The Friends' 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held at Auburn Uniting Church on Thursday 23 October at 7.30pm sharp. After the formalities, we will have a presentation by architect Virginia Ross, who will speak of her interest in the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. Virginia will be the 20th in an impressive series of guest speakers - the full list may be viewed here.The evening will conclude with supper. This is a free event, with no need to book, but an indication of numbers for catering purposes would be appreciated.
The next Tower Open event will be held on Sunday afternoon, 9 November 2025. Admission is by timed ticket (20 minute sessions) and bookings will open in October.
International pianist Alexander Peskanov will return to Auburn Uniting Church for a concert of music for solo piano, piano duet (with associate artist Coady Green) and flute (with associate artist Lu Ann Peskanov). Sunday 17 August 2025 at 5.00pm. Book online now: https://www.trybooking.com/DCNFS .
The Church acknowledges with thanks the generous support of House of Pianos on this occasion.
This year's Concert Under the Tower, featuring artists from the Boroondara Eisteddfod, will be held at Auburn on the afternoon of Sunday 23 November 2025. The Concert is made possible with the generous support of the City of Boroondara Triennial Grants scheme. Bookings will open soon.
From time to time we'll list other events which might be of interest to the Friends and their friends.
The auditorium at Auburn Uniting Church is available for recitals, concerts, lectures and presentations. Full details are on the Congregation's website. The auditorium, seating 400, is in the amphitheatre style, with a sloping floor and excellent acoustics and sightlines. The choir and dais accommodate a choir of up to 60, and a small orchestra. Keyboard instruments provided are the original Fincham organ, of three manuals and pedals, and a Kawai KG-1 grand piano. Both are regularly maintained and tuned to concert pitch (A = 440). Another piano, a Rönisch upright grand, is located in the rehearsal/warmup room. Enquiries to mail@auburnuc.org.au .
Preview: see an Australian Boys Choir Concert in just 2 minutes.
