Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

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Violinist/composer Hollis Taylor is the rare musician with an enduring devotion to and passion for a single species of songbird. Although she completed her PhD. in the vocalisations of the Australian pied butcherbird several years ago, she continues to spend hundreds of hours each year recording their songs, particularly in Alice Springs and Far North Queensland. These recordings form the basis of detailed birdsong analysis, but she is also amassing a growing body of (re)compositions base Violinist/composer Hollis Taylor is the rare musician with an enduring devotion to and passion for a single species of songbird.

Although she completed her PhD. in the vocalisations of the Australian pied butcherbird several years ago, she continues to spend hundreds of hours each year recording their songs, particularly in Alice Springs and Far North Queensland. These recordings form the basis of detailed birdsong analysis, but she is also amassing a growing body of (re)compositions based on her transcriptions. She will perform a set of her compositions based on the diverse and dynamic songs of the pied butcherbird for solo violin and field recordings (including various birds, insects, humans, and frogs).d on her transcriptions. She will perform a set of her compositions based on the diverse and dynamic songs of the pied butcherbird for solo violin and field recordings (including various birds, insects, humans, and frogs).

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• Music of Hollis Taylor