The Joan Events No. 1

The JOAN EVENTS 1 is a new initiative encouraging creative exchanges between performers of composed repertoire and more experimental work.

Program:

Kim Bastin, piano
Helen Gifford - Obsession for Joan Pollock (2005)
Helen Gifford - Presentiment for Kim Bastin (2005)
Ruth Crawford - Study in Mixed Accents (1930)

Jaslyn Robertson, synths
Iran Sanadzadeh, pressure-sensitive table floors
improvisation

Jessica Aszodi, voice
Giacinto Scelsi - Three Latin Prayers (1972)
Jennifer Walshe – Glori (2005)
Wojtek Blecharz - Lux aeterna Luceat Eis from the opera Fiasko (2018)

Elizabeth Drake, piano
Elizabeth Drake - Rabbit Song (2019)
Richard Vella - Mise en scene #9  (2019)
Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato (excerpt) (1976)

Franz Schubert – I. I. Allegro molto moderato from Fantasia in F minor for four hands (1828) with Caroline Almonte, piano

The JOAN EVENTS is a new multi-year project - in honour of concert pianist and founder/director of the Astra Improvising Choir Joan Pollock.

Supported by the Joan Pollock Creative Fund and Creative Australia