In my second outing for AAO’s Sonic City project, we’re premiering an incredible new work by Aaron Choulai and Roman MC. The piece brings together elements of jazz, classical and hip-hop that connects creative music to a new generation. The band is totally killer, and should not be missed!
This one is ticketed, so make sure you book here to avoid disappointment.
It’s a busy November with AAO, with multiple events across Melbourne’s CBD for Sonic City.
I’m kicking things off with Four Plus One in the Block Arcade on Friday afternoon, with the lovely AAO string quartet directed by Maestro Aaron Choulai, featuring some cool sounds and Sono-Kinetic Conducting.
In one of my final outings for the year, I’ll be joined by the inimitable Ann Morgan to present an entire concert of JS Bach works in the lovely Castlemaine Uniting Church Hall.
The programme includes a selection from the rarely performed Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord, as well as some solo works. The wonders of Bach’s chamber composition are well known, but I’m continually stunned by these Sonatas, as well as Ann Morgan’s skill in playing them. This is one not to be missed!
Tickets $30/$25 (under-18s free) available at the door or via Trybooking.
The lovely Resonance String Orchestra is presenting their annual concerts this November, with some beauties on the programme. I’ll be joining for some Vivaldi and Mendelssohn, and there’s plenty more on the programme too!
Due to a combination of how great Resonance is, and how great our local community is by supporting its local music-making, these concerts usually sell out, so be sure to book here.
It’s been a while since I’ve played Händel’s Messiah with various pandemic- and family-related sabbaticals over the past five years, so I’m really looking forward to doing it again this year, particularly with the lovely Lucinda Moon, John O’Donnell, and Accademia Arcadia.
It’s this December at St Dominic’s Camberwell, and the best bit is, you can come and sing along!
All information and tickets available here.
I can’t wait for this very special project with Adam Manning and the Australian Art Orchestra, for which I’ll be hitting the road for my first appearance in NSW since 2019! The piece is getting it’s first outing at the amazing New Annual festival in Newcastle this October.
Details and tickets here, and if you can’t make it to NSW, stay tuned for details of a follow up performance at MIJF.
Aaron Choulai and the AAO are exploring a really cool method of improvising using a sono-kinetic conduction process, and we’ll be showcasing it in a very special show this October at the TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Also on the bill is a brand new experimental opera by Melbourne-born, Berlin-based Laxlan Petras.
Come along and check out some experimental music in a stunning setting. Details and tickets here.
After the honour of playing Adam Manning’s stunning new piece First Rhythms, with the man himself, up in Newcastle this October, we now we get to do it again at Melbourne International Jazz Festival. It’s an absolute honour to work on this project with so many extraordinary musicians, and to be a small part of Adam’s incredible piece coming to life.
Don’t miss it! Details and tickets here.
The extremely excellent Jess Aszodi is back in Oz after many years abroad, and she’s started a very special art space in Melbourne’s north, extrasensory. We’re honouring her achievement with a launch concert this October featuring experimental music by long-time colleagues and dearest friends James Rushford, Jodie Rottle, Jess, and me.
This is a really special one for me, not only because Jess and I have worked together for over two decades now (eep!), but also because Jess and I will be performing as our new duet project Amarant.
Don’t miss it! Tickets and details here.
I LOVE GERSHWIN. Not to mention Beethoven performed by Elyane Laussade, among other things. BSO are, in the words of my Dad, continuing to “punch above their weight”, so don’t miss it – come see this concert – it will be great.
Details and tickets here.
