Noise Husbandry is an electro-acoustic work commissioned for the new ‘Action Stations’ permanent exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum and created by composer James Humberstone. For one night, Noise Husbandry brings James Humberstone’s live score to the Maritime Museum, when these newly composed works, largely recorded in the ANMM submarine by Ensemble Offspring, can be heard throughout…
It was the year that the ANZAC bridge was opened to traffic; Telecom Australia became Telstra, Paul Keating was Prime Minister and Bob Carr defeated John Fahey to become Premier of New South Wales. Overseas, OJ Simpson was found not guilty of double murder and Braveheart won the Oscar for Best Film. The year 1995…
Flautist Lamorna Nightingale is a core member of Ensemble Offspring, a dynamic and popular New Music ensemble in Sydney. This Sunday, Ensemble Offspring presents Sizzle an informal presentation of a spectrum of music from art music to pop and a bit of everything in between. In this feature, Lamorna Nightingale writes of the universal appeal of…