The Australian Art Orchestra will open its 2022 Meeting Points Series with a sonic meditation on Country. Djiribawal is a song cycle by Yuin woman, Brenda Gifford for the musicians of the Australian Art Orchestra, originally commissioned for the 2020 Canberra International Music Festival, and adapted to include electronic soundscapes and the voice of the composer speaking in Language, for its Melbourne premiere.

“Djiribawal is a roller-coaster of sonority and musical images ... representing the elements in all their brutality and beauty and played exceptionally well by talented musicians.”

- Suzannah Conway, ArtsHub

Personnel:

• Brenda Gifford - Composer

• Reuben Lewis - Trumpet

• Amos Roach – Yidaki/Clap Sticks

• Joe Talia - Drums

• Joe O’Connor - Piano

• Natasha Conrau - Violin

• Aviva Endean - Clarinets

• Peter Knight - Electronics

• Samuel Pankhurst – Double Bass

• Adrian Sherriff – Trombone

Saturday Feb 19 7PM

The Malthouse, Beckett Theatre

The premiere will be preceded by an improvised duet by Amos Roach and Adrian Sherriff.