This is a place of terror. Of sacrifice. Of reckoning. This is the Labyrinth.
A new opera by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd.
This is a place of terror. Of sacrifice. Of reckoning. This is the Labyrinth.
A new opera by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd.
This is a place of terror. Of sacrifice. Of reckoning. This is the Labyrinth.
A new opera by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd.
This is a place of terror. Of sacrifice. Of reckoning. This is the Labyrinth.
A new opera by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd.
This is a place of terror. Of sacrifice. Of reckoning. This is the Labyrinth.
A new opera by Evan J Lawson and Daniel Szesiong Todd.
Uncover the depths of human connection and power in the new opera The Sea
Uncover the depths of human connection and power in the new opera The Sea
Uncover the depths of human connection and power in the new opera The Sea
Uncover the depths of human connection and power in the new opera The Sea
Uncover the depths of human connection and power in the new opera The Sea
Considering Matthew Shepard, a fusion oratorio inspired by the 1998 murder of a young gay man in Wyoming.
Dive into a world of mesmerising artistic innovation and creative brilliance at Waves (Wave), the showing of captivating new works in development by Forest Collective.
Dive into a world of mesmerising artistic innovation and creative brilliance at Waves (Wave), the showing of captivating new works in development by Forest Collective.
Dive into a world of mesmerising artistic innovation and creative brilliance at Waves (Wave), the showing of captivating new works in development by Forest Collective.
Forest Collective presents the music of Kym Alexandra Dillon
World premiere of Max Lawrence’s Fountain by Forest Collective.
World premiere of Max Lawrence’s Fountain by Forest Collective.
World premiere of Max Lawrence’s Fountain by Forest Collective.
“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Celestial bodies move the earth’s waters – and we feel those tides deep within us. For as long as humans have walked the earth, the push and pull of the seas have shaped how we interact with the world. Tides explores how the moon and other cosmic entities exert a force that is at once epic and intimate, geological and personal.
Featuring new choreography by Jesse Matthews and design by Jane Noonan, Forest Collective will perform a rich program of music by Evan J Lawson, Claudio Monteverdi, Bjork, Joseph Haydn, and more. Tides will move and reshape you through powerful sound and movement into a new and immersive world.
Presented by Forest Collective & Abbotsford Convent, as part of Convent Live
Forest Collective is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
www.eventfinda.com.au/2022/folding/melbourne/abbotsford
“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Celestial bodies move the earth’s waters – and we feel those tides deep within us. For as long as humans have walked the earth, the push and pull of the seas have shaped how we interact with the world. Tides explores how the moon and other cosmic entities exert a force that is at once epic and intimate, geological and personal.
Featuring new choreography by Jesse Matthews and design by Jane Noonan, Forest Collective will perform a rich program of music by Evan J Lawson, Claudio Monteverdi, Bjork, Joseph Haydn, and more. Tides will move and reshape you through powerful sound and movement into a new and immersive world.
Presented by Forest Collective & Abbotsford Convent, as part of Convent Live
Forest Collective is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
www.eventfinda.com.au/2022/folding/melbourne/abbotsford
“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Celestial bodies move the earth’s waters – and we feel those tides deep within us. For as long as humans have walked the earth, the push and pull of the seas have shaped how we interact with the world. Tides explores how the moon and other cosmic entities exert a force that is at once epic and intimate, geological and personal.
Featuring new choreography by Jesse Matthews and design by Jane Noonan, Forest Collective will perform a rich program of music by Evan J Lawson, Claudio Monteverdi, Bjork, Joseph Haydn, and more. Tides will move and reshape you through powerful sound and movement into a new and immersive world.
Presented by Forest Collective & Abbotsford Convent, as part of Convent Live
Forest Collective is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
www.eventfinda.com.au/2022/folding/melbourne/abbotsford
“Even to see oneself in the mirror, one must recognise oneself.
For unless one does that, one does not see oneself, only a human being. ”
— Soren Kierkegaard, The Sickness unto Death
A transgender composer bids a musical farewell to her troubled past state of existence through a heartfelt artistic expression of the abstract mental journey it took to get her out of it.
The expressive and multifaceted baritone of Stephen Marsh gives voice to the restless thoughts and reflections of a 'self' stuck in a mental labyrinth, via settings of text fragments from the Danish existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. Moving through a cycle of continual self-construction/deconstruction, darkly comic/tragic musings and elusive despair, Portrait of a Self depicts someone struggling to dig underneath their consciousness, make sense of their condition and become a real person, all amongst music which is itself in a state of fluctuating stylistic identity.
This piece from Melbourne composer Kym Dillon is born from a very specific experience, but more broadly it is a story of mental health, selfhood, and the unearthing of identity in the most foundational sense.
THE PROGRAM.
Kym Dillon Sonata for flute & piano
Kym Dillon Diapsalmata: Portrait of a Self for baritone voice, piano solo and ensemble World premiere
Book now!
https://www.eventfinda.com.au/2022/diapsalmata-o-t-a-t-f-s-l-f/melbourne/richmond
Music from across Asia-Pacific.
Chamber music from across Asia-Pacific.
The premiere of my new work After the long night / Gowidja djirrunga dhala will take place as part of Melbourne Pride 2022.
English and Yorta Yorat text by Deborah Cheetham AO
Music by Evan J Lawson
To be performed by Deborah Cheetham AO
Melbourne Pride is a multi-generational and intersectional celebration; a State Government initiative designed to celebrate and commemorate Victorian LQBTQIA+ history and the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality with events and activities all over the state of Victoria. Midsumma has been commissioned by the Victorian State Government to deliver the one-day event on Sunday 13 February 2022. The celebrations will be held in the Fitzroy and Collingwood precinct. Melbourne Pride will be filled with live entertainment highlighting Victorian based talent, and activations of local businesses in the area. Regional activations are also happening across other areas of Victoria in the lead up to the event.
Lots of people have an emo phase, Dan Thorpe's just lasted a bit longer. It's his thirtieth birthday, he's a concert pianist, but he still just wants to shred sad, queer bangers. Join Forest Collective and piano maverick Dan for a night of high energy, genre defying music for piano and ensemble, revisiting repertoire from the last ten years of his career, plus world premiere concerti by Cat Hope and Dan himself.
Presented by Forest Collective, Abbotsford Convent & Midsumma Festival, as part of Convent Live and Midsumma Festival 2021
Forest Collective is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and the City of Yarra
Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent
1 St. Heliers Street, Abbotsford VIC
Friday 23 April 7.30pm (Preview)
Saturday 24 April 8pm
Sunday 25 April 8pm
https://www.eventfinda.com.au/2021/emo-phase-dan-thorpe-in-focus/melbourne/abbotsford?
Preview - Early bird $15/$25
Standard - Early bird $32/$42
Concession (Student, Pensioner) - Early bird $24/32
Senior & Front line workers (Inc. hospitality, medical, education, transport workers) - Early bird $28/$35
A small portion of revenue from ticket sales will be donated to offset the carbon footprint of this event.
Rating - M15+
Trigger warnings: mature language, sexual content, loud noises, mentions of death & trauma
Join new music doyens Forest Collective on an adventure of deep listening as we explore the unique sounds of composer Diimpa in the lush surrounds of the open air.
Diimpa’s rich sound world draws from lived experience as a queer, autistic, Aboriginal Gubbi Gubbi man and will take you on a sonic journey from darkness to light as you sit back and relax in the tree-filled surrounds of Heide Museum of Modern Art.
Lead by artistic director Evan J Lawson, Forest Collective is a 15 piece chamber ensemble dedicated to new classical music. Lauded for unique and surprising performances, Forest Collective is one of Melbourne's finest new music ensembles, working across disciplines from pop music to the avant-garde, from opera to contemporary dance.
Join Forest Collective as they weave together the beautiful minimalist looping music of Diimpa in a rich chamber orchestra sound.
February 28 2021 4pm
Heide Museum of Modern Art
7 Templestowe Rd. Bulleen
Full price $38 / Concession $30 / Heide Member $28 / child $15
Tickets: https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/event/heide-summer-festival-diimpa-forest-collective
Train
Hurstbridge line to Heidelberg + 30 min walk or bus
Bus
903 to Bridge St/Manningham Rd
Presented by Heide Museum of Modern Art & Midsumma Festival
Supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Forest Collective will take part in a 3 week residency to investigate how to emerge from lockdown into a covid safe performance environment.
More details about public performances to come.
