Belated @musicintheregions tour clip wrap-up 🎥 We only filmed one very chilly show on one little iPhone who tried her best! Here are some bits of Ravel and some Haydn at the end… the Sculthorpe and Shaw aren’t public domain so you’ll have to come and see those live 😘 thanks again to everyone who came along - see you Monday at @melbrecital !
Thank you @pennyquartet for performing my string Quartet at Wagga Weekender Music Festival. And thank you to Ian Whitney for organising such a brilliant community event and program.
Only a couple of weeks until we head back out to Wagga! We’re bringing a program of Silvestrov, @heathershannonmusic and Beethoven to Saturday at the Wagga Weekender Festival - gonna be big! ✨
The support this week has been genuinely moving. It means the world to feel so many people backing this collaboration and believing in what it can become.
Thanks to the generosity of friends, artists, and long-time supporters, we’ve now passed 70% of the target.
The campaign closes tonight 👉 benrobinson.com.au/penny
Announcing: Penny Quartet X Ben Robinson
This morning I spoke with Julie Simonds at @2mbsfinemusicsydney to announce a new work in collaboration with the incredible @pennyquartet .
After arranging music for their national Musica Viva tour with Jess Hitchcock, we decided to develop a punchy new string quartet that pushes things further. The live premiere will be at @phoenixcentralpark this November, followed by our first album release. A new direction for both of us.
Today we launched a fundraising campaign to help grow this collaboration from a single new piece into a body of new string quartet music.
If you’re curious or keen to help, you can learn more and support us at:
👉 benrobinson.com.au/penny
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We don’t have a Boxing Day sale, but we do have a fundraising campaign to help us get next year up and running! If you’re feeling generous, please head to the link in our bio, or search Penny Quartet on the @ausculturalfund website ❤️ every little bit helps so much. Happy mystery week where we don’t know what day it is, and lots of love to you all!
Film photos by @tiarynmusic // @tiaryn.griggs.art 💫 Website is all shiny and new, with 2026 dates to be added soon! Thank you for an incredible year, love PQ xx
Thank you to the beautiful team at @mcclellandgallery for having us on Sunday! Thanks especially to @moxlene for programming us to cap off an amazing season ❤️ and to @zambelli.igor and Mary-Jane Gething for their support of this wonderful series! And to our beautiful audience - thank you for the love xx PQ
Join PQ for our final concert of 2025 at the iconic @mcclellandgallery on November 16 🌱 Arrive early for a Sunday stroll through the incredible park and gallery then join us after the show for a beveragino and a catch up! Looking forward to bringing this gorgeous program to you on Bunurong country ❤️ Tickets available via link in our bio, pic by @fotobyoli
You might have noticed a new face around here… please welcome violinist James Armstrong to the PQ family! We have absolutely loved getting to know James and his gorgeous playing this year, and are so excited for this new chapter. You can learn more about James on our website, and you can hear what the fuss is about on November 16 at @mcclellandgallery - links in bio! 💞
Thank you Naarm/Melbourne!! We are so thrilled to have brought this show home, and to such a beautiful crowd ❤️ thanks to @musicavivaau and @melbrecital for having us, and happy @naidocweek to all!
