Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

ELISION is Australia’s premier new music ensemble, an international ’supergroup’ whose 17-strong membership includes some of the world’s leading musicians. They live in Paris, Berlin, Bern, Stuttgart, Cologne, Los Angeles, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The ensemble has focused its practice upon exploring and expanding musical possibilities; establishing an international reputation through performance of complex and virtuosically challenging aesthetics, a unique instrumentarium, and work in cross-disciplinary artforms, providing inspiring models of collaboration and innovation.

PERFORMERS: Paula Rae (flutes), Ryan Williams (recorders), Benjamin Marks (trombone), Daryl Buckley (pedal steel guitar), Matthew Horsley (Uilleann pipes)

PROGRAM:
Liza LIM throat song excerpt from Sex Magic (2020) for solo ocarina
Liza LIM bioluminescence (2019) for solo flute
Richard BARRETT sorcerer (2023-24) for solo pedal steel guitar
Matthew HORSLEY Wolves in Shepherds' Clothing (2016)
Richard BARRETT mask (2017-18) for trombone solo
Jakob BRAGG Cadenza from Tor (2022) for recorders
Ryan Williams/Matthew Horsley/Benjamin Marks/Daryl Buckley - improvisation (2026)

Featured non-Australian music: Richard Barrett: sorcerer; Richard Barrett: mask

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

Featured Australian Works

	bioluminescence : for solo flute (2019) by Liza Lim
	Improvisation by Ryan Williams/Matthew Horsley — more information: https://elision.org.au/october-15-2026/
	Wolves in Shepherd's Clothing by Matthew Horsley — more information: https://elision.org.au/october-15-2026/

Featured artists

• Music of Liza Lim
• Music of Jakob Bragg
• Presented by Elision Ensemble