2024
Ukaria residency with Jess Hitchcock and Iain Grandage
Musica Viva presents PQ x Jess Hitchcock - October 29th - The Edge, Naarm Melbourne
"INPOUR" - November 1st - Melbourne Recital Centre
2023
3mbs Marathon - 11th February - Mendelssohn Octet with Flinders Quartet, in person at MRC and online at Australian Digital Concert Hall
Musica Viva September Tour - Bartok, Dutton, Haydn - Coffs Harbour, Ballarat, Naarm Melbourne
2022
*Postponed* Launch - The Lost Horse Saloon, "One Night Only" - Brunswick Ballroom
BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL - March 11th - PQ X Tim Young
PQ x Tim Young relaxed performance - March 15th - Melbourne Recital Centre
Melbourne Recital Centre, concert 1 - "Metamorphosis" - May 2nd - Ligeti, Macens, Schumann
Melbourne Recital Centre, concert 2 - "Divergent" - October 10th - Andriessen, Beethoven
THNDO - THE REINTRODUCTION TOUR - Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra
2021
*CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWNS*
Melbourne Recital Centre “Local Heroes” series:
"BALLADE" - PQ X LLOYD VAN'T HOFF - August 10th - Brahms, Pesson clarinet quintets
"BALLADE" - BALLARAT - August 8th
PQxPQ - Penny and Partridge play Quintets
2020
MRC Local Heroes 1 - “Golden” February 10th - Potter, Butterworth, Bartok with guest vocalist Georgie Darvidis
CANCELLED Local Heroes 2 - Divergent - December 9th - Andriessen, Beethoven
2019
Live at the Convent - February 15th - with guest violin Harry Ward
MRC Local Heroes 1 - “Primeval” April 16th - Kurtág, Glass, Prokofiev
Canberra International Music Festival - May 2-12th
Symphony in the Cellar - PQ in recital, June 7th - Mitchelton Winery
In Recital at Ballarat - June 10th
Musica Viva Featured Artists - “Odyssey” June 2019 - Haydn, O'Connor, Prokofiev - regional tour
In recital at Benalla Art Gallery - July 28th - Ravel, Haydn
MRC Local Heroes 2 - Thin Places, December 11th - Sven-Tüür, Widmann, Ravel
2018
Melbourne Recital Centre “Local Heroes” series - Melbourne Recital Centre, “Respire” 12th February/”Blossom” 24th September
Ballarat - 11th Feb 2.30pm
“Play On” with Lotte Betts-Dean, 23rd March - Collingwood underground carpark
Metropolis Festival, 19th April - In collaboration with Ad Lib Collective - Melbourne Recital Centre
In recital at Warburton, 15th July - Arts Centre Warburton
Open rehearsal, 10th September 12pm - Melbourne Recital Centre
Ballarat - 23rd September
2017
2017 Recital season:
The Weaver's Knot:
Liza Lim - The Weaver's Knot - Australian premiere
Igor Stravinsky - Three Pieces for String Quartet
Heinrich Franz von Biber - Sonata XI Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in F, Opus 18 no 1
Sydney:
November 1st - la la la no.5, Creative space 99 Darlinghurst
November 6th - Opus Now, Alpha Gallery Newtown
Ballarat - 26th November
Melbourne Recital Centre - 27th November
Chamber Players @ Musica Viva Festival - 22nd April
Haydn - String Quartet No.3 in G minor, Op.74
Liza Lim - The Weaver's Knot (Australian Premiere)
Beethoven - String Quartet No.1 in F, Op.18
Music for Our Changing Climate, 17th May - The Carlton Connect Initiative - In collaboration with Ad Lib Collective
UNFIX Album Launch, 21st May - Jazzlab Brunswick - In collaboration with BLBB/UNFIX
2016
Fellowship recital - Brahms Piano Quintet with Laurence Matheson, 8th March - South Melbourne Town Hall
Four Winds Festival - 22nd-27th March
2016 recital tour:
Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, opus 33 no. 1
Sculthorpe - String Quartet no. 8
Britten - String Quartet no. 3
Ballarat recital, - 30th July
Alumni recital, 2nd August - ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall
In recital at the University of Queensland - 4th August - Nickson Room, School of Music
In recital at the University of Queensland -7th August - UQ Art Museum
”Play On” - 11th November - Collingwood Underground Carpark
Zola Jesus with Penny Quartet -14th November - Melbourne Recital Centre
2015
Masterclass with the Australian Chamber Orchestra - 8th March - TarraWarra Festival.
Four Winds Festival residency - 21st March-4th April - Bermagui and surrounds NSW
St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar - 19th June-28th June - Stanford University, California USA.
Chamber Music in the City - 10th July - Presented by Chamber Music Australia
'Rising Stars' - 30th July - University of Queensland, Nickson room
Penny Quartet Presents - 2nd August - University of Queensland, Brookfield Hall.
QUARTETTHAUS - Melbourne Festival
2014
St Silas Sundays - 17th August - "Love Songs" - a collaboration
Music in the Round - 7th September - Abbotsford Convent with Paul Dean
Recital and Lunch with the Penny Quartet - 20th September - Merindoc Cafe and Cellar Door.
Quartetthaus, 11th - 18th October - Melbourne Festival
Emerald Hill Festival, 9th November - With commentary and discussion from Richard Gill OAM.
ANAM Chamber Music Competition Final - December 6th - Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
Penny Quartet works and performs on Stolen Land.
We acknowledge the First Nations custodians of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and sky as the oldest continuing music-making culture in the world. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.