Echoes: Dismantle / Assemble

Artist Cindy Chen engages with themes of cultural transmission in her exhibition Dismantle / Assemble, presenting tactile sound sculptures which explore a sense of emplacement.

Join us for an experience in expansive listening to place, cultural identity and personal histories as we tune in to sonic works improvised and created by student musicians and artists.

Performances will take place on the following dates:

Wednesday 22 April - Yichu Huang, pipa
Wednesday 29 April - Hazel Chow, yangqin
Wednesday 13 May - Zixi Song, guzheng

Performance times: 12:30-1pm

Join us for one, or all of the above performances to experience the sonic dimensions of Dismantle / Assemble.

Free, all welcome. 

Yichu Huang
Pipa player Yichu Huang recently graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a Master of Music, where she studied under Dr Lu Liu. She is active in intercultural music collaborations and has performed alongside Indian, Persian, and jazz musicians. In 2024, she participated in the Bicentenary Concert Series at NSW Parliament and was a featured performer at the Sydney China Cultural Centre. She has also performed in the Chinese Garden of Friendship’s Sunday Sounds program. Yichu is currently undertaking a Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) at Western Sydney University and continues to share her passion for music through her work as a pipa teacher with the Chinese Music Ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Hazel Chow

Hazel is a first-year student studying a Diploma of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She plays the Chinese dulcimer (yangqin) and has been learning it for over 10 years. During high school, she had the opportunity to perform a solo at the Sydney Opera House. She enjoys exploring both traditional and modern pieces, and is always looking for new ways to express myself through music and connect with different audiences.

ABOUT ECHOES:

Echoes is Verge's student sound series ​featuring emerging musicians and sound artists from The Conservatorium of Music and Sydney College of the Arts. Join us as we embark on a listening journey through the Verge Gallery program, tracing the resonances between emerging student artists and established practitioners, expanding planes of perception through deep listening and experimentation with sound.

ACCESSIBILITY

If you have accessibility requirements that you would like to notify us of, please email vergeassistant@usu.edu.au.

VERGE ACCESS

Wheelchair access - there are two lifts available: one on City Rd and one on Maze Crescent.

Accessible and all-gender bathrooms are located about 90 metres from Verge. They are equipped with a handrail. A baby-change table is available.
Guide Dogs and support animals are welcome at Verge.

For detailed access information to the venue, please visit the Access page on Verge's website.

Image: Ruby Firmstone and Martin O'Flynn performing as part of Echoes: On Water and Time / a glacier leaves a deep cut, 2025. Image courtesy of Hancheng Wu (IG: @hwuphoto).