Ensemble Offspring
EVENTS
AVANT GARDENS ESCAPADES
20 & 21 February, Glebe
The Future Is Wild… And Avant Gardens Escapades takes you into a world of secrecy, surprise and play!
PURE BLISS
10 April, 3pm & 7pm, The Neilson, ACO On The Pier
Enter Pure Bliss as Ensemble Offspring expands to a full-throttle line-up. A rush of sound and sensation—music to make you feel everything!
AVANT GARDENS A DUSK CHORUS
19 June, Stanmore
20 June, Alexandria
The Future sings at dusk. Ensemble Offspring’s next chapter of Songbirds goes intimate as part of Avant Gardens.
DJEERA GADHU (OCEAN STORIES)
6 July, Church St Studios
Our newest First Nations Composer in Residence Nicole Smede (Warrimay) curates a program of deadly First Nations music and a panel to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2027.
GHOST IN THE MACHINE
13 August, The Neilson, ACO On The Pier
Cyborg pianist meets Ensemble Offspring. Ghost in the Machine ventures to the edge of human creativity, technology, sound and machines.
FUTURE CLASSICS 2027
11 December, Sydney
12 December, Canberra
The Future is being written as we speak. Next-gen composers and performers unleash their extraordinary talent and bold ideas with Ensemble Offspring.
Australia’s Musical Trailblazers
Formed in 1995, Sydney-based Ensemble Offspring is “Australia’s leading new music ensemble” (ClassikON)
Led by Claire Edwardes OAM on percussion, the ensemble comprises Lamorna Nightingale (flutes), Jason Noble (clarinets), Véronique Serret (violin) and Blair Harris (cello), with Ronan Apcar (piano) as 2025 Emerging Performer.
EO commissions more brand-new pieces of music than any other Australian group, and champion marginalised voices including female-identifying, emerging, and First Nations artists
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"This is an ensemble of Australia’s finest musicians performing innovative, relevant and engaging new music that bursts with imagination, energy and inspiration.”
Seesaw Magazine
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“Here is EO at its most adventurous and its strongest, with sharply-refined performing chops to follow through on its ambitious programmatic swing.”
Limelight
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“Ensemble Offspring deserves its reputation…they perform with joy, enthusiasm and great skill.”
ClassikON
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"This program was notable for its energy and variety as much as for its neat new devices."
Sydney Morning Herald
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"...the quiet achiever on the Australian musical landscape… It deserves our strong support."
Sydney Arts Guide
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"Ensemble Offspring's micro-festival was a tribute to the transformative power of living new music, and sent the audience home grinning."
Limelight
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“Claire’s animated introductions…delight the audience, who then sit spellbound…delighted by the virtuosity and the flawless synchronicity.”
ClassikON
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"The experience is totally immersive yet gently, rather than boldly, persuasive."
The Adelaide Advertiser
