This symposium interrogates Grainger’s ‘Legends’, by bringing together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, from music and art history to museology, architecture, photography, and fashion. With each presentation focussing on a different ‘Legend’ from the collection, this symposium will make a distinct contribution to our understanding of Percy Grainger as a visual artist and curator, as well as to broader and cosmopolitan twentieth-century cultural historical themes.

The symposium will run over two days on 2 and 3 December 2026, with sessions held at the Grainger Museum. Booking is essential.

The schedule and presenters for the symposium can viewed here.

Image credit: Percy Grainger's Museum Legend on Edvard Grieg

The 2026 Symposium celebrates the forthcoming publication of the book Percy Grainger’s Legends: Music, History and the Twentieth-Century Museum edited by Sarah Kirby and Heather Gaunt (Australian Scholarly Publishing), supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation (Publication Sponsor).