Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Sonic Sites is an acoustic exploration of the Bundanon landscape and the creation of an immersive & participatory sonic performance. Ensemble Offspring collaborate with a bunch of local musicians as well as long time composer collaborators and together they will occupy natural and built spaces at Bundanon to explore the acoustic and resonant potential of each site. Video Artist Sam James will capture video footage of the musicians’ movements as light-drawings for projections. Vocal and music workshops with local Indigenous students will be held on site and audience members will be invited to participate in the aural activation and sonic mapping of Bundanon on the day of the concert. Thanks to Red Room Poetry for permission to use the Poetry in First Languages (PIFL) poems for the works for choir.

Performers

Claire Edwardes (percussion)
Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)
Jason Noble (clarinets)
Alice Chance (voice)
Samuel James (visuals)
Jacob Morris (language custodian)
Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra
Nowra East Primary School Choir

Program

Brenda Gifford – Djingiyaa (choir, ensemble) (2021) WP
Damian Barbeler – Calling Up the Trees (SYO, ensemble, video) (2020) WP
Bree van Reyk – dream, amazing, peaceful dream (choir, ensemble, video) (2020) WP
Amanda Cole – Flowers, Birds (choir, SYO) (2020) WP
Tristan Coelho – The Waterfall Speaks to Us (choir, SYO, ensemble) (2020) WP

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Featured Australian Works

	Calling Up the Trees : orchestra (2020) by Damian Barbeler — World premiere — performed by Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra
	Djingiyaa : treble choir with chamber ensemble (2020) by Brenda Gifford — World premiere — performed by Ensemble Offspring and Nowra East Primary School Choir
	dream, amazing, peaceful dream : treble choir with chamber ensemble (2020) by Bree van Reyk — World premiere — performed by Ensemble Offspring and Nowra East Primary School Choir
	Flowers, Birds (treble choir with orchestra) (2020) by Amanda Cole — World premiere — performed by Nowra East Primary School Choir and Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra
	The Waterfall Speaks to Us : for children's choir, orchestra and concertante trio (2020) by Tristan Coelho — World premiere — performed by Ensemble Offspring, Nowra East Primary School Choir and Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra

Featured artists

• Performer Nowra East Primary School Choir
• Performer Ensemble Offspring
• Performer Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra