Monash University Performing Arts Centres (MPAC)

😲 Just announced! 2024 at MPAC is going to be extraordinary, and you’re invited. Tickets are on sale now. 👉 Head to the website at monash.edu/mpac to grab the best seats. World-class dance, live music, theatre, festivals and more – MPAC is serious fun.

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🪈 Next week! Trailblazers of Australian wind music: Arcadia Winds visit @MonashUni’s David Li Sound Gallery. Friday 24 November, the final concert in our 2023 Vibrating Air series. Tickets + more: monash.edu/performing-art…

Cool to see the place from a new perspective, @KocsisErno!

Flinders Quartet / @FlindersQtet + special guest Dong Ma on the erhu: This Friday (10 November) in the @MonashUni David Li Sound Gallery. • Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach • Dissipate by Yuin woman Brenda Gifford 👉 Tickets and more: monash.edu/performing-art…

Wednesday: The music of Paul Simon, performed by modern troubadour Andy McGarvie and a 10-piece band – Live at The Count’s, 8 November. 👉 Only a handful of tickets remain – grab yours asap! monash.edu/performing-art…

Next week: Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Brenda Gifford’s Dissipate – an evening with the Flinders Quartet / @FlindersQtet and Dong Ma in the David Li Sound Gallery, Friday 10 November at @MonashUni. Tickets + more: monash.edu/performing-art…

Coming to see Emma Pask Saturday night, Live at The Count’s? Stop by a bit early – doors open at 6.30pm for dinner and drinks in our Italian-style bar and bistro! 😋 (If you still need tix, they’re here: monash.edu/performing-art… )

This Wednesday: AfroSpiritualJazz w/ Zii Wacho and The Experience – Live at The Count’s: monash.edu/performing-art… Harnessing the power of culture for collective encouragement, The Experience unites a cohort of musicians bound by the desire to heal and inspire through their art.

An evocative depiction of the Australian landscape, an energetic countryside romp with Beethoven, and extraordinary pianist Berta Brozgul: Benjamin Northey conducts @melbsymphony, live at MPAC. 👉 monash.edu/performing-art…

Songs from popular Chinese drama series, games and animations; Western classical music; a new composition by Lili Liu; a performance of the ancient Chinese instrument Gu Qin; and more. Lili’s Creative Space presents Fourth Dimension: 2 November @ 7pm. 👉 monash.edu/performing-art…

This Saturday: One of Australia’s favourite voices in jazz: Emma Pask – Live at The Count’s, 28 October. ⭐️ A special Saturday night show 🎟 Tickets: monash.edu/performing-art… “Pask is celebrated for her soulful delivery, soaring range and magnetic stage presence.” – Time Out

The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts – home to The Count’s, Alexander Theatre, and the David Li Sound Gallery – looking resplendent in the springtime sunshine. ☀️😎 Proudly on Bunurong Country.

Wednesday: Powerhouse soul singer Michaela Jayde – Live at The Count’s, 25 October. 👉 monash.edu/performing-art… 🎤 Influenced by Lianne La Havas, Erykah Badu, Aretha Franklin and more, her sound is a deep exploration of old and new soul, fused with elements of pop and nu-R&B.

Night Walk: An immersive piano experience presented by KIAZMA Piano Duo, Aura Go & Tomoe Kawabata. 🎹 Friday 27 October – one night only! 👉 Tickets: monash.edu/performing-art… Live at MPAC, part of the Vibrating Air series in the intimate David Li Sound Gallery.

And about those winners… a huge congratulations to: ⭐️ 1st Jessie Forde-Johnston and Mia Pisano ⭐️ Equal 2nd Jessie Forde-Johnston Liv Mirrington ⭐️ Equal 3rd Imogen Layfield Lauren Lew Tia McAllen and Liv Mirrington

An honour (and pleasure) to have her help and expertise – and what an opportunity for the students! In addition to meeting Sarah and getting to open her show, the 1st winner received a $1000 cash prize from MPAC.

Celebrating the next gen of songwriters! 🎶❤️ That’s @SarahBlasko, helping award the Popular Music Songwriting Prizes to the lucky winners from @MonashUni’s @MusicAtMonash last week.

The premiere of Kris Davis’ The Birdlife Suite + new works by Rob Burke & Michael Kellett. 👉 One night only: Thursday 26 October at @MonashUni’s Alexander Theatre. 🎶 Monash Art Ensemble: Live at MPAC, part of the @MelbJazzFest. Tickets: monash.edu/performing-art…

Next week: A special Thursday night at The Count’s with trombonist and composer Shannon Barnett, accompanied by students from @MonashUni’s @MusicAtMonash. 🍷 Doors / drinks / dinner from 6.30pm 🎵 Music from 7.30pm ⭐️ Thursday 19 October 🎟 Tickets: monash.edu/performing-art…