26 June 2009
Sounds of the future - MODART09 concerts
[Update 24 July: read Rachel Orzech's review of the Melbourne concert.]
Hear nine brand-new works for voices, by some of the finest emerging composers in the Pacific. The final concerts of MODART2009 bring together creative talent from Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, in performances by The Song Company - for one night only in Sydney and Melbourne.
MODART09 is a biennial professional development program, providing opportunities for emerging composers to develop new work for voices. Nine young composers have had the opportunity to spend two intensive working periods with the singers of The Song Company and Artistic Director Roland Peelman. MODART09 concerts in Melbourne and Sydney are the culmination of these workshops.
The MODART09 participants are Mark Oliveiro [NSW], Rae Howell [VIC], Lachlan Skipworth [NSW], Melody Eotvos [QLD], James Rushford [VIC], Amy Bastow [NSW], Anthony Dunstan [NSW], Alex Hay [New Zealand] and King Pan Ng [Hong Kong]. You can read the composers MODART diary entries on Resonate - please follow the links below.
MODART09 is the 4th edition of the MODART project, an initiative of The Song Company and the Australian Music Centre. It is supported by ABC Classic FM, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts NSW, and the Melbourne Recital Centre. The project is also the subject of advanced research by Prof. Margaret Barrett of the University of Queensland.
Performance details:
MELBOURNE CONCERT
DATE: 4pm Saturday 18 July 2009
WHERE: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank
PRICE: $20 Adult, $12 Concession
TICKETS: www.melbournerecital.com.au or at the door
SYDNEY CONCERT
DATE: 4pm Sunday 19 July 2009
WHERE: Italian Forum Cultural Centre, Suite 51, Level 2 - 23 Norton Street, Leichhardt
PRICE: $25 Adult, $15 Concession
TICKETS: Available at the door
INFORMATION: (02) 8272 9500
Further links
Australian Music Centre - MODART09 (www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/about/modart)
The Modart Diaries, part I - Lachlan Skipworth
The Modart Diaries, part II - Amy Bastow
The Modart Diaries, part III - Melody Eötvös
The Modart Diaries, part IV - Rae Howell
The Modart Diaries, part V - Mark Oliveiro
The Modart Diaries, part VI - Alexandra Hay
The Modart Diaries, part VII - Anthony Dunstan
The Song Company (www.songcompany.com.au)
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