Air Mass

Air Mass will be a creative performance collaboration between award-winning saxophonist-composer Nick Russoniello, Senior Lecturer in Saxophone Joseph Lallo, and students of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Air Mass invites performers and listeners to engage deeply with the present moment, the shared air mass that surrounds them and the sonic possibilities of Hanson Dyer Hall. Exploring an intersection between performance art and the traditional concert experience, this performance draws on audience-generated soundscapes, live-looping, electronic sampling, body percussion and physical gesture. The work will be touring nationally in 2025, and this will be the major performance in Melbourne.

PROGRAM
Nick Russoniello, Joseph Lallo and Conservatorium Students *
Air
Performers: Nick Russoniello, Joseph Lallo and Conservatorium Students

Nick Russoniello
Werri Dance
For Two Soprano Saxophone
Performers: Nicholas Russoniello and Joseph Lallo

Katy Abbot
Egyptian Wish
For Three Soprano Saxophone and Backing Track

Performers: Nick Russoniello, Joseph Lallo and Conservatorium Saxophone Students

Nick Russoniello
Air Mass*
Performers: Nick Russoniello, Joseph Lallo and Conservatorium Students

Nick Russoniello
Song, Hands & Stomp**
Performers: Nick Russoniello, Joseph Lallo and the Melbourne Conservatorium Saxophone Ensemble

*World Premiere
**World Premiere Arrangement

CREATIVE CREDITS
Nick Russoniello, Saxophone
Joseph Lallo, Saxophone and Conductor for Melbourne Conservatorium Saxophone Ensemble

PARKING

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ACCESSIBILITY

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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