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SoundOut 2023


  • Drill Hill Gallery Kingsley Street Acton, ACT, 2601 Australia (map)

SoundOut 2023
27th -29th January
@Drill Hall Gallery ANU, Canberra

This is the 14th year of the annual SoundOut festival, and in 2023 we will bring to you the continuation of this incredible explorative sound event. This is the Improvisational and Experimental Music festival, that will uplift tired ears and eyes, explore the unknown, see within the fabric of sound, unravel the threads of normative musical praxis, and question sonic hegemonies. The artists will combine, mix, cross-fertilize, and move sound mountains to inspire inquiring ears and eyes.

SoundOut 2022 sees the extraordinary Artists: the legendary Jon Rose (violin); the amazing Hermione Johnson (piano); sublime Peter Knight (trumpet/revox tape player) Chloe Sobek (violine); Mark Cauvin (double Bass); Joe Talia (drums); Alexandra Spence (tape manipulations/objects); Dale Gorfinkel (vibraphone); Jasmin Wing-Lin Leung (Erhu); MP Hopkins (electronics); Peter Farrar (saxophone); Gemma Horbury (trumpet); Dave Brown (guitar); Carmen Chan Schoenborn (piano /percussion); Gail Priest (electronics); Nikki Heywood (vocals/text), Clinton Green (electronics); Elizabeth Jigalin (vibraphone/accordion); Jamie Gifford (Bandenon); Brian McNamara (invented electronics instr.); Jamie Lambert (guitar); Rhys Butler (alto sax); Richard Johnson (wind instr.); Rory Villegas (trumpet) + we are hoping for the avant-garde cellist Khabat Abas from Iraq/Sweden to make it to the festival.

Jon Rose and Peter Knight (former director of the Australian Art Orchestra) will be running seperate Workshops/talks during the festival: Jon Rose will give a talk on experimental instrument making followed by workshop on the 27th from 1-4pm; Peter Knight will give a improvisation workshop on the 28th from 9am -12 @Drill Hall Gallery for those interested for a minor fee of $15 per workshop (see link here)
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../soundout-workshops...

The 2023 group of Artists are all involved in a dialogue that is essential to the unfolding of new music structures and what it means to be human in the 21st Century. Come, see and hear the new music evolve.

Tickets Here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../soundout-2023-tickets...

17hrs of music: 4 sessions
S1. Friday 27th 7pm -11:30pm
S2. Saturday 28th 1pm - 5pm
S3. Saturday 28th 7pm -11:30pm
S4. Sunday 29th 1pm - 5pm
Program:

Session 1: Fri. 27 January 7pm - 11:30

7pm
Noisefloor:
Jamie Gifford: bandenon
Jamie Lambert: guitar
Rhys Butler: alto sax
Richard Johnson: wind instruments
Rory Villegas: trumpet
Tom Fell: saxophones

7:45
Whistle-biter:
Dave Brown: Electric Guitar
Hermione Johnson: piano

8:30
Khabat Abas: cello
Jon Rose: violin
Mark Cauvin: double bass
Nikki Heywood: voice/txt/performance artist

9:15
Peter Knight: Solo, trumpet/revox/electronics

10:00
Carmen Chan Schoenborn: vibraphone, piano, organ
Gemma Horbury: Trumpeter,
Joe Talia: drums
Samuel Pankhusrt: double bass

10:45 +
Clinton Green: electronics
Dale Gorfinkel: invented instruments
Brian McNamara: invented electronic instruments
Peter Farrar: electronic / objects / saxophone

Session 2: Sat. 28 January 1pm - 5

1pm
Alexandra Spence: objects/electronic/clarinet
MP Hopkins: electronic

1:40
Chloe Sobek: Violine
Elizabeth Jigalin: accordion
Peter Farrar: Electronics/ objects / saxophone
2:20
Jon Rose: violin...to curate this set

3:00
Carmen Chan Schoenborn: vibraphone, piano, organ
Gail Priest: electronic
Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung: Erhu

3:40
Dale Gorfinkel: invented instruments
Jamie Gifford: Bandoneon
Rhys Butler: Alto sax
Samuel Pankhusrt: double bass

4: 20
Clinton Green: electronics
Gemma Horbury: Trumpet
Rory Villiges: trumpet
Tom Fell: saxophones,

Session 3: Sat. 18 June 7pm - 11:30

7pm
Khabat Abas: Solo cello

7:45
Alexandra Spence: objects/electronic/clarinet
Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung: Erhu
Mark Cauvin: double bassist
Peter Knight: composer/trumpet
Richard Johnson: wind instruments

8:30
Brian McNamara: invented electronic instruments
Chloe Sobek: Violine
Dave Brown: Guitar
Gemma Horbury: Trumpet
Joe Talia: drums
Jon Rose: violin,

9:15
Hermione Johnson: Solo piano

10:00
Carmen Chan Schoenborn: vibraphone, piano, organ
Dale Gorfinkel: invented instruments
Elizabeth Jigalin: accordion
MP Hopkins: electronic,
Peter Knight: composer/trumpeter/sound artist

10: 45
Gail Priest: electronics
Jamie Lambert: guitar and preparations
Peter Farrar: electronics/ objects / saxophone
Samuel Pankhusrt: double bass

Session 4: Sun. 29 January 1pm - 5

1pm:
SoundOut Brass /wind ensemble
Dale Gorfinkel: invented instruments
Peter Farrar: objects / saxophone
Peter Knight: trumpet
Rhys Butler: alto sax
Richard Johnson: wind instrument
Rory Villiges: trumpet
Tom Fell: saxophones

1:40
Gail Priest: solo electronics

2:20
Alexandra Spence: objects/electronic/clarinet
Chloe Sobek: Violine
Hermione Johnson: piano
Khabat Abas: cello
Jamie Gifford: Bandenon,
Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung: Erhu

3:00
Dave Brown: Electric Guitar
Jamie Gifford: Bandenon,
Joe Talia: drums
Mark Cauvin: double bassist
Nikki Heywood: voice/txt/performance artist

3:40
Clinton Green: electronics
Elizabeth Jigalin: accordion
Jamie Lambert: guitar and preparation
MP Hopkins: electronic

4:20
SoundOut Collective (all remaining artists)

Artist List (artist bios below)

Alexandra Spence: objects/electronic/clarinet, Sydney

Brian McNamara: invented electronic instruments, Canberra

Carmen Chan Schoenborn: cello, piano, organ, Melbourne

Chloe Sobek: Violine , Melbourne

Clinton Green: electronics, Melbourne

Dale Gorfinkel: invented instruments, Melbourne

Dave Brown: Guitar Melbourne

Elizabeth Jigalin: accordion, Sydney

Gail Priest: electronics, sound art, Sydney

Gemma Horbury: Trumpeter, Melbourne

Hermione Johnson: pianist, Aotearoa NZ

Jamie Gifford: Bandoneon, Canberra

Jamie Lambert: guitar and preparations: Canberra

Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung: Erhu Melbourne

Joe Talia: drums, Melbourne

Jon Rose: violin, Alice Springs NT

Khabat Abas: cello, Iraq/Sweden

Mark Cauvin: double bassist, Sydney

MP Hopkins: electronic, Sydney

Nikki Heywood: voice/txt/performance artist, Sydney

Peter Farrar: objects / saxophone, Sydney

Peter Knight: composer/trumpeter/sound artist, Melbourne

Rhys Butler: saxophonist, Canberra

Richard Johnson: wind multi-instrumentalist + , Canberra

Rory Villiges: trumpet, Canberra

Samuel Pankhusrt: double bass, Brisbane

Tom Fell: saxophones, Canberra