Australian Improvisation Practicum 2: Tools for Collective Expression
The Australian Improvisation Practicum is a three-day residency that delves into musical language unique to Australian improvised music, with a specific focus on exploring potential intersections with compositional frameworks.
Dates: Monday 28 - Wednesday 30 September 2026
Location: Brunswick, Victoria
Applications close: Tuesday 25 August, midnight
Listening Room
AAO Listening Room Episode 1 is now live - follow the link to check out our new conversation series.
This edition features host Sose Fuamoli interviewing AAO Producer & Technical Director Jem Savage about the recent release Karappo Okesutura Vol. III by Australian Art Orchestra and Nicole Lizée.
To Kill A Magic
We Got Used To -
Premiere
Full-length premiere video now on YouTube
To Kill A Magic We Got Used To, a daring and culturally-coded new work by Artistic Director Aaron Choulai and Roman MC, premiered on 28th November 2025 at Athaneum Theatre II, Melbourne.
The work across three movements is a reimagining of Stravinsky’s L'Histoire du soldat for a digital age, and follows a modern artist trading authenticity for social media fame. Multiple musical worlds and cultural references are kneaded into new shapes in a genre-defying work, building the story live through Choulai’s unique Sono-Kinetic Conducting system. Stravinsky’s music is abstracted into a blend of composition and improvisation around Roman MC’s narrative-led spoken word and freestyle, demonstrating new languages in jazz and hip-hop through the sonic world of a Spike Lee movie score. This gripping work confronts the cost of visibility and the fragile balance between creative ambition and artistic integrity.
Conductor: Aaron Choulai | Narrator/MC: Roman MC
Violin 1: Lizzy Welsh | Violin 2: Rachael Kim | Viola: Biddy Connor | Cello: Zoë Barry
Trumpet: Eugene Ball | Alto Clarinet: Andrew Saragossi | Bass Trombone: Adrian Sherriff
Contrabass: Tamara Murphy | Drum Kit: Myka Wallace
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