ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING
TO LISTEN TO SING
To Listen To Sing features a quartet of flute, clarinet, cello and percussion and, while not featuring the composers themselves on stage, shines the spotlight on a whole raft of brand new music by fresh First Nations voices. It is a true celebration of the enmeshing of western art music and the oldest surviving culture on earth.
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Past Shows
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Wagga Wagga Festival
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Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
The Malachi Gilmore Hall, Oberon
Coffs Harbour Music Society
Peninsula Summer Music Festival
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The Street Theatre, Canberra
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Pantopia Festival, Berlin
Heitsun Pavlonki, Helsinki
Watch and Listen
To Listen Sing Album
Critical Acclaim
“★★★★1⁄2 “The fruits of the enterprise are heard here in performances by Ensemble Offspring, that splendid Sydney-based band led by Claire Edwardes... In time, this album and its successors may become historic, as much for their origins as for the quality and appeal of the performances of music in which all Australians might take pride.”
“The sheer diversity of styles, some incorporating jazz, percussion, repetitive and vocal elements, ensures variety and attraction. In fragments of melodies and rhythms, its origins are barely hinted at, indicating the success of this visionary project. In time, this album and its successors may become historic, as much for their origins as for the quality and appeal of the performances of music in which all Australians might take pride.”
“★★★★1⁄2 “First Nations composers have been given their own voice in a superb album jointly enabled by the Ngarra-Burra artist development program and ground-breaking Sydney group Ensemble Offspring.”
“...some of the most radical music being made right now is also the most ancient. And when First Nations artists are given space to lead, what emerges is a true reflection of the land.”