Join us at the Castlemaine Town Hall for an afternoon of great music on Resonance String Orchestra's annual concert afternoon.
We will be performing in two concerts, one starting at 2.30pm and one at 4.30pm. You can purchase tickets for either of the two concerts - or for both. The repertoires of the two performances will have only minimal overlap, and a sumptuous afternoon tea will be available between the two performances. Please buy your $5 per person ticket for afternoon tea along with your concert ticket(s).
There is reduced pricing for those attending both concerts (choose the option "second concert add-in" for the second concert if you are also buying a ticket for the first concert).
You will be treated to performances by Resonance String Orchestra, the newly formed Apprenti Strings Junior Orchestra in collaboration with Maryborough Education Centre, the Resonance Cello Ensemble, the 2025 Resonance String Quartet (tutored by Zoe Knighton under Resonance's partnership with Flinders Quartet) and Resonance soloist Thomasina Challender.
Afternoon Tea is served between the two performances - buy your ticket before the day!

Concert One (2.30pm) will feature:
Respighi's beloved Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, film favourites fromThe Da Vinci Code and How to Train Your Dragon, a world premiere of Earth by Resonance's own Co-Artistic Director and Composer in Residence Emma Wade, Apprenti Strings (Gap of Dunloe, Conquistador), and a trademark arrangement of a Danish String Quartet work.

Concert Two (4.30pm) will feature:
The third of our series of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Summer, with Resonance soloist Thomasina Challender, the Resonance cello ensemble performing Heart of Courage, the divine slow movement from Dvorak's American String Quartet, works by Jenkins (Palladio) and Sibelius (Andante Festivo), Howl's Moving Castle, and a Danish String Quartet work.

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Resonance Fundraiser Event
Performances include:

Thomasina Challender

Bach: Largo and Allegro Assai from Sonata No 3 In C Major

Zoe Knighton

A 20 minute "show" which combines Charlie Mackesy’s “the boy the mole the fox and the horse with movements by Bach

Resonance String Orchestra

Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Polska by The Danish String Quartet (arranged by Emma Wade)

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Both concerts will feature:
Artistic Patron Zoe Knighton playing Mark Summer's joyous "Julie-O", Holst's Jupiter, a work by Australian composer Graeme Koehne and traditional Irish music.

Concert One 2pm: Karl Jenkins "Songs of Sanctuary", featuring Castlemaine Primary School Choir and the Castlemaine Singers, Castlemaine Secondary percussionists and a mass Cello extravaganza.

Concert Two 5pm: Vivaldi's "Winter" with soloist Thomasina Challender; and works by Piazzolla and Beethoven.

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A smorgasbord of Baroque Concerti for String Orchestra, under the direction of guest artists Lizzy Walsh and Zoe Knighton

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A celebration of our talented local singers joined by Resonance String Orchestra
With Special Guests:
Adam Przewlocki
and the Cantare Choir
Joseph Bromley
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Resonance String Orchestra presents Deep Time

Deep Time - a musical exploration of microbes, seasons, planets, humanity and beyond” saw Resonance traverse diverse terrain, including Vivaldi's "Spring" concerto (from the Four Seasons) with soloist Thomasina Challender, the beloved Adagio from the ballet Spartacus by Khachaturian and a compelling string orchestra arrangement of Holst's "Mars" (The Planets Suite).
Also featured were the newly formed string quartets of the Woodend and Castlemaine Resonance branches, playing works by Mendelssohn and Nardini. These were the debut performances for these quartets, which were tutored by Resonance Artistic Patron Zoe Knighton under a partnership between Resonance and the acclaimed Flinders Quartet. 
Other program highlights are Melbourne-based composer Dindy Vaughan’s evocative “Can't Put Out the Flame" suite, which was recently performed by Resonance to Chewton PS students as part of a collaborative exploration of Art and Music created on Country, undertaken in consultation with local elder Aunty Kerri.  Continuing the local theme, concert goers were also treated to the premiere of three works by co-Artistic Director Emma Wade, including a piece inspired by Leanganook in Djaara Country. 

Resonance String Orchestra presents Epic

November 27th saw Resonance String Orchestra's inaugural Mount Alexander Shire performance, led by Artistic Patron Zoe Knighton (of the acclaimed Flinders Quartet, Knighton/Farid duet and more). In an exciting and bold move, Resonance, which has been flourishing in the Macedon Ranges since 2009, launched its Castlemaine chapter in early 2021. The result is a 50-piece string orchestra that plays music with heart and might. 

 This dynamic and emotionally charged concert program saw performances by the Woodend and Castlemaine branches, as well as repertoire by the orchestra as a whole, including Vaughan Williams' magnificent and moving Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. 

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 Resonance has embraced the challenge of presenting works by 20th century composers written in the idiom of earlier eras: Epic linked themes of timeless wisdom and beauty with new emergence: Warlock's Capriol Suite and excerpts from Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances sat alongside Melbourne-based Dindy Vaughan's "Bird Suite", which invites us to connect to our local landscapes, allowing us to delight in the call of the currawong and evoking images of a majestic raven, flying unhurriedly from tree to tree. 

 Other musical treats on the program included works by Golterman and Saint-Saens. 

 Rehearsed over Zoom, in face-to-face rehearsals between lockdowns and in combined workshops across the two shires, Epic was a testament to the energy, hope and passion of Resonance and its members. 

Comments on Epic:

"I want to say what a tremendous success the concert was. The Resonance
String Orchestra was so impressive, The music chosen varied,
interesting and moving.The feedback I heard from the audience was all positive. They were
impressed by the musicianship, loved the sense of community, and the
fact that there were all ages participating..."

Cello Vivo member

Wonderful concert, unexpected overwhelming joy, and huge admiration for all the performers. Totally thrilled and inspired, thank you. Zoe your performance of 'Reclaiming the Spirit' was stunning - from your first notes the audience was held in rapt gaze, mid breath, vibrating to the core. A performance I will treasure remembering. Arabella, audience member

Huge thanks and congratulations to everyone in the concert, the organisers and you Zoe - it was great to be ‘in the house’ among what felt like a Grand Final crowd - except they were all supporting the same team" - audience member

"Dear Resonance, What a stunning concert. I hope you all feel immensely proud of your brilliant and moving performance. It was so wonderful and full enjoyable and I really feel you wowed Castlemaine! Congratulations!!!" - past member

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Resonance String Orchestra joins forces with the acclaimed Flinders Quartet, in a Russian-themed extravaganza!

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Mary Maloney Theatre, Sacred Heart College

3pm Saturday October 19th

Please join the Resonance Senior Strings for our annual afternoon of fine music-making at the Cope Williams Gallery.

The program will include Ross Edwards' Ecstatic Dance for viola duet, a tango from the Resonance Cello Ensemble and Handel sonatas arranged for Resonance ensemble, including the Sonata in F Major presented by VCE candidate Una Mitchell. Additionally, our audience will be treated to Mascagni's divine Intermezzo for orchestra, Kraemer and Kraemer's rambunctious Cossack Dance, the Neapolitan Song by Tchaikovsky and the exquisite Romanze from Wieniawsky's Violin Concerto, presented by violinist Damien Yap.

Book early to avoid disappointment.

2.30pm Sunday Sept 7

Cope Williams Estate 160 Glenfern Road, Romsey

Tickets $20/$15 

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Enquiries: 0437 175 972