Originally built in 1872, the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ uses ninety thousand cubic feet of air every minute and can produce anything from a delicate whistle to deafening thunder. It was lovingly refurbished and relaunched in 2001 and now contains drums, bells and almost ten thousand pipes across three Town Hall levels. The City of Melbourne's Grand Organ music program presents:
- virtuosic solo performances of classical organ music spanning hundreds of years
- orchestra and band concerts performing with the organ
- original contemporary works written specifically for the Town Hall instrument
- opportunities to see the instrument from the inside
Best of all, most of the events are offered free of charge
A list of notable acts to work with the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ:
Kali Malone (USA) w/ Stephen O'Malley (USA)
Naretha Williams
Goblin (ITA)
Cameron Carpenter (USA)
Tangerine Dream (DE)
Bart Willoughby
Ehsan Gelsi
Philip Glass (USA)
The Drones
Alice Skye
Adalita
Dan Sultan
DJ PGZ
The Necks
James Henry
Brian Jonestown Massacre (USA)
Mission Songs Project
Sow Discord
New War
Cat Hope / Super Luminum
J. Shilo
Anthony Pateras
Taipan Tiger Girls
Mark Coles Smith
Underground Lovers
Dark Water
COMPLETE
Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
MESS Synthesizer Orchestra
Ria Angelika Polo
Ash Wednesday
Karen Marks
Joseph Nolan (UK)
Pavel Kohout (CZ)
Thomas Heywood
You Am I
The Night Terrors
Charlemagne Palestine (USA)
Sarah Mary Chadwick
Jennifer Chou
Felix Hell (DE)
Luciano Chessa (ITA)
Alessandro Pittorino
Christopher Herrick (UK)
Australian Art Orchestra
Carlo Curley (USA)
Frederick Swann (USA)
Simon Preston (UK)
Gordon Stewart (UK)
John Scott (UK)
New War
Dong-ill Shin (KR)
Thomas Trotter (UK)
Joseph Nolan (UK)
Jonas Nordwall (USA)
Richard Hills (UK)
Christopher Herrick
Hector Olivera (AR)
