Sydney Improvisers Composers Kollektiv Orchestra
- Trevor Brown conducts moving feast of musicians picked from the cream of Sydney’s improvising community.
- S.I.C.K.O stands for Sydney Improvised Composer’s Kollectiv Orchestra - a large ensemble conducted with hand gestures by Trevor Brown. The focus is on improvisatory conducting techniques, based on work by various systems created by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Butch Morris, Frank Zappa, John Zorn and Walter Thompson.
Mary Rapp -Cello
Susie Bishop Violin
Arne David Hanna - Guitar
Ivan Jordan - Drums
Daniel Pliner - Piano
Lee McIver - Trumpet
Ellen Kirkwood - Trumpet
Josh Ahearn _Bass
Emily-Rose Šárkova - Accordion
and more to be anounced
with Trevor Brown - Conducting
Their performances every week in Newtown feature an incredible breadth of subtle beauty, funky grooves, complex noise, and always the theatre of the conductor.