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Abbotsleigh's 140th Anniversary Concert Night of a Thousand Stars

20 May 2025

In the Concert Hall

Classical Music

Abbotsleigh School has been empowering young women since 1885. Students from Year 5 - Year 12 join together with the whole community to celebrate its 140th anniversary through music and performances.

With education, women can do, or be, anything.

Miss Betty Archdale — 6th Headmistress (1958 1970)

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Abbotsleigh 140th Anniversary Concert: Night of a Thousand Stars

In 2025, Abbotsleigh School proudly celebrates 140 years of empowering young women since 1885. Students from Year 5 to Year 12 will unite in spectacular anniversary concerts, showcasing their talents through music. The program includes whole school choral and instrumental works including performances alongside world renowned didgeridoo player William Barton and special guest artist and "old girl", Little Green. Prominent Australian composer, Harry Sdraulig will also premiere a new work commissioned for the occasion.

Presented by Abbotsleigh School

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Venue information

Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.

All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.

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