Friday 16th January 2009
Afternoon concert @ Lhamda Books
5pm : THE PROPHETS : drums and saxophones and masks : Dale Gorfinkel / Peter Farrar / Rosalind Hall / Sam Dobson / Finn Ryan / and more
5:30pm : Inge Olmheim / Aemon Webb : Electronics
Evening concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
7:00pm : PIN PIN PIN TRIO : Clare Cooper (guzheng) / Magda Mayas (piano) / Steve Heather (percussion)
7:30pm : THE SPIDERS : James Heighway (everything)
8:00pm : Adam Sussman / Martin Kirkwood : Acoustic Guitars
8:30pm : (outdoors) : T.A.D. and Yusuke : voices and guitars
9:00pm : Eugene Chadbourne : freely improvised country guitar and banjo
9:45pm : Pateras / Baxter / Brown + Louise Curham : prepared piano / prepared guitar / unprepared drums / performative film (respectively)
Late concert @ Akemi
from 11:00pm :
Clayton Thomas (double bass) / Dale Gorfinkel (vibraphone / inventions) / Finn Ryan (drums)
Cinemusic : a film by David Ahern : introduced by Geoffrey Barnard
Lloyd Honeybrook / Robin Fox : feedbax and computer
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Saturday 17th January 2009
Morning concert @ King’s Cave
6:00am : Steve Heather : percussion
Sound Walk : with Anthony Magen : from King’s Cave and midday
Afternoon Concert @ King’s Cave
2:00pm : Inge Olmheim (electronics) / Ian Pieterse (baritone saxophone) / Rosalind Hall (prepared alto saxophone)
2:30pm : Sam Dobson (double bass) / Jon Rose (violin)
Afternoon talk @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
5:30pm : Birdsong : The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music : Hollis Taylor
Evening Concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
7:00pm : Clayton Thomas / Clare Cooper / Robin Fox : strings and computer manipulation
7:30pm : Joe Derrick / Simon Ferenci : trumpets
8:00pm : Kusum Normoyle / Aaron Clarke / Rivka Schembri / Bonnie Hart : voices
8:30pm : HELMET HEAD : Rod Cooper and Anthony Magen : Audiovisual madness
9:00pm : Laura Altman / Magda Mayas / Monika Brooks : clarinet, piano and accordion
9:30pm : BOTBORG : audio visual feedback web
Late concert @ Akemi
from 11:00pm :
Pilgramage from Scattered Points : a film on the Scratch Orchestra by Luke Fowler
EUGENE CHADBOURNE PROJECT
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Sunday 18th January 2009
Midday in Wilson Park : KITE MUSIC : Jon Rose and Robin Fox
Afternoon Concert @ Wentworth Falls School of Arts
2:00pm : THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA : the NOW now’s very own house band
2:45pm : Anthony Pateras : solo piano
3:30pm : THE LOOP ORCHESTRA : Australia’s longest running experimental music project : John Blades / Richard Fielding / Manny Gasparinatos / Hamish Mackenzie / Juke Wyatt
4:00pm : Mike Majkowski : solo double bass
Evening concert @ Akemi
from 7:00pm :
- Dave Brown / Joe Musgrove / James Heighway : guitars and electronics
- THE UNAUSTRALIANS
- Hosebeast : Jon Hunter / Ivan Lysiak / Peter Newman : guitar and drums and computer
- Lucas Abela / Sean Baxter
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