Concert Hall

Concert Hall

Young Virtuoso Special

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ArtSound’s Concert Hall presents the Young Virtuoso Special, featuring performances by the finalists of the ACT Young Virtuoso Awards. This annual community highlight showcases some of the most talented emerging classical musicians under 25 (instrumentalists) and under 30 (vocalists) as they perform exceptional repertoire live on air. Recorded in ArtSound’s studio at the Manuka Arts Centre, the show celebrates the passion, skill, and future of Australia’s classical music scene.

Upcoming Shows

December 2025

• • 7th Luminescence celebrates Christmas — organist Thomas Heywood presents a Christmas Fantasia. Then it’s Dancing Day, music of Glanville Hicks, Paul Reade and John Rutter from the Luminescence Children’s Choir and Chamber Singers. Recorded in the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
  • 14th Christmas Classics with Luminescence — carols and seasonal music from the Luminescence Chamber Singers and Children’s Choir, and guests in the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
  • 21st Two Wesley Lunchtime Concerts — first is Baroque Gems for Bassoon a Harpsichord with Ben Hoadley and Ariana Odermatt. Then we join soprano Rachel Mink and pianist Callum Tolhurst-Close for “Is there such a thing as day?’
  • 28th Bach to Bach — Marko Sever and Thomas Wilson play on harpsichords and virginal at the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.

January 2026

• • 4th The best of 2025 — excerpts from some of the most impressive and unusual concerts and recitals that ArtSound recorded in and around Canberra last year.
  • 11th And Turtles, Tangos and Parrots — The Kurrajong Ensemble, Harold Gretton (guitar) with Fran and Keith Griffin (flutes) at the Greenaway Studio, Chapman.
  • 18th Voice, Rejoice! — Salut Baroque with soprano Anna Fraser showcase a variety of baroque music and vocal styles from opera to sacred song.at the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
  • 25th Howard Goodall’s Invictus performed by the Llewellyn Choir at the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.

February 2026

• • 8th Alma Moodie Quartet and Mark Xiao (flute) and Olivia Hans-Rosenbaum (clarinet) play 4 of Bartok’s 44 duos for 2 violins, Prokofiev’s sonata for flute and string quartet and the Clarinet Quintet of Brahms at the Wesley Music Centre.