The Secret Noise – Not For Public Consumption

The Secret Noise – Not For Public Consumption

“Not all music was made for public consumption.” – a challenging assertion from Ensemble Offspring, Sydney’s musical innovators, who will be joined by a cast of dancers and actors in a concert called The Secret Noise which will delve into the secrets of hidden sound in a hybrid arts production inspired by music that is deliberately shielded…

Concert Review: Hatched/Ensemble Offspring

Concert Review: Hatched/Ensemble Offspring

Ensemble Offspring: Hatched Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Thursday, October 30 at 8pm Callum G’Froerer, trumpet/ Jeremy Rose, saxophone/ Claire Edwardes, percussion/ Jason Noble, clarinet/ Lamorna Nightingale, flute The Hatched Academy has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience for its two inaugural ‘hatchlings’, Melbourne-based trumpeter Callum G’Froerer and composer/saxophonist Jeremy Rose. Ensemble Offspring artistic directors Claire…

Ensemble Offspring + Speak Percussion + Jon Rose = Ghan Tracks

Ensemble Offspring + Speak Percussion + Jon Rose = Ghan Tracks

Ensemble Offspring and Melbourne’s Speak Percussion team up for the very first time with maverick composer-inventor Jon Rose in the world premiere of an artistic exploration of Australia’s iconic Ghan railway. Ghan Tracks mashes video projections and electronics with live performance on pedal powered zither, electric cement mixer, wind machine, piccolo, bass clarinet, trombone and…