Australian Chamber Orchestra News

ACO2, the regional touring arm of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, will bring its performance to Benalla next week, much to the excitement of many local string musicians.

A chance visit to a second-hand bookshop in the late 1940s introduced Barry Humphries to the music of the Weimar Republic, sparking a life-long interest in the era, its arts and culture.

Maria Schneider proved her genius as a composer and arranger beyond any doubt with Concert in the Garden , and she did it again on her second masterpiece of orchestral jazz, Sky Blue .

A chance find in a second-hand bookshop forged a lifelong fascination for a young boy growing up in 1940s Melbourne.

Dressed in solid black, with all but the cellists standing, the Australian Chamber Orchestra made an imposing visual impact on the Hertz Hall stage in Berkeley Saturday night.