Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Our Ngarra-Burria Gala celebrates 10 years of Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers with a ‘best of’ showcase of instrumental chamber music, warmly inviting listeners to experience stories reflecting culture, country and connection.

PROGRAM

BRENDA GIFFORD Bardju (Footprints) (2017)

ERIC ACVERY Gliding (2020)

JAMES HENRY Zoom Meeting (2020)

MARK MUNK ROSS Colonisation of the Ibis (2025)

WILL KEPA Sleepless Dreaming (2022)

AARON WYATTCumulus (2022)

TROY RUSSELL Nucoorilma (Apple Tree) (2017)

NARDI SIMPSON Of Stars and Birds (2020)

BRENDA GIFFORD Saltwater (2025)

ELIZABETH SHEPPARD Walken Rainbow from Kooranginy (2017)

TIM GRAY Lupe! (A Serial Killer’s Mind Part 1 & Part 2) (2017)

GARY WATLING Lotte (2024)

RHYAN CLAPHAM I Think I Can Float (2025, arr. 2026)

MARLENE CUMMINS Starting Over (2021)

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured Australian Works

	Bardju (Footprints) (quartets: flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone, cello) (2017) by Brenda Gifford
	Cumulus : for bass clarinet, vibraphone and piano (2022) by Aaron Wyatt
	Gliding : for flute, clarinet, vibraphone and cello (2020) by Eric Avery
	Kooranginy : for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, cello, side drum and vibraslap (2017) by Elizabeth Sheppard
	Nucoorilma (The Apple Tree) : for flute, clarinet, vibraphone & cello (2017) by Troy Russell
	Of Stars and Birds : for flute, Bb clarinet and vibraphone (2020) by Nardi Simpson
	Serial Killer's Mind Part 1 : Scene 4 from 'Lupe' (2021) by Tim Gray
	Zoom Meeting : for flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone & cello (2020) by James Henry

Featured artists

• Presented by Ensemble Offspring
• Music of Will Kepa
• Music of Mark Ross
• Music of Rhyan Clapham
• Music of Marlene Cummins
• Music of Gary Watling