Tura New Music in Subiaco, Western Australia | Non-profit organisation

Tura New Music

Locality: Subiaco, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9228 3711

Address: 180 Hamersley Rd 6008 Subiaco, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.tura.com.au

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25.01.2022 In partnership with STRUT Dance and the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, were seeking expressions of interest from composers to take part in SITU-8, a venue-wide activation celebrating the home of contemporary dance in Perth, WA with performances to take place in November. Comprised of eight new commissions produced under the leadership of independent artists Serena Chalker and Geordie Crawley, composers will be matched with a choreographer to create a fusion of d...ance, music and location - where the audience is taken on a journey of discovery through the venue in an unfamiliar way. If youre a composer interested in site-responsive compositional practice and presentation outside of traditional theatre spaces, we encourage you to apply by midnight on Sep 22. FOR MORE INFO / HOW TO APPLY: https://buff.ly/35yWOF7

24.01.2022 So, weve been cooking this VR/360 project - FourByFour - for a while between Revelation Film Festival and XR:WA and partners within other art-forms including ...Tura New Music and Co3 Australia. This is an ambitious cross-arts collaboration funded by Lotterywests recent COVID resilience fund, so thanks the them. Well be commissioning 4 x 4minute VR projects in 4 locations across the Perth Cultural Centre, with 4 choreographers, 4 dancers, 4 composers and 4 VR producers. The results will be released and available on the XR:WA opening day (Dec 3rd) and made available internationally without charge. The end product will remain as part of the art and cultural collections of the various participating organisations and along the way provide employment for dozens of artists across numerous sectors. Were really happy with it and pre-production is moving right along. We cant wait to bring you details as they come to hand. https://mailchi.mp/revelationfilmfest/fourbyfourannounce

21.01.2022 Bundanon Trust and the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers House Trust have announced the three Australian composers awarded the Prelude residencies for 2021. Congratulations to: ~Clarinetist/improviser/sound artist Aviva Endean who will be located at the Peggy Glanville-Hicks House in Paddington, NSW. ~Composer/pianist Dr Yitzhak Yedid who will be at Gallop House in Dalkeith, WA, following on from Rachael Dease this year. ... ~And composer/violist Matt Laing who will be at Collingrove Homestead in Angaston, SA. Prelude is a national network of long-term residencies for Australian composers, housed in historic buildings and providing time and space for the creation of new work. Aviva Endean

20.01.2022 Our commissioning program Tura Adapts is LIVE. Head to our web site to explore new sounds from Perth-based experimental artists such as Erasers, Tao Issaro, C. Tsang, Josten Myburgh & Adam Pultz Melbye, Nick Stark, Steven Alyian, and Annika Moses; and from composers, sound and video artists Australia-wide including Anthony Moles (NSW) & Carmen Morales (Spain), Dylan Crismani (SA), and Nat Grant Music & Jutta Pryor (VIC). Artist Director Tos Mahoney said "the response to c...all-outs for this program was overwhelming, and the outcomes are humbling in the breadth of rigour and passion expressed through what soon will be a suite of 20 new Australian compositions. We congratulate and thank all the composers, sound artists and videographers that have created and will create such meaningful work." Artists for this program were encouraged to think digital and adapt to the isolated space, creating outside of the regular performer-to-audience world. The outcomes are a combination of audio and video and audio-only, with artists attempting to navigate and make sense of their newfound isolation. SHOWING NOW: https://buff.ly/2SxnGOy

20.01.2022 "... the experienced and diverse band blended their sounds together, creating a stunning performance which exuded soul." - Review of Sonus2 in Kununurra by The Kimberley Echo. Next stops on the tour: FRIDAY 28 AUG 12:30PM... Marninwarntikura Womens Resource Centre With local guest artist Patrick Davies Info: Sonus2 | Fitzroy Crossing SUNDAY 30 AUG, 6PM Kooljaman Info: Sonus2 | Kooljaman TUESDAY 1 SEP, 12:30PM Djarindjin Lombadina Schoolgrounds Info: Sonus2 | Djarindjin WEDNESDAY 2 SEP, 11:45am Sacred Heart School Beagle Bay Info: Sonus2 | Beagle Bay SATURDAY 5 SEP, 7:30PM Sun Pictures Broome Tickets: Sonus2 | Broome Sarah Duguid

18.01.2022 Comprising four films from filmmaker and sound artist pairings from around the globe, A Different View is screening as part of Revelation Film Festival at Luna Palace Cinema in Leederville, WA on July 4 & 11. In collaboration with curator/author Jack Sargeant, these works were originally commissioned in 2020 as part of the Tura Adapts commissioning program and consists of a quartet of film/sound partnerships that explore the theme of the Anthropocene. A Different View include...s: ~ Dream of April by James Newitt & Sonya Holowell ~ Asynchronous View by Lawrence English & Emma Northey ~ Look Down and Find It by Julian Day & Lori Felker ~ Reciprocity by Rachael Dease & Dan Browne MORE INFO/TICKETS: https://buff.ly/3zmWpSL

18.01.2022 Tura extends our condolences to the Warmun community and family of Old Man. He was and is a true Australian legend and it was our privilege to be able to work with him over the past 12 years. His spirit, wisdom and laughter live on in his paintings and those of the younger Warmun artists he inspired. This is a moment to contemplate his legacy and support the Warmun Art Centre for all the great work they do.

17.01.2022 Outcome Unknown is presenting a free online talk by sound artists Julia Drohuin [TAS] and Josten Myburgh [WA] at 5pm AWST / 3pm AEST today. Dr Julia Drouhin will be talking about an upcoming commission for Tasmanian Constance ARI as well as Sisters Akousmatica - her expanded radio project with Phillipa Stafford. Josten Myburgh will be discussing two recent pieces which use both field recordings and appropriation of harmonic material from Peter Sculthorpes body of work. ... This event takes place on the conferencing platform Jitsi (jitsi.org). Follow the link below to register and get the URL for the meeting. ~~~~~ TO REGISTER: https://www.outcomeunknown.org/links FB EVENT: OU Talks #3: Julia Drouhin & Josten Myburgh Sponsored by Tura New Music Image by Eduardo Cossio

17.01.2022 84* Pianos - Pandemic Edition is happening tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm Perth time / 6pm AEST - an audio-visual mix of over 100 pianos playing simultaneously across Australia (and now also New Zealand, London, Italy and Vancouver). Listen live to their sound mix or create your own via the piano GPS points on the Locus Sonus Sound Map. Presented by Clocked Out, Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre and USC: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

17.01.2022 A feature in The Age about Speechless which took out the award for Work of the Year: Dramatic earlier this week in the APRA AMCOS & Australian Music Centres Art Music Awards 2020. We worked with composer/director Cat Hope in partnership with Perth Festival and Monash University to present the powerful opera featuring one of Australias foremost interpreters of contemporary opera repertoire Judith Dodsworth, vocalist Karina Utomo, throat-singing specialist Sage Pbbbt, and... soprano Caitlin Cassidy with a community choir of 30 voices and the Australian Bass Orchestra led by members of DecibelNewMusic. Years in the making, we honour Hope not only for the work itself, but her tenacity and rigour in seeing it through to full production. This Art Music Award is a wonderful recognition of that. Congrats Cat! #speechless

16.01.2022 Were pleased to be partnering with STRUT Dance to present SITU-8 later in the year, featuring new site-specific works at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia (supported by Co3 Australia). SITU-8 will provide new creative and development opportunities for WA independent dancers and composers, so keep your eyes peeled, as well be making a call-out for composers soon. ~~~~... In SITU - A Dance Platform See more

15.01.2022 Tonights essential viewing: Ashley Smith from UWA Conservatorium of Music and Intercurrent joins Tom Gleeson on ABC TV + iviews Hard Quiz program at 8pm. His specialist subject? The clarinet, of course.

14.01.2022 To mark the beginning of #NAIDOCWeek there's a virtual concert being held TONIGHT by our international partner the Australian Embassy - Jakarta, Indonesia and long-time collaborator William Barton at 8pm AEST / 5pm AWST. Composer, producer and leading didgeridoo musician William Barton accompanied by the Strings of the Earth led by Véronique Serret, will perform "a concert of reflection and connection to the Australian landscape inspiring a musical journey." For #NAIDOCWeek ...communities across Australia are celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To watch the live stream on YouTube, go to: https://buff.ly/32naPTZ

12.01.2022 Chronotope-Situation No.1 by composer, improviser and educator Pedro Alvarez (WA) is an audio-visual piece made up of sounds and images from Alvarezs immediate environment and reflecting on aspects of everyday life and local suburban routine. Its been commissioned as part of Tura Adapts: No Borders, which features eight new digital works from composers, sound and video artists, Australia-wide. READ more about the piece: https://buff.ly/3faK7RW... WATCH more Tura Adapts 2020 Commissions: https://buff.ly/2SxnGOy

12.01.2022 Revelation Film Festival, Co3 Dance and Tura New Music have come together to commission 4 VR works with 4 VR directors, 4 choreographers, 4 dancers, and 4 composers to explore the space, art, history, story and architecture of the State Library of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia and PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. This VR/360 project is called "FourByFour" and its a unique COVID-19 response between W...A movement artists, choreographers, composers, arts organisations and Virtual Reality producers. Tura has commissioned 4 composers for this cross-collaboration including Lachlan Skipworth, Alice Humphries, Ned Beckley & Josh Hogan, and Rebecca Erin Smith who will work with musicians of their choosing to develop the works. The immersive 4-minute short films will be launched at the XR:WA Conference and Expo from 3-6 Dec across the Perth Cultural Centre. READ about the composers: https://buff.ly/3gfo1hv LEARN more about the project: https://buff.ly/2Q2dNXo ~~~~~~~ Lotterywest, Alice Humphries - Composer, Ned Beckley, Rebecca Erin Smith Anarchy PR

12.01.2022 From 7pm tonight in Perth, Outcome Unknown are celebrating their 4-year anniversary at Paper Mountain with the gadget-driven ambience of Bizness, silenced tones by Josten Myburgh, evocations of landscape by C. Tsang, songwriting by Lana, guitaristic musings by Stuart Orchard, and Eduardo Cossio with a set for voice and electronics. This event is supported by Tura New Music. For more info, go to: Outcome Unknown 4 Year Anniversary.

11.01.2022 The Fitzroy Valley New Music Project is currently underway with twin residences by Peter Keelan and Cecile Williams happening in Western Kimberley, WA until Sep 25. Peter is working with students and community groups in Fitzroy Valley for instrument-making and learning to play the made instruments (informed by the ongoing project by Gillian Howell). Cecile is collaborating with Fitzroy Valley District High School to develop a student art workshop program and align this with ...the instrument-making and musical work carried out by Peter. READ their blog to find out what happened in week 1: https://buff.ly/2ZJ6w3Y ~~~~~ The Project is supported by Healthway promoting the Act-Belong-Commit message and the Rowley Foundation.

10.01.2022 In a series of fortunate events for Perth audiences, composer/pianist/electro-acoustic musician, Anthony Pateras, finds himself in Perth after returning from a European tour. As part of the WAAPA Music Feast - Free Event on Dec 5, music staff/students/alumni from the Composition & Music Technology department will present 8 hours of new music and experimental works, and at the end, Anthony will perform a rare, 45-minute non-prepared acoustic piano solo at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)/ ECU Galleries Spectrum Project Space from 7:30pm. Free entry.

10.01.2022 Were delighted to share with Gillian Howell the Award for Excellence in a Regional Area in the Art Music Awards 2020 for the Fitzroy Valley New Music Project. We would like to acknowledge and share the Award with all of our regional partners including Fitzroy Valley District High School, Marninwarntikura Womens Resource Centre, Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Marra Worra Worra, Baya Gawiy Buga yani Jandu yani u Centre, Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre and Nindili...ngarri Cultural Health Services. We thank APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre for the Award and their ongoing essential work, as well as our fellow finalists and the winners/finalists in ALL categories keeping Australian culture alive. Big congratulations to Cat Hope for Work of the Year: Dramatic for Speechless and Louise Devenish who took home Performance Of The Year: Notated Composition for Sheets Of Sound. Tura also acknowledges and thanks the The Ian Potter Foundation, Healthway promoting the Act-Belong-Commit message, the Rowley Foundation for enabling the project to grow and flourish, as well as Australia Council for the Arts and Culture and the Arts, WA for their ongoing support. For more info about the project, go to: https://buff.ly/2Jb6g6y

09.01.2022 We are saddened by the passing of Dutch-born composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser, Cor Fuhler (1964-2020). Fuhler was a maverick, a chameleon, a tinkerer, innovator and even traditionalist. However, above all, he thought of himself as an improvising musician and organiser of sounds, ideas and combinations of people. Our condolences go out to his family and friends at this time.

09.01.2022 Tura has joined with film curator Jack Sargeant to commission a suite of experimental music/sound/video/film collaborations bringing artists together from around the world for "A Different View" as part of the Tura Adapts Commissioning Program. Eight composers and filmmakers are currently collaborating remotely: COMPOSER | FILMMAKER... ~Sonya Holowell (NSW) & James Newitt (TAS/Portugal) ~Rachael Dease (WA) & dan browne (CAN) ~Lawrence English (QLD) & Emma Northey (SA) ~JULIAN DAY (NYC/AU) & Lori Felker (USA) The works are to be both stand-alone and as part of a larger work, initially for online release later in 2020 and eventually for theatrical release. For more info: https://buff.ly/30ZF02Y

09.01.2022 Announcing The Sonus2 Tour - a celebration of music and story through the Kimberley, WA, featuring Kimberley singer-songwriters Olive Knight and Stephen Pigram with a cross-cultural ensemble of instrumentalists including Iranian percussionist Esfandiar Shahmir, cellist Tristen Parr and flautist Tos Mahoney. Its a meeting of cultural forces ancient and contemporary, through songs of outback Australia and newly commissioned music for the tour. SUNDAY 23 AUG: Waringarri Abori...ginal Arts, Kununurra [Free entry] TUESDAY 25 AUG: Warmun Art Centre [Free entry] FRIDAY 28 AUG: Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing [Free entry] SUNDAY 30 AUG: Kooljaman [Free entry] WEDNESDAY 2 SEP: Beagle Bay Schoolgrounds [Free entry - only open to the Beagle Bay community] SATURDAY 5 SEP: Sun Pictures Broome presented as part of Shinju Matsuri. Tickets: https://buff.ly/2EYDiX8 For more information about the tour, guest artists + schools and community workshops, go to: http://sonus2.tura.com.au/ ~~~~~~ We gratefully acknowledge our partners Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Australia Council for the Arts, Lotterywest, Act-Belong-Commit, Healthway and Rowley Foundation.

08.01.2022 Tonight at 6:30pm Perth time / 8:30pm AEST, sound wizard Jon Rose presents two unissued videos as part of The Rosenberg Museum Under Lockdown series. The first is a Tenor Violin Solo; the second Museum in Lockdown involves new homemade instruments that havent yet been heard or seen in public, including El Lubricato (oil drum and recycled Ikea table powered by revolving bows), The Web (32-string central plectrum automaton), The revolving HELP violin, The Industrial Whe...el violin, The SLOW bow, The Data Driven violin, and other unlikely sonic objects. This production is produced in association with Tura New Music and supported by Mauro Stocco of EARly Group (Italy) . All proceeds go to the artist. FB event: JON ROSE:Tenor Violin Solo/The Museum in Lockdown (AUS time) Register: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jon-rose-violin/register

08.01.2022 We are saddened by the passing of legendary free jazz pianist, composer and innovator Keith Tippett (1947-2020). Widely recognised as one of the most distinctive and radical pioneers in contemporary jazz and improvised music, Tippett first gained prominence in London in the 60s with his Sextet and ground-breaking 50-piece ensemble, Centipede. Over the past 50 years, Keiths output includes live performance, composition, recordings, broadcasts, film scores and youth educatio...n projects. In 2016, Tura hosted Keith for a month-long residency culminating in a rare solo performance and a collaborative performance of his works with WA Youth Jazz Orchestra and 30 improvisors entitled Mujician Mosaic. Keith is survived by long time collaborator and wife Julie and daughter Inca. Bohdan Warchomij

08.01.2022 16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation on ABC Classics New Waves program. It includes an interview with our artistic director Tos Mahoney [37:20] about the possibilities and limits of online connections, and keeping community music projects alive in the Kimberley. To listen, go to: https://buff.ly/2zoM3XZ

08.01.2022 Our Regional Residency Program, The Fitzroy Valley New Music Project facilitated by Dr. Gillian Howell is a finalist in the 2020 Art Music Awards for the Award for Excellence in a Regional Area. Gillian was based in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Kimberley, for phase one of the project from 2017-2019. The project came about through relationship building dating back to 2008, and we could not have done it without all of the local partners and core funders. Congratulations to the... #ArtMusicAwards finalists! Were especially pleased to see Speechless by Cat Hope nominated for Work of the Year: Dramatic (premiered at Perth Festival in 2019); Sheets of Sound by Louise Devenish presented by Tura & PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts for Performance of the Year: Notated Composition, as well as Zubin Kangas performances of Ballast by Jon Rose for the Award for Excellence in Experimental Music. The Art Music Awards by Australian Music Centre & APRA AMCOS celebrates the works and achievements of the art music community. The ceremony will stream online as a virtual event on Sep 8. READ our statement in full: https://buff.ly/2DQOswG

08.01.2022 The Sonus2 Tour of the Kimberley, WA begins this Sunday at Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra followed by a full week of concerts and school workshops in Warmun, Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing, Kooljaman, Djarindjin, Beagle Bay and Sun Pictures Broome as part of Shinju Matsuri. Turas Artistic Director and flautist Tos Mahoney spoke to ABC Kimberleys Vanessa Mills this morning about whats in store for local communities in the far north of WA, which is "remarkable for the... very fact its able to happen". The Tour features Kimberley singer-songwriters Olive Knight and Stephen Pigram with an ensemble of instrumentalists including Iranian percussionist Esfandiar Shahmir and cellist Tristen Parr. LISTEN to the interview: https://buff.ly/2Q9PqXK MORE info: https://buff.ly/3kvbRV9 ~~~~~~ This tour has been possible through the Lotterywest COVID-19 Relief Fund and Healthway promoting the Act-Belong-Commit message.

07.01.2022 A Different View consists of a quartet of experimental film/sound partnerships exploring the theme of the Anthropocene. The short films are screening at a special event as part of Revelation Film Festival at Luna Palace Cinemas (Leederville, WA) on July 4 & 11. Tickets from: https://t.co/F7YsFlNQ9J Extract of 'Dream of April' by James Newitt & Sonya Holowell with Jonathan Holowell keyboard #turanewmusic #RevFilmFest

07.01.2022 "So much has happened in a little over two weeks. With only 7 weeks to enact a music tour across the Kimberley, there was much still being finalised as the Tour started. "Maybe it was this intensity, maybe it was the spontaneity and freshness, maybe it was the outpouring of joy from community of just being able to gather let alone experience live performances, maybe being on country with such old hearts and minds probably it was all of that and more but Sonus2 has certainl...y elicited powerful responses across every day of its short existence." Artistic Director Tos Mahoney contemplates the recent Sonus2 Tour featuring Kimberley singer-songwriters Olive Knight and Stephen Pigram with Esfandiar Shahmir, Tristen Parr, and Tos himself, all collaborating with artists and community as they travelled through the Kimberley. READ MORE: https://buff.ly/2DM68K9 Mark Jones

06.01.2022 Little Requiem in the form of 3 Antique Dances for Toy Piano by Anthony Moles (composition, NSW) & Carmen Morales (toy piano/video, Spain) is dedicated to the friends and families of those who were taken too soon. The piece explores the limits in what is believed to be a globalised world. It has been commissioned as part of Tura Adapts: No Borders, which features eight new digital works from composers, sound artists, and video artists Australia-wide. READ the composer bio ...and notes: https://buff.ly/3jqvTjj WATCH more Tura Adapts 2020 Commissions: https://buff.ly/2SxnGOy

05.01.2022 As WA travel restrictions ease, music restarts in the Kimberley. Great piece in The Australian by Andrew McMillen. Next stops are Sonus2 | Djarindjin (Tuesday), Sonus2 | Beagle Bay (Wednesday) and Sonus2 | Broome on Saturday night. Tickets to the concert at Sun Pictures Broome are selling fast, so get your tickets quick if youre hoping to come along to that one. Sarah Duguid

03.01.2022 Automata by audio-visual artist, C. Tsang, combines automated sequencers with aspects of nature, inviting viewers to imagine themselves on the banks of the Warren River, watching small organisms moving under the surface. The piece has been commissioned as part of the Tura Adapts 2020 Commissions @TheRoots. READ composer bio and notes: https://buff.ly/395kn85... WATCH more Tura Adapts 2020 Commissions: https://buff.ly/2SxnGOy

02.01.2022 Tura has a 35-year connection with Jon Rose and over the years weve worked on projects including the Wreck in Warmun and Sounds Outback, to name a few. The next edition of The Rosenberg Museum was meant to be happening in Sydney this month, but instead, weve partnered with Rose to create two new videos in lockdown. In this first video The Museum in Lockdown, Rose shares a selection of stored instruments from The Rosenberg Museum, including new homemade instruments that h...ave yet to be heard or seen in a public museum setting. The Rosenberg Museum is the creation of violinist, composer, artist, inventor, Jon Rose, and houses over 1000 artefacts of violin iconography a cabinet of curiosities highlighting the musically perverse, historically twisted, culturally critical, and politically charged. WATCH THE VIDEO IN FULL: https://buff.ly/3eHns01 Dr Johannes Rosenberg

02.01.2022 The Sonus2 concert at Sun Pictures on Saturday night is sold-out, but if youre in Broome, WA, come along to the Livelighter Festival Finale on Sunday from 5pm at Cable Beach Ampitheatre for a special Finale performance curated by Tura. It features Kimberley music icons Olive Knight and Stephen Pigram with an ensemble including Iranian percussionist Esfandiar Shahmir, cellist Tristen Par, and flautist Tos Mahoney. Along with special guests, this will be a soulful celebration... of all things Shinju Matsuri. Sarah Duguid

01.01.2022 The last sessions of SITU-8 are tonight in Perth and it's fully booked. Congrats to all the dancers, composers, musicians, choreographers, producers, crew and volunteers participating in this site-based creativity, which celebrates the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia as the home of contemporary dance in WA. SITU-8 is curated by Geordie Crawley & Serena Chalker (In SITU - A Dance Platform) and presented by STRUT Dance, State Theatre Centre of WA and Tura New Music wi...th support from Co3 Australia and Lotterywest. Anthony Tran #situ8

01.01.2022 The second video from violinist/composer/inventor Jon Rose sees him playing nine improvisations on 10 divergent violins. Tura has a long history with Rose working together on projects including the Wreck in Warmun and Sounds Outback. Roses Rosenberg Museum, which houses over 1000 artefacts of violin iconography, was planned to take place in Sydney this month, however, as a result of COVID-19, we partnered with Jon to create two videos in lockdown. WATCH THE VIDEO IN FULL: ht...tps://buff.ly/3eHns01 Dr Johannes Rosenberg