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- February 26 to 28 Drums & Flutes of Japan
Performances in Adelaide schools with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
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February 16th CHIKA Fundraiser Melbourne
- March 5 - 8th CHIKA Sydney Season
This is the story of Chika Honda.
Chika is a real person. She is a Japanese woman who spent a decade in Australian jails for a crime she has always insisted she did not commit. She was one of a Japanese tour group who were arrested for importation of heroin in 1992. She was released on parole in November 2002 and is now living in Japan.
CHIKA is a multi-layered production & contemporary story telling, crossing genres of journalism, visual and performing arts, incorporating original live music, dance and narration, documentary images, archival video and recorded interviews.
- March 23 Kumamoto, Kyushu
A light-hearted performance of shakuhachi and koto with
Hayashi (percussion) and dance in a small venue outside the Kumamoto
Castle, in Kyushu.
- March 29 : Japanese Soul, in Fukuoka
Featuring Fujikawa Izumi and Miyazaki Miyako (koto), and Anne Norman (shakuhachi) at 'Muse Oda' in
Suenaga Cultural Centre in Fukuoka
- March 30 : Spring Wine and Music, Kumamoto, Kyushu
An intimate concert in Peace Court Salon, featuring Fujikawa Izumi and Miyazaki Miyako (koto), and Anne Norman (shakuhachi).
- May 11 - Jouissance - Canberra International Music Festival
" ... the radical vocal expressiveness/expressionism present in the performance of Bingen by Jouissance in the ‘mainstream’part of the festival. There, Deborah Kayser’s voice carved an achingly layered geology of quarter and semitones, scrolling through melisma with consummate musicianship and passionate grace" Zsuzsanna Soboslay RealTime issue #86 Aug-Sept 2008 pg. 42
CIMF Sonic Sculpture at the National Gallery of Australia
An Autumn prom style performance in different spaces at the National Gallery of Australia featuring artists from the Canberra International Music Festival including members of Jouissance, Louise Page, soprano, Rose Holcombe, piano, The Sculthorpe Quartet and William Barton, didjeridu.
CIMF Concert 10 - Hildegard von Bingen by candlelight
" It is unlikely there is any other body - at least in this country - making the same fascinating sounds with such skill, insight and the ability to move the spirit as Jouissance." The Age
Jouissance explores the dialogues between ancient chant and contemporary culture. The musicians share a fascination with the mysticism, sensuality and rapture found in the works of Hildegard von Bingen, Peter Abelard and the Byzantine Rite. Jouissance is both a homage and a critical renewal of ancient chant; a uniquely Antipodean response to these texts.
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| Hildegard von Bingen |
Spiritus sanctus |
| Hildegard von Bingen |
Karitas habundat |
| Beneventan chant |
O quando in Cruce / Otan to Stavro |
| Hildegard von Bingen |
Unde |
| Byzantine |
Leitouryika |
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Kyrie |
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Patera Yion |
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Trisagion Hymn |
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Responsorial |
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Axion Esti |
- May 18 - Fine Blue Thread
Sam Evans (tabla) : Helen Mountfort (cello) : Ria Soemardjo (vocal)
with guest artist
Anne Norman (shakuhachi)
Northcote Uniting Church
- May 27 - June 6 Drums & Flutes of Japan
Performances in Brisbane schools with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
- 7 June "Ring The Bells"
Two workshops for kids aged 8-12 at ArtPlay. Learn how to write music using a computer and hear it performed on the
Federation Bells installation in Birrarung Marr.
- June 23-26 - O-MUSUBI KORORIN
Solo performances in Canberra Schools on tour through Nexus Arts
- July 3 Callings The Musical Language of Japan
Recital by Izumi Fujikawa (koto), Anne Norman (shakuhachi) with guest
artist Philip Flavin (shamisen) at Beleura House Garden, Mornington
For the third year, we welcomed Anne Norman and Izumi Fujikawa to Beleura, they presented a superb, moving
and very different concert "Callings", a wonderful introduction to the musical language of Japan.
- July 4-8 World Shakuhachi Festival 2008, Sydney
Invited performer at the World Shakuhachi Festival 2008 in Sydney, premiering a new work for shakuhachi and koto by Tokyo composer Sato Yoko
Concert of Contemporary Works for Shakuhachi
A concert of a wide variety of performers and compositions. Anne premiers of a new work by SATO Yoko, with 21 string koto player Fujikawa Izumi "Callings" - shakuhachi and 21 string koto
Marty Regan mini concert
Anne is performed in 2 compositions by American composer Marty Regan: "flamefox" - shakuhachi quartet "dragoneyes" - shakuhachi, 21 string koto (Fujikawa Izumi) and shamisen (Philip Flavin)
- July 19 "Silhouette Scampering" An evening of improvisations at the Boite
Anne Norman
(shakuhachi), Susan Taylor (dance), Philip Flavin (shamisen), Jess
Ipkandanz (violin), Mel Robinson (cello), Ryan Griffith (guitar/shamisen)
- July 21- Aug 1 Drums & Flutes of Japan
Performances in Brisbane schools with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
- August 9 Angel of the Wind
The Angel of the Wind sound track features Anne Norman's composition 'Deep Sea Divers'. The film will show as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival 2008.
- August 10 to 24
Performances and solo school shows in the Northern Territory
- August 27th
Studio recording on Ryuteki and
shakuhachi (with Noriko Tadao, shamisen, and Toshi Sakamoto, taiko) for
the National Gallery of Victoria animated Ukiyoe project.
- September 2-5 - O-MUSUBI KORORIN
Solo performances in Perth Schools on tour through Nexus Arts
- September 8-19 Drums & Flutes of Japan
Performances in Perth and Kalgoolie schools with taiko performer Toshi Sakamoto on tour through NEXUS ARTS
- September 26 CHIKA Adelaide CD Launch
The music for CHIKA was composed by Thomas Fitzgerald, with one exquisite work, the Koto Solo by Satsuki Odamura. This unusual collaboration of instruments featuring koto, shakuhachi, wadaiko, acoustic and electric violin and keyboards, blends live music and pre recorded acoustic and electronic sounds with a unique result. It is the sum of these myriad combinations of a surreal reality that have become CHIKA's musical world. Chika Soundtrack page
- September 27 - The Nova Ensemble 2008 project
The Nova Ensemble 2008 project: sculptural instruments - sculptural music
A new Nova line-up - new instruments - new music - new directions The
ensemble will perform on experimental instruments designed and built by
members of the group including large string drone instruments and tuned
metallophones. Music inspired by Indonesian gamelan gong cycles, Indian
drones, Asian scales, Japanese detail - a hypnotic spacious music -
meditative performances in the desert under the stars - delicate intimate
flute lines - resonant gongs - cosmic string chords - mesmerising movement
- flowing lines - everything lit by firelight, moonlight, starlight ...
Anne Norman - shakuhachi
Lee Buddle - various flutes & reeds
Mel Robinson - cello
Steve Richter - percussion
Josh Hogan - percussion
David Pye - bowed om & percussion
Alan Lamb - bowed om
September 27 - Dwellingup
- October 3 – 5 - TURA New Music Presents Sounds Outback Festival
Wogarno Station, Mount Magnet
A
weekend of New Music and sonic discovery in the heart of the Mid West. Performances,
sound installations, interactive workshops, artist talks, station tours and nature walks. The
Festival kicks off with the ‘Sounds Outback Opening Concert’ at Lizard Rock, where you will
experience your first taste of sonic magic under a canopy of stars in deckchair seating.
Featuring Colin Offord's Great Island Mouthbow with projections of Yeh Yilan and Nova
Ensemble's string theory with the amazing bowed Om, accompanied by Oysters on the
Rocks. Saturday night heralds the festival’s centre-piece event, ‘Sounds Under the Stars’,
which transforms the outside of the Shearing Shed into a fantastical performance space
drenched in a spectacle of stunning audio and visual technology. The Festival ends with a
spectacular sunset concert on the infamous Wogarno Hill with Alan Lamb's internationally
renowned Wire Music installation.
Featuring
Colin Offord (QLD),
Jon Rose (NSW),
Robin Fox (VIC),
Nova Ensemble (WA),
Mr Sister (WA),
Taal Naan (WA),
Anne Norman (VIC),
Alan Lamb (WA),
David Burraston (NSW),
Hollis Taylor (USA).
- October 13 - 17 - O-MUSUBI KORORIN
Solo performances in Hobart Schools on tour through Nexus Arts
- Sunday, 26th October
Koto and shakuhachi
Miyama McQueen Tokita & Anne Norman
Miyama McQueen Tokita and Anne Norman performed at Matsuri on Mobara festival, City of Salisbury, SA (25 km North of Adelaide).
- Sunday, November 2nd
Anne Norman & David Kotlowy
An evening of Shakuhachi and readings from Anne Norman's up-coming book Curiosi-tea with guest artist David Kotlowy on ruined piano and prepared guitar.
De la Catessen - Adelaide
- October 27th - November 5th O-MUSUBI KORORIN
Solo performances in Adelaide Schools on tour through Nexus Arts
- 9th November "Ring The Bells"
Three workshops for kids aged 8-12 at Birrarung Marr Melbourne, offering the opportunity to learn how to write music using a computer and hear it performed on the Federation Bells installation in Birrarung Marr.
- Saturday 15th November
Outdoor performance with Dean Frenkle
(Harmonic overtone singer)
Westerfolds park Mia Mia gallery
- November 17-21
Directing video shoot of Teabag Sucker film clip at Deakin
University Studios.
- Saturday 6th December - 5:00pm
End of Year Concert
The Boite - World Music Cafe
A grand showcase of artists from the Boite 2008 season of brilliant world
music in Melbourne!
- 13th December, 2008
Featuring the top 3 compositions plus new works comissioned by Johanna Selleck.
Performers: Stefan Cassomenos, Antony Field, Bronwyn Kirkpatrick, Andrew MacGregor, Caerwen Martin, Anne Norman, Merlyn Quaife, Silo String Quartet, Speak Percussion,
Eugene Ughetti, VCA guitar ensemble.
- Sunday 14th December
Guest artist at Toshi Sakamoto's end of year Wadaiko Rindo concert
Performing music for a Kagura dance piece.
2pm to 4.30pm
Our Lady of Mercy College
52 Cape Street Heidelberg
Adult $15 (advance ticket $10), Conc. $10
wadaikorindo.com
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