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Aurora Festival
2008
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Creative Minds Under Construction
Concert Hall, Joan Sutherland Performing
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Programme
Claire Edwardes: Percussion, Bernadette Balkus: Piano
Cross-Cultural Consciousness
Rafferty's Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta
Claire Edwardes: Percussion, Bernadette Balkus: Piano
Programme
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Electro-Acoustic Workshop, 10am-12pm

Curator: Houston Dunleavy

Featuring: Jon Drummond, Michael Dixon, Sofia Marita and Terumi Narushima

Get on the cutting edge of new music and sonic technology in this presentation of works by four emerging composers, moderated by experts in the genre.

Concert, 1-2pm

Michael Atherton, Garth Paine [AUS]:
Electro-acoustic Work [WP]
Houston Dunleavy [AUS]: Earth and Space (selections) [AP]
Diana Blom [AUS]: The Whale’s Song [WP]
Anne Boyd [AUS]: Angklung
Garth Paine [AUS]: Electro-acoustic Work [WP]
Roger Dean, Hazel Smith [AUS]:
Electro-acoustic Work [WP]

Acoustic Workshop,
3.00pm - 5.00pm

Curator: Diana Blom

Featuring: Andrian Pertout, Steven Clark, Clare Maclean and Michael Barkl

Chamber music has long been one of the most challenging forms of communication in music. Listen to the works of four composers workshopped by one of Australia's most innovative chamber ensembles, Charisma.

Altered Consciousness Music Therapy Workshop, 11am-1pm

Curators:
Alan Lem, Michael Atherton

The workshop will explore the idea of sequencing music for imagery purposes and involve a didactic component plus an interactive music improvisation using Tibetan singing bowls.

Cross-Art form Workshop-Lecture,
2-4pm

Curators:
David Cubby, David Wright

Exploring interactions between Peking Opera and Chinese Calligraphic traditions. How are these realised in contemporary Australia?

Music of the Spirit Forum, 5-5.45pm

Featuring: Chinary Ung (Grawemeyer Award winner), Michael Atheton, Bruce Crossman and Ji-Yun Lee

Discussing spiritual aspects to music and musical traditions.

Online forum: curated by resonate magazine, published by the Australian Music Centre.

ADMISSION FREE
ADMISSION FREE

School of Communication Arts

School of Communication Arts

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