Live arts organisation Punctum is hosting a very special concert event this coming Sunday.
Over the past two years in partnership with the Australian Art Orchestra and with support from the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund, Punctum has piloted a professional development program inviting regional musicians and sound artists to explore new music forms through collaborations and share the results with audiences.
The pilot program sees artists working toward a showcase in the Sunday Sonix Concert Series at Punctum’s ICU studio space in Castlemaine. The past two years of the program has seen established, mentoring artists working with local emerging artists to extend their practice through new modes of making and working.
Artists have included local percussionist and sound producer Justin Marshall from Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, and Courtney Barnett’s bass player Bones Sloane.
For the October 8 edition of Sunday Sonix, regionally based Iranian-born, Persian Kamancheh and Qeychak musician, singer, songwriter, and choral director, Gelareh Pour, will share the results of her collaboration and enquiry with audiences.
Gelareh has a Masters of Ethnomusicology at The University of Melbourne, where she completed unique academic research on ‘The Lives of Iranian Women Singers in Diaspora’. She is an accomplished performer with a rigorous approach to collaboration and creative cross-cultural exchange. She has performed in Iran, Tajikistan and throughout Europe and Australia.
Gelareh is working with renowned music engineer, producer and sound artist Myles Mumford who has engineered and mixed Zulya and the Children of the Underground and the legendary group The Scientists among others.
In addition to producing and engineering, Myles is a multi-award-winning composer and performer. He has composed for concerts, theatre, contemporary dance, with his work being performed by ensembles such as The Glass Percussion Project, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Onomatopoeia Ensemble, The Tasmania Clarinet Quartet, and Textor. His music can be heard regularly on 3RRR, PBS, 3MBS, ABC Classic and Radio National. In a rare performance he will be sharing his original sounds recorded in-situ live alongside Gelareh.
Also joining Gelareh is Carolyn Connors, a celebrated vocalist and composer, and Aimee Chapman, a Castlemaine-based performer and well-known electronic producer. All will share their work arising from Gelareh’s inquiry into sonic responses to the unique spaces in which our daily lives play out. Following the October Sunday Sonix concert, the final Sunday Sonix concert of the series will be presented on November 5 and will be led by Aviva Endean with celebrated local and international artists.
Stay tuned via What’s On on Punctum’s website.
The Sunday Sonix Concert Series: From Under the Staircase is on from 5pm on Sunday October 8 at Punctum ICU, 1 Halford St Castlemaine.
Bookings: punctum.com.au/whatson
