Moments in the St Michael's Gallery Join us for the opening celebrations of the St Michael’s Week Art Competition. Artists from around Australia were invited to enter this competition with artworks that respond to the theme of this year’s St Michael’s Week, Compassion. The winner will receive $1000 and a 2017 solo exhibition at the...
Joe Chindamo and Zoe Black Zoe Black (violin) and Joe Chindamo (piano) are routinely described as edgy and a welcome new and unique voice to Australian Chamber music: their music is inclusive because it is informed by the rigour of classical music and the excitement and urbanity of jazz. “When two great artists collaborate, you...
Peter Sheridan And Rhys Boak Peter Sheridan is a truly amazing musician. Not only is he a supreme virtuoso on the modern concert flute, he is a specialist in the world of low flutes — the largest of which is an incredible 64 feet long. He is accompanied by the St Michael’s Manager of Music,...
The Winter Of Our Discontent And The Promise Of Spring September 2016 Lectures In these four lectures Professor Camilleri will address one of the most critical yet poorly understood ailments of our time, the psychology and culture of violence, and its remedies. The lectures will consider both the global and Australian contexts. The violence to...
Brass and Organ Spectacular Experinace the beauty of St Michael’s in this unique and intimate concert experience featuring the St Michael’s Brass Ensemble. Full program will be posted closer to the event.
150th Birthday of the St Michael’s Organ For a century and a half, the St Michael’s 1866 Hill & Son pipe organ has been the centrepiece of the music program at St Michael’s. Having been heard in thousands of recitals, weddings and services, this instrument is not only significant to St Michael’s, but also to the...
S.A.G.E. is a monthly seminar program that is presented by renowned psychotherapist and author Dr Francis Macnab. Each month we choose a theme and bring you a series of strategies and tools to help you cope with the big stresses in the years post 55, reshaping your meaning of life, dealing with the fears that flit...
Daniel Carison and Geoffrey Urquhart Daniel Carison is a 22 year-old bass-baritone born and raised in Melbourne. He is the 2015 recipient of the Opera Society Vocal Scholarship and the Beleura-Tallis Opera Scholarship, through ame Nellie Melba Opera Trust. He will present a program of art song accompanied by pianist Geoffrey Urquhart. This is...
This year we are celebrating Compassion during St Michael’s Week. One of greatest enhancers of inner wellbeing comes from the development of compassion. The etymology of Compassion is Latin, meaning co-suffering. More involved than empathy, compassion commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another’s suffering. Compassion motivates people to go out of their...