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Chaos and Containment – creative inspiration from the vivid music of Japan
by Lachlan Skipworth
...It's the constant battle to contain the chaotic elements into a rigid formality that make Tokyo a place of enduring interest. A similar struggle between musical extremes and strict form gives traditional Japanese music its mysterious allure...
Sydney Chamber Choir sings Australian repertory in Spain
by Paul Stanhope
In October and November 2009, Sydney Chamber Choir travelled to Northern Spain where it had been invited to participate in the 41st Tolosa International Choral Festival. The Tolosa festival brings together, by invitation only, many of the finest choirs and vocal ensembles in the world to perform and compete in front of an international judging panel. Sydney Chamber Choir is the first Australian choir to participate in this festival. One of the festival's features is a series of free concerts, by the visiting groups, in various villages around the Basque region of Spain. As part of Sydney Chamber Choir's participation, we performed in six such concerts, often in the glorious acoustics of local churches.
Emerging from the fog – composing and motherhood
by Christine McCombe
I can remember a conversation with one of my composition teachers in Edinburgh several years ago where I brought up the subject of wanting to have children, and the conflict I perceived between wanting to maintain a career as a composer and bringing up children. His response (more eloquently expressed) was that he didn’t know any women composers whose music had suffered as a result of having children. I have held on to this thought over the last couple of years, during which time I have had two children and my career as a composer has been on hold...
Laughing Waters Artist in Residence Program
by Kate Moore
During her Laughing Waters residency in September-October 2009, Kate Moore designed and built series of mini sound sculptures that captured and ampified the sounds of the Laughing Waters property. This event also featured work by her colleague, installation artist Kath Fries, who built fragile miniature installations featuring thread spider webs, mirrors and copper spirals.
Choreosound 09
by Amanda Cole
Being a fan of contemporary dance and a composer of contemporary music, I have always wanted to write music for contemporary dance. When the opportunity arose to participate in Choreosound 09 - an artistic lab exploring relationships between contemporary dance and music - I pounced...
The Origin Cycle
by Jane Sheldon and Peter Godfrey-Smith
Charles Darwin's Origin of Species is not only one of the most important scientific works of all time, but one of the most beautifully written. The Origin Cycle is a work in which eight Australian composers have set short fragments of Darwin's book to music, for performance by solo soprano and chamber ensemble. 2009 marks the bicentennial of Darwin's birth and 150 years since the first publication of the Origin of Species
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