TICKETS
Featuring Greg Sheehan, Linsey Pollak, Shenzo Gregorio and Tunji Beier
"4 musicians sit in horseshoe shaped semicircle surrounded by an audience.
The lights dim, and a soft drone begins to sound.
Who will sound the first answering sound? ...we don’t know, but suddenly, as if by magic, it is there, and then …over there .
The next 90 minutes disappear, as if someone has wound the clock forward at double speed. but in that timeframe there have been numerous connections, conversations, emotions, surprises, silences …and possibilities"
BYO drinks & dinner is welcome. Doors open 7pm, music starts 7.30pm, please arrive on time so as not to disturb the performance
The Listening Sessions’ invite the audience into the collective musical mind of a group of musicians to experience an extended improvisation. This process focuses on really listening, an essential element of creating music in the moment. The audience is invited to listen in the same way and experience this creative journey that the musicians are making together. The musicians will create 90 minutes of new music by listening deeply to each other while improvising over a drone. Nothing will have been written or rehearsed beforehand. Nothing will have been discussed about the unfolding music except to choose the pitch of the drone that will be the foundation upon which the musicians build their music. It is this ‘Process' of creating the music rather than the ‘Product of the completed composition that is given precedence. In this way 'The Listening Sessions’ redefine music as a process rather than a commodity.
Greg Sheehan is one of the leading figures in Australian Percussion. As a performer, teacher and recording artist, he is significantly represented in Australian music for over 50 years. He has been a major influence on generations of musicians and has literally reshaped the map of RHYTHM… A passionate visionary who has created a unique system of maths music called ‘Rhythm Diamonds’ which is now being taught in Music Colleges around the country.
Linsey Pollak is well known all around Australia as a musician, instrument maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. He has toured his solo shows extensively in Europe, Nth America and Asia since 1996. He established The Multicultural Arts Centre of WA and has co-ordinated five Cross-cultural Music Ensembles in three different States. He has also performed at most major Festivals around Australia and recorded over 40 albums (solo & with various groups).
Shenzo Gregorio dazzles audiences with his world-class performances. He has been performing professionally for almost 20 years, his career highlights include performing at New York’s world famous Carnegie Hall with FourPlay String Quartet and author Neil Gaiman. He’s a leader in his field of jazz and world styles having performed in Russia, Brazil, Asia, India, parts of Europe and all over Australia at various festivals.
Tunji Beier: At the age of ten Tunji was studying Yoruba drumming in Nigeria. Six years later he travelled to Bangalore in South India to study percussion for three years at the Karnakata College of Percussion under the mentorship of Mr TAS Mani. This intense period of study enables Tunji to bring his mastery of the mridangam, kanjira, ghatam and morsing to a huge variety of projects with musicians such as with greats such as: Charlie Mariano, Bill Cobham, T.A.S.Mani, R.A.Ramamani, Trilok Gurtu, and Zakir Hussain.