We make the art the world's missing.
Melanie Penicka-SmithProducer
Stage & Event Manager Melanie Penicka-Smith is a Producer, Production and Stage Manager, International Tour Manager and Event Manager. With a passion for working with community... [read more] |
Sarah Penicka-Smith
Conductor
Socially Engaged Artist "Penicka-Smith expertly held it all together ... a big tick for the community, a harmonious, resonant, inspired collaboration..." [read more] |
About us
With 30 years' combined experience in the arts & event industries (and counting), Penicka-Smith Arts & Event Management is how we combine Mel's dynamism, eye for detail & quick thinking with Sarah's vision, creativity, & communication.
It's also how we make the art we think the world's missing.
Commissioning & producing new opera, creating & touring a pride choir, bringing high quality classical music into hospitals, working with communities to tell their own stories through art - we've done all this, and more. Together we've worked with community choirs, orchestras, & choral festivals, produced chamber & children's operas, led international choir tours, & provided consultancy services to amateur & professional organisations.
This website brings together both our partnership & our individual professional pursuits. Click the links to read more.
It's also how we make the art we think the world's missing.
Commissioning & producing new opera, creating & touring a pride choir, bringing high quality classical music into hospitals, working with communities to tell their own stories through art - we've done all this, and more. Together we've worked with community choirs, orchestras, & choral festivals, produced chamber & children's operas, led international choir tours, & provided consultancy services to amateur & professional organisations.
This website brings together both our partnership & our individual professional pursuits. Click the links to read more.
News
She’s back…
‘OCDiva’ returns to Sydney this April at Chippen St Theatre A new opera by Eve Klein Libretto by Yasmin Arkinstall/Sharna Galvin/Sarah Penicka-Smith Think you don’t like opera? Think again! Following the success of ‘OCDiva’ in 2023, Yasmin Arkinstall returns to Sydney this April by popular demand. Limited tickets are available to two shows only at Chippen St Theatre, Sydney Eisteddfod’s new, intimate 50-person theatre in the heart of Chippendale. |
Sarah and Mel both worked on The Cad Factory's 'Old is New, New is Old' project - or, 'release 5 artists on a regional museum and see what happens'. What happened for Sarah was a thought-provoking and mightily enjoyable collaboration with With One Voice Riverina, their director Elizabeth Walsh, and chorister and songwriter Peter Anthony, along with Parkside Cottage Museum Narrandera. The brief was to work with local community members to create a permanent artwork for the museum collection which responds to item/s in the museum. View Sarah's part in the collaboration here.
Sarah conducted River City Voices on the platform of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall as part of our iconic House's 50th birthday celebrations. Watch the livestream here; RCV features at the 32.00 minute mark.
Willoughby Symphony launched its 2024 season, which includes Sarah conducting Dvorak's 'Stabat Mater' with the Willoughby Symphony Choir. Read the Limelight article here.
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