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Friday 16th, Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th July
Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Melbourne, Australia Asia is reshaping the modern world. Yet its rich artistic heritage and vibrant New Music scene is largely unknown in Australia. Forest Collective’s Ali Fyffe has curated a stunning program that brings into focus some of the region’s most powerful compositional voices, from Myanmar to Japan, China to Iran. Navigating Eastern and Western traditions, new technologies and challenges including state censorship, these exciting composers have found unique and original musical voices. With a program including Ravi Shankar’s raga imbued Sonata for Harp and Cello, Takemitsu’s transcendental quintet Rain Spell and Luo Zhongrong’s post-Cultural Revolution pentatonic serialism, Asia in Focus will open your ears to a region that is changing the world. Presented by Forest Collective & Abbotsford Convent, as part of Convent Live 
Friday 23rd (preview), Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th April
Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Melbourne, Australia Lots of people have an emo phase, Dan Thorpe's just lasted a bit longer. It's his thirtieth birthday, he's a concert pianist, but he still just wants to shred sad, queer bangers. Join Forest Collective and piano maverick Dan for a night of high energy, genre defying music for piano and ensemble, revisiting repertoire from the last ten years of his career, plus world premiere concerti by Cat Hope and Dan himself. Sunday 28th February Midsumma Festival Heide Museum, 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen, Melbourne, Australia Join new music doyens Forest Collective on an adventure of deep listening as we explore the unique sounds of composer Diimpa in the lush surrounds of the open air. Diimpa’s rich sound world draws from lived experience as a queer, autistic, Aboriginal Gubbi Gubbi man and will take you on a sonic journey from darkness to light as you sit back and relax in the tree-filled surrounds of Heide Museum of Modern Art. Lead by artistic director Evan J Lawson, Forest Collective is a 15 piece chamber ensemble dedicated to new classical music. Lauded for unique and surprising performances, Forest Collective is one of Melbourne's finest new music ensembles, working across disciplines from pop music to the avant-garde, from opera to contemporary dance. Join Forest Collective as they weave together the beautiful minimalist looping music of Diimpa in a rich chamber orchestra sound. |
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Thursday 6th, Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th February
Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Melbourne, Australia Forest Collective and emerging alternative pop artist Max Lawrence join forces to premiere an orchestral re-imagining of Lawrence’s debut EP, ‘Chlorophyll’. A conceptual song cycle exploring the process of spiritual and emotional healing, ‘Chlorophyll’ is a sonic journey encapsulating both darkness and light; about growing from pain and states of apathy and depression to ultimately reconnecting with ourselves and the world around us through music, love, and an appreciation for the beauty of nature. Allow us to wrap you in the warm and sumptuous melodies of Max Lawrence, as he leads you into the sun-soaked world of ‘Chlorophyll’, performed for the very first time with a 10-piece chamber ensemble conducted by Evan J. Lawson. Featuring arrangements by Alex Morris and Matt Hirst, this unforgettable evening of moving, dynamic and cathartic live performance is not to be missed. |
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Friday 25th October, Manila, Philippines
WSK Festival of the Recently Possible & Nusasonic Looks like I can't get out of work for that long so this is going to be a completely sleepless weekend of overnight flights but I will be at this event! And you should be too! https://www.facebook.com/WSK.io Tuesday 15th October, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Australia I'll be joining Ossicle Duo at the MRC as part of their Local Heroes series. We're playing Bellevue II by Michael Smetanin in amongst a killer program. Sunday 29th September, Long Play, Melbourne, Australia Tone List in Melbourne For three nights, Tone List and friends take over Melbourne with gigs at Long Play and Make It Up Club. I'm up first on Sunday, and there are amazing line ups on all three nights to check out. Find out more on Facebook here. It's at this gig that I'll first perform from my album contain. I'm super excited to share it and inevitably make a big splashy mess when I play underwater. |
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Friday 28th June to Sunday 30th June, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (new building), Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne International Saxophone Festival Details of my exact involvement are pending but at the very least I'm so excited to attend MISF this year. The line-up is amazing, and new venue will be fantastic, and these events always have such a wonderful energy. Hope I'll see lots of saxos there! Check out www.facebook.com/melbournesaxophone/or their website http://www.melbournesaxophone.com |
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Friday May 24th, St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Melbourne, Australia
Wayfaring A Journey of darkness and light, of the gritty and the beautiful, Forest Collective presents Wayfaring. In a concert that takes us from the unsettled Europe of the early 20th century to Australia today join us on this new music adventure to whisk you away on a dim Melbourne winters night. This will be my first gig in Melbourne where I'm improvising, not just in a group but solo! I'm so excited to do this, after countless gigs overseas, on my home turf. Facebook event is up and tickets to come! https://www.facebook.com/events/764031250657612/ |
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Tuesday April 30th, Lao Ban Series, The Saxophone Store, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I'll be joining Ping-Wei for a saxophone night at the new location of The Saxophone Store in KL. Well, my saxophone is a toy this time, but it's still saxophone-shaped, so come hear me play it! Monday April 29th, RAW Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia SPIL (Serious Play Improv Lab) I'm back in KL again for a one-off improvisation night with the absolutely wonderful and accommodating team at RAW. It's kind of weird that this will be my first gig of 2019. In some ways my approach probably sounds the same, but on the inside I feel like a completely different person. |
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Friday November 23rd, RAW Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
KLEX Festival This was KLEX Fest's 9th iteration. I'd heard of the festival before but hadn't been until 2017, and then in 2018 I got the pleasure to actually play. The festival ran from 22nd to 25th, but we also jammed again on an impromptu live-streamed event on the 26th as well. I definitely want to go back for 2019! |
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Thursday 15th November, 7:30pm, Australian Institute of Music, Melbourne, Australia
Gala Concert This final wrap-up for the year is a wonderful showcase of the variety of music that Forest Collective has to offer. Including a World Premiere performance of the work of Forest's composer-in-residence Alex Turley, as well as a number of Australian premieres, this concert is the very best of music in Melbourne - young, fresh, new, and innovative. Friday 14th September and Saturday 15th September, 6:30pm, Sunday September 16th, 5:30pm, Melbourne Luthuanian Club, Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Nico: Songs they never play on the radio 30 years since Nico’s death, Forest Collective debut a contemporary music cabaret concert for 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Contemporary music outfit Forest Collective and cabaret artist Danielle Asciak bring to the fringe stage music by Warhol’s muse, model and musician Nico (and The Velvet Undergound). Led by founder, composer and conductor Evan Lawson, this ensemble will reconceptualise traditional instruments, voice, and intermedia with an avant-garde, punk rock sound to evoke Nico’s enigmatic song writing. Radical and raw, this is Nico’s life defined by songs they never played on the radio. Sunday 19th August, 6pm, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia
Skin Deep The centrepoint of this program features a newly commissioned work, Skin Deep, composed by ensemble cellist and composer Nikki Edgar. This new work uses a graphic score comprised of beautiful colours, shapes and lines. This incredible work, exploring the body and longevity of musical ideas and sounds promises to delve below the surface and open our minds to new ways of experiencing music through graphic score and unconventional sounds. This performance also features new commissioned work by Chris Rechner, who we welcome back to the Forest Collective family with his musical composition, and USA composer Julie Herndon, who’s electroacoustic work has been described as "striking" and "blended to inhabit a surprisingly expressive space" (San Francisco Classical Voice). Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July, Church of All Nations Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
Berceuse Step into the dark side of new music with Forest Collective, for an evening of exploratory sound and storytelling. Weaving a journey of myth and lullaby, Forest's Berceuse will include remarkable works by Caroline Louise Miller (USA) and Helen Gifford (Australia), alongside a commission from Melbourne composer Alex Morris and an extract from new opera Orpheus by artistic director, Evan Lawson. Dear friends of Forest, Jessica Fotinos (harp) and Daniel Todd (tenor), are reunited with the ensemble once again for this exciting performance. |
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Sunday 29th July, Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne International Saxophone Festival Tenor saxophone in the Melbourne Saxophone Ensemble in the final concert of the festival, featuring soloists Philippe Geiss (France), Lachlan Davidson (Aus), and Clifford Leaman (USA). Check out this incredible festival and other great saxophone fun times in Melbourne at www.facebook.com/melbournesaxophone/or their website http://www.melbournesaxophone.com |
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Sunday 17th June, 7pm, Lang Art Dorm, Hue, Vietnam
An experimental performance piece With Matt Hinchliffe, Chung Tu Da, Trần Tuấn, and a baby's bathtub full of water. Thursday 14th June, 9pm, Cu Ru Bar, HCMC, Vietnam
Ali & Josten Solo sets and duo jam with Josten Myburgh. Sunday 10th June, 10pm, KPR x Green Papaya Arts Projects, Manila, Philippines
Pidgin Karaoke Duo jam with Josten Myburgh, then jam with Josten Myburgh and Tengal. Wednesday 6th June, 8:30pm, RAW Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL 045) Solo set and jam with Josten Myburgh (laptop/electronics), Yii Kah Hoe (xiao), Kok Siew Wai (vocals) and Yong Yandsen (tenor sax). |
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Tuesday 26th December, Spectrum Project Space, Perth, Western Australia
Tone list residency with South of the Mountain Solo set, also featuring Temporary Autonomous Zion and Rice Corpse. Saturday 2nd December, 8:30pm, RAW Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Electro-acoustic improv night Jam with Siew-Wai Kok, and then with Yong Yandsen. Saturday 18th November, 8pm, Artistry, Singapore
Ujikaji Solo set "unsaxophonic saxophone", also featuring the incredible Lucas Abela on amplified glass and Yuta Nakamura. |
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October 24th to 29th, Various venues, Manila, Philippines
WSK Festival of the Recently Possible In KPR X WSK alongside Erick Calilan, Tusa Montes, Siew-Wai Kok (Malaysia), DJ sets by David Tarigan (Indonesia) and Joe Kidd (Malaysia). Check out this incredible annual festival at https://www.facebook.com/WSK.io/ Saturday 7th October, 9pm, XX XX, Manila, Philippines
With Joee & I at CIRCUS 20:20 Sunday 13th August, 8pm, Mo Rua, Hue, Vietnam
Silence Please! Is it also easy? If you look at another, this is something. But rice can only imagine. Atomic. Always pour hundreds of thousands of atoms, but at night. We yearn for a simple life but is anything ever really simple? Perhaps simplicity is just an illusion. Perhaps it's something we force ourselves to believe. Perhaps it makes it easier for us to ignore the things that we don't understand. Perhaps everything is really something. A door opens. Fingernails scratching on glass. A door closes. A coat hanger starts to sing. But none of that matters now. I'll sing a pretty little song. It's a simple life, right? Sunday 18th June, 9pm, KPR x Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila, Philippines
Asialink Arts Residency with Green Papaya Arts Projects then she falls down the road between lake poo in college art Too Childish, nasty water rushing out, just slip a step is tripped... halfsound and friends present 'Panda just touches this afternoon', a two-part performance of related experimentations: the investigation and expansion of the sonic potential of the deconstructed and modified saxophone through gradual disassembly and combination with other objects to produce ‘unsaxophonic’ sounds, and the generation of poetry from poorly translated Facebook status messages in foreign languages. 'Panda just touches this afternoon' is an exploration of the interactions and intersections between sound and language, between intention and interpretation, between the meaningful and the nonsensical. Sound and poetry are contextaulized within a performance where they are reduced to their basic elements and eventually reconfigured, creating a cycle of perpetual change where meaning is easily lost, examining the jarring mutuality between different languages and artistic practices, and the constant deconstruction and reconstruction to which the world is subject. Wednesday 14th June, 9pm, XX XX, Manila, Philippines
[-] x WSK, Asialink Arts Residency with Green Papaya Arts Projects Premiere of a game piece by Tengal Nolasnem by Tengal, halfsound, and Erick Calilan. Sets by smalltown press, Tengal, Joee & I, Caliph8+Nonplus, visuals by Sublingua Submachines and Pauline Despi. Included a live stream on Facebook. Saturday 27th May, 6:30pm, BGC Amphitheatre, Manila, Philippines
Philippines-Australia Friendship day Asialink Arts Residency with Green Papaya Arts Projects With Tusa Montes, Erick Calilan, and Pauline Despi. Tuesday 25th April, 9pm, Today x Future, Manila, Philippines
Asialink Arts Residency with Green Papaya Arts Projects Exploring spoken word, weird poetry, and vocal sounds. Collaboration with Station WOW and also featuring Miko and Major Chie. Tuesday 11th April, 9pm, Today x Future, Manila, Philippines
Asialink Arts Residency with Green Papaya Arts Projects Free improvisation, and sets by CH.3X, and Station WOW featuring Datu Maama and Brad Lee. Saturday 8th April, 9pm, KPR x Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila, Philippines
Asialink Arts Residency with Green Papaya Arts Projects Sets by Joee Mejias, Tusa Montes, Bergan Nuñez, Fred Sandoval, halfsound, visuals by .G/FK/DS Awarded Asialink Arts Residency Grant to work with Green Papaya Arts Projects in Manila, Philippines March to June
Sunday 19th March, Then Cafe, Hue, Vietnam
Our 19XX We team up once again with our good friends Trần Tuấn (painter) and Ana Fortuna (poetess) to present an interdisciplinary performance that will search for the points where visual art, poetry and music intersect. Friday 10th March, 8pm, Cu Ru Bar, HCMC, Vietnam
halfsound and full-music-night Improv as halfsound, collaboration with Ran Cap Duoi Collective, DJ Stupot, DJ Superkid. Monday 27th February, 7pm, 1Shanthiroad, Bangalore, India
Unsaxophonic Throughout the performance, we will gradually deconstruct and modify the mechanisms of our saxophones as well as use parts of the saxophone in conjunction with other objects to explore sound worlds that become increasingly "unsaxophonic". |
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Friday 4th November to Sunday 6th November, 12pm to 7pm, Huashan 1914 Creative Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Free Art Fair From 4th to 6th November, halfsound will perform as part of the Free Art Fair in Taipei, Taiwan. With the theme of the event being "Artasty" with a focus on food in art, our performance will explore the sounds of eating and food preparation, zoomed in so close as to be barely recognisable. Hue, Vietnam
With Then Studios, production of the experimental film Abandoned. Monday 19th September, 8.30pm, Circle Live Music, HCMC, Vietnam
TÙ MÙ/A Vague Show With Nam Phan, Chung Tu Da, and Ao Bao Ngan. Directed and created by Chung Tu Da. Friday 22nd July, Brunei Music Society, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Brunei Music Society aims to connect international artists with local music audiences and students. We're really excited to work with such a fantastic organisation. Friday 15th July, Cho Why, Bangkok, Thailand
halfsound contemporary saxophone duo Cho Why is a fantastic new interdisciplinary art space in Chinatown, Bangkok, that curates and presents a wide variety of contemporary art events. Saturday 9th July, Music for Everyone School, Luang Prabang, Laos
AustralASEAN: halfsound at MES In Luang Prabang we visit the Laos branch of Music for Everyone School, perform for their students and run some workshops Tuesday 5th July, Green Papaya Arts Projects, Manila, Philippines
AustralASEAN: halfsound at Green Papaya Green Papaya are an amazing arts organisation in Manila who we're thrilled to be working with. Thursday 23rd to Wednesday 29th June, Jakarta International Summer Music Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
For about a week we'll be faculty members in the Jakarta International Summer Music Festival. We will be giving individual lessons, chamber music coaching, performances and masterclasses with woodwind students. Really looking forward to hearing what the next generation of Indonesian musicians has to offer! More information on their website. Monday 20th June, River Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar
AustralASEAN, contemporary music concert River Gallery is a wonderful initiative managed by a New Zealander, promoting local talent and providing a beautiful space to exhibit local art. Thursday 16th June, Music for Everyone School, Siem Reap, Cambodia
AustralASEAN: halfsound at MES In Siem Reap we're teaming up with Music for Everyone School to perform for their music students. Monday 13th June, 7.00pm, Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
AustralASEAN: halfsound at Bophana In halfsound's second performance in Phnom Penh, we'll be working with Bophana who present a wide-variety of innovative multimedia and arts projects. Saturday 11th June, 9.00pm, Yoko Cafe and Bar, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Experimental Music and Indie Rock Night With the help of our new friends in Hue, we support amazing local band Tofu in HCMC. Yoko presents a wide variety of music and is constantly searching for new sounds for local audiences. Thursday 9th June, 8.00pm, Manzi, Hanoi, Vietnam
AustralASEAN: halfsound at Manzi We return to Hanoi, where we lived in 2014 and 2015, to present a performance at Manzi. Manzi is a contemporary arts space and gallery and serves as a major hub for experimentation in the arts in Hanoi. Saturday 5th June, 8.00pm, Then Cafe, Hue, Vietnam
AustralASEAN: halfsound at Then Cafe This will be our first trip to Hue and our first time performing in central Vietnam. We're excited to be presenting at Then Cafe who regularly present a wide range of arts events that are focussed on modern expression. Friday 27th May, 8.30pm, Space.Toccata, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
AustralASEAN: halfsound at Space.Toccata We return to Kuala Lumpur to work again with Space.Toccata who are an awesome contemporary performance organisation. If you're in KL at this time, we'd love for you to come along! Friday 20th May, 10:15pm, 3MBS 103.5FM, Australia
Performance of Jacob Bragg's piece "Babbling House" and talk about the tour. Thursday 19th May, 7:30pm, Grant Street Theatre, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
AustralASEAN: halfsound South-East Asia Tour Launch Tour launch concert featuring the Australian premieres from 9 of the 10 composers we commissioned for this project: Michael A. Bakrnčev, Leah Blankendaal, Jakob Bragg, Vincent Giles, Luke Hutton, Josten Myburgh, Camille Robinson, David Seedsman, Eli Simić-Prošić and Peter Wilson. Saturday 23rd January, 9:30pm, Tilde New Music Festival, Testing Grounds, Melbourne, Australia
I'm now a member of this bi-annual festival, which has become the Tilde New Music Week and includes discussions and education as well as music presentations. |
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Friday 13th May, 7:00pm, Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Saxophone Collective: Alterations halfsound will join the Melbourne Saxophone Collective to present a range of new music for saxophones. We will present the world premiere performance of our own original work for two saxophones, Misconceptions. Misconceptions is a structured improvisation for two saxophones without mouthpiece that serves to challenge notions of the saxophone's sonic capabilities. The concert will also feature the Australian premiere of Pedro Garcia-Velasquez's Octuor de Saxophones as well as an improvisation for eight saxophones among a range of other music for saxophones presented by members of the collective. |
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Saturday 16th August, Tivoli Theatre, Perth, Australia
Quanta Quartet tour Wednesday 6th August, 8pm, Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Quanta Quartet tour - presented by MCM New Music Studio Huge program of Australian and world premieres. July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Quanta Quartet tour Workshop at stART, a volunteer-run art and performing arts program for under-privileged youth in the city. January 18th, 3pm, Bibliothèque Marmottan, Paris, France
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December, Italy
Third prize winners in the 13th Marco Fiorindo International Chamber Music Competition in Torino, Italy, including a public recital. December, France
Tour of the Aquitaine region of the south of France as part of Jean-Michel Goury's class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Boulogne-Billancourt. November, Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France
French premiere of Takuma Itoh's "Echolocation" |
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Sunday 11th August, 3pm, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
With live streaming internationally The Modern Day Saxophone Live streamed concert featuring world premieres of Andrew Ball's "Antikythera Mechanism" and Peter Wilson's "Abstract Figures". Australian premieres of Stephen Andrew Taylor's "Decohere", Michael Edward Edgerton's "Ari(rang)", and Kendra Kestner's "Synthetic Butterflies". Other works including Louis Andriessen's "Hout" with Peter Neville, Peter Wilson, and Stuart Fisher, and Bruno Mantovani's "L'Incandescence de la Bruine" with Leigh Harrold. |
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Wednesday 31st October, 10:30am, Govorner's House, Melbourne, Australia
Govorner's Recital Series Australian premiere of Lachlan Skipworth's "Dark Nebulae" and 5th movement of David Maslanka's "Recitation Book". October, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Barega Saxophone Quartet of Brisbane visited to collaborate again. Monday 6th August, 1:10pm, Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia
University of Melbourne Lunch Hour Concert Series Australian premiere of Peter Neville's "Compendium". 10th-15th July, 16th World Saxophone Congress, St. Andrew's, Scotland
World premiere of Peter Neville's "Compendium" for saxophone quartet. Monday 18th June, 5pm, Federation Hall, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
Post national tour presentation/conference 20th May, 2:30pm, East Malvern, Melbourne, Australia
Musical Society of Victoria, Chamber Music Competition First prize winners. 18th May, 9am, 3MBS 103.5FM, Australia
Search for a Spotlight, 2012 Radiothon Saturday 28th April, 6pm, Tivoli Theatre, Perth, Australia
KHASM Saxophone Quartet Australian Tour In collaboration with Just Sax and Reedefined Clarinet Quartet. Works by Ligeti, Glass, Ferneyhough, Piazzolla. Friday 20th April, 6pm, Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, Australia
KHASM Saxophone Quartet Australian Tour With special guests Sydney Chamber Winds. Works by Ligeti, Maslanka, Nielsen, Danzi. Monday 16th April, 6:30pm, 4MBS Performance Studio, Brisbane, Australia
KHASM Saxophone Quartet Australian Tour In collaboration with Barega Saxophone Quartet and students from the Queensland Conservatorium. Works by Ligeti, Maslanka, Denson, Ball. Friday 13th April, 6pm, Bahai'i Centre of Learning, Hobart, Australia
KHASM Saxophone Quartet Australian Tour In collaboration with 22SQ Saxophone Quartet. Works by Barber, Debussy, Maslanka, Ligeti. Friday 16th March, 6:30pm, Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia
KHASM Saxophone Quartet Fundraiser and Tour Launch Featuring special guest Leigh Harrold on piano. Works by Ligeti, Debussy, Desenclos, Glass, Maslanka. Ticket prices include a raffle drawn during the concert. Fundraising to present the world premiere of Peter Neville's new piece "Compendium" at the World Saxophone Congress in Scotland. February, Melbourne, Australia
Performance the world premiere of acclaimed Australian composer George Dreyfus' Symphony No. 3. Recipients of the University of Melbourne's Alan C Rose Memorial Scholarship for the Australian Tour.
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