Put a spring in your step with these energising free jazz gigs.

A tasty Tuesday series of free classical lunchtime concerts featuring staff, students or visiting guests serving up sumptuous musical treats for hungry ears!

WAAPA's Jazz and Contemporary Music staff and students, along with special visiting guests, provide energetic sounds for that afternoon pick-me-up.

Set against a background of feuding families, Shakespeare's timeless tale of star-crossed lovers is fuelled by a reckless passion that has devastating and fatal consequences.

Chekhov's final masterpiece is a bittersweet comedy about a once-wealthy family whose idleness and extravagance have brought them to the brink of bankruptcy – and with it, the sale of their estate and beloved cherry orchard.

Anthony Neilson's weird and magical play about a young woman suffering from dissociative disorder is a bold and moving drama that gives the Music Theatre students the opportunity to prove their acting skills.

Put a spring in your step with these energising free jazz gigs.

Uplifting sets of acoustic rock, folk, soul and pop from WAAPA's talented singer- songwriters.

The rapturous sounds of ancient and modern percussion soar through the trees and gardens of the Fremantle Arts Centre in an evening of musical masterworks.

The City of Stirling, Edith Cowan University and WAAPA proudly present Australia's premier performing arts academy in concert.

A night of fairy tales, surprise and magic as WAAPA's leading Classical Music students perform a gorgeous program of chamber music.

One of Australia's best and most beloved performers, the angelic voice of Noonan will be accompanied by WAAPA's talented Jazz students in an evening of outstanding artistry.

The exquisite Moonlight and Pathétique sonatas headline a program of favourite Beethoven piano masterpieces performed by visiting guest fortepianist, Mike Cheng-Yu Lee.

Free Lecture Demonstration for Professional Studio Piano Teachers, covering issues that beset the pianist and interpreter.

The infectious rhythms and riffs of Steve Martland, Moondog, Michael Nyman and Philip Glass are performed by the Classical, Jazz and Contemporary Music students.

Michael Askill powers up Defying Gravity with his extraordinary musical skills and experiences in a super-charged, dance-inspired evening of musical entertainment.

Written in 1928 and inspired by the true story of the first woman to be executed by electric chair in New York, Sophie Treadwell's expressionist play Machinal is an unforgettable portrait of a young woman suffocating at home and work.

WAAPA is delighted to welcome Dr. Peggy Shannon from Toronto's Ryerson University to direct this time-travelling drama that raises questions about sustainability and climate change, father-son relationships and the past's ability to devour the

WAAPA's first dance season for the year lifts off with neo-classical and contemporary dance works created by international and award-winning choreographers.

WAAPA's Composition and Music Technology students and staff break out a stunning array of original works at ECU's Spectrum Project Space.

In this concert the students reshape contemporary folk music to reflect the rise of a myriad of sub-genres including psych-folk, urban folk, nu-folk, acid folk and so many more.

The magnificent Government House Ballroom is filled with the glorious voices of WAAPA's talented Classical Voice students as the WAAPA Symphonic Choir and Classical Voice senior students sing repertoire from Mozart to Sondheim.

Romantic music at its best, as trumpet virtuoso Brent Grapes joins the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra in a thrilling concert of orchestral masterworks.

This concert will showcase arrangements of pop and rock classics from musical legends such as the Beatles, Gypsy Kings, David Bowie and much more.

With jaw- dropping virtuosity and a flair for the unexpected, the North American duo parade their musical skills and passions in this showcase performance.

LINK kicks off its 2019 season with a triple bill of new dance works by outstanding international and local guest choreographers.

In an exciting collaboration, WAAPA and WAYJO come together to present a showcase of the rising stars of the jazz world.

WAAPA's Symphonic Wind Ensemble explores the extremes of human emotion in a concert of contrasts.

This perennial Mozart favourite is performed by the WAAPA String Camerata along with Joseph Haydn's passionate Symphony No. 44 in E minor. An evening of succulent and sublime classical music.

Join WAAPA's Jazz Brass students and special guests as they lift the roof off The Edith Spiegeltent with favourite New Orleans funk and street grooves.

In 2019, WAAPA's adventurous young theatre-makers throw down the gauntlet to create and perform original solo works inspired by what matters to them, right HERE, right NOW!

WAAPA's leading piano students celebrate the music of Rachmaninoff and his contemporaries in what will be a night to remember.

Join Geoffrey Lancaster and James Huntingford as they present a celebration of music for two fortepianos and four hands.

Moliere's comedy of manners asks how far one should accept the rules of the society in which one lives.

Inspired by Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, this vision of contemporary Australia draws on modern Australian experiences from the Black Saturday bush res to pre- teen sexuality and domestic rituals.

Strictly Ballroom: The Musical will quick step, cha cha and samba its way into your heart when it dances onto the stage of the Regal Theatre as WAAPA's highly anticipated mid-year musical.

The first and still only one of its kind in Australia, this event brings together staff and students from a number of schools across WA, along with saxophone enthusiasts from the wider community.

WAAPA's Jazz Guitar students honour this guitar great in a concert of music from the Metheny songbook, spanning his exceptional career.

Get down and boogie with a choice selection of classic soul, neo-soul, funk and R&B favourites in a concert of sensational sounds and glorious grooves by the WAAPA Phat Funk Band.

Renowned for their mastery of orchestral colour, the treatment of the brass and woodwinds by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss has left a lasting legacy on composers to this day.

Watch as Paul Tanner, one of Australia's most versatile percussionists, performs a program of his favourite solos, featuring some surprise musical guests including the Mix't Trio.

WAAPA's Jazz students play a selection of Mingus' most famous works, tinged with soul, hard bop, gospel, free jazz and classical music, in an uplifting tribute concert to this American jazz legend.

The outstanding WAAPA Mini Big Band gets a Latin-beat boost from Daniel Susnjar's expert drumming skills and standout WAAPA Percussion students performing on traditional Peruvian instruments.

Oscar Wilde's 1889 comedy of manners about hypocritical moralities in high-society London speaks to a modern generation about the gap between political and private morality.

Director Peter Zazzali from the University of Kansas tackles Shakespeare's controversial battle-of-the- sexes comedy about power and gender.

In this concert of classical guitar artistry, Paul Cesarczyk performs solo and is joined by WAAPA's own Jonathan Paget for duets on 19th century guitars.

Sweet Charity follows the misadventures in love that befall the gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who always gives her heart and her dreams to the wrong man.

The graduating dancers unleash their creativity by choreographing their own dance works, performed by their peers.

Hear the joyful sound of young voices singing heavenly praises, with repertoire from the 16th century through to the modern era.

Radio Active is the culmination of a series of workshops run over a week by the WAAPA Contemporary Music staff combining secondary and tertiary students, who present a special, one-off performance in one of WA's finest theatres.

WAAPA, in partnership with the West Australian Opera, welcomes Maestro Richard Bonynge for an evening of stories and songs.

A night of drama and superb musicianship as WAAPA's three leading instrumentalists join the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra to battle it out in the final of the prestigious 2019 Warana Prize.

This free event offers a rare opportunity for audiences to sample innovative arts projects in their nascent stages, and to view the ideas that will transform the future of arts discourse.

Powerful performances and impressive stagecraft underpin works that explore the very edges of theatre making, creating an evening of other-worldly theatre that will inspire, provoke and entertain.

WAAPA's Music Artists present their fabulous original works along with creative rearrangements of iconic tunes from song masters of our modern times.

The show features a diverse repertoire of music from pop to rock, R'n'B to soul and funk classics in a spectacularly produced concert with a huge cast of highly talented young musicians and singers.

WAAPA's elite student chamber ensemble dazzles in a program of superb chamber music.

Come and be serenaded by the WAAPA Jazz Vocal Ensemble as they propel you into the wonderful world of close harmony, hot jazz and blazing grooves!

Defying Gravity joins International percussion virtuosi Fiona Digney and Robert Oetomo to explore a mystical world of exotic instruments, seductive timbres, breathtaking images, and the overwhelming power of rhythm!

Unique, astonishing, pioneering, enchanting and mesmerising, Drumming sweeps audiences into another realm – a musical universe where time stands still, where rhythms shimmer with joy, and melodies unfold until they sparkle like

This concert showcases the winners of the Royal Over-Seas League prizes in Chamber Music, the Music of Bach, Improvisation, Art Song, Early Keyboard and Composition.

A program of short films exploring the theme, Crossing Borders, created by the 2019 Screen Academy class of producers, writers, directors, cinematographers, sound designers and editors.

A night of romance and passion, as Paul Wright directs WAAPA's String Camerata in a ravishing program of music for strings.

WAAPA staff and students introduce and play instruments from WAAPA's astonishing collection of Historical Keyboard Instruments.

One of the world's leading harp soloists, the Australian-born musician leads the Perth Harp Festival in a celebration of exquisite harp music showcasing the talents of Perth's harpists.

WAAPA's Composition and Music Technology students and staff break out a stunning array of original works at ECU's Spectrum Project Space.

Join us for a celebration of the beauty, passion and romance of the Parisian guitar.

Australia's most outstanding brass players dazzle in a concert of showcase works for brass quintet.

From the Olivier Award-winning writer comes this funny, sad and compelling satire of fame, celebrity and stardom in the 21st century.

The Hope Fault is a story about familial connections and fault lines, and why the debris of a well-lived life matters.

WAAPA's Composition and Music Technology students celebrate the zany, shape-shifting world of The Scratch Orchestra.

Based on Waters' 1990 cult-classic film of the same name starring Johnny Depp, Cry-Baby is witty, wacky and exuberantly endearing.

Created by the waltz king Johann Strauss Jr, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is a heady mix of sparkling music wrapped around a brilliant farce.

Book a ticket and take a step back into time as WAAPA's multi-talented team of pianists and the illustrious Professor David Tunley recreate the sophisticated and intimate musical salons of France.

Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross is a deeply moving masterwork that serves as a meditation on the Passion of the God-Man.

Every year, WAAPA's top classical musicians vie for a glittering series of performance prizes and scholarships. Tonight, the recipients of these prizes dazzle you with their award-winning virtuosity.

Experience this creative response to the State Art Collection and Gallery architecture re-interpreted through contemporary dance and collaborative performance.

It's on again! WAAPA's Symphonic Wind Ensemble celebrates Halloween in style with a rip-snorter of a concert!

First loves, last rites, old wounds, fresh starts: the fleeting moments of life reveal their secrets in this impressionistic portrait of human life on earth.

Described as 'the most ethereal of Brahms's larger works', the String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 is a musical love letter to Agathe von Siebold.

Join us in a celebration of contemporary Indigenous performance and culture as we demonstrate the achievements of the 2019 ensemble.

On the verge of their professional careers, WAAPA's graduating dancers celebrate their final season as students in a dazzling display of technical skill, versatility and passionate performance.