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Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Far Horizons: Darlington Quartet with Tonya Lemoh

The Darlington Quartet joins WAAPA’s marvellous new Head of Piano, Tonya Lemoh, to play Shostakovich’s multi-faceted Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 and Mendelssohn’s radiant String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12.

Opening night: 1st Mar, 7.30 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Jazz & Contemporary Unplugged

Expect a magical night of music under the stars, with reimagined arrangements of songs you know and love, as well as original works written and arranged collaboratively by the Jazz and Contemporary Music students.

Opening night: 14th Mar, 7.30 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Contemporary Journeys 1

Join us for a free concert in The Music Box as WAAPA's 3rd Year Contemporary Music ensembles showcase their talents in a relaxed and intimate setting.

Opening night: 28th Mar, 7.30 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse: Kalyakoorl Ngalak Warangka (Forever We Sing)

Experience the inspiring music of award-winning duo Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse performing with WAAPA's Contemporary Music students, as they celebrate the beauty of the Noongar language through contemporary songs.

Opening night: 3rd Apr, 7.30 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Jonathan Zwartz (SYD)

Renowned for his exceptional talent as a jazz bassist, the multi-award winning Jonathan Zwartz performs music that blends melodic sophistication and rhythmic depth, resonating with both jazz aficionados and newcomers alike.

Opening night: 4th Apr, 7.00 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Life and Love

Join us for an exquisite program of lieder! WAAPA’s Classical Voice and Piano students perform excerpts from three beautiful song cycles by Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann.

Opening night: 4th Apr, 7.30 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Defying Gravity starring Pavan Kumar Hari

Enjoy a passionate multimedia experience featuring star percussionist Pavan Kumar Hari, then Defying Gravity fires up the groove in Frank Zappa's legendary work The Black Page.

Opening night: 9th Apr, 7.30 pm
Closing night: 11th Apr, 7.30 pm
Peforming Arts at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
katzenmusik

In this darkly comic tale time unfolds in reverse, exposing the depths of social inequality and community decay. Tom Fowler’s gripping narrative reveals one town’s tragic spiral under the weight of systemic neglect.

Opening night: 10th Apr, 7.30 pm
Closing night: 16th Apr, 7.30 pm
Acting performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
The Watsons

In Laura Wade’s bold and playful adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, The Watsons dips beneath the surface to imagine what might have happened. The result is clever, playful and very funny.

Opening night: 11th Apr, 7.30 pm
Closing night: 16th Apr, 7.30 pm
Music Theatre performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Freaky Friday

With its upbeat pop-rock score, Freaky Friday is a clever, funny, heart-warming musical in which a mother and daughter learn what it literally means to walk in someone else’s shoes.

Opening night: 11th Apr, 7.30 pm
Closing night: 16th Apr, 7.30 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
Spellbound

Sydney-based saxophone virtuoso and composer Nick Russoniello joins the WAAPA Sax Studio’s ‘Phone Co. to present a concert where instrumental virtuosity, lyricism and groove come together for a powerful musical experience.

Opening night: 12th Apr, 7.00 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
The Mighty Massed Sax Orchestra with Nick Russoniello (SYD)

Join visiting artist Nick Russoniello, Matt Styles, and WAAPA's Classical and Jazz sax students for the closing concert of the WAAPA Sax Festival.

Opening night: 13th Apr, 7.00 pm
Music performances at the WA Academy of Performing Arts
A Book of Hours: Rubiks Collective (MEL)

A Book of Hours is a revelatory screen-dance presentation that features stop-motion film created by visual artist Sal Cooper, together with on-stage and filmed choreography by Gerard Van Dyck, and a live classical contemporary soundtrack performed by the Melbourne-based Rubiks Collective.

Opening night: 16th Apr, 7.30 pm
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