Air Mass is a new electroacoustic performance piece by award-winning saxophonist Nick Russoniello. This work invites performers and listeners to engage deeply with the present moment; the shared air mass that surrounds them. Exploring an intersection between performance art and the traditional concert experience, Air Mass draws on audience-generated soundscapes, live-looping, body percussion and physical gesture.
Nick Russoniello is a highly accomplished and dynamic saxophonist, composer, ensemble leader and educator. Nick has appeared as a soloist or guest musician with most of Australia’s premier arts organisations including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Australian World Orchestra, the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra and the Acacia Quartet. He has been the recipient of major awards including the ABC Symphony Australian Young Performer of the Year Award and the Fine Music Kruger Scholarship. Nick’s projects and ensembles are highly acclaimed, with appearances for the Royal College of Music (London), Conservatorio di Milano (Italy) and the Strasbourg Cité De La Musique (France). Nick’s original compositions for saxophone are performed regularly by saxophonists around the globe.