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Work Overview
A jazz/classical work for 10 instrumentalists and narrator, co-written with palawa/warlpiri writer/researcher Nunami Sculthorpe-Green. It tells the story of the expulsion of the mumarimina people from their land during the colonisation of Tasmania, and the fate of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
Work Details
Year: 2023
Instrumentation: Piano (keyboard), acoustic bass, drumkit, 2 x violin, viola, cello, trombone, trumpet, tenor & alto sax, narrator.
Duration: 35 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Improvisation capacity required for Violin 1, trombone, trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass and drums
Contents note: 1. Quiet Country --2. Dance -- 3. Across Country -- 4. Hanging -- 5. War & Negotiation -- 6. Exile -- 7. Kutalayna -- 8. Forward.
Commission note: Commissioned by Clarence City Council Arts & Events with support from Festivals Australia, for the Clarence Jazz Festival 2023.
First performance: by Louise Denson, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green, Hamish Houston, Tom Robb, Alex Békés, Charlie McCarthy, Andrea Breen, Suzanne Turner, Spike Mason, Joe Weller, Erin Sherlock at mulaka milaythina (piyura kitina Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre) on 1 Feb 2023
Analysis
Resonate article: mulaka milaythina - The Hunting Ground by Louise Denson
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Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Indigenous Australian Culture
Performances of this work
9 Dec 2023: at Sounding the Bridge (Richmond Town Hall). Featuring Erin Sherlock, Lachlan Johnson, Andi Breen, Suzanne Turner, Hamish Houston, Elly Hoyt, Tom Robb, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green, Charlie McCarthy, Spike Mason, Louise Denson, Joe Weller.
5 Feb 2023: at mulaka milaythina (Rosny Farm Arts Centre & Rosny Barn). Featuring Andrea Breen, Louise Denson, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green, Hamish Houston, Tom Robb, Alex Békés, Charlie McCarthy, Suzanne Turner, Spike Mason, Joe Weller, Erin Sherlock.
1 Feb 2023: at mulaka milaythina (piyura kitina Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre). Featuring Louise Denson, Erin Sherlock, Joe Weller, Spike Mason, Suzanne Turner, Andrea Breen, Charlie McCarthy, Alex Békés, Tom Robb, Hamish Houston, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green.
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