Four Plus One are performances that utilise Sono-Kinetic Conducting, a lexicon of hand gestures and baton movements developed for the Australian Art Orchestra by Artistic Director Aaron Choulai.
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SUAD presents three new commissioned works, pushing the boundaries of musical innovation and celebrating the originality, creativity, and diversity of Australian improvisers. In an innovative collaboration, each performance will unfold at Melbourne's iconic outdoor container bar, Section 8.
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A program of newly written works celebrating the Coburg Town Hall Organ, exploring the sonic and spatial potentials of the Coburg Town Hall – from inside the organ itself, to the upper balcony.
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Featuring two prominent figures in Japanese Hip-hop, The Australian Art Orchestra in collaboration with the Tokyo based collective Namboku Records, presents a warehouse party in the heart of Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
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A bilateral collaboration between the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival to commission and present four new works by Australian and UK composers performed in both countries.
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Six powerful women reimagine folkloric stories of goddesses from their many shared heritages, echoing tales of creation, regeneration and transformation, and evokes a time when music and language, art and life, were intertwined.
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A song cycle composed by Yuin woman, Brenda Gifford. Originally commissioned for the 2020 Canberra International Music Festival, adapted with electronic soundscapes and the voice of the composer speaking in Language.
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An intertwining of personal narratives that features Vietnamese/Australian multi-instrumentalist Dung Nguyen and fuses the sounds of Vietnamese folk music with contemporary jazz.
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A call to open ears: eluding genre, traversing continents and fusing ancient and contemporary. At its heart are Yolgnu manikay (song cycles), a 40,000+ year-old oral tradition from South East Arnhem Land.
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Ground-breaking music that lands like a gut punch. An inspired sonic journey that draws the listener close to the beauty of the moment in these fast changing times featuring Zimbabwean/Australian spoken word artist, Tariro Mavondo.
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A video series that puts the spotlight on selected members from our pool of incredible collaborators in celebration of the Australian Art Orchestra’s 25th anniversary.
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