Our music brings people together.
We provide opportunities for players and audiences to create memorable experiences immersed in the beauty of chamber music.
Our Connections in 2025
In 2025 we celebrate connections…
The connections we make through our music making and the communities we form.
The connections to history, culture and place that our music brings.
We are so pleased that our new partnership with Indooroopilly State High School (ISHS) is already creating new musical connections for us. We formed a mini orchestra with students from ISHS to accompany Ignite Choir in their performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria in March, and we performed our first joint concert with the ISHS Symphony Orchestra in June. Several of ISHS students (past and present) are joining us as regular members.
Our music truly brings people together.
Our Concerts
ICO Sundays @ 1pm
Sunday December 7th @ 1.00pm
Indooroopilly State High School
Feel the waves of passion with an extraordinary opening of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture followed by the formidable first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Afterwards, find reprieve in the English countryside with works by Holst and Quilter.
Violin Soloist: Fan Yang
Program
Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op.62, 1802.
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, Op.35, 1st Movement in D Major, 1878.
Holst, Two Songs Without Words, Op.22, 1906.
Quilter, Where the Rainbow Ends, 1911.
Click here to read the online program with detailed program notes.
Tickets
Pre-purchased (prior to 10pm the night before): $20
All tickets at the door are $25 – online payment, bank transfer or cash (correct change preferred)
Companion card holders, under 12s and ISHS students have free entry to all our concerts.
Venue information
Indooroopilly State High School (ISHS) – music school (M-block) hall.
Off street parking is available via the McCaul St entrance to the school in the designated parking areas. From the Town Square/school grounds parking there are steps down to the concert hall. Parking is also available in Turner St and in the staff car park on Ward St. There is a level set-down area half-way along Turner St that has step-free access to the hall; this is the best access for people with limited mobility.
Tea and coffee is available before, during and after the concert. Please help yourself.
Soloist
Fan Yang
Our online program has more details of Fan’s music journey – click here
Next year’s concerts:
We will finalise our concert repertoire for next year over the next couple of weeks. Please check in here for updates. We look forward to sharing our love of full-length chamber works, and showcasing the talents of Brisbane’s young soloists with our concerti program next year.
Future Concert Dates
Sunday 29 March 2026
Sunday 21 June 2026
Sunday 13 September 2026
Sunday 6 December 2026
Our Story
We gather together weekly to have fun playing orchestral music in a friendly, welcoming group. Whether young or old, novice or professional, we’re all connected through our passion for music.
Sixty years ago a group of friends decided to meet regularly in their lounge rooms in Indooroopilly to play music. Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra grew out of this informal music group, and has been meeting regularly in various forms since the 1950s.
Whether joining a rehearsal or attending a performance, our audience and players share the common ground of a love for chamber music, and that’s what helps us build meaningful connections and experiences.
Our performances are characterised by an exceptional repertoire of full-scale symphonies, suites and concerti that showcase our players and the talents of Brisbane’s young soloists. If you are looking for a group to play with, come along and see if we are right for you!
How you can support us
It costs approximately $16,000 a year to run the rehearsal program for the orchestra. Currently our income sources are term fees from our players and concert ticket sales. You can support us by playing with us, coming to one of our concerts, making a donation to us or donating your Containers for Change refund to us.
Containers for Change
We are registered with the Containers for Change recycling program, and we’d love you to collect your recyclables and donate your refund to us.
It’s easy to donate your recycling refund to us:
- Collect eligible containers.
- Take them to a container refund point.
- Quote our scheme ID number (C10219780) at your refund point.
The Containers for Change website and the app tell you which containers are eligible for a 10c refund, where to find a refund point nearby, and how to use our specific number to donate your refund.
Thankyou for your support.
