Meet the Music: The Rite of Spring
Years 9-12
Dates & Key Information
Monday 23 March 2026
6:30pm at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
Ticket price: $9
Our low ticket price is thanks to the support of an anonymous donor.
Duration: approx. 1 hour, no interval
Meet the Music Series
Limited tickets available!
The MSO’s popular Meet the Music Series for Schools is an exciting array of incredible performers and much-loved orchestral repertoire. With six concerts to choose from there is something to inspire everyone.
Each concert in this series will be accompanied by a digital pre-concert talk to help prepare students for the performance.
Program
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
About this performance
This concert features a 15-20-minute presentation (Auslan interpreted) and a performance of the full work.
Filled with exciting layered rhythms, rapidly shifting tempos and discordant harmonies, Stravinsky used The Rite of Spring as an opportunity to push his bold musical ideas even further. It culminates with the raw and frenetic rhythms of a sacrificial dance, wild enough to send audiences into an uproar at the first performance.
Duration: approx. 1 hour, no interval
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor