One thing we love about our new CD #Illuminate is how it reminds us of the brilliant joy of making music. Recorded live in Feb 2021, it was one of the first #Sydney concerts after Covid lockdowns lifted. And it captures that light and gratitude. Buy: arco.org.au/illuminate

It's official: we're the best HIPsters under the Southern Cross!✨Thank you Limelight for a simply brilliant review by Gemma Regan of our Brisbane concert launching 'The Sunrise' tour. Read: arco.org.au/news Tix still on sale for #Noosa #Maryborough #Bundaberg

Just 2 weeks til the Young Mannheim Symphonists NSW State Academy!🎻Mozart, Beethoven, André with #HistoricallyInformedPerformance, gut strings & lifelong friends.🎵See the magic at our final concert 3.30pm Sat 5 Oct!🌟arco.org.au/book-tickets📷Robert Catto #youthorchestra #HIP

Some of the best moments on the QLD 'Sunrise' tour were at the Talk&Tea sessions!☕ In #Brisbane our Young Mannheim Symphonists got free tix: all part of being in Australia's only national HIP youth orchestra. 📯Want to join? 2025 #YMS auditions now open: arco.org.au/yms-2025

Applications now open for 2025 Young Mannheim Symphonists! 📯 - mailchi.mp/arco/yms-2025-…

2025 Young Mannheim Symphonists auditions closing soon! 📯 - mailchi.mp/arco/yms-2025-…

★★★★ A new Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra release does what it says on the can, writes Clive Paget. limelight-arts.com.au/reviews/illumi…

Another sparkling review for our CD 'Illuminate'! ❤️ Clive Paget at Limelight loved our "graceful portamenti' and 'gossamer strings' – plus the 'radiant counterpoint' of our fabulous soprano soloist Jacqueline Porter. Thank you, Clive! 🙏🏼 Read/buy: arco.org.au/illuminate

We're heading to Flinders! So excited to be a part of the Peninsula Summer Music Festival with an incredible program of #HIP concerts Jan 4-5 and beyond. Start planning your #VIC holiday! #PSMF tix: peninsulafestival.com.au 📷Robert Catto #AusRomClassOrch

Wow - so thrilled and humbled by the latest review of our #Illuminate' CD in Sydney Arts Guide! 🙏🏼Find out what Paul Nolan loved about this album of #HIP #Bruch, #Britten and #Tchaikovsky at sydneyartsguide.com.au/australian-rom… Get the CD: arco.org.au/illuminate 📷 Robert Catto

Throwback to our QLD #Sunrise tour when co-artistic director Nicole van Bruggen chatted with ABC Radio's Kaitlyn Sawrey about all things basset clarinet.🎶Find the story on our news page, then buy tix to hear the basset live on 5 Jan at Peninsula Festival 🎟️arco.org.au/peninsula-fest…

Shoutout to all our fave #clarinettists on #IntlClarinetDay! We love you all, and that silky sound that makes #Classical and #Romantic music so luscious. Come hear more at our Peninsula Festival concerts featuring historical #bassetclarinet!🌞Tickets: arco.org.au/peninsula-fest… #psmf25

Only ONE WEEK until we make the big announcement – our #2025 Season! We're so excited to share some incredible concerts across 4 states, so stay tuned next Wednesday for the big reveal...and how YOU can be a part of our brightest season ever! 📷Ken Nakanishi #AusRomClassOrch #HIP

This is what #GivingTuesday is all about - transforming lives. 💛 We see that joy wherever we perform, teach or connect through the magic of historically informed performance #HIP, like this adorable young Brisbane fan! Help us inspire. Join us. #donate arco.org.au/donate

Wow, a stunning review for #Illuminate in classikON! Says Peter Hagen: "An album of fresh creativity and deep emotional colour". 🎄Buy 'Illuminate' to light up your holiday season, or buy our 3CD gift set and save 15%! Read: classikon.com/cd-review-the-… Buy: arcomusic.bandcamp.com

Three powerhouse #womenmusicians in one room!💪🏼🎵Soloist Jacqueline Porter, composer Shauna Beesley and violinist/co-artistic director Rachael Beesley (on camera) rehearsed for the @peninsulafestival 4-5 Jan in this gorgeous beachside studio. Tix arco.org.au/peninsula-fest…

🎂Break out the #birthday cake: ARCO’s turning 11 today! It’s been an amazing decade-plus-one: 119 concerts, 25 Voyage music education programs, 18 YMS Academies, 3 albums and tens of thousands of audience members inspired by the emotion of #HIP Classical and Romantic music🎻

🎵Untrained singers. A piano. A cricketer tenor soloist.😲Australia's first 2 #Bach #StMatthewPassion (1875, 1879) were not legendary, yet Bach grew a massive following Down Under, including our own HIP Mendelssohn premiere on 17 April. Read the story: limelight-arts.com.au/features/a-pas…

Only one month til our Mendelssohn/Bach #StMatthewPassion with #Sydneyphilharmonicchoirs in the #sydneyoperahouse. What makes this version different?🕰️It's shorter!🎷with basset horns, organ, Romantic sounds and emotion. Learn more and book: arco.org.au/st-matthew-pas…📷 Robert Catto

One month til our #QLD tour #MozartsClarinet: sparkling music and popcorn in Bundaberg, Maryborough, Hervey Bay Boat Club and Gympie. Why 🍿? As well as concerts, workshops and talks, we're screening the stunning #MozartsSister film. arco.org.au/mozarts-clarin…📷WallisMedia