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Divergence Jazz Orchestra – Celebrates 5 Years!

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Divergence Jazz Orchestra – Celebrates 5 Years!

  • Date: Saturday, 23 September 2017, 8:30pm
  • Venue: Foundry616 — 616 Harris St, Ultimo, NSW
  • Tickets: General: $26.50 | Concession: $19.50 | Dinner and show: $57.50 - $72.50 — Tickets can be purchased online

Event Details

“Divergence Jazz Orchestra is one of Australia’s keepers of the big band flame…An astonishing array of Australia’s best and brightest”.
– John Hardaker, AustralianJazz.net

Since their inception in 2012, the 19-member Divergence Jazz Orchestra have performed over 20 shows of Australian compositions, released two albums of original music, and have established a unique and inspired artistic voice. Directed by Jenna Cave (composer/conductor) and Paul Weber (trombone), Divergence boast a powerful and beautifully balanced orchestral sound anchored in groove, exhibiting immense sensitivity and subtly and breaking from the big band tradition of old. With a compositional focus, Divergence celebrates innovative Australian composers and improvisers who diverge from the status quo, performing music by Jenna Cave and many others.

Divergence Jazz Orchestra released their debut album The Opening Statement in October 2013, comprising of music by Jenna Cave. The album has been featured on ABC Classic FM, Radio National, ABC Jazz, Chicago’s Jazz Radio and BBC amongst others. It received critical acclaim and was highly praised by the Australian jazz community and abroad.

Their second album, Fake it Until You Make It, was released in October 2016. The 11 track-album features original music composed by Jenna Cave, Brendan Champion, Luke Davis, Paul Murchison and Miroslav Bukovsky – performed by some of Sydney‘s most versatile young jazz musicians. It has already been featured on ABC Radio National and ABC Jazz, among others, and has been reviewed with four stars in the Weekend Australian Newspaper and on All About Jazz.

In 2016 Divergence commissioned new works from Paul Cutlan, Jenna Cave and Jessica Wells, and a new arrangement of an existing piece by Brendan Champion. Divergence were awarded a Sydney Conservatorium of Music New and Contemporary Classical & Jazz Music Performance grant in 2013, and to date have performed and promoted original music by 17 Australian composers including others such as William Motzing, Rafael Karlen, Elliot Hughes, Judy Bailey, Cam McAllister, Nadia Burgess, Andrew Scott, Paul Murchison and Justin Buckingham.

Performing since 2012, highlight gigs at Foundry616 have included their 2016 Fake it Until You Make It album launch, the 2015 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival and their 2014 concert with guest composer Rafael Karlen recorded by ABC Radio National and broadcast Nationally on ABC Jazz.

Four stars…A highly listenable album…Cave has established herself as a top-level composer, arranger and conductor in Australian jazz
– John McBeath, The Australian

Four stars…Divergence Jazz Orchestra is remarkably strong and consistently pleasing… Cave writes with depth and maturity well beyond her years, a virtue not lost on the DJO, which carries out her wishes to the letter.
– Jack Bowers, ALL ABOUT JAZZ (USA)

Tickets:

General – $26.50 incl booking fee
Dinner & Show $57.50 incl booking fee
Premium Dinner & Show $72.50 incl booking fee
Drinks & Show $44.50 incl booking fee

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 9211 9442 or by email to foundry616@gmail.com

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