Katie Noonan:
featuring the River Suite String quartet

5 x ARIA Award winning artist Katie Noonan will release her 30th studio album in 2026: Alone But All One

Presented by Craft Music

Katie Noonan: ~featuring the River Suite String quartet~
Katie Noonan: ~featuring the River Suite String quartet~

#For anyone who’s gone through a life shift

The album is an intimate and powerful exploration of love in all its stages and features Katie’s first songwriting collaboration with acclaimed writer Trent Dalton. The album is a powerful and delicate offering with Katie’s piano and a string quartet the only accompaniment for her exquisite vocal performance.

“This album is for anyone who’s gone through a life shift—not just separation, but grief, uncertainty, or quiet reinvention.” reveals Katie, “It’s music for sitting with things. For remembering we’re not alone, even in solitude. It’s personal, but I hope it will resonate in a way that becomes collective.”

Alone But All One is a quiet turning inward—a return to something essential. Musically it is very stripped back—just Katie, her piano and a string quartet, recorded live in her lounge room on Gubbi Gubbi Country in the hills behind Nambour, Queensland.

It feels like a deep breath before the next chapter. The creative intention is clear: to honour this moment, share it with care, and trust that others will feel themselves in it too.

Friday 23 October - 7:30pm


One Price $59.90
*a fee of $5 applies per transaction for online bookings.


Music


Mark Wilkinson 7:30pm
Interval 8:10pm
Katie Noonan featuring the River Suite String quartet 8:30pm


Please be aware that the Armitage Centre is a seating bank, you may need to climb stairs.
If you're after wheelchair seating or Companion Card (limited number available) book via our Ticket Office or over the phone on 1300 655 299.

With Special Guest  ~Mark Wilkinson~

With Special Guest
Mark Wilkinson

Australian singer-songwriter Mark Wilkinson has spent over a decade carving out a unique place in the indie folk scene with his evocative songwriting and captivating live performances. With over 150 million streams and tens of thousands of records sold independently, his warm acoustic sound and soulful vocals explore themes of love, loss and the beauty hidden in everyday moments.

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Acknowledgement
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