Ane Ta Abia

Ane Ta Abia - Aaron Choulai, Australian Art Orchestra and the Tatana Village Choir. Experience a stunning choral concert bringing together musicians and singers from Australia and Papua New Guinea.

currentAustralian Art Orchestra19 November 2024Arts Centre Melbourne

Kutcha Edwards and the Australian Art Orchestra

‘Wuigada – Gagada (To Sing – Loud)’ is a collaboration with iconic Australian and First Nations singer-songwriter, Kutcha Edwards. Reimagined for the AAO, this performance celebrates the songs of country, history, pain and joy expressed in Kutcha Edward’s repertoire, and creates space for experimentation by some of Australia’s most creative voices of jazz and improvisation.

international, currentAustralian Art Orchestra21 October 2024international

Straight Up and Down

SUAD presents three new commissioned works, pushing the boundaries of musical innovation and celebrating the originality, creativity, and diversity of Australian improvisers. In an innovative collaboration, each performance will unfold at Melbourne's iconic outdoor container bar, Section 8.

currentAustralian Art Orchestra26 February 2024

SHUFFLE-PLAY

A program of newly written works celebrating the Coburg Town Hall Organ, exploring the sonic and spatial potentials of the Coburg Town Hall – from inside the organ itself, to the upper balcony.

currentAustralian Art Orchestra24 January 2024

Lo-Fi Improv: Presented by AAO and Namboku Records

Featuring two prominent figures in Japanese Hip-hop, The Australian Art Orchestra in collaboration with the Tokyo based collective Namboku Records, presents a warehouse party in the heart of Melbourne’s northern suburbs.

international, Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra29 August 2023international

Raw Denshi feat. Kojoe and Hikaru Tanaka

Based on Aaron Choulai’s critically acclaimed 2020 release, and reimagined for the Australian Art Orchestra, Raw Denshi explores new pathways of experimentation in Hip-hop and improvisation, bringing together two of Tokyo’s most prominent and influential MC’s and the AAO.

international, currentAustralian Art Orchestra29 August 2023international

Fresh Water - Salt Water

A bilateral collaboration between the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival to commission and present four new works by Australian and UK composers performed in both countries.

international, Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra9 August 2022international

The Cloud Maker

Six powerful women reimagine folkloric stories of goddesses from their many shared heritages, echoing tales of creation, regeneration and transformation, and evokes a time when music and language, art and life, were intertwined.

Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra4 August 2022the cloud maker, praxis, current

Meeting Points Series: Djiribawal

A song cycle composed by Yuin woman, Brenda Gifford. Originally commissioned for the 2020 Canberra International Music Festival, adapted with electronic soundscapes and the voice of the composer speaking in Language.

Little Operations

Sound artist Rebecca Bracewell explores her hearing aids creatively through her project Instruments that Listen, in dialogue with artists from Chamber Made and the Australian Art Orchestra.

ArchiveAustralian Art Orchestra1 February 2022composer

1988

An intertwining of personal narratives that features Vietnamese/Australian multi-instrumentalist Dung Nguyen and fuses the sounds of Vietnamese folk music with contemporary jazz.

Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra26 October 2021praxis

Hand to Earth

A call to open ears: eluding genre, traversing continents and fusing ancient and contemporary. At its heart are Yolgnu manikay (song cycles), a 40,000+ year-old oral tradition from South East Arnhem Land.

Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra21 October 2021hand to earth, praxis

Closed Beginnings

Ground-breaking music that lands like a gut punch. An inspired sonic journey that draws the listener close to the beauty of the moment in these fast changing times featuring Zimbabwean/Australian spoken word artist, Tariro Mavondo.

Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra21 October 2021praxis

Listening

A series of new works curated by The SUBSTATION, Room40 and AAO artistic director Peter Knight with a spoken reflection by dance artist Jo Lloyd.

ArchiveAustralian Art Orchestra25 April 2020composer

Karappo Okesutura Volume 3

A messed up karaoke performance of Australian and Canadian pop hits from the 80s and 90s. The karaoke machine begins to glitch, the singer holds on for dear life, and the Orchestra manages to hold it all together.

Of Deities and Demons

A rapturous celebration of ancient Sri Lankan culture, featuring the Baliphonics ensemble, that brings age-old rituals to life through traditional dance, chanting and music.

international, ArchiveAustralian Art Orchestra28 December 2019of deities and demons

Water Pushes Sand

Composer Erik Griswold and the Australian Art Orchestra team up with all-star musicians and performers of Sichuan to create a wild and beautiful intercultural celebration.

international, ArchiveAustralian Art Orchestra28 October 2019water pushes sand

Solo Series

A video series that puts the spotlight on selected members from our pool of incredible collaborators in celebration of the Australian Art Orchestra’s 25th anniversary.

Previous projectsAustralian Art Orchestra26 March 2019solo series