LISTEN TO MEListen to Me is a unique online concept album/podcast work that is a creative response in words, music and audio to the problem of gendered violence in Australia. Lyric contributions are by six leading Australian writers - Donna Abela, Eunice Andrada, Yankunytjatjara woman Ali Cobby Eckermann, Alison Croggon, Candy Royalle, and Ania Walwicz, with Hilary Bell as project dramaturg. The project was supported by Musica Viva, Create NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts.
Listen to Me premiered as a podcast on Sydney's leading community radio station FBi 94.5FM July 28, 2018. It streams online here. Pictured: Elana Stone performing 'Mosaic' Photograph © James Manché. GOTHICA multi-disiciplinary concert work exploring expressions of European, Australian and American gothic from medieval to contemporary times, The Seymour Centre, Vivid NSW. Studio recorded at Hercules Street Studios, Surry Hills. Featuring triple-screen motion graphics by UK based artist, Michaela French.
For soprano and contemporary vocalist, string quartet, electric guitar and onstage digital audio processing. Studio recorded at Hercules St Studios, Sydney. The soundtrack recording was released late in 2016 and can be heard on Spotify. Pictured: David Trumpmanis, Ewan Foster, Stephanie Zarka, James Eccles, Geoffrey Gartner, Andrée Greenwell and Julia County. Photograph © Matthew Duchesne. |
THE HANGING OF JEAN LEEA retro-indie post-punk musical about the last woman to be hanged in Australia, The Studio, Sydney Opera House; Arts House, North Melbourne. Studio recorded at the ABC Studios, Ultimo.
Libretto by Jordie Albiston and Abe Pogos based upon The Hanging of Jean Lee by Jordie Albiston (Black Pepper). For four vocalists, violin, trumpet, woodwind, guitar, keyboard, bass and drumkit; with screen projections drawing upon conventions of the rock video clip and the biographic documentary film. Pictured: Max Sharam and Hugo Race as Jean Lee and Robert David Clayton. Photograph © Ponch Hawkes. DREAMING TRANSPORTATION: Voice Portraits of the First Women of White Settlement at Port JacksonCommissioned by Sydney Festival, based upon the verse history Botany Bay Document by Jordie Albiston. Premier season at Riverside, Parramatta; remounted at The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House; showcase at the APRA/AMC classical music awards. Studio recorded at the ABC Studios, Ultimo.
For five vocalists, violin, woodwind, cello, mandolin/guitar/hurdy-gurdy, piano, bass and percussion; and triple screen projections. Pictured: Miriam Allan and Justine Clarke. Photograph © Katerina Stratos. |
LAQUIEM: Tales from the Mourning of the Lac WomenBased upon the novella by Kathleen Mary Fallon. Performed at The Studio, Sydney Opera House, with the assistance of the Producers Unit, Sydney Opera House and the Australia Council for the Arts. For mezzo-soprano, contemporary vocalist, narrator, violin, w/w, cello, percussion and harp.
Pictured: Clare Grant. Photograph © Prudence Upton. Header still image by Michaela French from her motion graphics for Gothic |
THE VILLAINELLESA song cycle for two contemporary vocalist, violin, cello, trombone, bass guitar, drum kit, percussion and audio. Inspired by the villanelles of Jordie Albiston, Greenwell makes a pun on subject and form in this dynamic collection of songs about women who pushed the boundaries, including Amelia Earheart, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Princess Diana, The Blessed Virgin Mary, Susannah and Medea. First presented at Performance Space, Carriageworks, then at Arts House, North Melbourne. Lycis by Jordie Albiston, Alison Croggon and Andrée Greenwell after Kathleen Mary Fallon.
Pictured: Andrée Greenwell and Donna Hewitt. Photograph © John Janson Moore. |