Benjamin Carey + Composers' Ensemble + Spiral

VIVID NEW MUSIC AT THE CON #9

Part 1: Sydney Conservatorium Composers' Ensemble

If haven't heard a clarinet through a drum head, then you need to rediscover sound with this exploratory improvisation from the Con's freshest composers' collective.

Part 2: Benjamin Carey

networks_articulated - an audio-visual performance for modular synthesisers and computer by saxophonist, composer and technologist Benjamin Carey. In this semi-improvised work, human and machine, digital and analog, and sight and sound are combined to arrange, navigate and articulate a shared audio-visual feedback network.

Part 3: Spiral

Spiral is a young contemporary music group playing amplified instruments with a minimalist focus. Their collaborator, multimedia artist Harry Klein, has created a visual counterpoint to their dizzying program featuring new works by Josephine Macken and Joshua Winestock.

Performers: William Hansen, Rory Knott, Johannes Macdonald, Josephine Macken, Oscar Smith, Sarah Thompson & Joshua Winestock. Video projections: Harry Klein

VIVID NEW MUSIC AT THE CON 2017 is a festival of genre-bending new music produced by the best of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s home-grown and guest composers, jazz and contemporary musicians over the three weeks of Vivid Sydney 2017. From classical to Chinese instruments, masses of electric guitars to newly invented digital instruments, Sydney’s iconic music castle will come alive with a vibrant program of performances and installations. Nestled at the edge of the new light walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, drop in to one of Sydney’s best music venues and engage your ears with an eclectic smorgasbord of sounds.