Ainslie Arts Centre

02/02/2025

Canberra International Music Festival is looking for an Artistic Operations Manager! 👇

31/01/2025

There are sill spots available for the next cohort of Rebus' 'Expressive Pathways' starting Wednesday Feb 12 📯

28/01/2025

Do you know someone who loves to sing?

Applications are open now to join Canberra’s premier program for young singers. Led by artistic director AJ America, Luminescence Chamber Singers Children’s Choir is a treble choir for ages 10 - 17. 👇

“This group of young people were nothing short of brilliant” - Canberra CityNews The Luminescence Children's Choir came together for their first performances in September and December 2015, and became a permanent ensemble in July 2016. Since then, the Luminescence Children's Choir have performed...

20/01/2025

SOS - Salsa on Saturday + took over Ainslie on the weekend for a stunning evening of salsa!

18/12/2024

What have you and your kids got planned in 2025? Music For Canberra has something for you!

Enrolments for 2025 are now open on our website! Join in the fun & enjoy the benefits of singing and playing music.
https://www.musicforcanberra.org.au/enrol-now

16/12/2024

Congratulations Luminescence Chamber Singers on another year of exquisite choral music with plenty more to come in 2025!

25/11/2024

Canberra International Music Festival 2025 is out!

A festival for our troubled times: Buy your tickets now!

With a theme of Liberté and venues from boats (with radios) on Lake Burley Griffin, to the Canberra Glassworks and Dairy Road's LESS, next year’s festival will give its audience space for listening with an open heart, under the compelling vision of new artistic director Eugene Ughetti.

CIMF 2025 brings together a line-up of super-star Finnish musicians, including Paavali Jumppanen, Satu Vänskä and Erkki Veltheim, playing compositional giants Saariaho and Sibelius.

In a celebration of Indigenous voices and artistry, the legendary Mark Atkins delivers the east coast premiere of his mesmerizing theatrical journey, Mungangga Garlagula, as well as works by Nicole Smede, Chris Sainsbury and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon.

The festival opens with a spectacular performance by the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, joined by the Flinders and Ellery Quartets. It features Vaughan Williams’ popular classic Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, alongside bold new works by leading Australian composers including the world premiere of Richard Mills’ violin concerto with Sophie Rowell as soloist.
Buy your tickets now!!!! Don't miss out!!

https://cimf.org.au/2025-festival/all-events/

21/11/2024

2 down 1 to go! We have now completed two of our three free "Spring Onto Stage" drama workshops for LGBTQIA+ Adults, Elders and their Friends as part of Springout Pride Festival - Canberra. Our participants loved the workshops and are keen to join us for more next year. But there's still one to go!

Book in now for the final workshop SLAY ON STAGE next week on Thursday 28th November 2024 7.00pm to 9.00pm at Ainslie Arts Centre
Build confidence in performance and presentation skills. Explore techniques related to stage presence, connecting with an audience, delivering text, and handling nerves. All welcome! Book for Performance Skills: https://rebustheatre.supporterhub.net.au/events/performance

All workshops are suitable for LGBTQIA+ Adults, Elders and Friends who:
- Love theatre;
- Would like to build their confidence and performance skills;
- Want to move more expressively;
- Are just keen to try something new;
- Absolutely anyone looking for a reason to get out of the house and learn some new skills in a warm and friendly environment amongst fellow LGBTQIA+ people and friends.

These workshops are being held in advance of an ongoing free weekly drama program for LGBTQIA+ Adults, Elders and Friends beginning in early 2025.
These workshops are made FREE and possible with the generous support of SpringOUT, the ACT Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs’ Capital of Equality Grant program, the ACT Government and Ainslie + Gorman.

19/11/2024

Liberte! is coming in Canberra International Music Festival's 2025 season.
"In a world increasingly fragmented by political boundaries, ideological divides, and the weight of unhealed wounds, the Canberra International "Music Festival reminds us that liberté is not simply the lifting of restrictions but a powerful, resonant force that emerges from our collective willingness to listen."

The Canberra International Music Festival will echo to the sounds of freedom next autumn under the banner of Liberté in…

12/11/2024

REHEARSAL WITH ALINA ZAMFIR — VIOLA SOLOIST — FOR SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE CONCERT: Sunday, 1 December at 3pm, at Snow Concert Hall

What an amazing rehearsal last night! NCO players were treated to the lyrical beauty of Rebecca Clarke's Viola Concerto, performed by Canberran violist Alina Zamfir.

***NEXT NCO CONCERT, SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE: Sunday, 1 December at 3pm, at Snow Concert Hall***

We hope that you will be able to join us for our final concert of the year on Sunday, 1 December, 3pm at Snow Concert Hall. BOOK NOW: https://snowconcerthall.com/events/

The thrilling program will include:

• “Symphonie Fantastique” by Hector Berlioz. This epic and iconic symphonic work was inspired by Berlioz' dreams and paints a dramatic picture of the composer's imagined journey from the initial spark of love at an elegant ball to his ex*****on and descent into the flames of hell.

• Rebecca Clarke's stirring “Viola Concerto”, skilfully performed by Canberra's own Alina Zamfir.

• “The Happy Occasion Overture” by Miriam Hyde, one of Australia's most celebrated composers.

06/11/2024

Check out the upcoming 2025 season from Musica Viva Australia!

29/10/2024

Honoured to have Qais Essar grace our Ainslie Salon stage over the weekend, thank you for sharing your work with us!

24/10/2024

Look who's stopping by for tomorrow night's Ainslie Salon 👇

Read the article from Limelight's November 2024 issue.

23/10/2024

We have a busy Saturday coming up here at Ainslie this weekend! ABC Kids entertainers Whistle & Trick are stopping past in the morning to entertain your little ones, while Qais Essar stops here in the evening on his Worlds Within Worlds tour.

Learn more and get your tickets below!

https://ainslieandgorman.com.au/whats-on/