Sonic City
A new and expanded program for 2026
Sonic City returns on 8 July 2026 with an expanded city-wide program celebrating contemporary creative music across Melbourne’s CBD. Spanning a series of performances and live experiences, the event invites audiences to explore the city through sound, movement and shared encounter.
Sonic City transforms Melbourne into a connected musical landscape, with audiences encouraged to wander between venues, discovering performances in diverse spaces throughout the day and into the night. Each venue offers its own atmosphere and perspective, creating a journey that is as much about experiencing the city itself as it is about the music.
To Kill A Magic
We Got Used To -
Premiere
Full-length premiere video now on YouTube
To Kill A Magic We Got Used To, a daring and culturally-coded new work by Artistic Director Aaron Choulai and Roman MC, premiered on 28th November 2025 at Athaneum Theatre II, Melbourne.
The work across three movements is a reimagining of Stravinsky’s L'Histoire du soldat for a digital age, and follows a modern artist trading authenticity for social media fame. Multiple musical worlds and cultural references are kneaded into new shapes in a genre-defying work, building the story live through Choulai’s unique Sono-Kinetic Conducting system. Stravinsky’s music is abstracted into a blend of composition and improvisation around Roman MC’s narrative-led spoken word and freestyle, demonstrating new languages in jazz and hip-hop through the sonic world of a Spike Lee movie score. This gripping work confronts the cost of visibility and the fragile balance between creative ambition and artistic integrity.
Conductor: Aaron Choulai | Narrator/MC: Roman MC
Violin 1: Lizzy Welsh | Violin 2: Rachael Kim | Viola: Biddy Connor | Cello: Zoë Barry
Trumpet: Eugene Ball | Alto Clarinet: Andrew Saragossi | Bass Trombone: Adrian Sherriff
Contrabass: Tamara Murphy | Drum Kit: Myka Wallace
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