2SER programs are taking over Metro Air Residencies on Wednesdays in April, with program makers curating lineups of some of their favourite artists.  

PERFECT ACTRESS a punk band who loves watching movies with sexy diva actresses in them. Naomi Kent, Darren Lesaguis, Gus McGrath, Marcus Whale.

GREYHOUND uncovers an Australian Gothic sound which is totally theirs. Think Slint in Snowtown. Their mostly instrumental music shimmering until it explodes into apocalyptic heaviness, the sky breaking open above them - letting a little bit of light in.

Song Circles, improvisation for bass flute, singing bowls and koto
Fantasia in A minor,  for solo flute - Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
Flying Like a Bird, for solo koto - Tadao Sawai (1938 - 1997)
Crossways, improvisation for flute and koto
Hoshun (Spring Time) for flute and koto - Katsutoshi Nagasawa (1923 - 2008)

Our third event for this year will be facilitated by Stephen Adams and features Nikki Heywood, Liz Jigalin and Andrew Batt-Rawden.

We are artists of composition... Our artistic professional backgrounds are diverse. We've each specialised in either sound, movement or story-telling disciplines (including composition, choreography, theatre) and have interdisciplinary practices where we amalgamate approaches to creating performance in processes we've found to be highly exciting, thought-provoking, and sometimes transcendental.

Eric Avery, Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla, is a violinist, vocalist, dancer and composer from the Ngiyampaa, Yuin and Gumbangirr people of NSW. He works with his family’s custodial songs and his haunting compositions often feature him singing while playing violin, predominantly in the Ngiyampaa language.

Join us for an intimate series of performances in one of the city’s most unusual spaces, the hammock room at the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Hyde Park Barracks. Originally housing convicts, the hammock room is steeped in history and personal stories.

Hayes Street Studio presents Vol. 10 of its iconic YOLO Solos Series, featuring violinist Beatrice Colombis and cross-cultural flautist Chloe Chung. The program is rounded out with a set from pianist Lee Dionne.

Paul Hindermith: Violin Sonata, Op.11 No.1
Susan Kander: Baucis and Philomon and Apollo
Heinrich Ernst: Grand Caprice Sur 'Le Roi des Aulnes, Op.26
Chloe Chung: Solo set for dizi
György Ligeti: Etudes for piano (selection)

I’m going to be launching my debut album Waterways. The album brings together field recordings I’ve captured in and around different bodies of water, and my own musical responses to them.
Alex Jasprizza - saxophone, electronics.

Hinano Fujisaki is a saxophonist, improviser and composer based in Eora/Sydney. Her music blends together jazz, improvised, ambient and folk music, weaving folkloric melodies against different soundscapes and textures. For this show, she will be presenting new music from her upcoming EP “There is a Rabbit on the Moon” joined by guitarist Jasper Craig-Adams.

WISHFISH is a duo of frequent collaborators Amy and Joe, nestled down on Dharawal Country. Their eclectic performances have found a home in various places from ambient sound baths to folk music stages.

London-based pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga presents a lecture-recital about Cyborg Soloists, his 7-year music-technology research project exploring cutting-edge music technologies.

The presentation will conclude with a performance of one of Zubin Kanga’s own compositions, Hypnagogia (after Bach).

A rare chance to hear two exquisite instruments, beautifully played — Marshall McGuire (harp) and Simon Martyn-Ellis (theorbo) in solos and duos, old and new.

Duets and solos by seventeenth-century maestros Johann Jacob Froberger, Bellerofonte Castaldi, Isabella Leonarda and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger are interlaced between works by contemporary composers who share a love for these fine sonorities: Alice Chance, Liza Lim, Mike Marshall and Stephen Goss.

Two of Australia's most brilliant musicians come together at the Red House for a rare and unmissable duo performance of superb improvisation...
 
Chris Abrahams - piano, synthesizers
Jeremy Rose - saxophone, bass clarinet and electronics

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Step into the unknown as NO STANDARDS takes the stage, delivering an enigmatic evening of liminal instrumentalism that transcends the ordinary.  Their bold, genre-defying compositions promise to captivate & transport you into uncharted sonic realms. 

NICK KAPRUZIAK (Tenor Sax), MAXWELL MOLLICA (Bass), OLLI HUGHES (Drums)

Supporting the lineup is the wonderful ÁNH CÁT & her band. Join us for a night where boundaries dissolve & the music speaks where words cannot.

CATHY ONG (Keys/ Acoustic Guitar), TOBY GOTT (Electric Guitar), ADAM CHISHOLM (Bass), JACK LI (Drums)

WALK is a suite of music about going for a stroll and thinking the same repetitive thoughts. Many different short, cyclical, repetitive and often meditative forms are trodden on.
Toby Graham – vocals
Jack Stoneham – alto saxophone
Hilary Geddes – guitar
Linus Foley – piano
Jacques Emery – double bass
Ashley Stoneham – drums

BoNo is Bonnie Stewart (Voice/drums/effects) and Novak Manojlovic (Piano/effects) rifling through their sonic libraries and running the findings through a slew of pedals and extended processes in pursuit of stillness.

Mary Ocher has been pushing the boundaries between pop and avant-garde for almost two decades, with playful and colorful form, and clever content that winks at everyone who recognizes its cultural and historical references. Her new album joins a series of apocalyptic and politically charged concept albums.

Passepartout Duo is formed of Nicoletta Favari (IT) and Christopher Salvito (IT/US), who since 2015 have been on a continuous journey travelling the world’s corners, building instruments, and sharing music.

Casey Moir - solo vocals ++

Casey Moir is an Australian born, Swedish based vocal-artist, improviser, and composer of experimental music. Balancing thoughtful precision and wild abandon she dives into the realm of the multifaceted voice.

PPRRLL Region - Peter Farrar Woodwind Trio - Peter Farrar: alto saxophone; Gabriella Hill and Phillippa Murphy-Haste: clarinets

In 2024 Peter got RSI, stopped playing and starting writing for a woodwind trio. Many influences that were lying dormant for many years started emerging - Hemphill, Feldman, Scelsi, and many cultural musics seeped their influence into the music to varying degrees.

Mary Ocher is a singer and songwriter who blurs the lines between pop and avant-garde. Her colorful, playful music is packed with cultural and historical references. Born in Moscow, she moved to Tel Aviv as a child, where themes of nationalism and xenophobia influenced her creative outlook. As a young adult, she relocated to Berlin and became a key figure in its underground scene.

8th edition of The Blue Hour: an ambient music night exploring texture, atmosphere, and soundscapes through drone, experimental and ambient performances.

Featuring performances by ealing (@eal.ng ), Mike Nigro (@mnigro ) and m.h.

If you love ambient, sound art and experimental music, come down and commune with the enchanting sound of these left-field performers.

Ben Lerner is an outstanding young artist who has quickly established himself as one of the emerging voices in Jazz and on the Alto Saxophone in Australia.

The Ben Lerner Quartet features Steve Barry (Piano), Max Alduca (Double Bass) and Alex Young (Drums), and performs a selection of Ben’s compositions.

This group brings together some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians—Chris Cody (piano), Sandy Evans (saxophones), Lloyd Swanton (double bass), and Peter Farrar (saxophones)—in an exciting new musical exploration of freedom within individual and collective roles through original compositions and improvisation.

Sandy Evans, Lloyd Swanton, and Chris Cody have shared the stage for many years. Joining them is Peter Farrar, one of Australia’s foremost jazz saxophonists, renowned for his rich tone, dazzling technique, and inventive improvisation.

Hayes Street Studio presents a dynamic recital featuring co-directors flautist Rosie Gallagher and pianist Lee Dionne.

Yozora (2024) for solo flute by Salina Fisher
J.S Bach Partita (1726) arranged by R. Gallagher for flute and electronics (Aust Premiere)
Traditional: Irish Tunes
Belinda Reynolds: (2003) Share for alto flute and piano
Valerie Coleman: (2018) Wish Sonatine for flute and piano

Evoking places and experiences in nature through a rich blend of jazz and experimental music, with hints of folk and contemporary classical, Underwards is led by award-winning composer and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood.

Ellen Kirkwood - trumpet
Hilary Geddes - guitar
Brendan Clark - electric bass
Alex Inman-Hislop - drums

Cutting-edge technology meets extreme virtuosity when London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga joins Ensemble Offspring at ACO on the Pier.

TRISTAN COELHO Hot Take* (2024)
AMANDA COLE Dream Garden* (2024)
ZUBIN KANGA From the Machine* (2024)
BRIGITTA MUNTENDORF New work* (2024)
ANNA MEREDITH Bumps Per Minute – selections from 18 Studies for Dodgems (2021, arr. Jessica Wells 2023)

Metin Yilmaz Bilur/kaval (Kurdish/Turkish Flute) and Damian Wright (flamenco guitar) present a meeting of two distinct yet strongly rooted cultural and musical traditions.
A Highly dynamic performance from peaceful, contemplative melodies to exciting, virtuosic improvisations and rhythms.

Marking three years of Solstice peppering your Monday evenings each week on @fbiradio, we step out of the studio and into the live space; celebrating our enthralling local community through Solstice Presents.
Solstice Presents welcomes the interplanetary elegance of @coneofconfusionband, heeding a wall of sound that weaves intricately textural patterns into a charming cosmic blanket.
The invigorating @fauxpurrband delight us with their exuberant palette of deep crimson and ruby reds; painting a richly considered and incomparable live show to warm up the evening.

The People's Republic is thrilled to present an exclusive Sydney performance by the acclaimed contemporary classical duo direct from Italy, presenting their superb cycle of traditional folk songs from Emilia Romagna...
Silvia Tarozzi – violin, voice
Deborah Walker – cello, voice

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Elsen Price is a Sydney double bassist who works across a diverse range of musics.
Keyna Wilkins (piano, flute) is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician.
Dr Mark Oliveiro (bleeping and blooping) is a composer with diverse extra-musical interests including history, mythology and ancient literature.

Maquina Anonima fuses experimental electronics and the human voice. Melancholy songs and lush, evolving harmonies meet glitchy, morphing beats. Custom built wearable sensors control live effects during the performance.

Uma Volkmer joins Maquina Anonima with flugelhorn and live electronics for an improvised set.

Cara explores symbiosis between aural and visual complexities, focusing on textural materiality, combining both soundscape immersion and experimental rhythms.

Perila is a St Petersburg-born, Berlin-based sound artist and performer who works with field-recorded sounds from the natural and human-made landscape. In her first performance in Australia, she will perform recent music that draws on raw emotions, the voice and the body to create healing and transformative sonic interventions.

Free, bookings required

Amita is a professional chanson singer in Fishnet Bodystocking who skilfully blends traditional music from around the world with his unique interpretations of Japanese lyrics.
Kentaro Tamura (Accordion) Button accordion player.

Performances on the night by:
Anil Dhital "sitar"
The Lost Futures - Light performance & Improv

Rare performance of Julius Eastman's minimalist masterpiece Femenine (1974), by award-winning composer Jeremy Rose and The Earshift Orchestra.

Niki Johnson: vibraphone; Claire Edwardes OAM: marimba; Novak Manojlovic: keyboard, synthesisers; Susie Bishop: violin; Isabel Tzorbatzaki: violin; Freya Schack-Arnott: cello; Max Alduca: double bass; Hilary Geddes: guitar; Jeremy Rose: tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, electronics; Philippa Murphy-Haste: bass clarinet, clarinet, viola; Lamorna Nightingale: flute, piccolo; Sam Gill: alto and sopranino saxophone

SONDAR - Broody, bendy noise rock from Mulubinba/Newcastle fresh off the release of their cracking debut album.

PURE MASS - Loud and weird and repetitive, hopefully not too repetitive.

TBX - Echo-Sludge/Rhythmic Metal feat members of every band in the world.

Withdrawe - Brand new droney guitar and synth duo. Huge.

Emilio Gordoa (Percussion & composition & recording & electronics), Josten Myburgh (Alto saxophone & composition & recording & electronics) and Sabine Vogel (Flutes & percussion & composition & recording) are three musicians with a shared interest in improvising “as weather”: playing with and as the sounds of the environment.

Their project “Tracing presence on land” is a sonic-musical diary of their long collaboration, carrying the stories and echoes of the places they have worked in together.

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Eora-based pianist Lauren Tsamouras and Muloobinba-based trumpeter Tom Avgenicos reimagine the music of legendary Australian/New Zealand jazz pianist and composer Judy Bailey.
Lauren Tsamouras - piano
Tom Avgenicos - trumpet & electronics

Aidan Wong, Eric Tsai, Alex Tucker
Aidan Wong - tenor saxophone
Eric Tsai - guitar
Alex Tucker - drums

MAGIC MUSIC TRIO
Sandy Evans; saxophones
Satsuki Odamura; koto
Steve Elphick; bass 

Freya Schack-Arnott; cello
Matthias Schack-Arnott; percussion and electronics
Ben Ward; double bass and electronics 

On the occasion of her show at 100clicksWest, Jasmine will present her installation work Muzak for the Encouragement of Unproductivity and perform a live electronics set through a multi-channel sound system.

Jasmine Guffond is an artist and composer born in Sydney / Gadigal Country and currently living in Berlin. Focused on electronic composition across music and art contexts her practice spans live performance, recording and installation.

Chamber music of Europe’s luscious Golden Age from Debussy, Saint-Saëns, with Australian and international works

DEBUSSY - Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
COEHLO 🦘 - Hokusai Mix Tape
SAINT-SAËNS - Fantasie for Flute and Harp
POENITZ - Capriccio for Clarinet and Harp
BALL 🦘** - New work for Bass Clarinet, Viola, and Electronics
MAZZOLI *** - Vespers for Amplified Viola and Soundtrack

Flutes - Ewa Kowalski; Clarinets - Andrew Kennedy; Harp - Emily Granger; Viola - Neil Thompson; Electronics - Tristan Coelho

Presented by Hourglass Ensemble

Artistic Director Andrew Kennedy,  Flutes Ewa Kowalski, Clarinets Andrew Kennedy, Harp Emily Granger, Viola Neil Thompson, Electronics Tristan Coelho

Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp 
Tristan Coehlo Hokusai Mix Tape 
Camille Saint-Saëns Fantasie for Flute and Harp 
Franz Poenitz Capriccio for Clarinet and Harp 
Andrew Ball New work for Bass Clarinet, Viola, and Electronics
Missy Mazzoli Vespers for Amplified Viola and Soundtrack

MARK ANDERSON (NZ) & ANTHONY GUERRA:
Touring the East Coast in support of their recent duo releases: “Earth Diffusion” on Index Clean and “River Transcription” on Regional Bears.

L&M: L. Altman & M. Hopkins - clarinet, objects, lyre, tape recorders.

NICK DAN & NYLSTOCH: BreakdancetheDawn-affiliated super duo of Nick Dan (xNoBBQX, DPRK) and Nylstoch.

Believe are Sydney’s hardest gigging free jazz band. Peter Farrar, saxophones / Novak Manojlovic, piano / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Laurence Pike, drums.
Sonya Holowell is a peerless classically trained improvising vocalist.
Sonya and the band memorably performed together previously at the Strata Festival 2024 at Phoenix Central Park.

Sasha Gavlek (26, they/them) is a contemporary bassist, bandleader, composer, event producer, and educator based in nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania).

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Duet for Bagpipes and Bass 
Erwan Keravac (France) and Clayton Thomas

A first time only experience!

7pm The Victory Hall Annandale Creative Arts Centre

$20 on the door

Jasmine Guffond is an artist and composer working at the interface of social, political and technical infrastructures. Her practice spans live performance, recording, sound installation and custom made browser plug-in. Through the sonification of data she addresses the potential for sound to engage with contemporary political questions. Recent projects employed digital technologies, sonification and the aesthetisation of data as a means of fostering discussion around contemporary surveillance technologies as well as producing experimental audio works.

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An Australian Chamber Orchestra string quartet celebrates two of the world's most important living composers.

STEVE REICH Different Trains
OSVALDO GOLIJOV The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

Richard Tognetti director and violin; Ike See violin; Stefanie Farrands viola; Melissa Barnard cello; David Griffiths clarinet

Music For Change are teaming up with Lazy Thinking (2024 FBI Radio SMAC Awards winner) to bring you an afternoon of ambient and downtempo electronic music.
Proceeds from pre-sale tickets and door sales are being donated to Orange Sky Australia, an organisation who provide free laundry, warm showers and genuine conversation for people experiencing homelessness and hardship.
Anomie (Live/DJ) [2SER/Inna Riddim] - https://soundcloud.com/anomie
Drox (Live) [Analog Cabin/Delphic Iris Records] - https://soundcloud.com/drox
Simon Mann (Live) [Hypnotic Room/Nightime Drama] - https://soundcloud.com/djsimonmann
Lovefromsoph [Syllabus Recordings] - https://soundcloud.com/lovefromsoph
Andrew Wowk [2SER/Music For Change] - https://soundcloud.com/andrew-wowk

Alloy Ellen Kirkwood - trumpet, Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets, Paul Cutlan - saxophones, Lee Orszaczky - trombone.
Late in 2022 Ellen Kirkwood assembled this group of stellar improvisers, each with their own cool and impressive things going on, for a performance of experimental compositions and improvisations.

Volant comprises four exceptional musicians, Matthew Ottignon (saxophones), Lauren Tsamouras (piano), Hannah James (double bass) and Hayley Chan (drums), who produce a singular explorative sound. Matthew Ottignon's compositions are an ode to his admiration for nature and are deeply influenced by musical geniuses including John Coltrane and the Necks.

SOUND THE ALARM A large ensemble instigation for Palestine and beyond. AKA new music for old problems. Two sets of new music for large ensemble.

NOVAK MANOJLOVIC, piano; JACK STONEHAM, saxophones; SAM GILL, saxophones; UMA VOLKMER, trumpet; HILARY GEDDES, guitar; PETER FARRAR, reeds and percussion; LILY INNIS, cello; HAYLEY CHAN, drums; SASKIA SHEARER, percussion; MATTHEW OTTIGNON, woodwinds; SIMON FERENCI, trumpet; CLAYTON THOMAS, double bass; PHILIPPA MURPHY HASTE, bass clarinet and viola; HINANO FUJISAKI, saxophone; GABRIELLA HILL, saxophone; MEGAN ALICE CLUNE, clarinet; and LAUREN TSAMOURAS, organ

This recital presents works by four of Indonesia’s most prominent composers: Trisutji Kamal, Yazeed Djamin, Soe Tjen Marching and Ananda Sukarlan.
The program will also include Indonesia-influenced works by Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, Anne Boyd, Gareth Farr and Roger Smalley.
Daniel Herscovitch, piano

A brand new ensemble playing highly original and compelling contemporary music mixing the powerful musical flavours of raga music with modal jazz.

Adrian McNeil (Hindustani Sarod), Bobby Singh (Tabla), Michael Galeazzi (Acoustic Double Bass) and Steve Morley (French Horn) have deep experience in this cross over space, developed over years of creative collaboration, cutting edge research and international experience. A unique instrumental ensemble - something spontaneously different each and every time!

Luke M de Zilva is an experimental songwriter, composer and curator. His music is primarily based on responding to – and working within – unique acoustic and echo environments.

Mitch Reynolds’ sonic world-building is steeped in experimental music history with whispers of kosmische, tape music, avant-folk and microsound echoing into a formless ambient space of his own devising.

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This project emerged from thoughts about mesmeric experiences such as listening to cicadas and gurgling creeks, or sitting in front of a campfire.

Simon Barker has performed regularly throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and the US, has produced a large collection of solo drumming recordings over the past 20 years and has been involved in numerous ongoing collaborative projects

Hinano Fujisaki s a jazz saxophonist, improviser and composer based in Eora/Sydney and leader of the quartet “Home Is”.

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Remi Marchand (solo)
For his ambient guitar solo project, Rémi brings together his blues music, 70s prog and fusion musical influences into a kaleidoscope of atmospheric textures and meditative soundscapes.
Arkangel
The new project of pianist Thibaud Kessell. Arkangel strips back his usual 9 piece array of strings + jazz sextet down to a quartet - Tom Avgenicos (trumpet), Jacques Emery (bass) and Ashley Stoneham (drums).

To celebrate the release of their first duo album, Unnamed Road, improvisers violinist Jon Rose and pianist Erik Griswold will tour Australia in 2025.

Unnamed Road is a first musical meeting between two Australian innovators, featuring Jon Rose’s tenor and regular violins and Erik Griswold’s prepared piano. The music swings from high energy rhythmic exchanges to dark lyricism; from dense pointillism to moody expressionism, raw percussive, sonic, and textural exploration.

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Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Join Seaworthy and Matt Rösner for a performance of their recent album at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Seaworthy is the conduit for Sydney-based instrumentalist and sound artist Cameron Webb. Matt Rösner is a sound artist from regional Western Australia who works with various acoustic instruments, custom-built software patches and detailed field-recording studies.

Free, bookings required

The Living Room Theatre ignites the streets of Dulwich Hill in a powerful procession, marking 25 years of bold storytelling with a tribute to Pina Bausch’s Season March.

Blending movement, music, and the raw energy of the streets, this activation channels Bausch’s evocative style—where dance is resistance, memory, and transformation.

Featuring: Michelle St Anne and Members of The Splinter Orchestra

Official relaunch show of Lazy Thinking Records, the new record label run out of and by the same wondrous folk behind award winning Dulwich Hill music venue Lazy Thinking. Featuring a slew of artists the label will be working with, as well as a good sprinkling of the venue’s faves.

Hubcaps, Wytchings, Olivia’s World, Ligature, Sadie, BARBARA, aplacewithoutsound, Weyon, Obelisk

100clicksWest is both proud and honoured to bring two of Australia’s most innovative improvising performers together for the first time, in a combined live set featuring the sounds of voice and flutes.

Sonya Holowell is a Dharawal and Inuk vocalist, composer, writer and researcher. Her work spans many contexts and forms, with improvisation as a primary mode towards emancipatory aims.

Jim Denley has worked extensively as an improviser internationally and in Australia since the 1980s. His work reflects a deep engagement with landscape and nature.

The Living Room Theatre and Dulwich Hill Relit present

Hill/Tucker/Undy
Gabriella Hill, tenor saxophone
Cameron Undy, double bass
Alex Tucker, drums

Double Trouble
Alex Tucker, drumset
Daniel Raymond, drumset
Gabriella Hill, tenor saxophone 
Aidan Wong, tenor saxophone 

Ben Lerner is an outstanding young artist who has quickly established himself as one of the emerging voices in Jazz and on the Alto Saxophone in Australia.
The Ben Lerner Quartet features Steve Barry (Piano), Max Alduca (Double Bass) and Alex Young (Drums), and performs a selection of Ben’s compositions.

Novak Manojlovic - pianist/composer/improvisor. Novak’s work describes a fascination with contrasts; new and old, acoustic and electronic, diatonic and atonal, abrasive and meditative.

Believe are Sydney’s hardest gigging free jazz band. Peter Farrar, saxophones / Novak Manojlovic, piano / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Laurence Pike, drums.

This will be Believe’s first performance at Sydney’s most revered venue for improvised music. Will it contain them?

Music For Libraries is a showcase of innovative Australian ambient and experimental music.

Edition 1 ‘Threads’ features a program co-curated by Aeddan Cox, presenter of ‘Unfurl’ on FBI Radio, and Lazy Thinking. Feat.

Lisa Lerkenfeldt (Naarm) is an Australian composer and performer. Her endless piano and tape loop variations dissolve time through collages of decayed ambience, analogue manipulation and cyclic structure.

Banana (Gadigal) is M. Hopkins & Alexandra Spence, two sound artists/musicians living and working on Wangal and Gadigal land.

Luca Forcucci (Suisse) is a composer, artist and researcher, who investigates sonic perception in relation to space, memory, subjectivity and consciousness.

The Living Room Theatre in partnership with Kawai presents:

Join us for a special celebration of one of jazz’s most iconic works—Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert—on its 50th anniversary. In this one-of-a-kind performance, celebrated Sydney-based pianist and composer Matt McMahon brings his own voice and improvisational flair to the 1975 masterpiece, offering a fresh interpretation as part of The Living Room Theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations.

Music For Libraries is a showcase of innovative Australian ambient and experimental music.

Edition 2 features a program curated entirely by legendary sound artist, composer and label owner Lawrence English and features

Amby Downs (Naarm) Tahlia Palmer is an artist of Murri and European background born on Whudjuk Noongar Boodjar (Perth, WA), working in a variety of mediums to explore history, identity and perception.

Ai Yamamoto (Naarm) 's practice comes with sonic exploration and melodies. She sources sounds from her surroundings including insects, machines, animals, kitchen equipment, etc. 　

Vanessa Tomlinson (Meanjin) is a percussionist-composer with a long history in experimental music.

The Living Room Theatre and Dulwich Hill Relit present an evening of masterful improvisation, breathtaking composition, and sonic storytelling featuring three of the most compelling pianists in contemporary jazz and improvised music.

Alister Spence A pre-eminent force in Australian jazz, Spence’s improvisations and compositions have captivated audiences for over 30 years. His innovative approach to sound and structure has seen him collaborate with some of the world’s most respected artists across music, film, and theatre.

Luke Sweeting Luke Sweeting’s pianism is a tapestry of curiosity, nuance, and untamed lyricism. His compositions unfold like winding conversations—playful, melancholic, and unafraid of silence.

Monica Brooks A minimalist pianist and composer whose deeply evocative work is shaped by landscapes, love, and loss. Her music unfolds with poetic elegance, crafting soundscapes that are both fragile and powerful.

The Living Room Theatre and Dulwich Hill Relit present

Sam Gill and Phillippa Murphy-Haste duo
Phillippa Murphy-Haste, clarinets/viola
Sam Gill, saxophones

Jim Denley and Peter Farrar duo
Jim Denley, alto saxophone
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone

Fate Maps
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Phillippa Murphy-Haste, viola
Freya Schack-Arnott, cello

BELIEVE
Peter Farrar, alto saxophone
Novak Manojlovic, piano
Clayton Thomas, double bass
Laurence Pike, drums

CARL DEWHURST has been a stalwart of the Sydney jazz scene for over thirty years and is considered one of Australia’s finest jazz and improvising guitarists. His latest album, Avicennia, features his trio with special guest, Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist LISA PARROTT.

CARL DEWHURST (Guitar/ Composition)
CAMERON UNDY (Bass)
ALEX INMAN HISLOP (Drums)
PLUS Special Guest LISA PARROTT (Alto Sax)

Join ZÖJ at Phoenix Central Park for a 50-minute deep listening experience that invites you into a heightened state of awareness. Known for their immersive and meditative performances, ZÖJ crafts an evolving sonic landscape where the edges between sound and silence dissolve.

ZÖJ is an experimental cross-cultural music duo from Australia, consisting of Gelareh Pour on Kamancheh, Voice, and Qeychak, and Brian O’Dwyer on drumkit and percussion.

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Vocalists Daniel Wilfred and Sunny Kim form the heart of Hand to Earth, which has quickly developed an international reputation as one of Australia’s most distinctive contemporary music ensembles. Daniel sings in language, and is the keeper of Yolngu Manikay (songs) from North East Arnhem Land that can be traced back for over 40,000 years. Sunny sings in English and Korean intoning gestures that invoke raw elemental forces. Together they sing of the stars, of fire, and of the cooling rain against the drone of David Wilfred’s didgeridoo and atmospheres created by trumpeter and sound artist, Peter Knight, and clarinetist Aviva Endean.

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At First Light is curated and performed by Sydney violist James Wannan.

Featuring music by Pedro Alvarez, Angus Davison, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Younan, Natalie Nicolas, Rhys Little and a world premiere commission for James by Kammerklang’s artistic director, Cameron Lam.

Out of the Shadows is curated and performed by Melbourne violist Phoebe Green.

Featuring music by Pedro Alvarez, Aditya Ryan Bhat, Christine Pan, Dominik Karski, Emily Sheppard, Flora Wong and a world premiere commission for Phoebe by Kammerklang’s artistic director, Cameron Lam.

Australian/Finnish, Finland-based musician Simon Svoboda is an active part of the Finnish classical scene and the 'Aspen String Quartet', performs frequently with his cello duo ‘Simon and Tommi’, and is also a keen composer and arranger. In the past two years Svoboda has found inspiration to compose minimalistic music for his cello and voice. His recently released EP titled ‘Kaamos’ (the Finnish word describing the darkest period of the year where the sun seldom rises) is a 5-piece work inspired by different elements of winter in Finland. 

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Eric WHITACRE Lux Aurumque
Sarah HOPKINS Past Life Melodies
Eric WHITACRE Cloudburst
Edwin LONDON Bach (Again), after ‘Come, Sweet Death’ by JS Bach
Eric WHITACRE Eternity in an Hour

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Maquina Anonima fuse experimental electronics and the human voice, using custom built wearable sensors to control live effects during the performance. Spanish folk song and choral textures meet glitchy, morphing beats and lush, evolving harmonies to create soundworlds of earthy grit and ethereal beauty.

Jessie Newling is currently immersed in early music, electroacoustic music and the intersection of voice and electronics.
Regan Van Veen is a music technology artist working on Gadigal land.

Hayes Street Studio is thrilled to present pianist and composer Joseph Havlat in a rare recital that features a newly composed works by Australian composer Lisa Illean: her piano Sonata in ten parts.  Alongside this work, Joseph will perform a section from Bent Sørensen's "12 Nocturnes". 

Lisa Illean: Sonata in ten parts
Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com