Music

Projector and slides.

1960s psychedelia at Rouse Hill House

In a short experimental period of music making, the talented young John Terry combined radical musical ideas with abstract imagery and the soundscape of Rouse Hill House

Strings, Litchfield Binckes square piano in the morning room, Elizabeth Bay House

Here and there: concert playlist

Experience a concert at Elizabeth Bay House showcasing a magical evening contrasting two different musical worlds

Objects on table in the morning room, Elizabeth Bay House

Here and there: music at home in Sydney and London, 1830–1845

On the 28th of March 2017, concert goers at Elizabeth Bay House experienced a magical evening contrasting two different musical worlds

Still from I Can Make Music

I can make music, 1982

This film is about music education for children. It features Richard Gill and Michael Atherton and was produced by the Institute of Early Childhood Studies in 1982

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Songs from home

Jane Austen: at home with music

Jane Austen’s music albums provide a new understanding of the use of music in the author’s work and the importance of music making in the Regency home

Sheet music, 'The 77th Galop', by P. Cavallini, published 1858

Reading the score

Since the early 1800s, Australian households have purchased sheet music to enliven their drawing room repertoire

Concert at Elizabeth Bay House
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Annual Giving Donor Concert, Sunday 12 February

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Songs from home

Soundtrack

Listen to the soundtrack from the past exhibition Songs of home

Sheet music sticking out of top of leather bound book with the word Music on its cover.

Talking about music at your house

Watch violist Nicole Forsyth, with baritone Dr David Greco in discussion with Dr Matthew Stephens about the online program 'House music at your house'