Nightingale Gallery presents the inaugural Queer Nights at Nightingale, a finely curated festival under the artistic direction of internationally acclaimed pianist Coady Green.

Concert Three: Fault Lines curated by Robert McIntyre

Curated by composer Robert McIntyre, Aether Duo presents Fault Lines, an evening of flute and piano works by LGBTQIA+ composers Robert McIntyre, Sally Whitwell, Sam Williams and more – dealing both subtly and directly with elements pertaining to the lived queer experience and the environments and space we rightly take up.

With queerness often viewed (and experienced) as an epicentre of both tension and generative force, Fault Lines explores queer life through that geology. In a culture that treats straightness as the stable ground beneath us, queerness is often framed as deviation or rupture to that ground — something “across the line” that is disparate to the status quo. But fault lines aren’t anomalies: they are structures, pathways, and truth made visible at the surface. Across this curation, we invite you to listen for the crack, the shift, and the new landscape that follows – when acceptance becomes the normalisation of divergence.

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Aether Duo

Robert McIntyre, flute

Sam Williams, piano

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Each June, Pride Month invites a renewed encounter with queer culture, celebrating its richness and power to shape the artistic landscape. In this spirit, Nightingale Gallery presents the inaugural Queer Nights at Nightingale, a finely curated festival under the artistic direction of internationally acclaimed pianist Coady Green.

Across four Friday evenings, leading Australian artists assume the role of curator-performer, each shaping a program of distinctive voice and vision. Drawing on music by LGBTQIA+ composers from Australia and abroad, these concerts traverse a wide and evocative terrain, foregrounding queer perspectives, reimagining inherited traditions, and illuminating histories too often left unheard.

Featuring Coady Green (Concert One), Meta Cohen (Concert Two), Robert McIntyre (Concert Three) and Cameron Lam (Concert Four), Queer Nights at Nightingale unfolds as a space of artistry, inquiry, and celebration, where music becomes a living expression of identity and imagination.

Join us at Nightingale Gallery in Armadale for an intimate festival experience, with drinks and opportunities to meet artists following each performance.

Tickets can be purchased for each event individually, or as a package of four tickets for the whole festival.