Program

2011 Dates, Venues and Ticketing

August

Four Thursdays in August

The AAO in residence at Melbourne’s Bennetts Lane
4th, 11th, 18th and 25th August, 9pm

Our season at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club is the first time in many years that the AAO will appear in a jazz club – an event that will afford our audiences a more intimate connection with our music.

Led by Paul Grabowsky, on piano; you will hear: Lachlan Davidson, saxophone; Tony Hicks, saxophone; Scott McConnachie, saxophone, Scott Tinkler, trumpet; Eugene Ball, trumpet; Jordan Murray, bass trombone; Erkki Veltheim, viola; Phil Rex, double bass; Stephen Magnusson, guitar; and Niko Schauble, Peter Neville, percussion.

Featuring tunes from a number of Paul Grabowsky’s albums including TeeVee and Viva Viva and an extended work written for the AAO to play at the Melbourne Festival in 2000 based on a theme by French composer, Marin Marais, who was a student of the great Jean-Baptiste Lully the court composer for the Sun King, Louis XIV.

This is our opportunity to meet our extended family of supporters and we dearly hope you will be able to attend one or more of these very special events so we can say hello.

Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
25 Bennetts Lane,
Melbourne
(Off Little Lonsdale St. Between Russell & Exhibition Streets)
T: (03) 9663 2856

Tickets: $20/$15 concession
Bookings: Trybookings or at the door on the night of the performance.

September

The AAO in partnership with ANAM presents TRACT

Tract is a bringing together of the two diverse worlds of the Young Wagilak Group’s traditional ceremonial song and composed orchestral material performed by ANAM students. This is at once tied together and challenged by composer-violinist Erkki Veltheim’s astounding improvising skills on violin.

Also included in the program the world premiere of Smoke by Paul Grabowsky, commissioned by ANAM; and Glass by John Rodgers.

Smoke is a work designed to allow improvised encounters to occur between the chamber players and the AAO musicians on a level playing field. The work explores pitch and rhythm in ways that both experienced improvisers and highly trained classical musicians can relate to.

In Glass, Rodgers has created a concerto featuring improvising trumpet virtuoso Scott Tinkler. The inspiration for Glass originates from large sheets of industrial glass being scraped by metal objects and allows for improvised interactions from Tinkler’s exciting individual voice throughout.

Featuring: Scott Tinkler, trumpet; Erkki Veltheim, violin; Benjamin Wilfred, vocals, clap sticks, Daniel Wilfred, vocals clap sticks and David Wilfred, didjeridu; Paul Grabowsky, director; Musicians of the Academy; the Australian Art Orchestra; and special guests.

Dates and times: Friday 2 and Saturday 3 September at 7pm
Merlyn Theatre at the CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank

Tickets: $50 full, $35 senior, $25 students and pension
Bookings www.malthousetheatre.com.au, phone 9685 5111 or in person at the Malthouse Foyer, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank. The box office is open from 9:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and 10.30am-5.00pm Saturday and prior to every performance at The Malthouse.

October

The Chennai Tapes/ Into the Fire

The AAO’s collaboration with Master Carnatic musicians returns to Melbourne for the 2011 Diwali
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
26th October, 7:30pm
About The ChennaiTapes
Tickets: 03 9699 3333 or Melbourne Recital Centre

Throughout the year

KEY: formative experiences for young musicians

A new education program for young improvising musicians and composers
Signal, City of Melbourne
An annual education program uniquely focusing on improvisation and composition techniques open to selected musicians from age 13 to 18.
The AAO is currently seeking funds to produce three workshops in 2011 and additional Musician’s Toolkit open workshops with AAO musicians.
Keep updated on our progress in putting the program together via our website or by signing up to our e-news.
Applications through Gillian Howell and the Australian Art Orchestra (application dates TBA)