Event
Women of Steel
- Date: Saturday, 19 November 2022, 7.30 pm
- Venue: Wollongong Town Hall — Cnr of Crown St and Kembla St, Wollongong, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: $45 | Children: $10 | Concession: $40 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 0242 245 999
Event Details
Inspired by the acclaimed documentary ‘Women of Steel’, Steel City Strings and percussionist Claire Edwardes premiere a concerto for percussion and string orchestra by Australian composer, Natalie Williams. The work Steeling Fire pays homage to the struggle of the Illawarra Jobs for Women campaign for jobs at the Pt Kembla steelworks between 1980-1994.The program also includes rarely performed works for string orchestra by recent Eastern European composers Aleksandra Vrebalov, Pavle Popović and Dragan Šuplevski as well as the better known Chamber Symphony by Shostakovich. Steeling Fire commissioned by Steel City Strings with funding from Create NSW.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0467 869 478 or by email to steelcitystrings@gmail.com
Featured Australian Works
| Steeling Fire : Concerto for Percussion and String Orchestra (2022) by Natalie Williams — World premiere — performed by Steel City Strings and Claire Edwardes |
Featured artists
- Performer Claire Edwardes
- Performer Steel City Strings
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