Tura New Music and PICA present
Dale Gorfinkel & Rosalind Hall
FREE Event @ PICA
Wednesday 25th June, 6pm
Dale Gorfinkel has developed radical approaches to playing the vibraphone, while Rosalind Hall has developed a unique language by making modifications to the saxophone that radically changed the sound of and approach to the instrument. These two musicians join together for a one-off lecture and performance.
Wednesday 25 June, 6pmFREE Event
PICA's Performance Space
For more info contact PICA on 9228 6300
Dale Gorfinkel has developed a unique and personal language on the vibraphone, combining extended techniques with physical modification of the instrument. Modifications have included exploiting the vibraphone's tremolo mechanism, motorised continuous-bow inventions, addition of microtonally tuned bars and amplification. In recent years, his creative approach to the vibraphone has become the basis for building new automated sound sculptures which he uses to create installations and spatialised performances. He has also developed a radical approach to playing the trumpet.
Dale has been an active member of Sydney's exploratory music and jazz communities and is integral part of many ensembles including the composer/improviser collective Farfinkel Pugowski, The Splinter Orchestra, Jim Denley's West Head Project, The Mike Nock Project, S.S.L duo with Robbie Avenaim, and trio with saxophonist Peter Farrar and the sound poet Amanda Stewart. Dale is also a co-organiser for the The Now Now, a fortnightly series and annual festival of creative music.
Rosalind Hall is a saxophonist based in Melbourne. She has developed a unique language by making modifications to the saxophone that radically changed the sound of and approach to the instrument. Rosalind crafts individual reeds for the alto saxophone from many materials, transforming the reed into a sensitive and volatile sound source whose properties are ever changing. She also uses preparations in the bell of her saxophone. With each preparation and reed the vibrations and playing technique are altered, creating a unique dialogue between the performer and the instrument. Rosalind is currently studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sound Art at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She is a founding member of Melbourne based Audio Visual collective, Stream.
Rosalind performs with Marco Cher-Gibard as a live audio-visual duo and in a duo with Carolyn Connors. Other collaborators include Dale Gorfinkel, Ernie Althoff, Jim Denley, Rod Cooper, and Inge Olmheim (Norway). She is also a member of the marching street band, Havana Palava, which is comprised of people of various ages and abilities.
