What do you get when you mix up final-year students from classical, contemporary, composition, jazz & digital music degrees and give them free rein to make whatever they want?
Come find out this weekend in a festival of diverse new music at the Syd Con
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Installation created with Diana Chester and Fausto Brusamolino open 10am-5pm for the next 10 days in a shipping container as part of the New Annual festival in Newcastle.

Seismograf has just released an interesting batch of audio-papers on ‘Sound and the More-Than-Human Worlds’ including something from Diana Chester and I. Listen below.

New Music Ensemble tomorrow (Fri 19 Sept).
Works by Paul Stanhope, Bree van Reyk, Liza Lim, Alex Maltas & Matthew Hindson, conducted by Sam Weller.
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium.
Info & tickets: bit.ly/scmnmeperfor...

30 years ago today, a bunch of music students took to stage as part of the Sydney Spring Festival in what was to become Ensemble Offspring.
At the 25-year mark I wrote an extended piece about the organisation’s history and the environment that shaped it.
Still going strong 30 years on.

Presenting a sensory sound installation and paper at the Colloquium on Artistic Research in the Performing Arts in Helsinki.
Deep listening room with surround sound and vibrating benches opening today.
www.uniarts.fi/en/colloquiu...

Mid creative development

Surrounded by composers following Syd Symph Fellows gig at the Con. [Photo: Liza Lim]

New work 'Castles Made of Sand' premiering with the SSO Fellows 7pm 4th July. Imagine a mash of Ravel, Hendrix and a field recording of the ocean. In a program celebrating the Syd Con curated by Liza Lim.
Info & tix: bit.ly/ssofellowssc...

Lovely story about Nancy Bates heading into Syd Conservatorium New Music Ensemble performance this Thu 7pm

‘Songs of Healing’ featuring music by Nancy Bates & Tim Gray. 7pm Thu 17 April @ Syd Con.
Culmination of Indigenous Artists-in-Residence project involving Nancy, Tim & students across the Con’s composition, classical performance, contemporary & jazz degrees.
Info & tickets: bit.ly/SCMEME2-170425

The creative team from Nazri after gifting their audience with wondrous sounds. Another intriguing show from Shervin Mirzeinali.

Energetic, intimate, uplifting & fun. Aurora at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney.

A day of collaborative songwriting with Nancy Bates & Tim Gray as part of their residency at the Syd Con.

Recent family timeout for two significant bdays and an anniversary.

Migrating from Facebook to Bluesky in hope of a more positive social media experience. Looking for music, art, culture, quality news and a bit of satire to fill my feed in case anyone has recommendations.