Australian Art Orchestra: News http://www.aao.com.au/ The Australian Art Orchestra is Australia's leading contemporary music ensemble. Its members are some of the country's foremost improvisers, and its stated aim is development and exploration specifically of improvised/jazz music and music as an art form in general with regards to composition, performance, education and cross collaboration to promote cultural development and appreciation. Copyright 2009 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:11:00 +1000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Crossing Roper Bar @ Melbourne Recital Centre CRBnews.jpgImage Credit: Jeff Wassmann

Australian Art Orchestra and the Young Wagilak Group perform Crossing Roper Bar at the Melbourne Recital Centre, 7.30pm, Friday 28 August 2009.

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Civic Thearte, Wagga Wagga
8pm, Wednesday 26th August 2009

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]]> http://www.aao.com.au/front_page/rubys_story_wagga_wagga/ http://www.aao.com.au/front_page/rubys_story_wagga_wagga/ Front Page Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:36:44 +1000 AAO welcomes Paul Jackson (lighting designer) to the fold pj headshot for web.jpg
Paul is a theatre, architectural and events lighting designer with extensive experience of working in the Arts.

]]> http://www.aao.com.au/newsinbrief/aao_welcomes_paul_jackson_ligh/ http://www.aao.com.au/newsinbrief/aao_welcomes_paul_jackson_ligh/ News-in-brief Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:06:34 +1000 Grabowsky new Artistic Director of the 2010 Adelaide Festival Paul-G-brief.jpg

The Adelaide Festival Corporation has announced Paul Grabowsky as the Artistic Director for the 2010 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts.

]]> http://www.aao.com.au/newsinbrief/grabowsky_new_artistic_directo_1/ http://www.aao.com.au/newsinbrief/grabowsky_new_artistic_directo_1/ News-in-brief Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:27:16 +1000 Crossing Roper Bar @ Parliament House crb jenny mac.jpg
Image (l-r): Wesley Wilfred (Young Wagilak), Mick Dodson (UN Indigenous Issues Representative and Australian of the Year), Benjamin Wilfred (Young Wagilak), Jenny Macklin (Indigenous Affairs Minister), Niko Schauble (AAO) and David Wilfred (Young Wagilak), Parliament House.

On Friday 3rd April 2009, the Australian Art Orchestra and the Young Wagilak Group were invited to perform 'Crossing Roper Bar' at Parliament House in Canberra as part of the Federal Government of Australia's formal recognition of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

To see more on this historic event, and the AAOs part in the celebrations, simply click here.

For more information about the 'Crossing Roper Bar' project, read the recent Rhythms Magazine article by Tony Hillier.

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Image credit: Bohdan Warchomij, Darwin Festival Shell, Botanic Gardens, August 2008

Performance at Apollo Bay Music Festival, Victoria
12 noon, Sunday 29th March 2009

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Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
12 noon, Friday 10th April 2009 (Good Friday)

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image by Stephen Barnett

On the 8th September the AAO completed a three week cross-cultural musical journey through some of Australia's most remote and stunning settings including the communities of Katherine, Kununurra, Warmun, Wangkatjungka, Broome, Djarindjin/Lombadina, Beagle Bay and One Arm Point. As well as concerts in Darwin and Perth

The Crossing Roper Bar tour featured Paul Grabowsky and the Australia Art Orchestra,
Wagilak Gujarra/Nyilapidgi musicians from Ngukurr, Arnhem Land
and special guest Ruby Hunter.

Here is what Dr. Aaron Corn, Research Fellow in Ethnomusicology and Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Sydney, had to say about the opening night performance :

Crossing Roper Bar is nothing less than a collaborative and artistic triumph. Seldom do Indigenous holders of a genuine musical tradition, and one that continues to be performed at home in ceremonies, find ways to explore their talents with such dedicated fellow artists, and share the beauty of their songs and dances with new audiences. This alone is an achievement of which tour producer Tura New Music and its principal sponsor, Total E&P Australia, can feel extremely proud. If only musicians who possess other Indigenous traditions in Australia enjoyed similar opportunities. Crossing Roper Bar is a work of rare integrity in Australia that sets an exciting new benchmark for artistic dialogues with traditional Indigenous musicians. And in this one vital regard, it is the collaboration to begin all collaborations. Review continues here

Read more reviews of the tour here and view pictures of the tour here.

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The Australian Art Orchestra has just returned from a four city tour of India and the recording of a new CD in Chennai. The 2008 Into The Fire tour involved seven members of the AAO under the direction of Adrian Sherriff alongside four members of the Sruthi Laya Ensemble under the direction of Guru Karaikudi R. Mani.
28th of May: Hyderabad. Laitha Kala Thoranam
31st of May: Mysore. Sri Ganapthy Schchidananda Ashram
2nd of June: Bangalore. Alliance Francais de Bangalore
5th of June: Chennai. Narada Gana Sabha Auditorium

More information about INTO THE FIRE and music samples can be found here

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]]> http://www.aao.com.au/newsinbrief/aao_video_channel/ http://www.aao.com.au/newsinbrief/aao_video_channel/ News-in-brief Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:30:37 +1000 The Hollow Air The Hollow Air is a collaboration between the Australian Art Orchestra and Richard Nunns curated by Philip Slater featuring:
TRUMPET & LAPTOP Phillip Slater
GUITAR & ELECTRONICS Carl Dewhurst
PIANO & LAPTOP Alister Spence
PERCUSSION Vanessa Tomlinson
LAPTOP Greg White
TRADITIONAL MAORI INSTRUMENTS (TAONGA PUORO) Richard Nunns
The Hollow Air premiered at The 2007 Auckland International Festival. You can view three short segments from the program below.

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