Dark Mofo: Berlin Atonal – Nox Omnia I

The Playhouse Theatre 106 Bathurst Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
A sit-down journey of hypnagogic, experimental soundscapes curated by the German capital’s venerated music festival.
Pigeons – Speak Percussion

Melbourne Recital Centre: Pigeons – Speak Percussion

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Clay shooting—with percussionists in the firing lines. And… pull! Pigeons is a clay shooting event, but the birds are the musicians and pigeons are the ammo. Three robotic trap machines take centre stage. In unrelenting, symphonic, patterns, they hurl hundreds of fluorescent clay targets at a wall of suspended, resonant…
Hidden Curiosities

Kammerklang: At First Light

Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
At First Light is curated and performed by Sydney violist James Wannan. Featuring emerging and established voices from Australians local and abroad, this one-hour solo concert showcases the expressive potential of the viola. James Wannan performs At First Light at Church Street Studios in Sydney featuring music by Pedro Alvarez,…

Dark Mofo: Berlin Atonal – Nox Omnia II

The Playhouse Theatre 106 Bathurst Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
A sit-down journey of hypnagogic, experimental soundscapes curated by the German capital’s venerated music festival.
Hidden Curiosities

Kammerklang: Out of the Shadows

Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Out of the Shadows is curated and performed by Melbourne violist Phoebe Green. Featuring diverse musical voices from across Australia, this one-hour solo concert invites the audience in for deep listening and contemplation of the unknown, unseen, and unheard. Phoebe Green performs Out of the Shadows at Church Street Studios…
Pigeons – Speak Percussion

Melbourne Recital Centre: Pigeons – Speak Percussion

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Clay shooting—with percussionists in the firing lines. And… pull! Pigeons is a clay shooting event, but the birds are the musicians and pigeons are the ammo. Three robotic trap machines take centre stage. In unrelenting, symphonic, patterns, they hurl hundreds of fluorescent clay targets at a wall of suspended, resonant…

Dark Mofo: Berlin Atonal – Nox Omnia III

The Playhouse Theatre 106 Bathurst Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
A sit-down journey of hypnagogic, experimental soundscapes curated by the German capital’s venerated music festival.

Backstage Music: Mirage

The Church, Alexandria 9 Mitchell Road, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
Prepare to be drawn into "Mirage," a hallucinatory experience where the natural world's desecration unfolds through spectral sound and symbolist verse. Performers Jack Symonds, Jane Sheldon and Blair Harris present music by Saariaho, Faure, Dusapin, Sheldon and Symonds. Their spectral sounds creating a mesmerizing, dreamlike experience, a shimmering, unsettling illusion.

Taikoz: Breathe

Taikoz Ultimo Studio Level W4-0, 42-46 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
Ian Cleworth co-founded Taikoz with world renowned shakuhachi Grand Master Riley Lee in 1997, and Kerryn Joyce joined the ensemble not long after. Kerryn and Ian are proud to still be a part of Taikoz, and even after all this time remain committed to developing the creativity of the ensemble…

Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
An international cast of the hottest composers working today, Ensemble Offspring in full force, and soprano Jane Sheldon come together for a divinely dark program that transcends the rituals of the concert hall. A turbulent sonic dreamworld frames the works of David T. Little and Lisa Illean, while video by…
The Others

UKARIA: The Others

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
Prepare for an extraordinary musical experience as composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky, legendary trumpeter James Morrison, Spiderbait’s iconic drummer Kram, and yidaki virtuoso and vocalist William Barton come together for a completely improvised performance. Showcasing their ‘idiosyncratic personalities, massive musical experience and evident respect for each other’ (The Advertiser), The Others returns…

Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness

The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
An international cast of the hottest composers working today, Ensemble Offspring in full force, and soprano Jane Sheldon come together for a divinely dark program that transcends the rituals of the concert hall. A turbulent sonic dreamworld frames the works of David T. Little and Lisa Illean, while video by…

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