Ensemble Offspring

Ensemble Offspring is Australia’s leading new music group standing at the forefront of musical innovation for 30 years. A multi-award-winning musical trailblazer, we present gripping programs of living new music and commission more new music than any other ensemble in Australia.

Ensemble Offspring is led by percussionist Claire Edwardes OAM, with a core line-up of fearless instrumentalists, all soloists in their own right: Lamorna Nightingale (flute), Jason Noble (clarinet), Véronique Serret (violin), Blair Harris (cello) and young guest pianist Ronan Apcar (2025 Hatched Emerging Performer).

Ensemble Offspring is acclaimed on the international stage, and our development programs support marginalised musical voices including female-identifying, emerging and First Nations artists. Committed to subverting the classical tradition with gripping performances that transcend time and place, Ensemble Offspring navigates the future with open-mindedness and equity for all.