Presented by Aurora New Music and ABC Classic FM
in partnership with Campbelltown Arts Centre and Riverside Parramatta
with concerts broadcast on ABC Classic FM
Following its launch in October 2002, Blacktown Arts Centre has been enjoying strong public backing. The Centre's development as a responsive, sustainable cultural facility is also supported by several linked organisations, including The Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Western Sydney. During a twelve month program focussing on the visual arts, nine exhibitions were held at the centre, eight of which were developed and curated in-house, many of these exhibitions reflected the exciting creativity of young artists living in the Western Sydney area.
Events held in the Blacktown region:
- An Australian Music Day based on music by Matthew Hindson and featuring performers from the New Music Now Programme of the Australian Youth Orchestra;
- A concert featuring the outstanding vocal ensemble Sirens in the historic St. Bartholemew's Church.
Just as the Sirens of Greek mythology captured the hearts and minds of wandering travellers, so to will concert-goers be thoroughly entranced by the sublime skill and aural brilliance of Sirens.
Four of Australia's top female vocalists are joined by harpist Genevieve Lang in a concert within the historic St. Bartholemew's church. From the astounding quasi-orchestral palettes of Graham Hair's recent masterpiece O Venezia to the cutting edge of a newly commissioned work by Australian composer Elliott Gyger, this concert will transport music lovers to places they never dreamed possible.
Wednesday 1 May, 2006
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Bowman Hall, Blacktown Arts Centre
78 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown
$14 per student
Teachers accompanying students attend the afternoon session FREE of charge
Programme to include:
Matthew Hindson:
Comin' Right Atcha
Little Chrissietina's Magic Fantasy
Repetepetition
Nintendo Music
Fascinated with the music of popular youth culture, Matthew Hindson says he likes music to be exciting and interesting, to appeal directly to the emotions. Particular amongst his interests are the techno and death-metal genres, and echoes of their driving rhythms are typically found in his works, along with an energy and sense of fun so often lacking in contemporary music.
This Australian Music Day continues Matthew's dynamic relationship with Australian Youth Orchestra. Their leading 14-piece contemporary music ensemble, conducted by Kevin Field, Associate Conductor with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a range of Matthews music for small ensembles. Matthew will demonstrate and discuss his process of composing, with particular emphasis on his critically acclaimed chamber orchestra piece written for the Absolute Ensemble, Comin Right Atcha which uses the funk music techniques of James Brown as its starting point.
The course will also explore Musica Viva In Schools online resource, Hands on Hindson, at www.musicaviva.com.au/hindson - a website that encourages the study of his music and features a composition process diary of Comin Right Atcha and teaching activities for elective music classes.
Suitable for: Elective music students, Years 9 - 12
Syllabus Topics: Australian Music, Music of the last 25 years, Music for Small Ensembles, Art Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
Australian Music Day Presentation
presented by Musica Viva in Schools and the Aurora Festival
Presented by:
Matthew Hindson
featuring
the New Music Now ensemble of the Australian Youth Orchestra
cond. Kevin Field
Programme:
Graeme Hair:
O Venezia, Part I
Stuart Greenbaum:
Three Songs of Sleep
Elliott Gyger:
From the hungry waiting country
Steve Reich:
Know What Is Above You
Kerry Andrew:
Lunacy
Graeme Hair:
O Venezia, Part II
Sunday 7 May, 2006
3.00 pm
St. Bartholemew's Church,
Prospect
Admission $20/$12
