Encounters 2007
Encounters II – Further Meetings in Australian Music
22-25 November 2007 Curated by Vincent Plush
Co-inciding with Islands, and as a part of Building Musical Futures, the 50th anniversary celebration of Queensland Conservatorium, is the second edition of Encounters.
Encounters II will be an exciting exploration through performances and discussion of the multifaceted relationship of Australian music with the Asia-Pacific region at large. It brings together a suite of themes: islands, water, voyages of discovery, and utopias in music.
The first edition of this project, Encounters: Meetings in Australian Music, critically traced 200 years of musical interactions between Aboriginal and European cultures on Australian soil. It was realised by Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre in April 2005, and won both the state and national award for ‘Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation’ in the prestigious 2006 Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) and Australian Music Centre (AMC) Classical Music Awards.
A detailed program is now available (pdf), and an outline of the concerts is given below.
Program
Thursday 22nd November 2007 (The Pacific)
| Time | Event |
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1630 (Conservatorium Foyer, Level 2) 1800 (Ian Hanger Recital Hall) |
Indigenous "Welcome to Country" and Maori Haka Percy Grainger: Eternal Traveller: Transcriptions by Percy Grainger. Eastern Intermezzo: Room Music Tit-Bits No. 5; Shallow Brown: Sea Chanty settings No. 3; Faeroe Island Dance: Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow; Beautiful Fresh Flower; Gamelan anklung: Beron pengetjet; La vallée des cloches (Ravel arr. Grainger); Fierce Raratonga; Scotch Strathspey and Reel . Student ensembles and voices directed by Vanessa Tomlinson and Vincent Plush |
| 2000 (Ian Hanger Recital Hall) |
Te Papa. Traditional Maori music and recent music from New Zealand with Richard Nunns, one of NZ's most respected performers and researchers of Maori music and instruments. Taonga puro, traditional Maori instruments. The New Zealand Trio: Justine Cormack, violin, Ashley Brown, cello,Sarah Watkins, piano. Program by NZ composers: Ross Harris - Senryu; Jack Body/Wayan Yudane (Australian premiere): Jangkrik Genggong; Victoria Kelly: Sono; Gillian Whitehead: Trio; Michael Norris: Dirty Pixels. |
Friday 23rd November 2007 (Bali)
| Time | Event |
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| 1305 (Ian Hanger Recital Hall) |
Music from Bali: Conservatorium Student Ensembles, conducted by Vanessa Tomlinson. Program includes: Colin McPhee (Bali/USA) Three Ceremonial Dances for two pianos; Anne Boyd (Australia) Bali Moods I for flute and piano; Peter Sculthorpe (Australia) Tabuh Tabuhan for wind quintet and 2 percussion |
| 2000 (Conservatorium Theatre) |
Music for Bali : Ananda Sukarlan (Bali/Spain), piano; I Wayan Gde Yudane (Bali/NZ), singer, with Gamelan Giri Jaya; Gamelan Puspa Wresti, Balinese Community gamelan from Coorparoo, Brisbane. |
Saturday 24th November 2007 (The Australian and Pacific Islands)
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1230-1530 - Red Note Cafe, Level 1, Conservatorium, South Bank |
Traditional & Popular Music from Torres Strait and Bathurst Islands with Sarah Patrick, Indigenous hip-hop artist; King Kapisi, NZ hip-hop artist; Lexine Solomon, Seaman Dan, Karl Neuenfeldt, and William Kepa |
| 1700-1800 (Ian Hanger Recital Hall) |
The Shakuhachi in My Life : Riley Lee, shakuhachi grand master; Satsuki Odamura, koto |
Sunday 25th November 2007
| Time | Event |
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| 1300-1400 (Ian Hanger Recital Hall) |
The Australian Voices; Director: Stephen Leek. |