Decibel ensemble is on the road to various destinations including Belgium, Germany and Italy on a three-week tour during January and February.
Decibel will present works by Western Australian composers Lindsay Vickery, Cat Hope, Stuart James and Malcom Riddoch as well as Australian composers Julian Day, Thomas Meadowcroft, Warren Burt and Samuel Dusncombe. In Germany, Decibel will team up with Australian ex-pats Thomas Meadowcroft, Steve Heather, Tony Buck as well as Londoner, Boris Hauf.
New Newsletter
To celebrate the start of our 25th year (2012), Tura launches our new look newsletter under the traditional banner of b;a b;a - delivering you hot gos on new music and sound art around WA and the world. Spread the word.
2012 Regional Tour - The Reef
Tura New Music announces its 2012 Regional Touring Program - a very special collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra to present The Reef featuring Richard Tognetti, ACO2, Mark Atkins and Steve Pigram. Premiering a new work by Iain Grandage with film created by surf cinematographer Jon Frank and film director Mick Sowry, the tour will travel to Darwin, Kununurra, Broome, Port Hedland, Carnarvon, Geraldton and Perth with a showcase presentation at the Sydney Opera House. The new work will be created during a special creative development residency at Gnaraloo, the start of Ningaloo Reef in the Gascoyne region of WA, in early 2012 delving into the links between surfing, the ocean, landscape, community and music.
Tour Dates 5 – 23 July 2012
Full details on Tura Website Late January 2012
Perth and Sydney tickets on sale now. Book early to secure your seats.
Perth Concert Hall – 7.30pm 18 July 2012
Sydney Opera House – 7pm 23 July 2012
Regional Concert tickets and travel packages on sale mid February 2012
Soft Soft Loud: The Americas features numerous Australian premieres in a program of deeply personal reflections on loss and life, from Steve Reich’s harrowing WTC 9/11 to Andy Akiho’s joyous Hadoiro, Osvaldo Golijov’s beautiful setting of Christian, Arab and Jewish folk song, culminating with Reich’s uplifting and Pulitzer Prize winning Double Sextet.
Tickets from BOCS and FAC (reception or ph 9432 9555)
Melbourne based Soprano Merlyn Quaife and pianist Andrea Katz perform song cycles by Australian composer Roger Heagney based on poetry by Graeme Ellis. All proceeds go to the work of ACRATH.
Fridays & Saturdays 10:30pm - 12:30am with Julian Day
ABC Classic FM
Do you like to be excited? Intrigued? Outraged? Julian Day creates a space in which to explore the amazing universe of contemporary music, be it a visceral improv set or a spacious meditation for orchestra.