Gunning Focus Group

Gunning Focus Group We bring splendid, affordable, mainly classical music concerts to Gunning and the surrounding region

Close to 50 people enjoyed a splendid afternoon of music, comprising both harp solos and duets with piano, in the Gunnin...
31/05/2026

Close to 50 people enjoyed a splendid afternoon of music, comprising both harp solos and duets with piano, in the Gunning Courtroom yesterday.

Gunning Focus Group was delighted to host world-renowned harpist Alice Giles AM and excellent pianist Arnan Wiesel at a special Wendy Coley tribute concert.

We can consider ourselves fortunate indeed to have had this opportunity to enjoy such great performances from two terrific players.

The intimate atmosphere and acoustics of the Courtroom so suited the music we heard.

There should be a report on this concert in the Upper Lachlan Gazette in the next week or so.

🔥 IT'S ON THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. The upcoming Afternoon with Alice and Arnan in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Satur...
24/05/2026

🔥 IT'S ON THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

The upcoming Afternoon with Alice and Arnan in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Saturday 30 May will be a truly delightful experience for music lovers. Life partners and international musicians of note, harpist Alice Giles AM and pianist Arnan Wiesel, will play music they love, duos and solo pieces by CP Bach and Carlos Salzedo, in an intimate and historic venue so well suited to their music and instruments.

Get your tickets now ( $40. GFG members $30, music students $15) at https://events.humanitix.com/an-afternoon-with-alice-and-arnan Tickets will be also available at the door while places remain. But booking via Humanitix will ensure avoiding disappointment

MORE INFO: Gunning Focus Group 0429 906 834 or mailto:[email protected] or just Google “afternoon with alice and arnan”

First-time visitors to Gunning? Gunning has two cafes and a hotel bistro for pre-concert dining, historic charm, antique and craft shops, and the Picture House Gallery for browsing. See more about Gunning’s attractions at https://gunningfocusgroup.com/eat-see-and-do-in-gunning/

🎶 🎶 The upcoming Afternoon with Alice and Arnan in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Saturday 30 May will be a delightful ...
18/05/2026

🎶 🎶 The upcoming Afternoon with Alice and Arnan in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Saturday 30 May will be a delightful experience.

Life partners and international artists of note, harpist Alice Giles AM and pianist Arnan Wiesel, will play music they love, duos and solo pieces by CP Bach and Carlos Salzedo, in an intimate and historic venue so well suited to their music and instruments.

It’s happening at 2pm on Saturday 30 May in the Gunning Courtroom.

TICKETS are $40. GFG members $30, music students $15. You can get them right now at https://events.humanitix.com/an-afternoon-with-alice-and-arnan Tickets also available at the door while places remain.

MORE INFO: Gunning Focus Group 0429 906 834 or mailto:[email protected] or just Google “afternoon with alice and arnan”

First-time visitors to Gunning? Gunning has two cafes and a hotel bistro for pre-concert dining, historic charm, antique and craft shops, and the Picture House Gallery for browsing. See more about Gunning’s attractions at https://gunningfocusgroup.com/eat-see-and-do-in-gunning/

🎶 Two excellent musicians - celebrated harpist Alice Giles AM and international award-winning pianist Arnan Wiesel.🎶 a d...
11/05/2026

🎶 Two excellent musicians - celebrated harpist Alice Giles AM and international award-winning pianist Arnan Wiesel.
🎶 a delightful selection of music featuring duo and solo pieces by CP Bach,, and Carlos Salzedo and more.
🎶a “uniquely exceptional” chamber music venue.

All the ingredients are there for a very enjoyable and satisfying experience at the upcoming Afternoon with Alice and Arnan at 2pm on Saturday 30 May in the Gunning Courtroom.

TICKETS are $40. GFG members $30, music students $15. Secure your place at this et them right now at https://events.humanitix.com/an-afternoon-with-alice-and-arnan Tickets also available at the door while places remain.

MORE INFO: Gunning Focus Group 0429 906 834 or mailto:[email protected] or just Google “afternoon with alice and arnan”

First-time visitors to Gunning? Gunning has two cafes and a hotel bistro for pre-concert dining, historic charm, antique and craft shops, and the Picture House Gallery for browsing. See more about Gunning’s attractions at https://gunningfocusgroup.com/eat-see-and-do-in-gunning/

🎶 🎶 AN AFTERNOON WITH ALICE AND ARNAN Life partners and international artists of note, harpist Alice Giles AM and pianis...
03/05/2026

🎶 🎶 AN AFTERNOON WITH ALICE AND ARNAN

Life partners and international artists of note, harpist Alice Giles AM and pianist Arnan Wiesel, will play music they love (duos and solo pieces by CP Bach and Carlos Salzedo) in an intimate and historic venue so well suited to their music and instruments.

It’s happening at 2pm on Saturday 30 May in the Gunning Courtroom. A delightful afternoon of excellent chamber music is assured.

TICKETS are $40. GFG members $30, music students $15. You can get them right now at https://events.humanitix.com/an-afternoon-with-alice-and-arnan Tickets also available at the door while places remain.

MORE INFO: Gunning Focus Group 0429 906 834 or mailto:[email protected] or just Google “afternoon with alice and arnan”

FIRST-TIME VISIITORS TO GUNNING? Gunning has two cafes and a hotel bistro for pre-concert dining, historic charm, antique and craft shops, and the Picture House Gallery for browsing. See more about Gunning’s attractions at https://gunningfocusgroup.com/eat-see-and-do-in-gunning/

PICTURED are our featured artists and Gunning Focus Group’s Pat Stone who is exercising the Gunning Courtoom’s Kawai GX2 grand piano in preparation for the concert.

🎻 🎻 “I loved every minute of it”, “This was delightful”, “Thank you for another excellent show” and “Absolutely fabulo...
12/04/2026

🎻 🎻 “I loved every minute of it”, “This was delightful”, “Thank you for another excellent show” and “Absolutely fabulous,” were among the parting comments volunteered by some of the 33 concert goers after the Barada Flute Quartet played in the Gunning Courtroom on Saturday afternoon.

The music was performed just as the composers Mozart, Haydn and Ries intended, as the works were written to be played by skilled and devoted amateur musicians in an intimate chamber music setting. That’s exactly what we enjoyed on the day.

GFG thanks John Smiles (flute), Valerie Jackson (violin), Paul Whitbread (viola and informative commentary) and Jane Smith (cello). These excellent musicians have played together for enjoyment for around 15 years. This event was their premiere public performance. And a very satisfying one it was too.

GFG passes all net returns to performers, less $3 per ticket sold for essential asset maintenance and administration costs. The Baradas are donating their box office payment to Dainere’s Rainbow – an ACT-based charity dedicated to raising funds for Australian research into childhood brain cancer and providing support to affected families.

🎻 🎻Three terrific chamber music pieces, one of them a work acclaimed by many aficionados for having “the most beautiful ...
16/03/2026

🎻 🎻Three terrific chamber music pieces, one of them a work acclaimed by many aficionados for having “the most beautiful accompanied solo for flute ever written”, will be yours to savour when the Barada Quartet makes its first appearance in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Saturday, 11 April.

Enjoy music from the classical and early romantic periods by Ferdinand Ries, Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – all composers of note (pictured below). While Mozart’s Flute Quartet 1 in D major, K285 is a standout piece, you can expect the afternoon to be filled with “sparkling”, “charming”, “witty” and “highly melodic” compositions.

You will savour this marvellous music to the full in a comfortable, intimate and atmospheric chamber music venue, frequently praised by musicians and audiences alike for its excellent acoustics.

🎟️Get your tickets now at https://events.humanitix.com/the-barada-flute-quartet $40 pp, GFG members $30, music students $15.

🗓️ 2pm, Saturday 11 April

đź“ž 0429 906 834 or mailto:[email protected]
First-time visitors to Gunning? Gunning offers two cafes and a hotel bistro for pre-concert dining, plus historic charm, antique and craft shops, and the Picture House Gallery for browsing You can read more about Gunning’s attractions at https://gunningfocusgroup.com/eat-see-and-do-in-gunning/

🎻 🎻 THE TWO EINSTEINS AGREE. Alfred Einstein (musicologist and Mozart biographer) and Albert Einstein (scientist and ph...
09/03/2026

🎻 🎻 THE TWO EINSTEINS AGREE. Alfred Einstein (musicologist and Mozart biographer) and Albert Einstein (scientist and philosopher of E=MC2 fame, pictured here) would strongly recommend you get along to the upcoming concert by the Barada Flute Quartet in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Saturday, 11 April.

This excellent ensemble of flute and three strings is excited to bring us music from the classical and early romantic periods. Pieces by Ferdinand Ries, Haydn and Mozart - his Flute Quartet 1 in D major, K285!

Scientist and amateur musician Albert Einstein said, “Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe itself.” Musicologist Alfred described Mozart’s K285 as "of the sweetest melancholy, perhaps the most beautiful accompanied solo ever written for the flute".

Expect a cracker of a concert. While K285 is a standout, the pieces by Ries and Haydn are not too shabby either. They are variously described as “sparkling”, “charming”, “witty” and “highly melodic”. You will hear the hum and thrum of the instruments up close in an intimate performance space with excellent acoustics. An experience to be relished.

🎟️Get your tickets now at https://events.humanitix.com/the-barada-flute-quartet $40 pp, GFG members $30, music students $15.
🗓️ 2pm, Saturday 11 April

đź“ž 0429 906 834 or mailto:[email protected]

First-time visitors to Gunning? Gunning offers two cafes and hotel bistro for pre-concert dining, plus historic charm, antique and craft shops and the Picture House Gallery for browsing You can read more about Gunning’s attractions at https://gunningfocusgroup.com/eat-see-and-do-in-gunning/

🎵 🎵 🎵 “Sheer Joy”, “Uplifting” and “Fabulous” said concertgoers departing the Andante Andante Choir’s performance in fr...
02/03/2026

🎵 🎵 🎵 “Sheer Joy”, “Uplifting” and “Fabulous” said concertgoers departing the Andante Andante Choir’s performance in front of a packed Gunning Courtroom on Sunday afternoon.

This ensemble is commonly known as The ABBA Choir. It comprised some two dozen singers and musicians inspiringly led by the athletic and energetic violinist, kazoo player and comic actor Katie Cole. Unquestionably, the almost 50 strong audience just loved the entire show. We sang along [whether we were ABBA fans or not], laughed and smiled, and clapped and clapped the entire afternoon.

The choir was joined by drums, recorders and flute together, at times, with massed kazoos. Their long-term accompanist, Crookwell’s Katrina Rivera, made excellent use of Gunning’s grand piano and her guitar [not simultaneously].

It might be a step too far to say Andante does ABBA better than ABBA. But the group’s obvious love of the oeuvre combined with their professionalism made for an outstandingly joyous afternoon.

Several members of the choir told us they love playing in Gunning. And we love them playing here as well. This was Andante Andante’s third performance here for the Gunning Focus Group and we very much hope it will not be their last. You don’t have to be an ABBA tragic to delight in this choir’s unique and entertaining take on the music.

🎶🎶 Looking For Something Delightful, Diverting and Different to do this Sunday afternoon? The excellent Andante Andante...
24/02/2026

🎶🎶 Looking For Something Delightful, Diverting and Different to do this Sunday afternoon? The excellent Andante Andante (aka the ABBA Choir) will be in the Gunning Courtroom at 2pm on Sunday 1 March.
They wowed the audience here in 2022 with their own special take on the ABBA oeuvre. We know they will do it again.

So, there is your Sunday arvo fixed! Enjoy a terrific participative concert featuring a selection of ABBA’s songs– some popular, others less well-known, but all showcasing ABBA’s glorious and intricate harmonies. With guitar and grand piano accompaniment. Guaranteed to lift your spirits.

Tickets: $40, GFG members $30, music students $15.
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/abba-choir-gunning [Fees apply] or contact 0429 906 834 or [email protected]

Walk-up cash or card payments welcome while seats still available. But pre-booking ensures your place.

There is even more than the concert to enjoy. Check out the extensive range of craft items and materials at the annual Stash and Treasure sale on from 9am at the Gunning Shire Hall.

The Old Hume Café and Telegraph Bistro are available for pre-concert dining. Gunning also has heaps of historic charm, antique and craft shops and the Picture House Gallery for browsing

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263 Iron Mines Road
Gunning, NSW
2581

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