Five Elements Tour
24th August – 9th September 2010
A powerfully intoxicating cross cultural blend of music, percussion and dance uniquely fusing South Indian Carnatic traditions, Western Jazz and Indigenous Australian didjeridu. Click here for details on venues and bookings.
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“…Crossing Roper Bar is a major musical statement. It appears to have found a balance between the different perspectives of Western improvising musicians and Arnhem Land songmen.” Ashleigh Wilson, The Australian July 2010
More information about Crossing Roper Bar can be found here and film footage of Crossing Roper Bar performances can be found here
Latest news from Crossing Roper Bar: Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities Symposium, Canberra
Image credit: Bohdan Warchomij
Crossing Roper Bar will be the subject of a discussion lead by Benjamin Wilfred and Desmond Wilfred with Aaron Corn and Samuel Curkpatrick (ANU) on the 13th of July at 11am
Find out more here
Latest news from the Signal Art Ensemble
Participants from the April workshops have now met five times, including attendance at the AAO’s Jazz Festival concert Prince of Darkness and rehearsals for the more recent Meet Me in the Middle of the Air.
More information about the upcoming July workshops can be found here
Vale Ruby Hunter
5th June: Meet Me in the Middle of the Air @ Hamer Hall, Melbourne (Sold Out)
2010 sees the return of the popular Paul Grabowsky / Paul Kelly / AAO collaboration featuring songs by Kelly arranged by Grabowsky and featuring guest vocals by Vika and Linda Bull.
Premiered at Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2005 and followed by a sell-out concert at the Sydney Opera House June 2008, Meet Me in the Middle of the Air will now play one of Melbourne’s biggest and most famous venues.
Saturday 5 June 2010
Bookings: www.theartscentre.com.au
Please note tickets for this event are Sold Out
22nd May: Crossing Roper Bar Northern Territory Tour
Image credit: Tobias Titz
The Australian Art Orchestra and Young Wagilak Group will tour the Northern Territory beginning with a performance and talk at the opening of the Art Gallery of the Northern Territory’s ‘Colour Country: Art from the Roper River’ Exhibition (Private Event) and a performance at the Darwin Entertainment Centre.
Seven days of performances and workshops in Ngukurr and, if weather allows, Numbulwar will follow. The tour will be the first journey back to Ngukurr for the core ensemble since 2005 and will provide the opportunity to re-kindle vital connections with the community there.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 21 May 2010 (Private Event)
Darwin Entertainment Centre 22 May 2010 Bookings: 08 8980 3333 http://www.darwinentertainment.com.au
Ngukurr and Numbulwar, Northern Territory 23 – 30May 2010
ALSO IN 2010: The first recording of Crossing Roper Bar is soon to be released and will be available from our website shop
Discover more about this ground breaking project here
Crossing Roper Bar is proudly supported by Total E&P Australia. The 2010 tour is produced by the Australian Art Orchestra and co-produced by Tura New Music, Perth.
Scott Tinkler's 'folk' @ Wangaratta Jazz Festival
Finishing off the year in true AAO style, Scott Tinkler and 'folk' presented Scott's brand new work at this year's Wangaratta Jazz Festival on Friday 30th October.
To read more about this year's Festival and keep up to date on reviews and news from the show, check out the Wangaratta Jazz Festival site.
The Chennai Tapes @ Melbourne Recital Centre, 11 Oct 2009
Check out more footage from the show on our AAOvideo channel.
"Born out of a relationship strengthened over thirteen years of collaboration between the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) and Sruthi Laya Ensemble, The Chennai Tapes (Into the Fire) is an utterly stunning accomplishment. Built on the South Indian Carnatic tradition, the programme is interpreted by some of Australia’s leading jazz players under the direction of Adrian Sherriff to remarkable effect". (Zoe Rinkle, Arts Hub)
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