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Christmas Events to enjoy
Christmas Events to enjoy

We’ve got your Christmas celebrations covered with spectacular events in December. Whether you like a good sing along, some fun for the kids, or a...

Eva Pascoe Award Winner
Eva Pascoe Award Winner

Last Friday 15th November the Highlands Music Collective announced the winner of the EVA PASCOE AWARD at a Finalists concert. WollCon is thrilled to...

HONK! Oz STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL TURNS 10
HONK! Oz STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL TURNS 10

Yes, the annual HONK! Oz festival of FREE big band street music is being held in the Wollongong CBD from Thursday 9th January - Saturday 11th...

Final Chapel concert celebrates Guitar
Final Chapel concert celebrates Guitar

In this upcoming classics concert in the Austinmer chapel, guitar teacher Nigel Jones will also be sharing some original solo guitar music he...

Get Them Young songs launched
Get Them Young songs launched

WollCon Women composers and ChiME teachers launch Get Them Young! songs.WollCon celebrated International Women’s Day this year (8th March) with the...

Our new Jazz Lead: David Rodriguez
Our new Jazz Lead: David Rodriguez

WollCon welcomes Jazz Freedman Award nominee, musician, performer, composer and teacher David Rodriguez as our new Jazz Program Lead.David has...

JAZZ Workshop sharpens skills
JAZZ Workshop sharpens skills

Daisy Slater and Saskia McIntyre have participated in a workshop to support young women who would like to pursue a future in jazz music. The 8 week...

CROw turning 10 this year
CROw turning 10 this year

When the Curious Rendition Orchestra (CROw) started in 2014 performing their first gig at Wongawilli Hall nobody knew that it would last as long as...

Stephen Zantiotis – a Life well lived
Stephen Zantiotis – a Life well lived

On 29th June this year we hosted a very special concert - “A classical Journey Around the World” - featuring the newly named WollCon Symphony...

WollCon CEO appointed to UK Festival
WollCon CEO appointed to UK Festival

Following David Francis’ appointment as CEO of the Three Choirs Festival in the UK, WollCon will be seeking a new Chief Executive to lead Wollongong...

Flute Ensemble Texas Tour and Fundraiser
Flute Ensemble Texas Tour and Fundraiser

Our wonderful flautists, were invited to the USA for the 52nd National Flute Association (NFA) Convention.They were selected to perform a program of...

New Music Residency for WollCon
New Music Residency for WollCon

The residency shows WollCon’s continuing commitment to welcoming visitor artists to our region and builds on the ‘Enigma Quartet’ work last year...

Our Big Weekend of Music
Our Big Weekend of Music

We ended June with a bang! WollCon scheduled 2 days of music and song for the last weekend of June (29th and 30th). Incredible entertainment for the...

Celebrating Make Music Day
Celebrating Make Music Day

While we make music every day at WollCon, for June 21st we celebrated 'Make Music Day' with a joyous concert of song.Held annually on 21 June, Make...

Improvising and Music Therapy
Improvising and Music Therapy

Music Therapist and musician Jack Tickner talks about the longest running improvised musical project he’s been involved in (‘Wollongong’ the band)...

BSYO in Dapto before Bali tour
BSYO in Dapto before Bali tour

Fresh from their Red Shield Appeal concert with Wollongong Salvos, BSYO showcased emerging talent with legendary classical music for families in and...

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