SXS
DIDGERIDOO
COMMISSIONING
PROJECT
2025
Williams/Leah Curtis – Wayfinding
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday Feb 22, 2025
Celebrate!
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Stephen Henry
Williams/Chindamo -
binung goonj
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday June 1, 2025
Pearls
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Stephen Henry
Williams/Lin-
Two Winds, One Song
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday October 12, 2025
Wonder
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Stephen Henry
2024
Williams/Sean O'Boyle AM – The Wise Woman
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday March 3, 2024
Divine Alchemy
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Darren Thomas
Williams/Leek -
Juwoon,Tu, Ngyin’anga (Country, Heart, Life)
for soprano, mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday June 2nd, 2024
Perfumes of the East
QPAC Concert Hall
Nina Korbe, soprano
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Darren Thomas
Williams/Sean O'Boyle AM – gundirgan, wise woman
Collaboration with Queensland Ballet - Bespoke Series 2024. Mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
July 25 to August 3, 2024
'gundirgan, wise woman'
Thomas Dixon Centre
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: David Kelly
Williams/Skipworth – The Ascent
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday Ocotber 20th, 2024
Magic, Mystique and Melancholy
Concert Hall, QPAC
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Darren Thomas
2023
Williams/John Jorgenson - ‘Global Rivers Rising’
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday October 22, 2023
The New World,
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
Williams/James Morrison AM – Co-incidience
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday June 18, 2023
From the Heartland: Vienna to Budapest,
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
Williams/Sean O'Boyle AM – The Wise Woman
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Saturday June 10, 2023
Earth and Sky - Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
Williams/Sean O’Boyle – ‘Beerwah’ The Mother of the Glasshouse Mountains
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Saturday June 10, 2023
Earth and Sky
Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
William Barton/Sean O’Boyle – Didgeridoo Concerto
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Saturday June 10, 2023
Earth and Sky -
Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Photo: Simon Woods
2022
Maps and Journeys: The World's First Astronomers
Production for mixed chamber ensemble, didgeridoo soloists, actor and dancer
Cultural Knowledge: Paula Nazarski
Preparation: Tania Frazer, Sean O'Boyle AM, Suzanne Kompass and Paula Nazarski
Music: Sean O'Boyle AM, Eric Avery, Brenda Gifford and Ross Edwards
Thursday August 11, 2022
Schools Concert - Bangalow Music Festival, A&I Hall
Selections from the Production
Saturday August 13, 2022
Bangalow Music Festival, A&I Hall
World Premiere Performance
Tuesday August 7, 2023
Schools Concert,
Immanuel Lutheran College - Buderim
Wednesday August 8, 2023 Horizon,
Melbourne Recital Centre - Elizabeth Murdoch Hall
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Williams/Matthew Dewey – Kunanyi Skies
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday October 2, 2022
A Moment in Time, QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
Williams/Leah Curtis – The Ground
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday June 19, 2022
A Moment in Time, QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
Williams/Sean O’Boyle – ‘Beerwah’ The Mother of the Glasshouse Mountains
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday February 20, 2022
Fireworks and Fury,
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
2021-2020
Williams/Joe Twist – The Ancient Rainforest
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday September 5, 2021
Dreams and Visions,
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance
William Barton/Sean O’Boyle – Didgeridoo Concerto
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Thursday July 22, 2021
Brisbane Gala, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Wednesday November 18, 2020
Dusk Recitals; Chris Williams in Concert with Southern Cross Soloists
Bleach* Festival, Burleigh Hub, Gold Coast
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
Sunday October 18, 2020
SXS Returns,
QPAC Concert Hall Chris Williams, didgeridoo
2019
William Barton – Square Circles Beneath the Sand
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Saturday August 19, 2017
Concert Five ‘Spirit of the People’, Bangalow A&I Hall
Annual Bangalow Music Festival 2017 William Barton, didgeridoo soloist
Williams/John Rotar – Ginan: Songs of Knowledge
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist
Sunday July 21, 2019
Maps and Journeys,
QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
2000's to 2017
William Barton/Joe Twist – Bangalow Dreamsong
for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist featuring William Barton in collaboration with Southern Cross Soloists and community choirs from the Northern Rivers region
Saturday August 19, 2017
Festival Prelude, Bangalow A&I Hall 2017 Annual Bangalow Music Festival World Premiere performance
William Barton, didgeridoo/voice soloist
William Barton – I dream of sacred? I am my dream
for soprano, didgeridoo and mixed chamber ensemble
Recorded for ABC Classics
William Barton
Kalkadungu: Music for Didgeridoo and Orchestra
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Tuesday August 4, 2009
Cocktail Chat with Piers Lane, Jupiters Townsville
2009 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
William Barton, didgeridoo soloist
Wednesday August 27, 2008
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
World Premiere performance
William Barton, didgeridoo soloist
