Ensemble Offspring: The Surge
The Surge
7pm, Friday 6th October  Hume Conservatorium Old Ceramics Hall
Unfortunately for reasons beyond our control we have had to cancel the Ensemble Offspring concert. Refunds have been or will be issued.
Ensemble Offspring are Australia’s leading new music group, standing at the forefront of musical innovation. Uniting the country’s most fearless and virtuosic instrumentalists under the leadership of internationally acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwards OAM, they subvert classical music traditions and deliver concerts that “burst with imagination, energy and inspiration” (Seesaw Magazine). Together, they create “visceral, joyous music” (Sydney Morning Herald) through kaleidoscopically varied performances that blaze a trail for Australian music.
“As the foremost champions of contemporary music in Australia, Ensemble Offspring have commissioned and premiered over 350 works and have toured new Australian music around the world. Their dedication to excellence and amplifying underrepresented voices has earned multiple APRA Art Music Awards and an ARIA Award nomination. Through their pioneering spirit and relentless commitment to equality, Ensemble Offspring continue to shape a vibrant and diverse artistic future for Australian music.”
The Surge by Ensemble Offspring is an unmissable music experience coming to regional NSW, a multi-layered feast of music, ideas, lessons from the past and hope for the decade ahead. Accompanying them to reignite two 90s classics by iconic Australians Peter Sculthorpe and Nigel Westlake are leading guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach, as well as five recent commissions depicting current cultural, political and social situations threatening Australia. Aussies Robert Davidson, Felicity Wilcox and Jessica Wells compose engaging, thoughtful works specially for the Surge that examine everything from human-induced climate change to the pervasive influence of the internet. Paired with stunning live visuals by the creative Peachey & Mosig, be immersed into 90s nostalgia considering poignant social revelations.
Through their pioneering spirit and relentless commitment to equality, Ensemble Offspring continue to shape a vibrant and diverse artistic future for Australian music.
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We acknowledge the traditional Custodians of this Land, where the Aboriginal People have performed age-old ceremonies of storytelling, music, dance and celebration. As a traditional meeting place, many first nations peoples came to this region. Underneath our buildings and roads this Land always will be traditional Aboriginal Land. in the same way, all music making genres and practices come from our musical elders, so we acknowledge those on whose skills and wisdom we draw.
   
  