New Music Network Presents:

Thursday, 8 July, 2010
7:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

The Noise
Biodiversity

In celebration of The International Year of Biodiversity, Australia’s most adventurous new string quartet, The NOISE, is staging a one-off event at the Australian Museum. Take a stroll through the museum’s skeleton gallery and then join The NOISE beneath the cavernous jaws of the sperm whale, as they embark on a series of improvisations inspired by the teeming life in our fragile biosphere. Expect to hear quirky wombat promenades, ethereal whale-song and dazzling symphonies of insects… in short, a new improvised ‘Carnival of the Animals’ and a heartfelt plea for the biodiversity of our planet. Supported by the Australian Museum.

Ticket includes free entry to the museum’s Biodiversity Exhibition.

Performers: Veronique Serret (violin), Mirabai Peart (violin), James Eccles (viola), and Ollie Miller (cello)

‘NOISE’ music is improvised, self-composed, electric, genre-bending and Australian. It is inspired by a musical pantheon that includes John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Reich, Radiohead, Radulescu, Ravi Shankar, Shostakovich, Stockhausen, Bartok, Bach, Brahem, Bill Frisell, Lutoslawski, Messiaen, Kronos… and such local notables as The Necks, Judy Bailey, Synergy, Taikoz, The Splinter Orchestra, Sculthorpe, Edwards, Barton, Riley Lee… and of course the ‘sounds’ of the Australian landscape. What comes out of all these influences is something entirely original…a blend of classical music, experimental jazz, avant-garde, alternative rock, world music, and sound art, that ends up sounding like none of these things…yet still appeals to fans of all those genres. “You think that’s noise? … you ain’t heard nuttin’ yet!” - Al Jolson

TIME 7pm
WHERE Australian Museum, William Street Entrance, SYDNEY
TICKETS Adult $20 / Conc and Under 30 $12
BOOK ONLINE (www.cityrecitalhall.com) by phone (02) 8256 2222 or tickets available at the door