The NOW now 2019
Dear music lovers, the NOW now number 18 is on its way. Possibly due to the overwhelming generosity and support of the musicians involved, this years edition is relying on the support of caring audiences like you.
We need your ears and your care, the NOW now will provide the incredible and remarkable as thanks.
Festival passes $60 Tickets $20 per night
The NOW now festival 2019.
UPSTAIRS: long form performative installations:
Thursday 7:20 – 9:00 Adam Pultz Melbye, solo piece, feedback bass with internal sound-reactive LED lights: 2 hours
9:00 – 11:00 Sumn Conduit: Sonya Holowell, voice Ben Carey, modular synthesiser: 2 hours
Gail Priest in the garden upstairs FRIDAY 7pm, 7.30, 8pm, 8.30, 9pm, 9.30 SUNDAY 4pm, 4.30, 5pm, 5.30, 6pm, 6.30. One-on-one 30 min sessions / Tickets essential - sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/languages-of-listening-the-now-now-2019-25-27-january-tickets-54515922592.
DOWNSTAIRS: The NOW now festival 2019.
THURSDAY 7:00 Welcome to Country.
7:30 PLANT Éric Normand (Quebec), electric bass Jim (Mij) Denley, woodwinds
8:15 Reuben Lewis, trumpet Emily Bennett, voice
9:00 Pia Van Gelder, live electronic circuits
9:30 Birgit Ulher(Germany), solo piece ‘Traces - for trumpet, radio, speaker, objects and tape’
10:30 Alister Spence, piano/rhodes solo
11:15 Knitted Abyss Lucy Claire, guitar Anna John, guitar
FRIDAY 7:00 Jasmine Leung, erhu Pierre-Yves Martel, (Montreal), viola da gamba
7:45 Jefferson Mayday Mayday, electronics
8:30 THE ASTRONOMICAL UNIT Matthias Müller (Berlin), trombone Clayton Thomas, double bass Christian Marian (Berlin), drums
9:15 Sage Pbbt, voice Monika Brooks, computer & accordion
10:00 Audrey Rose Burden, movement & voice
10:15 Jónó Mí Ló (Ohio / Syd), electronics
11:00 ASK THE AXES David Watson, guitar & bagpipes Tony Buck, drums & guitar
SATURDAY:
7- 7.30pm ’Acknowledging Country’ audio crawl for concert-goers. By Lizzie Thomson (Critical Path), Sonya Holowell and Melanie Herbert
Facilitates connecting to ‘place’ through sound and movement.
*PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN HEADPHONES AND SMARTPHONE FOR THIS EVENT.
7.30-8pm Bass Tone Orchestra
Maximillian Alduca, double bass, Clayton Thomas, Double bass, Mary Rapp, double bass Dave Ellis, Double bass Ben Ward, Double bass
8:00 Melanie Louise Eden, performance 8.30 Charlie Sundborn, solo sax performance
9:00 Sy Browne, electronics Bron Watkins, violin Saar Amptmeijer, electronics
10:00pm Freya Schack-Arnott, cello & Matthias Schack-Arnott, automated and played percussion
10.30-11.30pm The Splinter Orchestra Text score ‘Dual Axis’ by Sonya Holowell with design by Elia Bosshard.
SUNDAY: Start at 4pm
4:00pm Joyce Hinterding, radio waves Peter Blamey, energy systems
5:00pm Score Club MP Hopkins, Megan Alice Clune, Andrew Fedorovich, Alexandra Spence, John Wilton + Guest: Caitlin Rowley
5:45 SNACKS Dale Gorfinkel Allanah Stewart Jennifer Calliway and Guests
Break: Eat some food people.
7:00 CUTLERY Nicola Morton, electronics Del Lumanta, electronics
8:00 Kevin Wolfox Sheehan, electronics
8:45 AIR FIELD Petr Vrba, (Czech Republic), trumpet and electronics Birgit Ulher(Germany), trumpet Jack Stoneham, alto saxophone Karen Uncanny Booth, baritone saxophone
9:30 Chris Abrahams, Piano Robin Fox, analogue systems Clare Cooper, ¾ concert harp
Minds Blown.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/events/753220368344698/
Source: https://www.emus.space/archive/2019/1/24/the-now-now-2019