Warren Chamber Music Festival 2023
12-14 May 2023
This year three spectacular concerts will be delivered by the Goldner String Quartet and friends, and Warren's newly formed regional choir Sing. In this concert enjoy a world premiere commissioned by the festival to celebrate our region, our people, our environment, and the joy of making excellent music together!
6pm Warren Community Room, Dubbo Street, Warren
6pm Collie CWA Hall, Bundemar Street, Collie
Midday Mother's Day concert, Warren Catholic Church (Our lady of Perpetual Succour, Cnr of Lawson Street and Oxley Highway)
Some of this festival's featured works:
Mendelssohn's String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Vivaldi's Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "Autumn" (L'autunno)
Selected movements from Weber's Clarinet Quintet in B♭ Major, Op. 34
The Goldner String Quartet will take you around the world with a degustation style menu of some of their favourite works for String Quartet.
Festival Experience
Your Festival. Your Memories.
A message from the Artistic Director
I grew up on our family farm just out of Warren. My parents travelled thousands of kilometres over many years so that as a young girl I could experience violin and piano lessons, workshops, masterclasses, and concerts. It is now a great privilege to welcome many friends made whilst studying and performing around the world, into our world.
Warren is full of both obvious and hidden treasures. Travel to Warren Shire and take the time to seek them out on your visit.
And for the locals reading this message. Thank you.
Thank you for embracing music making. Thank you to the team of dedicated committee members who have brought this festival together.
With your continued support I have no doubt that this festival will flourish and become a unique event in the great Australian music landscape.
Good Eats
Enjoy delicious coffee and cake, something on the go or a sit down meal. Warren Shire has it all!
Ellerslie Lane
Bow and Beans Cafe
One One Seven Bakery Cafe
JC's Cotton Cafe
Kookaburra Kiosk, Window on the Wetlands Centre
Warren Services Club
Warren Golf Club
Nervertire Hotel
Collie Hotel
Local Attractions
The Macquarie Marshes is one of the largest remaining inland semi-permanent wetlands in south-eastern Australia. It includes extensive areas of Phragmites reeds, River Red Gum woodlands and mixed marsh floodplains, and was listed as a Ramsar wetland of international importance in 1986.
The Macquarie Marshes is part of the traditional land of the Wailwan People who continue to maintain connections to country. The Marshes is particularly outstanding for its value as one of the most important nesting sites for waterbirds in Australia. A total of 77 waterbird species can be found in the Macquarie Marshes, including the threatened brolga, magpie goose, Australasian bittern and painted snipe. It also provides important habitat for 156 species of woodland bird and many other species of fish, turtles, frogs, snakes and mammals.
Acknowledgement
The Warren Chamber Music Festival wishes to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Wayilwan land on which the festival takes place. We honour their Elders past, present and emerging.