Intimate concerts back for season

A SERIES of homegrown concerts will be returning over the coming months following the launch of Chisholm Street’s 2022 program.

The intimate concerts started last year when Bronwyn Blaiklock decided to run a series of events out of her Black Hill home.

Each show will see about 30 audience members seated throughout her loungeroom and deck, and Blaiklock said the program will run in the same fashion as last year’s, with recurring performances by each artist.

“Even though it’s a small space, I’ve made it so that performers can play the same program up to four times for different audiences over a few days,” she said.

“As a player who isn’t involved in an orchestra with repeat concerts, it’s a beautiful thing. We get to afford time to all that work we’ve done so it’s a great professional development.

“The thematic link of the event is about the slow dance we’ve all done in isolation, although the ongoing concert program will branch out and explore different ideas with each series.

“What we do at Chisholm Street is delve into a different corner of classical music. We give audiences a hook and then hopefully demonstrate that it isn’t all highfalutin and exclusive.”

This year’s program will comprise six different concerts repeated over at least three days, with the first series occurring in April followed by one each month.

The themes will vary between each series, and Blaiklock said the program will comprise solely on local musicians.

“There’s enough talent here to sustain performing, so I’d like to demonstrate that by offering a space in my house in my lounge,” she said.

“Another beauty of the location is that I don’t have to worry about hire fees and cancellations. It’s just so much more accessible.

“These concerts are giving people up close and personal experiences with music the way we see it as players.”

Each concert will be listed on Blaiklock’s Arts Atlas webpage.