Julian Day’s An Infinity Room (A.I.R)
TIME 8.00pm
WHERE Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium, SYDNEY
The intimate wood-paneled ambience of the Sydney Conservatorium’s Recital Hall East will glow with new sounds in the latest concert in the New Music Network’s unique Mini Series for 2010.
An Infinity Room (A.I.R) is a new ensemble comprising multiple vintage synthesizers, keyboards and electronic organs. Led by composer Julian Day, the group strives towards a Zen-like sense of spaciousness, resonance and poise. A.I.R uses graphic scores, simple performance techniques and semi-improvised structures to create a haunting aura of drones and rich harmonic fields.
A.I.R. recently supported Japanese artists aus and Cokiyu on their Australian tour. The group has presented work at Firstdraft Gallery in Sydney, Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS), Gorman House, and Kurongkurl Katitji gallery at WAAPA in Perth. The group will tour the UK in 2011 through the support of the British Council.
Julian Day is a composer and sound artist based in Sydney. He also hosts New Music Up Late on ABC Classic FM. Described as an ‘epic and intimate formalist’, he is interested in creating lush and evocative sound worlds through simple yet lateral means.
This concert features new works for a variety of keyboards, including pieces written especially for this concert. Allow your mind to gently wander as A.I.R fills the space with mesmerizing organ tones.
PERFORMERS: Julian Day, Shoeb Ahmad, Luke Jaaniste, and Janet McKay.
JULIAN DAY is a Sydney-based sound artist and composer. He co-directs Super Critical Mass for massed instrumental choirs and collaborates with Luke Jaaniste as LOUDANDSOFT. Julian studied with Gerard Brophy at the Queensland Conservatorium and with Louis Andriessen, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe at the Bang On A Can Summer Institute. His music has been played by Lisa Moore, Genevieve Lacey, Orchestra Victoria and The Song Company among others. Julian recently won the British Council’s Realize Your Dream award. He also hosts New Music Up Late on ABC Classic FM. www.julianday.com
SHOEB AHMAD is a musician/sound artist based in Canberra, Australia, where he runs the label hellosQuare Recordings and organizes events for local and touring artists, including regular evenings at Café Oto in London, UK. His collaborations include Spartak (with percusisonist Evan Dorrian) and Klumpes Ahmad with Adrian Klumpes. He performs and records fragile tone structures and spacious songforms using uitar, voice, field recordings, keyboard and laptop. www.hellosquarerecordings.com
LUKE JAANISTE is a visual and sonic artist living in Brisbane. His work has been broadcast, exhibited and featured in festivals across Australia. In 2006 he was selected to represent Australia at the International Rostrum of Composers, and his music has featured in the 12th Prix Marulic Festival. He trained in composition and musicology at the Queensland Conservatorium and recently completed a PhD at the Creative Industries Faculty QUT where he now holds a position as a research fellow exploring innovation in the arts. www.lukejaaniste.com
JANET MCKAY is a Brisbane-based flautist and director of the new music producer Random Overtones. Janet has initiated, produced and promoted concerts and new music workshops in capital cities in Australia, as well as London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the Sydney and Queensland Conservatoriums and has studied at the Guildhall School in London and at the Bang On A Can Summer Institute of Music in Massachusetts, USA. www.randomovertones.com
