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Chamber Music in Port Augusta
18 - 21 September 2025
Where We Meet brings together artists and community in Port Augusta this September for concerts that celebrate musical connection. Experience Nathan May's songs reimagined as classical chamber music, lose yourself in Arc En Ciel's nature sound journey, and travel through time with the Kegelstatt Ensemble, plus community collaborations that bring Port Augusta's creative spirit to life.
Where We Meet
CANDLELIT CONCERT
THREE TO TANGO
Kegelstatt Ensemble
Thursday 18 September 6 - 7pm
Port Augusta Uniting Church
Flute, viola and guitar come together for musical time travel, moving from classical elegance to tango fire with quiet moments of Bach.
$10
(or $15 when booked with Sunday’s concert).
Concerts
RELAXATION CONCERT
ARC EN CIEL
Friday 19 September 4 - 4.45pm
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
An immersive sound journey where nature, music and deep listening intertwine. Let the colours of sound wash over you in this deeply relaxing experience.
Free, booking required.
STORIES IN SONG
NATHAN MAY
with Julian Ferraretto and Adelaide Baroque String Quartet
Sunday 21 September 3-4pm
Port Augusta Uniting Church
A powerful afternoon of story and song with singer-songwriter Nathan May in collaboration with genre-defying violinist Julian Ferraretto and Adelaide Baroque string quartet, Nathan’s intimate songs, centred on connection to country, family and truth-telling, are reimagined through rich string textures and improvisation.
Opened by Desert Voices Choir
$10
(or $15 when booked with Thursday’s concert)
Development of this concert is supported by Chamber Music Adelaide with Nexus Arts and Create SA.
MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY: our visiting musicians are also collaborating with local musicians through workshops and pop-up performances as well as performing in schools and aged care settings. If you would like to find out more, please email us via the button below.
Musicians
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Nathan May is an Arabana , Yawuru and Marridjabin man living on Kaurna country with his young family.
One of Adelaide’s hardest working live performers, in 2019, Nathan performed 80 live performances locally, including a showcase at the Adelaide Fringe “Garden Sessions” that has led to his own solo show, Lost in The Dream, at the 2020 Adelaide Fringe.
In recognition of the support he has received from mentors in his own life and career, he designs and delivers mentorship programs to young Aboriginal children through the Culture is Life suicide prevention program, Generation of Change program through Reconciliation SA, and school holiday music programs in Marree, Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta.
Just returned from a European tour with thePierce Brothers in Feb - March 2024. Nathan has been traveling intensively in 2024 internationally and nationally.
This concert is created in collaboration with composer and violinist Julian Ferraretto. Nathan has chosen songs to be developed in to a concert for him on voice and guitar, Julian on improvising folk/jazz fiddle and for the Baroque String Quartet.
Photo: Lalaphotohttps://www.facebook.com/Nathanmaymusic/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyrez60ZYQs
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When was the last time you truly took a break? No screens, no distractions, just time to think, breathe and soak in nature? Science shows that time spent in nature, mind wandering and listening to music isn’t just relaxing, it boosts clarity, reduces stress and sparks creativity.
Experience a mesmerizing fusion of art, nature, and sound with Collectif: Arc en Ciel. Inspired by synesthesia—the blending of senses— and neurodiversity, four diverse musical partners create a captivating soundscape.
This immersive, flowing experience invites you into a serene world of deep listening, where music, musicians and nature unite in an unforgettable slow journey of sensory discovery.
“As a synesthete myself, I really connect with the feeling of seeing shapes and colors with sounds. I often hear people say that "music is an art,” but when I create music, it’s not just a form of art, it IS art. …When you create music, you create art- and visa versa…” Quincy Jones
Let the sounds evolve, blending slowly and seamlessly into an hour of deep listening that washes over you in harmony with nature and allows your mind to wander and truly relax.
“The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is...” Bobby McFerrin
Step outside the chaos of everyday life and into a moment of calm, creativity, and connection with Arc en Ciel—where nature, art, and music unite.
“Tonight was my second time for this unique experience. Mesmerising once again… What an enchanting and beautiful instrument. Inspired choice! 🙏… felt as I were falling into the environment….
Sublime, beautiful and exceptional acoustics and mindfully crafted...”
‘Classical music is for everyone, not just those in a concert hall. This project’s ambition to increase access and awareness for what music can bring to everyone is an exciting venture...’ Mark Wigglesworth, Chief Conductor Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
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Adelaide Baroque is a musical organisation and a Baroque Orchestra. We delight in exciting contemporary audiences with the power of baroque music. In this concert, we bring our string quartet - 2 violins, viola and cello - to collaborate with Nathan and Julian. We play Barqoue instruments with traditional gut strings - come to the concert to find out more!
Julian Ferraretto is a dynamic Australian violinist, composer, and collaborator known for blending jazz improvisation with classical and non classical music traditions. His work has been featured by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, and Sydney Opera House, and he has performed internationally with artists like Natacha Atlas and Eska. Equally at home in community projects and orchestral settings, Ferraretto brings a spirit of creativity and collaboration to every stage.
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Kegelstatt (skittle alley) is the subtitle of Mozart’s Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, composed, according to legend, in a single day after a game of skittles with friends. The themes of friendship and pleasure inherent in Mozart’s skittle alley story are central to the Kegelstatt philosophy, along with a mission to discover and present rare and great chamber music for unusual combinations of instruments.
For this concert, violist Anna Webb is joined by Anna Zweck on flute and Megan Robb on guitar.
Are you a chamber musician? We would love to support you in your career. Membership is free.