Elder Music Lab: Beginnings

Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
Time: 6:30pm–8:30pm
Venue: MOD. (Bar open.)
Tickets: $30 General Admission (plus booking fee), $10 Adelaide University staff/students. (Please note that tickets are extremely limited.

About the event:

Beginnings brings together the dynamic musicians of Elder Music Lab for an evening of bold contrasts and fresh perspectives. Featuring music by J.S. Bach, Bruno Mantovani, Missy Mazzoli and more, this program traces lines between past and present, tradition and experiment — revealing how new ideas are often born from old ones.

Set within the immersive spaces of MOD., this relaxed after-hours performance invites audiences to experience chamber music in dialogue with a living, breathing museum of ideas. Wander the galleries, enjoy a drink from the bar, and hear music unfold in a setting where art, science and innovation meet.

Elder Music Lab - Performers:

Sarah Chiu, violin
Clara Salzmann, viola
Henry Say, cello
Gordon Richter, clarinet

As part of the MOD. x Elder Conservatorium: Sounding the Future series
Co-presented with the J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice.

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