The soundtrack to your life.
Music is the soundtrack to our lives, featuring in life’s most significant moments. Camerata explores the relationship between memory and music in this nostalgic, moving, and humorous concert.
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra will be joined by distinguished Australian actor and long-term Camerata collaborator, Barbara Lowing, to narrate the concert, and the remarkable Australian singer/songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke will provide her iconic vocals for a selection of songs at this unmissable event.
Exploring the theme eternal memory, inspired by John Tavener’s Eternal Memory for cello and strings, Camerata invites audiences to share their eternal or special memories before 15 July and allow Camerata to curate a concert of music inspired by personal recollections.
Eternal memories, words, and music seamlessly weave together in this concert that is sure to be moving, nostalgic, and hopefully, a little bit funny.
Submit your eternal stories before 15 July:
Dates & Times
13 Sep
Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes (including one interval)
Venue
Concert Hall
Prices & Ticket Info
Premium Adult - $109
A Res Adult - $99
A Res Conc - $75
A Res Youth - $35
B Res Adult - $69
B Res Conc - $55
B Res Youth - $35
Accessibility
- 50% Visual Content
- Assistive Listening
- Wheelchair Access
Credits
Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra
First Hero Image Supplied by Kate Miller Heidke
Second Hero Image by Morgan Roberts
Supported By
This project is supported through the Giving Program by Philip Bacon AO.
Artists
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke is an award-winning singer-songwriter who traverses the worlds of contemporary pop, folk, and opera. She has released five studio albums including the top 5 albums ‘O Vertigo!’, ‘Nightflight’, and ‘Curiouser’, which reached double platinum sales and featured the multi-platinum hits ‘The Last Day On Earth’ and ‘Caught In The Crowd’.
Her work has been nominated for ARIAs in categories as diverse as Best Pop Release, Best Adult Contemporary Album, Best Classical Album, Best Cast Recording, Best Comedy Release and Best Australian Live Act.
Trained as a classical singer at the Queensland Conservatorium, Kate has performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and several roles for the English National Opera. Her debut opera as a composer, ‘The Rabbits’, won 4 Helpmann Awards. With her collaborator Keir Nuttall, she has written the music and lyrics to ‘Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical’. She represented Australia ay Eurovision in 2019 with her original song ‘Zero Gravity’, coming first in her semi-final and achieving a top ten placing in the Grand Final.
Her fifth studio album ‘Child In Reverse’ is out now.
Barbara Lowing
Barbara is the first Queensland graduate of The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) – 1986.
She has performed with The Hole in the Wall Theatre, Playlab Theatre, Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Theatre, Sydney Theatre, The State Theatre Company of South Australia, Griffin Theatre, La Boite, Shake and Stir, Belloo Creative, The Dead Puppet Society, Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, The Brisbane Powerhouse, JUTE Theatre Company…
Barbara has contributed to the creation of over 60 new works for the Australian stage, many of which have gone on to be performed on main stages throughout Australia.
Her film and television credits include The Royal Hotel, Mako Mermaids, Secrets and Lies and Boy Swallows Universe. Barbara has been a proud Equity/MEAA member since 1987.