The future of percussion has landed! Bree van Reyk, Evan Mannell and Timothy Constable are space ninjas on a mission – to change the face of music, one BPM at a time. Check My Machine is electro pop, gnarly beat programming and LEDs. Vintage hip hop boxes sit alongside solid state drives, analogue drums with…
Percussion ensembles Synergy Percussion and TaikOz, join forces to present pulse:heart:beat, a concert which they warn will ‘shake the foundations of the city with one powerful beating heart.’ For over four decades, Synergy Percussion has led contemporary percussion music in Australia. Its sister group, TaikOz, established in 1997 features some of the country’s best Japanese taiko drum musicians. The concert is…
The Sydney Symphony continues its commemoration of 80 years of performing with its tribute concerts recognising significant moments in music history. This week, their fourth tribute concert features Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony, (For the Common Man) in a look back at the composer’s visit to Sydney in 1978. One of the most influential American composers, Copland was born in Brooklyn of Lithuanian Jewish…