EMERGE

From isolation to inspiration, EMERGE was a concert featuring new works by South Australia’s exciting new generation of composers, on Sunday 1st of November at 6:30pm in Madley Rehearsal Studio, University of Adelaide.

Curated by Dylan Crismani and produced by Soundstream, Ensemble in Residence at the University of Adelaide, EMERGE embraced acoustic and electronic music, merges groundbreaking technology with live dance, and invites audience members to create their own instruments during the performance.

The SA composers, who are all forging careers in the different fields of art music, were sound artist Jesse Budel, who has travelled the world working in the field of soundscape ecology; Dylan Crismani, whose musical style fuses American Minimalism with European Spectralism; Samantha Raftery, a passionate music educator whose music is inspired by Irish music and dance styles; and Iran Sanadzadeh, whose work explores our relationship with daily objects, actions and sound. This new generation of composers will be joined by award winning choreographer and dancer Cazna Brass, and musicians Gabriella Smart (piano), David Moran (cello), Dominica Kapka (violin), Peter Tuske (violin), and Greg Tuske (cello).

The works included the innovative use of unique instruments such as Australia’s first Cristel Bashet, a visually striking instrument of French design that incorporates vibrating glass rods.

Jesse Budel’s Das Wasser Im Bade is written for Cristel Baschet, Piano and prerecorded track.

The Cristel Bashet also featured in a collaborative work by Iran Sanadzadeh, Dylan Crismani and dancer Cazna Brass. Utter, pays a homage to Philippa Cullen, one of Australia’s most ground-breaking choreographers. Merging visual dance and art music, Utter will also use pressure sensitive floors.

Iran Sanadzadeh’s Nomos Duo for laptop and cello, was also performed alongside cellist David Moran. The work explores the relationship between gestures within instrumental practice through deep listening.

Samantha Raftery’s work From Trash to Treasure, for violins, cello, prepared piano and ‘found’ objects, is a reflection on consumer culture and includes audience participation turning ordinary items that we might consider trash into exciting musical treasures.