SHUFFLE-PLAY

Photo Credit: Simon Fazio

SHUFFLE-PLAY

An evening with the Australian Art Orchestra

SHUFFLE – PLAY celebrates the magic of the recently restored 100 year old Coburg Town Hall organ and explores the sonic and spatial potentials of the space - from the inner workings of the organ itself through to the upper balconies. 

An eccentric instrument full of quirk and character, the Coburg Town Hall organ was originally made for silent films and is a rare treasure in Melbourne's north. Premiering two newly commissioned works composed by AAO Artistic Director Aaron Choulai, and AAO 23/24 Associate Artist, Sofia Carbonara, SHUFFLE – PLAY embraces the playfulness in music of cabaret, silent film, and cartoons, while employing extended techniques on acoustic instruments, the unexpected use of everyday objects/gestures, and the idiosyncratic individual musical languages within the Australian Art Orchestra.

Commissioned for the Coburg Town Hall Organ by Brunswick Music Festival

Performances

March 6, 2024, 6:30PM - 9PM: Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Premiere of SHUFFLE-PLAY - Brunswick Music Festival, Coburg Town Hall.

Ensemble

Aaron Choulai – Organ, Musical Director, Composer

Kyrie Anderson — Drums

Eugene Ball - Trumpet

Sofia Carbonara — Pitched/Unpitched Percussion, Composer

Miyama McQueen-Tokita — Bass Koto, Shamisen, Voice

Holly Moore - Saxophone

Adrian Sherriff — Trombone

Helen Svoboda — Double Bass, Voice

Tilman Robinson — AAO Production manager, live sound and recording engineer