Con Ball 2025: Velvet Moon

The Sydney Conservatorium Students’ Association is keen to present its annual gala, celebrating 110 years of the Sydney Conservatorium:

🌙 Con Ball 2025: Velvet Moon 🌙

Ever since it birthed the Australian Jazz Renaissance over 50 years ago with the introduction of the country's first tertiary degree in jazz studies, Sydney Con has been the hub of all kinds of jazz music in the Harbour City.

Instigated by the legendary Don Burrows, it was under the Director, Rex Hobcroft, and the Foundation Head of Jazz Studies, Howie Smith, that the Con expanded its professional offerings far beyond the initial classical instruction of its founding — something to which the founding Director himself, Henri Verbrugghen, didn't even stick for very long at all.

It's with this legacy in mind that we take inspiration from the classic by Edgar de Lange and Josef Myrow (and popularised by trumpeter Harry James), Velvet Moon, and welcome you to join us in celebrating over a century and a decade of virtuosity in diversity.

Date: Thursday, 13th of November
Time: 19:00-23:00
Location: The Refectory, Holme Building, University of Sydney Union

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/con-ball-2025-velvet-moon

Please note that this event will be strictly 18+.

If you have any general questions, feel free to contact Major Social Director, Lilly Tidswell at social-major@usydcsa.org.

⚜️ Event highlights ⚜️

• 🎶 Live jazz bands and DJs throughout the night

• 🍴 6 cold/warm canapés and 2 substantive canapés

• 🍸 Cocktail upon arrival

• 🍾 Bottomless wine, beer, and soft drinks

• 📸 Photobooth and professional photographer

• 🏆 Annual Association awards

🎟️ Ticket information 🎟️

Tickets are open to the public, so even if one doesn't study at the Conservatorium of Music or the University of Sydney, they are able to attend the Ball. 

Ticket releases

1. Early Bird — $140 — 23 September

2. General Release — $150 — 30 September

3. Late Release — $160 — 21 October

All ticket sales end on the 3rd of November.

All attendees must be 18 years of age by the time of the Ball in order to attend. Tickets will not be refunded if attendees are not 18.

Equity & MobTix

• Equity — $70 by application — applications close on 26 October

There are a large number of equity tickets available for those students who would find it difficult to afford a full-price ticket. These are open to all students, regardless of their socio-economic background. All applicants must be a student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, or in a music major/minor within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Applications can be made at the link below:

https://forms.gle/3jHMZbnQUxi64dub7

If you have any questions, please contact the Equity Director, Cara Eccleston at equity@usydcsa.org (all correspondence is confidential).

• MobTix — $70

Mobtix are automatically available for all members of the University of Sydney Union who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia; as well as Māori and Pasifika people from other countries. 

If you have any questions, please contact the First Nations Officer, Katelyn Hussin at first-nations@usydcsa.org, or the Pasifika Officer Hugo Ceran-Jerusalemy at pasifika@usydcsa.org.