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.