Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Delve into the creative process with singer-songwriter Lior and pianist/composer Ade Vincent in a program to nourish your soul and challenge your assumptions.
 

AI is everywhere you turn: the news cycle, your search engine, lurking under Facebook posts. For creators it’s an unavoidable topic. Is AI a tool or a threat? What happens when history and context are removed? How does this affect the interaction between artist and audience? These, say Lior and Ade, are the burning questions behind To Be Human.

For Noongar composer Elizabeth Sheppard, creation emerges from community and heritage. Kalgoorli Silky Pear, originally written for the ANU School of Music’s 1770 Henrion square piano, was inspired by her grandparents’ life in Kalgoorlie and draws on her Indigenous and Scottish ancestry. Meanwhile, Happy Deathday Mister Robot! by Michael Sollis is pure imagination – whimsical and adrenaline-charged music for a futuristic ritual. 

PROGRAM

Elizabeth Sheppard 
Kalgoorli Silky Pear

Michael Sollis 
Happy Deathday Mister Robot!

Lior & Ade Vincent 
To Be Human

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Featured Australian Works

	Happy deathday Mister Robot! (septets: clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, cello, double bass, synthesizer) (2011) by Michael Sollis
	To Be Human : for solo tenor, electric guitar and string orchestra (2023) by Ade Vincent and Lior

Featured artists

• Music of Elizabeth Sheppard
• Music of Lior
• Presented by CSO Chamber Players
• Performer Ade Vincent
• Performer Lior