when: 17 July 2026 | venue: Kingston Butter Factory | cost: $40.00 | address: 270 Jacaranda Avenue | website: https://www.loganarts.com.au/event/where-song-began/ | tickets: https://www.loganarts.com.au/event/where-song-began/
published: 13 Feb 2026, 5 min read
Performed more than 100 times in sold out halls across Australia and internationally, Where Song Began is a celebration of songbirds. Based on Tim Low's bestselling book and described as “spectacular” by Limelight Magazine in a 5-star review, this program includes music spanning 300 years, from Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and J.S. Bach to Arvo Pärt and new commissions, enhanced by a film of evocative visual projections and an immersive soundscape.
“A delicate and beautiful fusion”
“Like being sung to by the country”
- Limelight
About the performers:
The Bowerbird Collective makes art for nature. Their work has received international acclaim, and their ARIA-nominated albums of threatened bird, frog and mammal calls, ‘Songs of Disappearance', reached the top of the ARIA Album Charts ahead of Adele, ABBA and Ed Sheeran. Violinist Simone Slattery was a 2019 Churchill Fellow, received a PhD in Music Performance from the University of Adelaide and performs regularly with Australia's finest ensembles. Cellist Anthony Albrecht was Australia's first graduate of The Juilliard School's Historical Performance program, holds a PhD in Conservation Biology, and enjoys an international performance career.
For more information visit www.bowerbirdcollective.org
Program:
Arvo Pärt - Fratres for solo violin, 1977
Sarah Hopkins - Reclaiming the Spirit, 1993
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending, 1917
Chris Williams - bird, songs, seas, 2017
Ross Edwards - Ecstatic Dance No.2, 1990
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Cucu Sonata, 1664
J.S. Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, c.1720
David Lang - Anthochaera carunculata (Red Wattle Bird), New Commission, 2017
Ngarra Burra Ferra - Traditional Indigenous hymn
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Performed more than 100 times in sold out halls across Australia and internationally, Where Song Began is a celebration of songbirds. Based on Tim Low's bestselling book and described as “spectacular” by Limelight Magazine in a 5-star review, this program includes music spanning 300 years, from Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and J.S. Bach to Arvo Pärt and new commissions, enhanced by a film of evocative visual projections and an immersive soundscape.
“A delicate and beautiful fusion”
“Like being sung to by the country”
- Limelight
About the performers:
The Bowerbird Collective makes art for nature. Their work has received international acclaim, and their ARIA-nominated albums of threatened bird, frog and mammal calls, ‘Songs of Disappearance', reached the top of the ARIA Album Charts ahead of Adele, ABBA and Ed Sheeran. Violinist Simone Slattery was a 2019 Churchill Fellow, received a PhD in Music Performance from the University of Adelaide and performs regularly with Australia's finest ensembles. Cellist Anthony Albrecht was Australia's first graduate of The Juilliard School's Historical Performance program, holds a PhD in Conservation Biology, and enjoys an international performance career.
For more information visit www.bowerbirdcollective.org
Program:
Arvo Pärt - Fratres for solo violin, 1977
Sarah Hopkins - Reclaiming the Spirit, 1993
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending, 1917
Chris Williams - bird, songs, seas, 2017
Ross Edwards - Ecstatic Dance No.2, 1990
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Cucu Sonata, 1664
J.S. Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, c.1720
David Lang - Anthochaera carunculata (Red Wattle Bird), New Commission, 2017
Ngarra Burra Ferra - Traditional Indigenous hymn
Go see Where Song Began 2026.
Where Song Began 2026 is on 17 July 2026. The opening hours are: 7 PM - 9 PM. Conveniently located in Kingston. Call 07 3412 5626 for details. Visit their website at https://www.loganarts.com.au/event/where-song-began/.
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