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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Join us for a free lunchtime concert in WAAPA's outdoor Amphitheatre to celebrate International Jazz Day. A short, sharp, midday musical interlude to jazz up your mid-week!

Romance fills the stage! Rachmaninov’s achingly beautiful Piano Concerto No. 2 is performed by the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra with the award-winning pianist Joshua Noronha, then Australia's most highly-awarded soprano Emma Matthews performs music from Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin’s ravishing Wild Swans Suite.

Come behind the scenes at WAAPA! ECU's Open Day at the Mount Lawley campus gives you the perfect opportunity to see our talented students in action in rehearsals, classes and short concerts.

WAAPA’s String Camerata and the Darlington Quartet present Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite Op.40 and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, masterfully adapted for string orchestra by Rudolf Barshai.

This program of choral music performed in the magnificent St Mary's Cathedral features masterpieces from the so-called English Musical Renaissance.

Prepare for a night of extraordinary musicality as Grammy-nominated saxophonist Melissa Aldana graces the stage with WAAPA’s Jazz students.

Join the dynamic voices of the WAAPA Contemporary Choir for an electrifying evening of modern music and high-energy performances!

Be spellbound, moved and uplifted as WAAPA's student pianists share their artistry to bring you into the inner world of Frederick Chopin.

Join the Composition and Sonic Arts students for a showcase of outstanding new works for acoustic and electronic instruments created by our composers and composer/performers.

Join us at the Rosemount Hotel for an unforgettable showcase featuring the talented Contemporary Music students.

WAAPA proudly presents an exciting showcase of the rising talent of the Western Australian jazz world.

Enjoy an evening of powerful music as WAAPA’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble explores the rich traditions of music for winds while pushing the boundaries of modern sound.

Echogreen is a dynamic program of two dance works by choreographers Tara Gower and Evgenia Plotkin Mikhailov reminding us of the deep, intrinsic bond we share with nature.

Join us in a celebration of 'estudiantinas', a popular world-wide phenomenon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as WAAPA’s Plectra Guitar Ensemble and guitar soloists explore a range of treasured favourites and re-discovered rarities.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience a rich cross-section of jazz in one fabulous show!

Known in his day as the English Mozart, child prodigy Samuel Wesley was the leading composer and keyboard player of the late Georgian era. This program, featuring instruments from WAAPA’s historical keyboard collection, showcases Australian and world premieres of Wesley’s music.

Students from Composition and Sonic Arts present works featuring the voice in its many rich and varied forms.

Join us for a free concert in The Edith Spiegeltent as WAAPA's 2nd Year Contemporary Music ensembles showcase their talents in a relaxed and intimate setting.

Fresh from the success of their recent CD release The World in a Single Grain, the Silver Sands Guitar Quartet showcases new commissions blending classical technique and contemporary popular idioms.