Coffs Harbour
Regional Conservatorium
Where music happens and creativity flourishes...
Welcome to Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium
The Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium (CHRC) is a not-for-profit, being a vital part of the Coffs Harbour community since 1984. If you have always wanted to learn to play an instrument, sing or write music then, The Con has a program that suits you!
Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium introduction from previous director Pat Brearly (December 2021).
We offer individual and group lessons, ensembles, music programs for schools, professional development for teachers, and offer performances by our students, teachers and acclaimed musicians from across Australia and beyond.
We have the best tutors from across the world teaching every sort of instrument. So what are you waiting for? Start lessons today!
2025 TERM DATES
- Term 1: Tuesday 28 January to Saturday 12 April
- Term 2: Monday 28 April to Saturday 5 July
- Term 3: Monday 21 July to Saturday 27 September
- Term 4: Monday 13 October to Saturday 13 December
April 8-10 2022
Brahms – Mozart – Copland – Tchaikovsky – Beethoven – Schubert- Bloch – and more
Upcoming events & concerts
LISTEN
Performance Space
Our 158 seat Performance Space gives students and audiences access to the only purpose-built acoustic performance venue in Coffs Harbour.
Classical Showcase
Have a look at our Term 4 Classical Showcase video.
Share the joys of playing music together
The Coffs Con Ensemble Program offers a unique learning experience for all ages and abilities.
Students from across the Coast come together weekly to rehearse and learn, creating a fun, supportive and professional learning environment.
LEARN
One-on-one and group music lessons are at the heart of learning music at Coffs Con, for children and adults.
The inaugural Coffs Harbour Festival of Chamber Music
The Coffs Harbour Festival of Chamber Music brought together Australia’s leading professional and student musicians on stage in Coffs Harbour for a 3-day celebration of music, performing arts, culture, community, and collaboration.
The Festival was the first of its kind at the Coffs Conservatorium and brought an exciting program of classical and contemporary chamber music performances, workshops and masterclasses to the greater Coffs Coast community.
A vision of bringing world class performances and experiences to audiences and students, the festival celebrated collaboration between leading professionals and local student musicians, featuring a multi-tiered learning structure built to inspire and lead the next generation of regional musicians.
Opening the festival on Friday 8 April 2022, the Australian String Quartet presented aworld premiere composition by Manduway Dutton (Gumbaynaggirr nation), Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky for their first ever concert in Coffs Harbour.
Saturday 9 April saw Academy students feature in the spotlight with open rehearsals and collaborative concerts alongside festival musicians and the Australian String Quartet. After a relaxing afternoon, the Saturday evening concert offered a program that featured another world premiere, and two diamonds of the chamber music
repertoire by Schubert.
Sunday 10 April brought the festival to a close with its final concert. The program took listeners on a journey through dramatically different landscapes, encapsulating
the weekend and celebrating the return of live music and arts and culture on the Coffs Coast.
