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SoundOut festival 2021


  • Drill Hall Gallery Kingsley Street Canberra, ACT, 2601 Australia (map)

This is the 12th year of the annual SoundOut festival, and in 2021 we will bring to you the continuation of the incredible explorative sonic arts event. This Experimental Music festival to will uplift tired ears, explore the unknown, see within the fabric of sound, unravel the threads of normative musical praxis, and question sonic hegemonies. Usually we host an International and interstate group of artists, however due to C19 restrictions and funding challenges we will host artists from the Southeast region in 2021. The festival will include Artists such as Brian McNamara, Charles Martin, Chayla Ueckert-Smith, Ethan McAlister, Jackson Weibe, Louise Curham, MIroslav Bukovsky, Monika Brooks, Old Media Orchestra [LC, RJ, TMB +], Paul Duchesne, Pip Gazard, Reuben Ingalls, Rhys Butler , Richard Johnson, Siena Mitchell, Tom Fell, Tracy M Benson. We have also included experimental film, video and sound from the Old Media Orchestra using mostly old and "out-of-date media". It including some of the artists mentioned above: Louise Curham, Tracy M Benson, and on reel to reel tapes/radio transmitters etc Richard Johnson ...+ other artists.

It will be held over the Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th February 2021 at the ANU, Drill Hall Gallery [who's staff we thank profusely for their support, generosity and belief in us] with approximately 8hrs of music spread over the 2 days; with 4 sessions of music comprising of numerous sets:

Tickets are sold by session or a season [see below for details]

$20 unwaged

$30 waged

Season Tickets [see as add-ons when you choose a ticket]

Unwaged $80

Waged $100

Saturday 6th Feb: Session 1. 6:00 - 8pm

Saturday 6th Feb: Session 2. 8:30 - 10:30

Sunday 7th Feb: Session 3. 6:00 - 8pm

Sunday 7th Feb: Session 4. 8:30 - 10:30

SoundOut Program LOCAL +

Saturday 6th Feb

Session 1

6:00

Chayla Ueckert-Smith: ceramic instruments/ Oboe

Ethan McAlister: electric guitar

6:40

Jackson Wiebe: electronics

Pip Gazzard: electronics

Siena Mitchell: electronics/keyboards

7:20

David McDade: Drums

Miroslav Bukovsky: trumpet

Tom Fell: saxophones

Session 2

8:30

Monika Brooks: piano solo

9:10

Old Media Orchestra +

Louise Curham: 8mm film

Richard Johnson: reel to reel tape decks/radios

Tracey M Benson: video

9:40

Reuben Ingalls: electric guitar

Rhys Butler: alto saxophone

Paul Duchesne: electronics

10:20

Brian McNamara: invented instruments

Charles Martin: computer/percussion

10:50

Collective improvisation

Sunday 7th Feb

Session 3

6:00

Wind Quartet

Miroslav Bukovsky: trumpet

Rhys Butler: alto sax

Richard Johnson: wind instruments

Tom Fell: saxophones

6:40

Charles Martin: computer/percussion

Pip Gazzard: electronics

Reuben Ingalls: electric guitar

7:20

Brian McNamara: invented electronic instruments

Chayla Ueckert-Smith: ceramic instruments/ Oboe

Jackson Wiebe: electronics

Paul Duchesne: electronics

Session 4

8:30

Old Media Orchestra +

Louise Curham: 8mm film

Richard Johnson: reel to reel tape decks/radios

Tracey M Benson: video

+ musicians TBA

9:10

David McDade: Drums

Ethan McAlister: electric guitar

Siena Mitchell: electronics/keyboards

9:40

Monika Brooks: accordion/piano

Rhys Butler: alto sax

Richard Johnson: wind instruments / objects

10:20

Collective improvisation of all musicians from the festival.

Later Event: February 11
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