Cross-Cultural Music by Australian Women Composers

Original music by Ros Bandt, Brigid Burke, Dang Kim Hien, Anne Norman, Catherine Schieve

CD LAUNCH

Date & time: 22 December 2009, 6-7:30 PM
Venue: Institute of Postcolonial Studies
78-80 Curzon Street
North Melbourne
Victoria 3051
Free entry. Finger foods and drinks will be served
Special CD price at the launch: $20 (RRP $25)

Disc Contents:

1. From the Venetian Mansion (Ros Bandt, 2005)
Ros Bandt (Tarhu) & Ruth Wilkinson (Viola da gamba)

2. Melodia Nostalgica (Giọt Sầu) (Dang Kim Hien, 2006)
Dang Kim Hien (Dan bau [Vietnamese monochord]) & Kim Le (Piano)

3. On A Quivering String (Dang Kim Hien, 2005)
Dang Kim Hien (Dan bau [Vietnamese monochord])

4-5. Ask Not ~ Fear Not (Anne Norman, 2006)
Anne Norman (Shakuhachi, and power pole bells) & Brigid Burke (Clarinet)

6. Deep Sea Divers (Anne Norman 2006)
Anne Norman (Shakuhachi and pre-recorded materials)

7. Whale Song (Ros Bandt, 2008)
Ros Bandt (Tarhu)

8-9. Tragoudia 1 and 2 (Ros Bandt, 2005)
Ros Bandt (Habiouli (shepherd’s flute), tarhu and soundscape of goat recordings)

10. Air Dance (Brigid Burke, 2006)
Brigid Burke (Clarinet, Javanese gamelan, kendang (drum) and processed electronics)

11-12. Fractions of Illumination 1 and 2 (Brigid Burke, 2005)
Brigid Burke (Clarinet, percussion and processed electronics)
Anne Norman (Shakuhachi, percussion)

13. Attunements (Catherine Schieve, 2006)
Catherine Schieve (shruti boxes from India, balafon from Guinea, West Africa)
Warren Burt (sound preparation, shruti boxes from India)
Installation: Illawarra acoustic spaces, instruments, drawings, Free Music Machine, continuous layered surrounding of environmental sounds, environmental performances, graphic scores, light-controlled synthesizers, non-virtuosic non-western instruments, floor drawing, improvisatory drawings installed in space.

This project was supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.