind Orchestra with Saint Mary’s Cathedral Choir.

Bruckner Mass in e minor for choir and (...)

The Friends of the Grounds of UWA Plant sale will be on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st October between 12 and 2pm in the Taxonomic Garden ,near the Botany glasshouses. There are exotic and native plants as well as succulents and herbs. Sales are cash only and prices are around $5 with many costing (...)

Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.

Our last concert of the semester will feature students of the highest calibre - including some of our 2014 prize winners and graduating students!

FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during (...)

The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA. Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!

The Show Choir (now in it's 6th season) led by UWA graduate Dr Aaron Hales will be joined on stage by (...)