Chamber Music Meets the Art of Storytelling

Witness the power of Ensemble Q Australia in Rockhampton for just one night as part of their national tour.

Hailed by Limelight magazine as “Australia’s top echelon of musicians,” Ensemble Q Australia launches its 2026 National Tour with a vibrant mix of beloved classics and compelling new Australian narrated works.

Featuring ABC Classic presenter and writer Ed le Brocq, the program unveils a newly commissioned work by Anne Cawrse, inspired by le Brocq’s deeply moving story Sonam & the Silence, a meditation on the transformative power of music. In a similar spirit, le Brocq gives voice to Michael Leunig’s whimsical imagination in Calvin Bowman’s Curly Pyjama Letters.

Bookending these new works are two of the great pillars of the chamber repertoire — Puccini's deeply romantic Crisantemi and Mozart’s much-loved Clarinet Quintet, featuring internationally acclaimed clarinetist Paul Dean.

Program

Puccini Crisantemi

Cawrse/le Brocq - Sonam and the Silence

Bowman/Leunig - Curly Pyjama Letters

Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major

Performers

Ed le Brocq (ABC Classic)

Paul Dean, clarinet

Adam Chalabi, violin

Anne Horton, violin

Benjamin Roskams, viola

Trish Dean, cello

Ensemble Q will be providing free workshops to local Rockhampton schools as part of their dedication to the next generation of musicians and music lovers.

This tour is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

Contact the host of Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq - From Mozart to Leunig - Rockhampton