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26th April 2024

​St. Stephen's Uniting Church

​feat. Jonathan Bruhl on 2nd Violin

CONNECTIONS

Our first solo program,  designed to facilitate connection and fundraising for Black Dog Institute. A concert sharing our stories through music and sitting with the many emotions of the human experience.

 

​Program

Sonderho Bridal Trilogy Part II - (arr. Danish String Quartet)

Melody. of the Developing Mind - Jackson Cowper

Aloe Vera (Sundried String Quartet Mov 3) - Alice Chance

Something About the Ocean Mov 1 - Caitlin Sandiford

The Way that We See - Monique Clare arr. Sarah Qiu

Magpahinga - Ben&Ben arr. Karen Cortez

How to Train Your Dragon suite - arr. Karen Cortez

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Under the night sky, we played selections from our COSMOS program, alongside speakers Karlie Noon, Dr Sarah Reeves and Nate Byrne. 

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Program

Nebulae - Diego Idarraga Duarte

Black Hole - Keyna Wilkins

ALAN (Artificial Light at Night) - Karen Cortez and Connor Malanos

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16th August 2023​

Sydney Observatory

Sydney Observatory Late: Sky Connections

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 13th May 2023​

Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre​​

COSMOS:
Beyond and Within

A collaborative new music concert with Keyna Wilkins and Diego Idarraga Duarte, taking the audience on a journey through the cosmos.

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Program

Nebulae - Diego Idarraga Duarte

Black Hole - Keyna Wilkins

The Elements: Earth - David Tocknell

ALAN (Artificial Light at Night) - Karen Cortez and Connor Malanos

Renewal: Hope from Embers - Caitlin Sandiford

We supported the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir for a concert of love songs arranged for choir, string quartet and band. ​

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Our cellist Karen Cortez also premiered SGLC's commissioned work, Tiny Love Stories by Ben van Tienen for choir, piano and cello. The piece was a multi-movement work, about different types of love as experienced by SGLC choristers.

 

Program

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

Only Love Can Hurt Like This - Paloma Faith

I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

I Feel Love - Bronski Beat / Donna Summer

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Ready for Love - India Arie

Sing Gently - Eric Whitacre

All By Myself - Celine Dion

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SGLC's
Tiny Love Stories

22nd October, 2022

Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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Women in Music

9th June 2021

The Women's Club, Sydney

We put together a 45 minute set of music by living, female Australian composers as a part of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music's "Women in Music" series. 

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Program

Warmala  Kardajala Kirridarra, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez

Titan Tango  Keyna Wilkins

Into the Dragon's Den  Gabrielle Cadenhead

Something about the Ocean  Caitlin Sandiford

Dullahan  Ella Graydon

Vermont Crescent  Agnes Lee

Aloe Vera from Sundried: string quartet Alice Chance

It Works  Monique Clare, arr. collaboratively by Quart-Ed

We toured the South Coast in collaboration with the Sydney Youth Orchestras and the Four Winds Festival, playing at schools and working with the Bega Youth Orchestra!

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Repertoire

Warmala — Kardajala Kirridarra, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez

Thunderstruck  ACDC, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez

How to Train Your Dragon — John Powell arr. Karen Cortez

Scottish Folk Medley — learnt from Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas

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SYO x Quart-Ed
South Coast Tour

12th-15th November, 2020

Blaxcell, Tathra, Bermagui, Bega

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31st May 2019

St. Stephen's Uniting Church, Sydney

VIVID Festival: Greyscale

87 minutes of music by living, Australian composers! Featuring commissioned works by Liam Mulligan and David Tocknell in collaboration with KonzertProjekt. 

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Program

Dancing with strangers (2004) — Paul Stanhope

Warmala — Kardajala Kirridarra, arr. Sarah Qiu and Karen Cortez

Eliza Aria (2004) — Elena Kats-Chernin

Gallipoli (2013) — Ross Edwards

String quartet 1995  James Humberstone

Hedron — Liam Mulligan (World premiere)

Something about the Ocean — Caitlin Sandiford

Many Shades of Light and Dark — David Tocknell (World premiere)

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