Name: Kompactus on the Edge
Start: 2026-06-28T05:00:00+10:00
Location: Wesley Music Centre

What happens just before music begins?
"Kompactus on the Edge" lives in that charged, fleeting space — the breath before sound, the shimmer of a bell not yet struck. Centred on Gordon Hamilton’s "The Bell", the program moves between soaring energy, playful storytelling, and moments of deep stillness.
This is not a program that sits quietly in one mood. It dances, it jokes, it tells stories. A lullaby slips into jazz; a wayward chicken finds itself in theatrical trouble; voices whirl, scatter, and snap into place in Olivia Swift’s "Motion Madrigals" (including the premiere of "Whisk!"). Even in its most playful moments, there is precision — a sense of balance, as though everything is held right at the tipping point.
Serious, playful, tender, and bold: this is a program that lives on contrasts, always returning to that edge where sound hovers and meaning begins to form.
Step closer. Listen carefully.
You might just catch the moment it tips.