UNSW Music Performance

UNSW Music Performance Unit is looking for an Event Operations Assistant.

The role may suit a candidate with experience in classical music administration in the first half of their career.

Find out more here: https://tinyurl.com/c8pxm76z

We want YOU (to play the double bass)!

More information about UNSW Orchestra can be found here: https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/instrumental/unsw-orchestra

Congratulations to Hugo Ceran-Jerusalemy who has won the inaugural Juvenis Corde Prize for choral composition, with his work The Turtle and the Moon.

Written for SATB voices on a theme of nature, the work stood out for its imaginative response to the brief, drawing on inspiration from David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. Using compact rhythmic and melodic ideas, the composer creates a fluid, evolving texture and a clear, satisfying musical arc. The panel commended the work’s originality, strong structural sense, and effective vocal writing.

The Turtle and the Moon will be performed by Corde in October 2026, details to come.

Find out more: https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/news/juvenis-corde-prize-winner-2026

Meet Corde Consort 2026!

Corde Consort is a four voice Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass ensemble, who are hand picked to challenge themselves with complex repertoire and receive online coaching sessions with Academy Director in Residence Timothy Wayne-Wright.

Find out more about the singers here: https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/news/meet-corde-consort-2026

Every year, UNSW Orchestra offers UNSW students the opportunity to audition to perform a Concerto with the ensemble.

In 2026 two talented students have been selected, Owen Jiang and Juliette Roumanoff.

Learn more about the winners here: https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/news/meet-2026-concerto-winners

Get to know our newly appointed Conductor of the UNSW Wind Symphony, Sophie Unsen:
https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/news/meet-unsw-wind-symphonys-new-conductor

Introducing: Jonathan Alley 🎶🎶🎶
Jonathan is a soloist in the upcoming Collegium Musicum Choir concert: Echoes.

Australian baritone Jonathan Alley graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music before completing a Master of Music at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

In 2012 he joined the inaugural Young Artists Program with Mid Wales Opera, performing the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni. He has also appeared with Grange Park Opera, British Youth Opera, London’s Grimeborn Festival, the Mananan Festival and NOVA Music Opera where he created the role of Abraham in the world premier of Sally Beamish’s Hagar in the Wilderness at the Presteigne Festival.

A dedicated recitalist and concert singer, Jonathan has performed widely across Australia the UK and Europe. He has performed at Cadogan Hall, Bridgewater Hall and at the Malta International Music Festival.

His awards include The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss and first prize in the 2018 Sydney Song Prize.

In Australia he has performed with Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

📆 Date and Time: Friday 10 April 2026, 7pm
📍 Location: Sir John Clancy Auditorium
🎟️ Buy Tickets Here: https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/event/collegium-musicum-choir-corde-echoes

Introducing: Ruth Strutt 🎶🎶🎶

Ruth is a soloist in the upcoming Collegium Musicum Choir concert: Echoes.

Australian mezzo-soprano Ruth Strutt is a full-time performer with Opera Australia whose work spans opera, concert repertoire and theatre. She has appeared in numerous productions with the company, including Mercedes in Carmen, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, and Giovanna and Maddalena in Rigoletto, as well as covering roles in Hansel and Gretel, Rusalka, and Così fan tutte.

She has also performed the role of Mrs Grose in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at the Hayes Theatre and Madame Flora in Menotti’s The Medium with Operantics. Her work includes many contemporary operas, including the premieres of Australian works Whiteley and El Kid.

In concert, Ruth performs repertoire ranging from Mahler and Strauss to Rossini, Berg and Schubert with orchestras and festivals, including Sydney University Symphony Orchestra and 3MBS Festival of Classics, and has been recorded for broadcast by ABC Classic FM. She regularly works with international conductors and vocal coaches, inluding through programs and masterclasses at the Vienna State Opera and Teatro alla Scala.

Ruth holds a Bachelor of Music from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Theatre and Performance from the University of New England.

📆 Date and Time: Friday 10 April 2026, 7pm

📍 Location: Sir John Clancy Auditorium

🎟️ Buy Tickets Here: https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/event/collegium-musicum-choir-corde-echoes