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hot gos on new music in wa

Wednesday 4 October 2006

brought to you by tura new music

Inside this issue...

- Banalities
- Perth Arts Law Week
- New Music at WASO
- The 2007 Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference
- Defying Gravity presents "World of Percussion"
- WAMi Festival + Kiss My WAMi compilation

Banalities

Ruark Lewis, 2006 Biennale of Sydney artist, who works in text, video, audio, drawing and writing producing multi-media installations, will perform Banalities at Spectrum Project Space. A modular and multi-layered series of writings, Banalities is a vocal performance with a sequence of 24 sound montages by Melbourne composer Rainer Linz randomly projected through the space.

7.30pm, Friday 6 October
there will be ticket sales for Banalities by Ruark Lewis
$10 full price
$5 for concession and students.

Tickets only available at the door, however seats may be reserved by emailing m.siciliano@ecu.edu.au.
Doors open 7.30pm for ticket sales. Performance starts at 8pm.

Perth Arts Law Week

As part of Arts Law Week, Tura (in partnership with Arts Law Centre of Australia) will be hosting a Music Presentation at 5.30 – 7.30pm Monday 9th October at PICA.

Covered in the presentation will be legal issues for musicians including copyright, income streams, publishing recording and distribution agreements, new technologies and collecting societies

Speakers:

Alison Patchett, Arts Law
Stephanie Faulkner, Partner at Jackson McDonald
Jim Ledger, Composer
Cat Hope, composer

FREE
Places are limited so bookings are essential.
Tura New Music
Ph: 9380 6996
Email: info@tura.com.au

New Music at WASO

Sculthorpes Kakadu

Kakadu (1988) by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe

“reflecting the breadth, vastness and loneliness of the Australian landscape and the sounds of its wildlife”

Reworked for didgeridoo and orchestra

Pietari Inkinen, conductor
William Barton, didgeridoo

Also on the program:

Greig Piano Concerto
Dvorak Symphony No. 8

8pm, Friday 13 & Saturday 14 October
Perth Concert Hall
Tickets from $20.00 - $68.00
Bookings through WASO on 9326 0000 or http://www.waso.com.au/

The 2007 Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference

Call for papers - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION
all submissions now due 16th October 2006.

The THNMF Conference, held in conjunction with The 8th Totally Huge New Music Festival (20th April – 6th May 2007), is a forum for artists from diverse areas of practice, along with critics, commentators and academics, to discuss the ideas which underline contemporary New Music and Sound Art – the histories, methods, theories, approaches, techniques and dreams which make up the modern world of music and sound arts. The THNMF Conference offers opportunity for presentations of refereed and non-refereed papers, performances, demonstrations and workshops.

The theme for the 2007 Conference is ‘The Sonic Image: Exploring the relationships between the sound and visual worlds’

The Conference is presented by Tura New Music, in association with the Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University, including the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and is supported by the School of Music at the University of Western Australia.

The official call for papers and new submission deadline is online at http://www.tura.com.au or for more info contact:

Tura New Music
conference@tura.com.au
(08) 9380 6996

Defying Gravity presents "World of Percussion"

starring Freddy Poncin on Afro-Cuban percussion

WAAPA's award-winning Defying Gravity percussion ensemble hosts guest soloist Freddy Poncin - on congas and djembe - as they explore the rhythms of Africa, the melodies of Latin America, voodoo rituals from Haiti, bamboo grooves from Indonesia, and the ancient soundscapes of Australia.  The programme includes music by Paul Tanner, Lee Buddle, Peter Sculthorpe, Nebojsa Zivkovic, Russell du Plessis, Matthias Schmitt and Christopher Rouse... and features Iannis Xenakis’ legendary work ‘Peaux’ - possibly the best piece ever written for percussion ensemble - in only its second-ever WA performance!

Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th October
7.30pm in the Music Auditorium at WAAPA
Tix: $19.50 and $14.50
Phone:   WAAPA Box Office on 9370 6895

WAMi Festival + Kiss My WAMi compilation

DEADLINE EXTENSION

WAM are looking for young and emerging artists for the 2007 WAMi Festival showcases and the Kiss My WAMi promotional compilation CD/DVD.

You now have until:
MONDAY OCTOBER 9 to send us a hard copy submission
or until SUNDAY OCTOBER 15 to submit online via Sonicbids

All details for both submission methods can be found at http://wam.asn.au/ or you can call 9227 7962 (1800 007 962 for regional WA).


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