Omega Ensemble Premieres Nico Muhly Commission In American Masters

Omega Ensemble Premieres Nico Muhly Commission In American Masters

Omega Ensemble presents American Masters, a concert that will feature music by Philip Glass and John Adams as well as a new work by the acclaimed, ground-breaking American composer Nico Muhly. Commissioned for Omega Ensemble for their 2019 Season, the new work is written for chamber ensemble and solo baritone, featuring Australian baritone Brett Brown who…

Ensemble Offspring Celebrates A Decade of ‘Sizzle’

Ensemble Offspring Celebrates A Decade of ‘Sizzle’

From art music to pop and everything in-between, Ensemble Offspring’s Sizzle returns for its 10th year of free, family-friendly aural delights and adventures. This year, Ensemble Offspring is joined by a school concert band, a remount of some of the songs of Seven Stories featuring Jodi Phillis of The Clouds, our Hatched Academy Associate Artist Henry Justo on viola…

CD Review: From The Hungry Waiting Country / Halcyon / Elliot Gyger

CD Review: From The Hungry Waiting Country / Halcyon / Elliot Gyger

From the Hungry Waiting Country is a new release by Halcyon, performing the music of contemporary Australian composer, Elliot Gyger. Released on the Tall Poppies label, it contains three works by Gyger, Giving Voice (2012), Petit Testament (2008) and the cycle from which the disc takes its title, From the Hungry Waiting Country (2006). Halcyon’s…