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Maruki Community Orchestra


A bunch of Canberra people making beautiful music together...


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Upcoming concerts

Maruki Community Orchestra's next concert will be on Sunday 7 December 2025.

Please note we will be at a new venue.
Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre
, 61 Goodwin St, Lyneham

Tickets will be available online closer to the time.


Share your memories with us!

We are writing a book to celebrate our 20th anniversary, to be titled Harmonious Energy: John Gould and twenty years of the Maruki Community Orchestra. If you have memories, photos, or anecdotes of John Gould, or of Maruki, we’d love to include them. Go to maruki.economicalstories.com to open a web form where you can share your recollections, and also leave your details if you’d like to be notified when the book is ready.


Concert dates for 2026:

  • Sunday 17 May 2026
  • Sunday 30 August 2026
  • Sunday 6 December 2026

If you are interested in joining our "Friends of Maruki Community Orchestra" email list to receive details of upcoming concerts, please send an email to [email protected]. You can opt out of receiving emails at any time.


The Maruki Community Orchestra (MCO) is an innovative community symphony orchestra devoted to all musicians in the Canberra region – regardless of age, experience and skill level, who have strong interests in playing classical musical instruments in an orchestral environment and who wish to develop their skills and express their musicality.

MCO enables its players to achieve successes not otherwise possible in a positive, encouraging environment.

Above all we are a community of enthusiastic musicians who not only enjoy exploring beautiful music, but also each other's company. To this end our rehearsal afternoon teas and musical soirées are legendary!

MCO is a very special community music project. MCO recognises and values diversity whether it is based on religion beliefs, cultural background, disability, ethnicity, education level or gender expression.

Please explore this website to find out more.

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