Event
Ensemble Offspring: Ngarra-Burria
- Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 7.30pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Standard $49 / Concession $29 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
‘Ngarra-Burria’ are Dharug words meaning ‘to listen, to sing’. Initiated in 2016 by Indigenous composer Christopher Sainsbury, the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program exists to support and mentor emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander composers.
Ensemble Offspring’s performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall as part of New Music Days 2023 presents an ambitious First Nations showcase of new music, featuring an astonishing array of new and established voices.
About the concert
Focusing on the emergence of First Nations composers in the classical music landscape, the program features notable composers Rhyan Clapham aka DOBBY, Brenda Gifford, James Henry, Aaron Wyatt, Eric Avery, Nardi Simpson and Mark Ross, curated by Chris Sainsbury and Claire Edwardes. A joyous evening of ambitious and ground-breaking music not to be missed.
Post Concert Talk
Please join Chris Sainsbury and James Henry for a post-concert talk.
Ngarra-Burria is a partnership between the ANU School of Music, Mooghalin Arts, Ensemble Offspring and Australian Music Centre
New Music Days is generously supported by the Robert Salzer Foundation.
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- Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre
- Performer Ensemble Offspring
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