Archive for 2009

Splinter Orchestra @ Whip It
Saturday, October 31st, 2009

[ Saturday, 31 October, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] the Splinter Ochestra are performing at the ‘Whip It’, a monthly event for improvised dance. Splinter will be performing together with dancers Tess de Quincey, Linda Luke, Victoria Hunt, Nikki Hayward, Ashley Dyer and Eva Papadopoulo.

Where: Life and Balance Centre, Glebe
When: 7.30pm
Cost: 10

The Now now Series #10
Monday, October 26th, 2009

[ Monday, 26 October, 2009; 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm. ] Kim Myhr (norway) - guitars
“Silence and sound define each other, although small enough musical sounds can blur the line between the two, creating that intensity of intermittent silence you might find in a rainforest. This is the area inhabited by Jim Denley (alto sax, flutes and electronics) and Kim Myhr (acoustic guitar, simple mechanics), whose [...]

WANTED - improvising musicans for a concept performance in the Blue Mountains
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

[ Sunday, 25 October, 2009; 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Oct 25 2009 - at Wentworth Falls TAFE

As part of the Footbeat Festival, to be held at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains on Sunday Oct 25th, there is the Concerto-Interpreganza.

“do you play requests?” don’t you hate that question!!

In this performance, the musicans will be taking requests - not to play [...]

West Head Project // Middle Harbour Project
Sunday, October 25th, 2009

[ Sunday, 25 October, 2009; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] “We hear the alien quality of the non-human in our music and the humanity of music in nature.” - David Dunn.

Over the past three years this project has been presented at Ku-ring-gai National Park. In 2009 the project will continue the tradition although at a different location - Middle Head, the Southern [...]

APOSTACY @ SEDITION
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

[ Thursday, 22 October, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] a night of exploratory music at our favourite barber shop !

featuring…….

strings and things

First Set:
Nadene Pita - solo
voice / viola / electronics

Second Set:
The Noise Trio
Mirabai Peart - violin
James Eccles - viola
Ollie Miller - cello

Third Set:
Group Play - musicians welcome

entry by donation
($5-10)

275 Victoria St, Darlinghurst

theNOWnow Series.
Monday, October 12th, 2009

The SMS-Interactive Music (SIM) Project brings together a world class group of musicians and technicians to develop an improvised collaborative performance technique. This technique involves improvised musical performance, technology and the audience as co-collaborators.
By creatively subverting readily available computer hardware and mobile phone technology, matched with the skills of our musicians, we will bridge the [...]

APOSTACY
Thursday, October 8th, 2009

[ Thursday, 8 October, 2009 7:30 pm to Friday, 9 October, 2009 5:00 am. ]
APOSTACY @ SEDITION :
wind & breath — a quintet, a trio, an octet

* Joe Cummins - trumpet
* Joseph Derrick - trumpet
* Simon Ferenci - trumpet
* Alexandra Spence - clarinet
* Tim Wall - clarinet

* Laura Altman - clarinet
* Monika Brooks - accordion
* Tony Osborne - voice

gig starts at 7:30 pm
address: 275 Victoria St, [...]

APOSTACY @ SEDITION
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

[ Thursday, 24 September, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] a night of exploratory music at sydney’s most unique live music venue !

featuring:

Tony Osborne - vocals
Nadene Pita - viola
Tim Cunningham - lap steel guitar

Joshua Isaac - drums
David Green - shakuhachi, etc
Martin Lloyd - shakuhachi

7:30 pm - $5 entry
275 Victoria St, Darlinghurst

NOW now series #8 - two nights!
Sunday, September 20th, 2009

[ Sunday, 20 September, 2009 7:30 am to Monday, 21 September, 2009 2:30 pm. ] sunday 20th september @ ‘the big room’ - 1/475 king st newtown
solo: shoji hano (japan) - drums
duo: ben byrne (melb) + ivan lysiak (nsw) - electronics
solo: gilles aubry (berlin) - electronics/field recordings

monday 21st september @ ‘bohemian grove’
ECO - 8 piece group from japan with yusuke akai (brisbane) + ladies & gentlemen [...]

SHOJI HANO @ SEDITION
Thursday, September 17th, 2009

[ Thursday, 17 September, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] APOSTACY @ SEDITION :

a night featuring Shoji Hano from japan.

Japanese drumming master Shoji Hano was first introduced to drumming at the age of four in the style of Kokura Gion Taiko at a local festival.
He began playing the western drum set at the age of 15. Influenced by jazz legends Max Roach, [...]