Podcasts about ensemble offspring

Zubin Kanga is a pianist, composer and technologist, who has been at the forefront of curating and creating interdisciplinary musical programs exploring what it means to be a performer in the 21st Century. His multi year project, Cyborg Solosits, is unlocking new possibilities in music making through interactions with motion and biosensors, new hybrid instruments, interactive visuals, and AI.In this conversation, Zubin provides a fascinating glimpse into this project, where he is collaborating with dozens of composers around the world in an exciting exploration of the limitless possibilities that lie ahead in how we create, perform, and enjoy music.Zubin also provides insights into the world premieres he will be performing, which includes one of his own compositions, with Ensemble Offspring to launch their 30th anniversary season, for Lumen Machine, on April 12 at The Neilson and April 13 at the Newcastle Conservatorium.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Jack Barton is Chairman of the University of Queensland Monarchist League (UQML) Australia's largest student society for constitutional monarchists. Barclay McGain is Secretary of UQML and Australian economic policy researcher. Alexander Voltz is an Australian composer. Voltz's music has been performed and supported by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Opera Queensland, Australian Youth Orchestra, Ensemble Offspring, Flinders Quartet and others. He is twice a semi-finalist of the composition division of the Bartók World Competition. In 2021, Voltz independently produced his first opera, Edward and Richard: The True Story of the Princes in the Tower.

Tokyo-born and Melbourne-raised violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller talks about winning the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship, BIPOC representation in music and those necessary awkward moments...Since graduating from the ANAM in 2018, violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller has more than established her place at the table in the Australian cultural scene. Kyla is the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship recipient and has won awards including the Homophonic Pride Prize. She is currently collaborating with Inventi Ensemble and in Duo Piaggio with pianist Adam McMillan. Kyla currently plays on a fine violin made by Giovanni Pistucci, circa 1910-1920 which has been generously loaned by a private syndicate.Kyla Matsuura-Miller: http://www.kylaviolin.com.au/__________– Discussed in this episode –• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/• rage - ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/rage/• The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/• Ngarra-Burria: https://www.moogahlin.org/ngarra-burria• Three Conversations – Kyla Matsuura-Miller: https://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/three-conversations-an-exploration-of-growing-up-non-white-in-australia/• Tobias Willis, KEWL Studio: https://www.kewl.studio/• Stephanie Kabanyana-Kanyandekwe: https://kabanyana.com/about/• Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (1959-1940*) [*as inscribed by the composer] – Lou Harrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-GP8KUJB4 • Steve Schick: http://stevenschick.com/ • Will Hansen: https://www.facebook.com/willhansenbass/ __________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Newly appointed CEO of the Australian Music Centre, Catherine Haridy talks about publishing rights, giving music a longer lifespan and being more ‘popular'.Cath manages and has been A&R for some of Australia's most successful artists. Prior to being CEO at the Australian Music Centre, she has actively advocated for managers and their artists as the Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), as well as being a former Board Member and Chairperson. She is currently a Board member of Music Victoria, and a past Board member of Support Act and the Community Broadcasting Foundation, as well as an APRA Ambassador and AMP Award Patron. Catherine Haridy: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/catherine-haridy-appointed-new-ceo-of-australian-music-centre__________– Discussed in this episode –• Australian Music Centre: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/• John Davis: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/davis-john• ABC Classic Choir: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/events/classic-choir/welcome/• Triple R 102.7FM: https://www.rrr.org.au/• Warner Music Australia: https://warnermusic.com.au/• Hatched Academy: https://ensembleoffspring.com/program/hatched-academy-2/• 2021 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/about/PGH• Bree van Reyk: https://www.breevanreyk.com/• Dances with devils : Concerto for percussion and orchestra – Ian Grandiage: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/grandage-iain-dances-with-devils• Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA): https://www.ppca.com.au/• PBS FM: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/• FBi Radio: https://fbiradio.com/ • APRA / AMCOS Awards: https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards __________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Emerging flautist, educator and researcher Eliza Shephard talks about growing up regionally, the extended flute, her bold recording project and being Ensemble Offspring's 2022 Hatched Associate Artist.Eliza Shephard is a vibrant performer and fervent contemporary musician in Melbourne. She is a specialist on the Glissando Headjoint, and a highly sought-after chamber musician. She is a semi-finalist for the ABC Young Performers Award and a finalist of the Freedman Fellowship 2021. Eliza is passionate about amplifying the voices of female musicians and composers, as showcased through her recording project ‘March of the Women'.  Eliza Shephard: https://elizashephard.com/__________– Discussed in this episode –• ABC Young Performers Award: http://youngperformersawards.org/• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/• Virginia Taylor: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/taylor-virginia• Teresa Rabe: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/teresa-rabe• Australian National University (ANU): https://www.anu.edu.au/• Robert Dick: http://robertdick.net/• The Australian National Academy of Music  (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/• Richard Tognetti: https://www.aco.com.au/the-orchestra/musicians/richard-tognetti• Simone Young: https://www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/simone-young• The Glissando Headjoint – Eliza Shephard: https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/393197/Shephard,Eliza_Final%20Thesis_redacted.pdf?sequence=1 • Greg Pattillo: http://www.pattillostyle.com/• Three Beats for Beatbox Flute – Greg Pattillo: https://store.payloadz.com/details/2515986-music-classical-three-beats-for-beatbox-flute.html • March of the Women: https://elizashephard.com/march-of-the-women • Wirripang: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/ • Mungala – Brenda Gifford: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/gifford-brenda-mungala/35636 • Claire Chase: http://www.clairechase.net/• Ned McGowan: https://www.pearlflute.com/artists/ned-mcgowan__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

UK-based Australian composer, artist, and writer/broadcaster Julian day talks about reconsidering classical music traditions, interactive music and his studies overseas.Julian Day treats sound as a powerful socio-political agent. Since 2007 they have co-facilitated Super Critical Mass, a radically inclusive orchestra project in which temporary communities of untrained participants develop sonic actions in civic spaces, drawing on aspects of emergence and game theory.Julian Day: https://www.julianday.com/__________– Discussed in this episode –• ABC Classic FM: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/• Music Australia: https://musicaustralia.org.au/• Marco Fusinato: http://marcofusinato.com/• La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Bienale): https://www.labiennale.org/en• Elegy: https://ensembleoffspring.com/event/o4a-elegy/• Louis Andriessen: https://www.boosey.com/composer/Louis+Andriessen• Super Critical Mass: https://www.supercriticalmass.com/• Damian Barbeler: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/barbeler-damian• Music After the Fall: Modern Composition and Culture Since 1989 – Tim Rutherford-Johnson: https://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.com/music-after-the-fall/• David Lang: https://davidlangmusic.com/• Sticky Notes: https://ensembleoffspring.com/event/sticky-notes/2022-03-15/• Ciaran Frame: http://www.ciaranframe.com/• Game On: https://ensembleoffspring.com/event/game-on-backstage/• Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane: https://ima.org.au/• La Monte Young: https://www.melafoundation.org/lmy.htm• Phillip Glass: https://philipglass.com/__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Berlin violinist, performer and music mediator Daniella Strasfogel talks about musical identities, music for children and international new music trends. Through her years of development as an artist, Daniella has consistently sought to deepen her understanding of her body as a vessel for interpretation, through the instrument and the voice as well as through physicality of movement and gesture. She is a founding member of the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop Berlin and was artistic director of the ensemble from 2010-2015.Daniella Strasfogel: https://www.daniellastrasfogel.com/__________– Discussed in this episode –• Schrumpf!:https://www.loudsoft.de/schrumpf/• Ensemble Adapter: http://www.ensemble-adapter.de/• Splitter Orchester: https://splitter.berlin/• Splinter Orchestra: https://www.splinterorchestra.com/• Kaleidoskop: https://kaleidoskopmusik.de/• Ernstalbrecht Steibler: http://www.ernstalbrecht-stiebler.de/• Ethan Braun: https://www.ethanbraun.com/• Entartete Musik (Degenerate Music): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_music• György Kurtág: https://www.boosey.com/composer/gyorgy+kurtag• Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music): https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/ferienkurse/• Thomas Meadowcroft: http://www.thomasmeadowcroft.com/• Donaueschinger Musiktage (The Donaueschingen Festival): https://www.donaueschingen.de/musiktage• Max Richter: https://www.maxrichtermusic.com/• André Rieu: https://www.andrerieu.com/__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Treasured Australian-American soprano and composer Jane Sheldon talks about transitioning from performer to composer and NOT composing a masterpiece.As both soprano and composer, Jane Sheldon creates and performs exploratory chamber music, and has established an international reputation for highly specialised contemporary opera and art music for voice.  She has worked extensively with composers to create new works for voice. Described as “riveting” (New York Times), Jane's compositions focus on the body in altered or transformative states.Jane Sheldon: https://www.janesheldonsoprano.com/__________– Discussed in this episode –• Wild Swans (2002) – Elena Kats-Chernin: https://open.spotify.com/album/5oWQiWLn6DWgqcQ0yBW5Yd?si=1zDqqrLdRvS1OwybQZYpFg• The Australian Marimba Composition Kit – Claire Edwardes: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/the-australian-marimba-composition-kit • Seven Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4v0M8CP-Dc• Australian Piano Quartet: https://australiapianoquartet.com/• Adam Szabo: https://www.adamszabo.com/• Manchester Collective: https://manchestercollective.co.uk/• Sydney Conservatorium of Music Composing Women Program: https://www.sydney.edu.au/music/industry-and-community/community-engagement/composing-women.html• Clara Ianotta: http://claraiannotta.com/• The Howling Girls (2018) – Damien Ricketson: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/ricketson-damien-howling-girls• Ekmeles: https://ekmeles.com/• Damien Ricketson: https://curiousnoise.com/• Sydney Observatory Residency (MAAS): https://www.maas.museum/sydney-observatory-residency-program/• Eucalyptusdom: https://www.maas.museum/event/eucalyptusdom/__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Specialist windband composer, music educator and equality advocate Jodie Blackshaw talks about growing up as a female composer and her mission to share diverse wind band programs.Jodie grew up in the south-east of rural Australia and formed a very personal relationship with music early in life. Today, she continues to seek creative experiences for students so they, too, may enjoy the personal relationship she discovered in her formative years. In addition to composing and presenting music education workshops, Blackshaw is passionate about fostering equality in concert programs, including schools.Jodie Blackshaw: https://www.jodieblackshaw.com/ __________– Discussed in this episode –• Larry Sitsky: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/sitsky-larry • David Worrall: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/worrall-david • NSW Public Schools Symphonic Wind Ensemble: https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/program/nsw-public-schools-symphonic-wind-ensemble-swe • Frank Ticheli: https://www.manhattanbeachmusiconline.com/frank_ticheli/• Julie Giroux: https://www.juliegiroux.org/• ColourFULL Music: https://www.colourfullmusic.com/• Donne Foundation: https://donne-uk.org/• Institute of Composer Diversity: https://www.composerdiversity.com/• Midwest Clinic: https://www.midwestclinic.org/• Richard Gill: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/gill-richard• John Lynch: http://c-alanpublications.com/brands/Lynch%2C-John-P.-%28b.-1963%29.html__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Yuwaalaraay storyteller, performer and composer Nardi Simpson talks about First Nations voices and musical perspectives, and being Ensemble Offspring's 2021 composer in residence.Nardi Simpson's early music training at the Eora Centre in Redfern saw her begin a career as a musician, songwriter and performer with vocal duo Stiff Gins. She started composing for the Ngarra-Burria: First Nations Composers program, most recently creating -barra for Sydney Festival 2021. Her 2020 debut novel Song of the Crocodile was received with great acclaim.Nardi Simpson: https://www.nardisimpson.com/__________– Discussed in this episode –• Mirri Mirri Cultural Awareness Training: http://www.mirrimirri.com.au/• Ngarra-Burria: https://www.moogahlin.org/ngarra-burria• Christopher Sainsbury: https://www.sainsburymusic.com/• Ngarra-burria : new music and the search for an Australian sound – Christopher Sainsbury: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/ngarra-burria-new-music-and-the-search-for-an-australian-sound• Song of the Crocodile – Nardi Simpson: https://www.hachette.com.au/nardi-simpson/song-of-the-crocodile• -barra: https://ensembleoffspring.com/event/barra/__________Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien RicketsonClosing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van ReykThe Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight This episode of The Offcast is sponsored by Limelight

Nardi Simpson shares music and stories of Yuwaalaraay Country in concert with Ensemble Offspring, Kevin Hunt and the Barayagal Choir.

The Offcast is a podcast by Sydney's new music group Ensemble Offspring, and hosted by Artistic Director and international percussion powerhouse Claire Edwardes. In these punchy and upbeat interviews, Claire chats to musical pioneers from close to home (Australia) and across the globe to find out what makes them tick, asking them about their roots, their inspiration to change our musical landscape and their innovative plans for the future.Season 1 guests are: Jodie Blackshaw, Nardi Simpson, Jane Sheldon, Daniella Strasfogel, Julian Day, Eliza Shephard, Catherine Haridy, and Kyla Matsuura-Miller.

For the last five years, First Nations Australian composers have been working with Ensemble Offspring to create a new generation of music. This weekend at the Sydney Opera House, the ensemble will be showcasing the work in a concert titled Composing Songlines.

For the last five years, First Nations Australian composers have been working with Ensemble Offspring to create a new generation of music. This weekend at the Sydney Opera House, the ensemble will be showcasing the work in a concert titled Composing Songlines.

Ensemble Offspring bring highlights from five of the Ngarra Burria alumni to the stage at Sydney Opera House.

Tom is a Hobart-based freelance composer and pianist, with a bachelors of music from the university of Tasmania and a masters of composition from the university of Melbourne. Tom has composed pieces for some of Australia's most notable musical ensembles, including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Ensemble Offspring, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra.I approached Tom to be interviewed because of a commission he received in 2018 to compose a piece for the Hush Foundation. Tom and I chat about his commission, the Hush foundation, and the parallels between music therapy and music in medicine.

Welcome back to Declassify Season 2! I am so pleased to welcome you all back to this new season, and most importantly, to begin this following season with a host of international guests and conversations. I am so pleased, not only to have returned, but to welcome Declassify's third guest for the season, pioneering percussionist Claire Edwardes. Claire is a leading percussionist working as a soloist, recording performer and chamber musician and is the current Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring. She is a forefront figure for the commissioning and performance of contemporary Australian music having premiered works by composers such as Harrison Birtwistle and Elena Kats-Chernin. Claire remains the only Australian to have won the ‘APRA Art Music Award for Excellence' by an individual three times. Across this episode, Victoria and Claire unpack the myth of meritocracy, new programming, educational models and the need to break the cycles of sonic conditioning. --------RESOURCESClaire's Website: https://www.claireedwardes.com/Limelight Claire's article: https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/ensemble-offspring-embracing-the-new-and-unknown/?fbclid=IwAR1DJ91HVCmDLPb5TS0suIDUeBjbamt4wxRW4FCgYJOb01QpJvSScbU12FQ Claire's Resources for Composers: https://www.claireedwardes.com/resourcesforcomposers Claire's Female Composition List: https://www.claireedwardes.com/femalecompositionlist Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/ Keychange EU: https://www.keychange.eu/  

In this instalment of the podcast, Paul Kildea has a lively conversation with percussionist and curator Claire Edwardes. The dialogue starts with Claire Edwardes' kaleidoscopic background and how calling Claire just a ‘percussionist' does her no justice. She talks about her love of music from a very young age and how her love of playing music with other people has led her down the path of music curation.

Sunday 16 May: Folk singer and environmentalist Sam Lee's musical affinity for the nightingale; composer Jessica Wells' song cycle The Night Parrot and a new work inspired by MC Hammer and the Nokia ringtone.

Thinking about our past through the lens of music and art often brings to the fore, how can we understand the diversity of our history and of culture in order to represent it, to engage with it and to tell its stories? This weeks’ guest is Yuin Woman and First Nations contemporary classical composer, Brenda Gifford. Brenda has written and spoken extensively about how her culture is the basis of her music, having toured Australia and internationally for the last 20 years as a saxophonist and now as a composer. In this episode she talks about her experiences as a First Nations musician, the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art-making in the last 100 years, the significance of music education and access to such education is necessary in being able to set a path into the world of professional art-making, and how the groundswell of growing support with larger Australian institutions and funding bodies is creating more acknowledgement of the talent that has always been present across Australian Indigenous communities. Declassify would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people who are the traditional custodians of this land, Canberra, on which we are meeting and speaking upon, and wishes to pay respect to the Elders of the Ngunnawal Nation both past and present. We extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are listening and are in attendance today.--------Selected Resources (a full list is made available via the episode transcript)Brenda Gifford https://www.brendagifford.com/Ensemble Offspring’s Inaugural First Nations Composer in Residencehttp://ensembleoffspring.com/media/news/brenda-gifford-our-inagural-first-nations-composer-in-residence/First Nations Contemporary Music Programhttps://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/first-nations-contemporary-music-program/ Indigenous Australian Languageshttps://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/indigenous-australian-languages#:~:text=Indigenous%20Australian%20languages%20today&text=More%20than%20250%20Indigenous%20Australian,are%20still%20acquired%20by%20children.

16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation.

From an audience choir, to the sound-world of a country waterhole, to the digital cutting and fusing of sound, three Australian women composers make their mark.

From an audience choir, to the sound-world of a country waterhole, to the digital cutting and fusing of sound, three Australian women composers make their mark.

New music for Ensemble Offspring by Fiona Hill, Andrea Keller and Thomas Meadowcroft.

New music for Ensemble Offspring by Fiona Hill, Andrea Keller and Thomas Meadowcroft.

Ensemble Offspring explores a world of dreams and fairytales in their final concert of 2017.

Ensemble Offspring explores a world of dreams and fairytales in their final concert of 2017.

New Waves introduces you to five emerging indigenous composers of diverse musical backgrounds, with new works performed by Ensemble Offspring.

New Waves introduces you to five emerging indigenous composers of diverse musical backgrounds, with new works performed by Ensemble Offspring.

This week we were joined by composer Lisa Illean, who will be premiering a work with Ensemble Offspring for Who Dreamed It?, their latest program of new and experimental works by female composers, all featuring Australian soprano and vocal actress Jessica Aszodi.

What does it mean to be female in classical music? Hosts Kenny and Luke dive headfirst into the many-layered topic of equality in classical music, accompanied by ANAM viola alumnus and all-round great lady Katie Yap. They talk composers, the dark of history of women in classical music, discrimination and oppression, and what might come next, with help from interview guests Claire Edwardes (percussionist and Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring), Gemma Tomlinson (ANAM cello Fellow), and Rachel Grimwood (ANAM violist). ANAM cello student Vicky Zhang joins the party with some light theremin playing to keep you entertained.

Seven archetypal stories told in music by seven Australian women composers.

Seven archetypal stories told in music by seven Australian women composers.

New chamber music and talk from Holly Harrison, Lachlan Skipworth, Alex Pozniak and Mexican guest composer Juan Felipe Walller.

New chamber music and talk from Holly Harrison, Lachlan Skipworth, Alex Pozniak and Mexican guest composer Juan Felipe Walller.

Sounds of an emerging generation of creative musicians from established name of Tristan Coehlo, to Offspring Hatched Academy artists Julia Reidy, James Bradbury, Mary Rapp, and David Moran.

Sounds of an emerging generation of creative musicians from established name of Tristan Coehlo, to Offspring Hatched Academy artists Julia Reidy, James Bradbury, Mary Rapp, and David Moran.

The Australian Art Orchestra and Ensemble Offspring present new music of epic minimalism for large ensemble and grand pipe organ.

The Australian Art Orchestra and Ensemble Offspring present new music of epic minimalism for large ensemble and grand pipe organ.

The Australian Art Orchestra and Ensemble Offspring present an immersive new work for large ensemble and grand pipe organ.

The Australian Art Orchestra and Ensemble Offspring present an immersive new work for large ensemble and grand pipe organ.

An audio journey through music, spaces and voices of the 2016 Mofo festival.

An audio journey through music, spaces and voices of the 2016 Mofo festival.

New music hot off the presses from five composers of the emerging generation, performed by Ensemble Offspring.

New music hot off the presses from five composers of the emerging generation, performed by Ensemble Offspring.

The artistic partnership and a selection of recent works composed for Ensemble Offspring and collaborators.

The artistic partnership and a selection of recent works composed for Ensemble Offspring and collaborators.

From spectralism to open music to instrument building and new tuning systems - the development of Ensemble Offspring.

From spectralism to open music to instrument building and new tuning systems - the development of Ensemble Offspring.

Ensemble Offspring's co-artistic directors Claire Edwardes and Damien Ricketson reflect on the origins of the group.

Ensemble Offspring's co-artistic directors Claire Edwardes and Damien Ricketson reflect on the origins of the group.

Matthew is a composer from Australia who is currently based in London where he co-directs the new music ensemble Plus Minus and teaches Experimental Music at the Royal College of Music. He has composed works for groups such as Champ D’Action, Ensemble Offspring, EXAUDI, Nieuw Ensemble, Quatuor Diotima, and the Ricciotti Ensemble. You can listen to more of his music at www.shlom.com.In our conversation we talk about New Music’s emphasis on the multiple listening experience, his use of popular music as a social critique, and his work with Plus Minus. The music played in this interview is from a series of pieces called Popular Contexts. The outro music is titled Hi hat and Me.