About SCCMF

Orava By Candlelight, 2022 Festival

Our Vision 

The Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival intelligently reimagines chamber music in a contemporary context, integrating site-specific, cross-form, and cross-cultural elements.  Each year the festival aims to present an innovative program of bespoke events staged in stunning natural locations and intimate venues across the Sunshine Coast.

Camerata In Concert, 2023 Festival

Our Mission

  • stage a unique chamber music festival that reflects the personality of the Sunshine Coast, celebrating its natural beauty and blend of innovation and tradition

  • embed First Nations artists, producers and stories/culture/language throughout the program

  • introduce new audiences to chamber music through innovative programming that makes classical music assessible by reimagining its modes of delivery

  • reflect and promote the diversity and excellence of the Australian classical contemporary musical culture by engaging international, national and local artists of the highest calibre

  • support living composers through commissions and a program that features Australian artists

  • build the region's cultural capacity through the festival’s Community Engagement Program, which includes a mentoring program and free concerts in schools, aged care facilities and the Sunshine Coast University hospital.

Singing Up Country, 2022 Festival

Creative Team

Aunty Helena Gulash
Festival Elder

Dr Lynne Bradley
Artistic Director

Simon Woods
Senior Producer

Danielle Aquilina
Marketing Manager

James Lees
Co-Artistic Director

Cinnamon Watson
Publicist

Noela L’Estrange
Board Member

Board

Ralph Devlin AM KC
Board Chair

Lyn Cheetham
Deputy Chair

Victoria Berry
Treasurer