Crossing Roper Bar @ Melbourne Recital Centre
Australian Art Orchestra and the Young Wagilak Group perform Crossing Roper Bar at the Melbourne Recital Centre, 7.30pm, Friday 28 August 2009.
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Ruby's Story @ Wagga Wagga
Civic Thearte, Wagga Wagga
8pm, Wednesday 26th August 2009
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Crossing Roper Bar @ Parliament House
On Friday 3rd April 2009, the Australian Art Orchestra and the Young Wagilak Group were invited to perform 'Crossing Roper Bar' at Parliament House in Canberra as part of the Federal Government of Australia's formal recognition of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
To see more on this historic event, and the AAOs part in the celebrations, simply click here.
For more information about the 'Crossing Roper Bar' project, read the recent Rhythms Magazine article by Tony Hillier.
New Ringing the Bell Backwards CD on sale now
Available for online purchase at the AAO shop
AAO welcomes Paul Jackson (lighting designer) to the fold
Paul is a theatre, architectural and events lighting designer with extensive experience of working in the Arts.
Passion @ Melbourne Recital Centre
Image credit: Jeff Wassmann
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
12 noon, Friday 10th April 2009 (Good Friday)
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Crossing Roper Bar @ Apollo Bay Music Festival
Image credit: Bohdan Warchomji
Apollo Bay Music Festival, Victoria
12 noon, Sunday 29th March 2009
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Ringing the Bell Backwards @ Melbourne Recital Centre
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
7.30pm, Saturday 7th March 2009
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The remastered and repackaged CD of 'Ringing the Bell Backwards' will also be available after this concert.
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Crossing Roper Bar
image by Stephen Barnett
On the 8th September the AAO completed a three week cross-cultural musical journey through some of Australia's most remote and stunning settings including the communities of Katherine, Kununurra, Warmun, Wangkatjungka, Broome, Djarindjin/Lombadina, Beagle Bay and One Arm Point. As well as concerts in Darwin and Perth
The Crossing Roper Bar tour featured Paul Grabowsky and the Australia Art Orchestra,
Wagilak Gujarra/Nyilapidgi musicians from Ngukurr, Arnhem Land
and special guest Ruby Hunter.
Here is what Dr. Aaron Corn, Research Fellow in Ethnomusicology and Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Sydney, had to say about the opening night performance :
Crossing Roper Bar is nothing less than a collaborative and artistic triumph. Seldom do
Indigenous holders of a genuine musical tradition, and one that continues to be performed
at home in ceremonies, find ways to explore their talents with such dedicated fellow
artists, and share the beauty of their songs and dances with new audiences. This alone is
an achievement of which tour producer Tura New Music and its principal sponsor, Total
E&P Australia, can feel extremely proud. If only musicians who possess other Indigenous
traditions in Australia enjoyed similar opportunities.
Crossing Roper Bar is a work of rare integrity in Australia that sets an exciting new
benchmark for artistic dialogues with traditional Indigenous musicians. And in this one
vital regard, it is the collaboration to begin all collaborations. Review continues here
Read more reviews of the tour here and view pictures of the tour here.
Into the Fire in India 2008
The Australian Art Orchestra has just returned from a four city tour of India and the recording of a new CD in Chennai. The 2008 Into The Fire tour involved seven members of the AAO under the direction of Adrian Sherriff alongside four members of the Sruthi Laya Ensemble under the direction of Guru Karaikudi R. Mani.
28th of May: Hyderabad. Laitha Kala Thoranam
31st of May: Mysore. Sri Ganapthy Schchidananda Ashram
2nd of June: Bangalore. Alliance Francais de Bangalore
5th of June: Chennai. Narada Gana Sabha Auditorium
More information about INTO THE FIRE and music samples can be found here
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