Original jazz and improvised music every Monday Night.  Intimate, personal, revealing.  Come listen to sinful musicians confess all. 😉 

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Sydney art music trio Polymorphic Orkestra perform an intimate concert having recently released their 6th album, this is a rare chance to catch Polymorphic Orkestra live.

Lee McIver - Trumpet | Flugelhorn | Laptop | FX
Ed Goyer Vibraphone | Mallet Kat | Percussion
Ed Rodrigues Drums | Samples | Percussion.

www.polymorphicorkestra.com

Damian Wright is an ARIA-nominated flamenco guitarist and composer. His debut album Shifting Sands (ABC Music) was named Sydney Morning Herald “Pick of the Week,” praised for its “glorious guitar playing.” He has performed internationally at festivals in India and China, and across Australia including the Adelaide and Sydney International Guitar Festivals. His ensemble Bandaluzia has appeared at the Sydney Opera House, TEDxSydney, and major festivals nationwide, and tours with Musica Viva. Damian studied flamenco in Spain with Pepe Justicia and has recorded for ABC/Universal and Jazzgroove. His music is broadcast on ABC Radio National and ABC Classic FM.

The Sam Leong Quintet is a recently formed jazz group based in Sydney playing greats such as Sonny Rollins, Billy Strayhorn and local Australian legends like Judy Bailey. With their infectious energy, this band hopes to share their love of music with the rest of Sydney.

Sam Leong- Alto Saxophone,

Dom Roche- Guitar,

Jacob McCormick- Piano,

Henry Hall- Double Bass,

Mitchell Minotto- Drums

Muharrem Aslan is a Sydney-based musician and music therapist from Türkiye, blending the soulful sounds of Anatolia with global influences. With millions of streams on YouTube and Spotify, and chart success across platforms, he continues to captivate audiences worldwide. His music bridges East and West, creating immersive soundscapes that resonate deeply. Recently composing for one of Türkiye’s major national TV channels.  

Dimitri Vouros (bansuri, flute, clarinet)

Hugo Powell (bass guitar).

YOUTUBE CLIP HERE

From the Jamaican community of 1960s/70s Bristol, Pat toured throughout Europe before descending on Sydney in 1981. Filling bars and clubs across Australia with his pioneering acts, within a couple of years he was and remains, one of Australia’s most in demand studio vocalists. He has supported James Brown, Queen, The Eurythmics, Boy George, Crowded House, Split Enz, Horace Andy and Luciano, Tina Arena, Technotronic, George Benson and more.  Although Pat is known for his Ska/Reggae and old School RnB abilities, he is also a wonderful interpreter of jazz Standards and it is this genre that he will be covering along with pianist Bill Risby, guitarist Hilary Geddes, drummer James Hauptmann and double bassist Jonathan Zwartz. 

A rare chance to hear fascinating chamber works for baryton by Joseph Haydn, performed with their intended instrumentation.  The baryton, an instrument similar to a bass viol but with an extra course of metal sympathetic strings, was an 18th-century instrument favoured by Haydn's longtime employer, Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy.  Haydn composed over 130 works for it.  These delightful works are full of invention, wit and colour, with the unique combination of low instruments creating unique and beautiful sonority.   MORE INFO HERE.   YOUTUBE CLIP of the BARYTON

Laura Altman has woven her way through improvised, exploratory and folk music scenes with intuitive clarinet playing, free improvisation and composition and is a member of  Splinter Orchestra and Great Waitress - https://www.lauraaltman.net/

Land Systems is the melodic ambient project of  producer Nathan Moas. His music explores the more ethereal aspects of ambient music, combining slow-evolving melodies with lush effect processing. - https://landsystems.eo.page/land. Jacqui O’Reilly's experimental practice investigates identity, place and sensory perception with a focus on sound as material, to explore social and environmental relations. https://www.jacquioreilly.com/   MORE INFO HERE

Sirius Chamber Ensemble presents a program of Australian works exploring connection to place. Troy Russell’s Bellbirds echoes the birdsong around his home, while Gareth Lewis’ Collaroy Skies reflects Sydney’s coastal light and surf. Corinna Bonshek’s Call from the Deep blends live instruments with whale song, and Natalie Williams’ The Dreaming Land journeys emotionally across the continent. Stuart Greenbaum’s Three Places for a New Millennium views Earth from orbit and in transit. A new collaboration by Kenya Wilkins and Gumeroy Newman explores First Nations connection to Country.  YOUTUBE HERE

Jazz Vocalist Leah Berry is quickly establishing herself as a notable emerging figure in the Sydney jazz scene.   In 2023, Leah recorded a mix of her arrangements and originals at 2MBS Fine Music on Emergent Jazz with Keith Pettigrew, who stated the recording features “…superb scatting and vocalising by Leah… This is a voice of our jazz future.”. Leah will be joined by Sydney jazz legends Kevin Hunt on piano, Jonathan Zwartz on double bass, and Abby Constable on drums. More info here.

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Omnia is proud to present their debut program, From Romance to Dance. As a duo, Georgia Cartlidge (violin), and Reika Suzuki-Macklin (piano) have enjoyed curating a collection of their favourite works. Omnia, the Latin word for “all things or everything”, reflects the duo’s passion for a variety of different styles, namely Classical, Tango, and Jazz.  From Romance to Dance is a musical journey through these styles, and Omnia is eager to bring this project to life. 

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This program will include works by: Clara Schumann, Hoagy Carmichael, Astor Piazzolla, and more.

Diane Berger, flutes and Richard Rourke, Clarinet, are members of the Opera Australia Orchestra and pianist Sumiko Yamamura is one of Australia's leading chamber pianists. New works by Alan Holley, Howard Dillon and Paul Moulatlet and a work by Johanna Selleck plus Mozart and Vivaldi.

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US based Americana/Folk singer/songwriter Henry Fenton will be performing  with a wonderful band including Hamish Stuart (drums), Jonathan Zwartz (bass), Mark Punch (guitar), Bailey May Tambling (backing vocals/percussion). They will be playing new songs from the soon to be released album Elvis Americano, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Jorgen Carlsson (Govt Mule/Chris Cornell).

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Close to Forever are very excited to announce our first gig for 2026 with the band in quintet mode.  Featuring Dale Caldwell on vocals
, Ben Fink guitars and vocals
, Peter Hollo on cello
, Chris Abrahams on piano and Sam Golding on horns we are thrilled to be playing our original works, plus cherry picked material from master song crafters.  With these skilled improvisers in such a perfect listening space we look forward to bringing another moving and exhilarating experience to our audience. Our very special guest will be the wonderful Tanya Sparke-Singer, Composer and Arranger performing her stunning original works.

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"Friends and Strangers" are actually all friends, sometimes playing to strangers who inevitably soon become friends. This group is made up of some of the finest musicians in Sydney, and play with a sense of joy and exuberance which is rarely seen. This is outward looking music. It's for you, and it's REAL (no A.I. involved) and filled with interaction with each other and you, the audience. The music we play is by Bill Risby, Pat Metheny, Fourplay, A.C. Jobim, Marcus Miller and others. Interesting fact: We all sit down to play...

‘If you can make sound tell a story it becomes music, and were Daniel Weltlinger not a musician, he would still be a storyteller...he uses notes the way a supremely elegant writer – say, Austen or Orwell – uses words, so the sounds, rhythms and sentence constructions dovetail with the meaning so perfectly that the reader's eye dances effortlessly along each line.’ John Shand – Sydney Morning Herald. Violinist, composer and producer Daniel Weltlinger (Lulo Reinhardt, Karsten Troyke, Monsieur Camembert) will present a unique program mixing Gypsy-swing, French Musette, Yiddish Chanson, and original compositions featuring Eddie Bronson on horns and accordion, Cameron Jones and Austin Megier on guitars and Stan Valacos on double bass plus special guest singers Nadya Golski and Evelyne Weltlinger. 

Originally from Solo, Indonesia, Jacob Jayasena is a rising voice in contemporary jazz whose music bridges cultures, histories, and traditions. Mentored by leading jazz figures Indra Lesmana, Judy Bailey, Kevin Hunt, and Steve Barry, his music draws from an extraordinary range of influences, weaving together American and Australian jazz, Javanese gamelan, Western classical music, and 17th-century Baroque partimento. Jacob leads a new dynamic trio featuring Henry Hall on bass and Tom Vogel on drums. Together, they invite audiences on a thrilling musical journey where jazz meets classical form, mythology meets history, and tradition meets innovation.  YOUTUBE HERE

Standing on the Bones of Giants features Waldo Fabian (bass), Ed Rodrigues (drums), Trevor Brown (woodwinds), Ed Goyer (vibraphone & MalletKAT) and Lee McIver (trumpet & flugelhorn). In July 2025 we ventured into the studio and recorded for two days. The resulting material will be released in two albums across 2026 with the first album (self-titled), Standing on the Bones of Giants, being released in early March. 

This is the debut live performance for the project. Expect interactive improvised music with influences from a broad range of music styles from the past 150 years.

Sylva Quartet presents a diverse program spanning over two centuries, featuring classic works from Ravel and Haydn as well as contemporary pieces by Caroline Shaw and Elena Kats-Chernin. The recently formed group features emerging performers Marian Kwon (violin), Miranda Ilchef (violin), Sierra Sharman (viola) and Rena Moore (cello).  ​

Joseph Haydn- String Quartet Opus 77. No. 2 in F Major (1799)

Caroline Shaw- Entr’acte (2011)

Maurice Ravel- String Quartet in F Major (1905)

Elena Kats-Chernin- Silver Eucalypt (2006)

Church Street Studios are not licenced, nor serve food.  We're all about the music.

All ages (supervised) are welcome.
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