16th August 2023
Sydney Observatory
Under the night sky, we played selections from our COSMOS program, alongside speakers Karlie Noon, Dr Sarah Reeves and Nate Byrne.
Program
Nebulae - Diego Idarraga Duarte
Black Hole - Keyna Wilkins
ALAN (Artificial Light at Night) - Karen Cortez and Connor Malanos
13th May 2023
Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre
A collaborative new music concert with Keyna Wilkins and Diego Idarraga Duarte, taking the audience on a journey through the cosmos.
Program
Nebulae - Diego Idarraga Duarte
Black Hole - Keyna Wilkins
The Elements: Earth - David Tocknell
ALAN (Artificial Light at Night) - Karen Cortez and Connor Malanos
Renewal: Hope from Embers - Caitlin Sandiford
Tiny Love Stories with SGLC
22 October, 2022
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
We supported the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir for a concert of love songs arranged for choir, string quartet and band.
Program
Our cellist Karen Cortez premiered SGLC's commissioned work, Tiny Love Stories by Ben van Tienen for choir, piano and cello.
The piece was a multi-movement work, about different types of love as experienced by SGLC choristers.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
Only Love Can Hurt Like This - Paloma Faith
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
I Feel Love - Bronski Beat / Donna Summer
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Ready for Love - India Arie
Sing Gently - Eric Whitacre
All By Myself - Celine Dion
Women in Music series
9th June, 2021
The Women's Club
179 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000
We put together a 45 minute set of music by living, female Australian composers as a part of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music's "Women in Music" series.
Program
Warmala by Kardajala Kirridarra, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez
Titan Tango by Keyna Wilkins
Into the Dragon's Den by Gabrielle Cadenhead
Something about the Ocean by Caitlin Sandiford
Dullahan by Ella Graydon
Vermont Crescent by Agnes Lee
Aloe Vera from Sundried: string quartet by Alice Chance
It Works by Monique Clare, arr. collaboratively by Quart-Ed
SYO x Quart-Ed regional tour
12th - 15th November, 2020
Blaxcell, Tathra, Bermagui, Bega
We toured the South Coast in collaboration with the Sydney Youth Orchestras and the Four Winds Festival, playing at schools and working with the Bega Youth Orchestra!
Repertoire
Warmala by Kardajala Kirridarra, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez
Thunderstruck by ACDC, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez
How to Train Your Dragon, arr. Karen Cortez, music by John Powell
Scottish Folk Medley learnt from Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Vivid: Greyscale
31st May 2019
St Stephen's Uniting Church (Sydney)
197 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW
87 minutes of music by living, Australian composers! Featuring commissioned works by Liam Mulligan and David Tocknell in collaboration with KonzertProjekt.
Program
Dancing with strangers : string quartet (2004) by Paul Stanhope
Warmala by Kardajala Kirridarra, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez
Eliza Aria : string quartet (2004) by Elena Kats-Chernin
Gallipoli : for string quartet (2013) by Ross Edwards
String quartet 1995 : string quartet by James Humberstone
Hedron by Liam Mulligan — World premiere
Something about the Ocean by Caitlin Sandiford
Many Shades of Light and Dark by David Tocknell — World premiere