Events for Ensemble Offspring

Fractured Again - Sydney

a fragile and exotic work on the theme of glass that will transform the magnificent Great Hall at The University of Sydney into a unique sonic and visual environment.

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Fractured Again - Sydney

a fragile and exotic work on the theme of glass that will transform the magnificent Great Hall at The University of Sydney into a unique sonic and visual environment.

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Fractured Again - Sydney

a fragile and exotic work on the theme of glass that will transform the magnificent Great Hall at The University of Sydney into a unique sonic and visual environment.

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Open Music - Blacktown

Join us for an eclectic selection of 20th century classics designed to elicit a multitude of interpretations including works by John Zorn, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Tom Johnson, Larry Polansky and Damien Ricketson.

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The Oriental Other

Ensemble Offspring will present three contemporary works that explore Western art music's representation of its Oriental other.

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ISCM World New Music Days - The World in Sydney

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ISCM World New Music Days - A Wealth of Sound - Sydney

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ISCM World New Music Days - The Young and the Restless - Parramatta

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NIME - Sydney

International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.

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Sizzle 1 - Sydney

Sizzle will take contemporary classical music off the endangered musical species list and into the everyday lives of the people of Sydney. It will be a relaxed and casual affair with food, drinks, bowls, bingo and quizzes against the backdrop of a wide range of musical and artistic genres. Each Sunday afternoon event throughout winter, will be curated by a different Ensemble Offspring member, reflecting their unique personal tastes and collaborative projects.

Bree van Reyk, Veronique Serret and Jason Noble will pit Reich and Stockhausen against Holly Throsby, Shlomowitz against DJ Pimmon and free improvisations against the Jess Green Jazz Septet. Sizzle will take place at the Waverley, Petersham and Camperdown Bowling Clubs.

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Open Music - Tamworth

Join us for an eclectic selection of 20th century classics designed to elicit a multitude of interpretations including works by John Zorn, Philip Glass, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis and Damien Ricketson.

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Sizzle 2 - Sydney

Sizzle was conceived by Ensemble Offspring as an alternative musical event for Sydney in winter - a way of getting contemporary classical music off the podium and into people's Sunday arvos. A relaxed and casual affair including food, drinks and a bowlo vibe, this afternoon is curated by Ensemble Offspring member Bree van Reyk, reflecting her unique personal tastes and varied collaborative projects. Expect music by Cage, Terry Riley and Louis Andriessen and gear up for appearances from Sydney artists including Bob Scott, Holly Throsby, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Timothy Constable, Brian Fuata and more!

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AMD 2010 - Sydney

Australian Music Days 2010

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Sizzle 3 - Sydney

Sizzle will take contemporary classical music off the endangered musical species list and into the everyday lives of the people of Sydney. It will be a relaxed and casual affair with food, drinks, bowls, bingo and quizzes against the backdrop of a wide range of musical and artistic genres. 

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Thirteen Colours

Treize couleurs du soleil couchant by the French composer Tristan Murail is a beautiful sonic metaphor for the setting sun. Like watching a sunset, the work imperceptibly draws the listener through slowly transforming colours of seemingly infinite depth and subtlety.

Murail, like Messiaen and Debussy before him, is part of a legacy of French music that displays a refined sensibility for colour. Together with compatriot Gérard Grisey (whose monumental Talea is featured in the concert), he is credited with establishing an entirely new school of composition called ‘spectral music’. Just as light can be broken into a spectrum of colours, so too a rich sound can be broken into a kaleidoscope of microscopic frequencies.

Continuing the spectral theme are works by Kaija Saariaho, one of the most renowned European composers of her generation, Giacinto Scelsi, Claude Vivier and a world premiere by Australian composer and violinist James Cuddeford. Given the spectral movements' vast influence in contemporary music world wide, this seminal repertoire is seldom heard in Australia. Ensemble Offspring provides a rare opportunity to hear this unique and engaging music.

NB: The Canberra concert scheduled for August 21 has been CANCELLED due to the election.

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Ross Edwards Composer in Focus - Penrith

Ross Edwards, our 2010 Composer-in-Focus, will be in person at ‘the Joan' for this special education event, with many of his most well-known pieces including White Cockatoo Spirit Dance, Marimba Dances and Water Spirit Song being performed.

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Zodiac - Brisbane

Experience the zodiac through the unique creative spirit of the legendary Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ensemble Offspring's striking arrangement of these twelve sublime melodies has been critically acclaimed as both beautiful and daring.

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Zodiac - Sydney

Experience the zodiac through the unique creative spirit of the legendary Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ensemble Offspring's striking arrangement of these twelve sublime melodies has been critically acclaimed as both beautiful and daring.

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West Head Project V - Middle Head

"We are all condemned to silence unless we create our own relationship with the world and try to tie other people into the meaning we create. That is what composing is." Jacques Attali

"If we climbed out of the recreational vehicle and sat on the ground, we might begin to get the message that we can't afford to hear, the message that, since contact, Aborigines have never stopped transmitting. The land is the source of everything..." Germaine Greer.

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Sounds Absurd - Sydney

Sounds Absurd explores the theatrics of music with an absurd program that is sure to challenge and amuse. In collaboration with physical theatre performer and director, Carlos Gomes, Sounds Absurd features music by the recently departed Mauricio Kagel; a new work by Australia's own Kagel expert Moya Henderson, and Richard Ayres' 34b which includes a secret waltz to be performed in countries or at times when dancing is forbidden. From painful body slapping to upside-down cellos in drag, join us as we take the theatrics of music to the extreme.

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