Listening with the Body: A Harp Journey – Cooranbong

a harp concert of meditation and movement

Alice Giles, harp

Moran Wiesel, movement and meditation facilitator and poet

We invite you to journey through the powerful resonances of the concert harp, in a space where you're free to receive and respond to the music with your body and soul.

The program begins with guided sensory movement practices, and takes us on an hour-long meditative journey of rich and varied harp music. The harp plays from the center of the room, with seats in the round and lots of open space close to the harp, allowing you to move up close to the harp's resonance.

Listening with Body welcomes you to listen through movement and dance, lying and stillness, and everything in between.

The program includes works by Bach, Debussy, and recent commissions by Australian composers Doumany and Shalcraft, and poetic excerpts by Moran. The program runs without applause. 

Duration: 1.5 hours

Tickets: Full Price $40 / Concession $30

Please arrive 10-15mins early to begin settling into the space.

Wear comfortable clothes, and you're welcome to bring a cushion, blanket, or yoga mat. There will also be chairs available.

Reservations essential as numbers are strictly limited.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Alice Giles and Moran Wiesel are a heartwarming mother/daughter collaboration. Their focus is on merging disciplines, collaborating on a range of performance projects, including the Musica Viva in Schools Adventure in Antarctica show. They have forged a strong on-stage bond and extensive experience in responding to an audience in the moment.

Alice Giles AM is celebrated as one of the world’s leading harpists. First Prize winner of the Eighth Israel International Harp Contest, she has had a wide and varied international solo career, from London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Merkin, ‘92nd St Y’ and Carnegie Halls, to Mawson Station, Antarctica. She was regarded by Luciano Berio as the foremost interpreter of his Sequenza II. As Director of the Seven Harp Ensemble (SHE) has commissioned many new works by Australian composers as well as solo works for the electro-acoustic harp.

Moran Wiesel is a multi-disciplinary creative, weaving together music, poetry & storytelling, and earth-based therapy & facilitation. Moran thrives in collaborating across artforms, offering sound therapy and earth-based counselling experiences to all ages through Earth Enspiralled. As a wordsmith, Moran has been Australian Poetry Slam National Finalist, winner of the Huon Valley Storyteller’s Cup, and featured artist at the Tasmanian Storytelling Festival and Tasmanian Poetry Festival. Moran has performed in forests, caves, high schools, Cygnet Folk Festival, Dark Mofo, and the Sydney Opera House.