australian music calendar Tasmania : January – December 2012

The Australian Music Calendar lists events from around Australia which feature music by one or more Australian composers, sound artists or improvisers. Below are events from Tasmania in 2012. * denotes World premiere ; ** denotes Australian premiere

TASMANIA

12 January 2012 - David Chesworth : Oceanography/Peron Station Venue: CAST, Hobart - 27 Tasma St, Hobart, 6pm Program: New work by David Chesworth

13 January 2012 - David Chesworth : Oceanography/Peron Station Venue: CAST, Hobart - 27 Tasma St, Hobart, 12-5pm Program: New work by David Chesworth

- Daniel Mudie Cunningham : Funeral Songs Venue: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, 10am - 6pm Performance/sound art by Daniel Mudie Cunningham

- Lucas Abela : Lucas kisses and sings to sheets of amplified crystal. Venue: CNR ELIZABETH ST & MELVILLE ST, HOBART - Hobart, 6.30pm Performance/sound art by Lucas Abela

- Sonia Leber & David Chesworth : Space-Shifter Venue: Detached, Hobart - 7 Campbell St, Hobart, 12-5pm Program: Performance/sound art by David Chesworth, Sonia Leber Performers: David Chesworth, Sonia Leber.

- Robin Fox : Lasers, smoke, electronic noise. Venue: CNR ELIZABETH ST & MELVILLE ST, HOBART - Hobart, 10.30pm Performance/sound art by Robin Fox

14 January 2012 - West Head Project and Out Hear Venue: Princes Wharf 1 (PW1), Hobart - Festival Hub, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, 12pm Performance/sound art by Monika Brooks, Jim Denley

- David Chesworth Ensemble : Vanishing Tekopia Venue: Princes Wharf 1 (PW1), Hobart - Festival Hub, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, 8.30pm Program: David Chesworth - Vanishing Tekopia

15 January 2012 - Nick Tsiavos : Liminal Venue: St Mary's Cathedral (Hobart) - 164 Harrington St, Hobart, 2.30pm Jazz/improvisations by Peter Neville, Adam Simmons, Nick Tsiavos, Eugene Ughetti

- David Chesworth Ensemble : Badlands Venue: Princes Wharf 1 (PW1), Hobart - Festival Hub, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, 8.30pm

16 January 2012 - David Chesworth & Adrian Sherriff : Nomonid Venue: St Mary's Cathedral (Hobart) - 164 Harrington St, Hobart, 6pm Program: Performance/sound art by David Chesworth, Adrian Sherriff

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18 January 2012 - Constantine Koukias: The Barbarians Venue: Hobart City Hall. Program: Constantine Koukias - Barbarians* Performers: IHOS Music Theatre and Opera.

- Gilmour Ensemble : Workshop and Performance Venue: St Mary's Cathedral (Hobart) Program: Music by Russell Gilmour Performers: Gilmour Ensemble.

19 January 2012 - Kellie O'Dempsey : Mutable and Luminous Venue: Princes Wharf 1 (PW1), Hobart - Festival Hub, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, 8.30pm Program: Jazz/improvisations by Tasmanian Improvised Orchestra Performers: Tasmanian Improvised Orchestra.

24 February 2012 - Pausa II Venue: Conservatorium Recital Hall - Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. Program: Brigid Burke - Grit, Brigid Burke and Adrian Sherriff - Threads of Taliahad, Adrian Sherriff - Prism, Brigid Burke and Adrian Sherriff - Lace, Brigid Burke and Adrian Sherriff - Video Itch, New works by Brigid Burke, Adrian Sherriff. Performers: Brigid Burke, Adrian Sherriff.

3 March 2012 - TSO Gala Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, 7:30pm. Program: Peter Sculthorpe - Kakadu. Performers: Marko Letonja, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

16, 17 March 2012 - TSO: Schultz, Mozart, Beethoven Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart. Program: Andrew Schultz - Endling. Performers: Marko Letonja, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

22 April 2012 - Eleven Duos for Soprano Saxophones EP Launch Venue: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) Hobart, 2:30pm Program: Russell Gilmour - Eleven duos, Barry Cockcroft - Ku ku. Also: Luciano Berio, 'Sequenza VIIb' for solo soprano saxophone. Performers: Jabra Latham, Benjamin Price.

12 May 2012 - Youth Winds in Concert Venue: Hobart Town Hall - Hobart, 7:30 pm Program: Simon Barber - Concordia. Also: Satiric Dances by Dello Joio; West Side Story by Bernstein. Performers: Hobart Youth Winds.

2 June 2012 - TSO: White Continent Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart. Program: Nigel Westlake - Antarctica. Performers: Andrew Grams, Slava Grigoryan, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

21 June 2012 - TSO: The Gentle Sax Venue: Princess Theatre, Launceston, 7:30pm. Program: Ross Edwards - Full moon dances*. Performers: Baldur Bronniman, Amy Dickson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

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23 June 2012 - TSO: The Gentle Sax Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Program: Ross Edwards - Full moon dances. Performers: Baldur Bronniman, Amy Dickson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

29 June 2012 - Derwent Valley Concert Band in Concert Venue: Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, Hobart. Program: Simon Reade - Voyage*, Mark Buys - Adventure Playground, Matthew Dewey - New Work, New work by Matthew Dewey Performers: Derwent Valley Concert Band, Lyall McDermott.

29 July 2012 - Sunday Live: Music from Down South Venue: Stanley Burbury Theatre – Hobart. Program: Matthew Dewey - Songs from Southern Ocean*. Performers: Michael Lampard, Karen Smithies.

3 August 2012 - Tom Vincent Jazz Septet Premiere Concert Venue: Bahai Centre, Hobart CBD, 8.30pm. Program: Tom Vincent - Shogoji Blues* Performers: Tom Vincent Jazz Septet, Don Bate, Alistair Dobson, Nick Haywood, Danny Healy, Alf Jackson, Jim Verrall, Tom Vincent.

18 August 2012 - TSO: Blitz Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart - 1 Davey St, Hobart, 7:30pm Program: Andrew Ford - Blitz*. Also: Bruch, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams. Performers: Marko Letonja, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

25 August 2012 - Tasmanian Leather Orchestra Venue: Launceston Civic Square - Launceston, 5:30pm Performers: Chordwainers.

7 September 2012 - TSOMax Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart - 1 Davey St, Hobart, 7:30pm Program: Carl Vine - Piano concerto no. 2. Also: Dukas, Prokofiev. Performers: Piers Lane, Marko Letonja, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

3, 4 October 2012 - Vienna Boys Choir Venue: Albert Hall Convention Centre (Launceston) - 45 Tamar St, Launceston Program: Elena Kats-Chernin - My country

6 October 2012 - Derwent Valley Band in Concert Venue: Farrell Centre, Friends' School - Argyle St, Hobart, 7:30pm Program: Simon Reade – Voyage. Performers: Derwent Valley Concert Band, Lyall McDermott.

10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20 October 2012 - ACO2, Helena Rathbone Venue: various venues around Tasmania, 8.00 pm Program: Richard Meale - Cantilena Pacifica. Also: Handel, O'Regan, Bach, Dvorak.

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3 November 2012 - Synaesthesia: Music of Colour and Mind Venue: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) Program: New work by Michael Kieran Harvey

23 November 2012 - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marko Letonja Venue: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart - 1 Davey St, Hobart, 7:30pm Program: New work by Julian Langdon. Also: Elgar, Dvorak.

24 November 2012 - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Venue: Albert Hall Convention Centre (Launceston). Program: New work by Julian Langdon. Also: Elgar, Dvorak. Performers: Marko Letonja, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

- Hobart Youth Winds and Junior Brass in Concert Venue: St David's Cathedral, Hobart - 125 Macquarie St, Hobart, 3pm Program: Percy Grainger - Children's march, Don Kay - Ballad of Van Dieman's Land, Simon Reade - Lullaby for Owen* Performers: Hobart Junior Brass Band, Hobart Youth Winds.

25 November 2012 - Chordwainers at Clarendon CD Launch Venue: Stone Barn, Clarendon - 234 Clarendon Road, Evandalo, 2pm Program: Lila Meleisea, Karlin Love - All the Time in the World, Lila Meleisea, Karlin Love - Forty Strings, Lila Meleisea, Karlin Love - Mt. Barrow to Africa 2, Karlin Love - Tango, Lila Meleisea, Karlin Love - Suri Serenade, The Chordwainers - Pneumos, Music by Karlin Greenstreet Love. Also: Country Gardens, arr. the Chordwainers.

- An Afternoon of Australian Music Venue: The Farrall Centre - The Friends' School, 395 Argyle Street, New Town, 2:30pm Program: Miriam Hyde - Village fair, Dulcie Holland - Symphony for pleasure, William G. James - King Billy's song, In the Gardens of England, Madelina, The Stockman's Song, Paul Paviour - Introduction and allegro, for chamber orchestra, Eugene Goossens - Variations on a French folksong, op. 40, William Lovelock - Evening Landscape, Katharine Parker - Down Longford Way, Edgar Bainton - Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal, Music by Edgar Bainton, Katharine Parker.

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