Parallel Universes - Friday, 14 March 2025 @ 7.30pm
The MCL Melbourne Composers’ League and Folderol (Rome)
present an Acousmatic Exchange Concert of new and recent electroacoustic music and sound art by
Australian and Italian Composers
Warren Burt, Brigid Burke, Meredith Connie, Howard Dillon, Vincent Giles, John Arthur Grant, Gary McKie, Peter Myers, Silvia Simons, Alessandro Ciccarelli, Federico De Biase, Cristian Maddalena, Domenico Vellucci, Francesco Ziello
CAN Church of All Nations 180 Palmerston Street Carlton Melbourne Australia
Tribute to Peter Murphy - Sunday 10 November 2024 at 1.30pm
Bill Marshall who organizes the annual Melbourne Surrealist Festival, has set up a tribute event to Peter Murphy - poet, sound poet, playwright, writer - who died in July this year. Bill has asked ENF (Rod Gregory, Peter Simondson, Silvia Simons) to contribute with a performance. Alas without Peter Murphy, we nevertheless shall use some of his poems and a recording of one of his recitations as a kind of score to improvise on, like we used to with him when he was a core member of ENF.
The event, consisting of diverse acts, is free of charge and open to all.
ENF performs at the Spring Extravaganza of the Melbourne Circle - Saturday, 5 October 2024
ENF Ensemble Newly Formed - Peter Simondson, Rod Gregory, Silvia Simons - by invitation of Melvyn Cann for The Melbourne Circle's Spring Extravaganza will perform with him and Martijn Schröder on Saturday, 5 October at CAN Carlton Melbourne. Concert start: Midday with lunch provided in the break
Elbow Room Duo Concerts - 14 September 2024 - Melbourne
Two concerts of new works as part of the MCL (Melbourne Composers' League) ongoing Elbow Room series:
Concert 1: 2.30pm
Compositions by: Houston Dunleavy, Haydn Reeder, Colin McKellar, Andrián Pertout, Michael Hannan, Gary Butler,
Philip Czaplowski, Sally Beamish, Gary McKie, Johanna Selleck, Michael Kieran Harvey
Concert 2: 4.30pm
Compositions by: Melvyn Cann, Meredith Connie, Hayden Taylor, Michael Bakrnčev, Paul Moulatlet,
Silvia Simons, Suncy Zhi, Brendan Colbert, John Arthur Grant, Gene Holland, Allira Preuss
MCL Elbow Room Mini Festival - 20 April 2024 - Melbourne
Concert 1, starting 2.00pm
Compositions by: Colin McKellar, John Arthur Grant, Julian Cafarella, Paul Moulatlet, Christina Green, Philip Czaplowski Livia Judge, Gary Butler, Natalya Vagner Jes Grixti, Birgit Holdinghausen, Martijn Schröder
Compositions by:
Colin McKellar, John Arthur Grant, Julian Cafarella, Paul Moulatlet, Christina Green, Philip Czaplowski Livia Judge, Gary Butler, Natalya Vagner Jes Grixti, Birgit Holdinghausen, Martijn Schröder
Compositions by:
Dindy Vaughan, Michael Kieran Harvey, Gary McKie, Brendan Colbert, Wendy Suiter, Diana Blom, Jenny Game, Silvia Simons, Michael Hannan, Melvyn Cann
ENF (Ensemble Newly Formed: Peter Murphy, Peter Simondson, Rod Gregory, Silvia Simons) will perform on Sunday, 17 March 2024 at 4pm in this year's Festival of Surrealisms.
The venue is the old Anthill Theatre in South Melbourne, 199 Napier Street. The festival promises to be a smorgasbord of the weird and wonderful.
30 September 2023 - Vox Novus New York - 15 Minutes of Fame - Concert - Livestream
For this concert in the Vox Novus New York "15 Minutes of Fame"series, David Bohn will perform miniatures written for the Japanese instrument Taishōgoto, and specifically for him with the theme of Meditation and Contemplation. The unique challenge and fun for composers in this series is to write a piece no longer than 60 seconds; even though in performance reality it may last a little longer. You will hear 15 pieces by 15 composers incl. The Moon Rained Notes by Silvia Simons
The concert starts at 2:30pm New York Time (EDT) - 8:30pm Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Bruchstücke or Puzzle Pieces (2023) for Violin, Viola and 2 Cellos
IMD Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt - an Open Space Event as part of the
two-week festival, international summer academy, discourse platform and artistic laboratory
Silvia Simons - Composer
Youngseo Kim - Violin
Jing Chen - Viola
Audréanne Filion - Cello
Kirke Gross - Cello
@ ductus gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland on 27 January 2023, 8pm
An artistic and musical event in memory of well-known Jean-Paul Anderhub of Lucerne , who, among his prolific artistic activities, was the director at the Lucerne City Theater for a time. This evening is also a homage to his last huge project, which saw its beginnings in the core idea of a solar eclipse and which he was not able to finish.
Image: SolarEclipse_CapturedBySpacecraftHinode6.1.11_NASA
Elbow Room Concert, Saturday 15 October, 2.30pm
St Stephen's Church, 360 Church St Richmond
Featuring works for: solo trumpet; flute and piano; solo flute; solo soprano; alto voice and ukulele; solo guitar; oboe, flute and cello; and electroacoustic works.
Composers: Paul Moulatlet, Colin McKellar, Johanna Selleck, Dindy Vaughan, Julian Cafarella, Gary Butler, Gary McKie, Alan Holley, Eve Duncan, Wendy Suiter, Silvia Simons, Haydn Reeder, and Christina Green.
Performers: Harriet Channon (trumpet), Anne Gilby (oboe), Lore Burns (cello), Amelia Jones (soprano), Johanna Selleck (flute), Christina Green (ukulele and voice), Gary Butler (guitar).
26 March 2022 @ 2pm - MCL Elbow Room Concert - St Stephen's Church, Richmond, Melbourne
An exhilarating variety of contemporary chamber & electroacoustic music
17 July 2021 - Vox Novus New York - 15 Minutes of Fame - Concert - Livestream
15 compositions are premiered including A spell to dispel by Silvia Simons
The brief was to write a miniature for baritone Andrew White - no longer than one minute. This makes for a unique challenge similar perhaps to the challenge for a poet to write a Haiku which tries to express something in a highly crystallized manner.
14:00 (2pm) New York time 20:00 (8pm) Central European time 04:00 (4am, 18 July) Melbourne time
Save the date! - 18 October 2020 @ 10pm - for a wacky audio experience on radio!
Ensemble Newly Formed (Silvia Simons, Peter Murphy, Rod Gregory, Peter Simondson) are interviewed by Ian Parsons on THE SOUND BARRIER. You will also hear a selection of the ensemble's Zoom Improvisations done during strict lockdown in Melbourne - refusing to be beaten by the physical barrier and limitations of Zoom!
18 October 1pm (13:00) Central European time; 18 October 10pm Melbourne time
Ensemble Newly Formed - free improvisation on Zoom - 11 July 2020
MCL Elbow Room festival - acoustic & electroacoustic music - at St Stephen's Church Richmond, Melbourne on 17 May 2020
Concert festival postponed till further notice
A Total Lunar Eclipse in Sound
@ Galleria CONTACT artecontemporanea
"Your call is important to us!"...
Ensemble Newly Formed on 2 July 2018
In the line-up of Peter Murphy (poetry), PeterSimondson (Contrabass), Silvia Simons (voice, flute, objects), the ensemble is performing an impromptu satire based on Peter Murphy's sound poem "Your call is important to us..." at the artsy Bar Oussou.
The evenings entertainment commences at 7pm and consists of mainly poetry and performance poetry acts, described as "a feast of clashing waters".
Ensemble Newly Formed in the Antarctica on 28 May 2018
As part of the Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, Ensemble Newly Formed performs an improvisation at The Brothers Public House.
Peter Murphy will transport you with his sound poem Antarctica, serving as a 'score' for the rest of the ensemble (Rod Gregory, Peter Simondson, Silvia Simons) to chill you with an icy soundscape! The evening's entertainment comprises various acts and starts at 7.30 pm. Free entry.
Pathways: New piano music from Australia & Japan in Melbourne on 13 & 15 April 2018
Internationally renowned virtuoso Michael Kieran Harvey. can be heard in these two riveting concerts, each of different repertoire, as follows:
PATHWAYS ONE will be held on Friday 13 April, 2018, 7.30 pm at the Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton. It will feature music by Brendan Colbert, Michael Kieran Harvey, Tomoyuki Hisatome, Alan Holley, Akira Kobayashi, Paul Moulatlet, Haydn Reeder, Silvia Simons & Anthony Wilson.
PATHWAYS TWO will take place on Sunday 15 April, 2018, at 2 pm, at St Oswald's Church, 100 High Street, Glen Iris. The music will be by Eve Duncan, Houston Dunleavy, Peter Graham, Tomoyuki Hisatome, Akira Kobayashi, Andrián Pertout, Johanna Selleck and Antonio Tenace.
Fluxus and Beyond 28 March 2018 at 6pm
ENSEMBLE NEWLY FORMED (Peter Murphy, Peter Graham, Rod Gregory, Silvia Simons) has been invited to perform its 'Fluxus programme' - but never the same twice in the nature of improvisation - at The Melbourne City Library. Please click here for full details, incl. other performers in this concert.
Silence in Sound Space
- Federation Bells Melbourne
City of Melbourne: Silvia Simons' spatial work Silence in SoundSpace for the installation of 39 Federation Bells can be heard in an evolving weekly schedule in the heart of Melbourne since 2016. The Federation Bells are located in Birrarung Marr, Melbourne City.
MCL Elbow Room Concert 18 March 2018 at 2 pm
ENSEMBLE NEWLY FORMED - Peter Murphy, Peter Graham, Rod Gregory, Silvia Simons - will challenge your notion of music.
For this concert, the pieces have taken their impetus from the Fluxus Movement, which was considered 'anti-art' - which paradoxically is an art form in itself - tried to dismantle the bourgeois elitism in art and blur the boundaries between art and life. It often involved humour as a means. Members included artists such as George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, John Cage. Even though often playful in their approach and mocking 'high art', they sought to change not only the history of art but the history of the world.For full details, please click here
MCL Elbow Room Concert
"The long-held tradition of the Melbourne Composers’ League’s Elbow Room concerts... provides an opportunity for composers to present their newest works and [is] known for [its] broad array of experimental as well as more traditional music."
Ensemble Newly Formed - comprising of Peter Murphy, Peter Graham, Melvyn Cann, Rod Gregory and Silvia Simons - is performing an experimental improvisation based on Peter Murphy's sound poem In the Middle of Nowhere as part of this concert. For full details, please click here.
Citizens Circus
in Melbourne on 18 April 2017 at 7.30 pm
Includes a daring performance by a newly formed experimental improvisation ensemble with sound poet Peter Murphy & composers/musicians Peter Graham, Melvyn Cann, Rod Gregory and Silvia Simons.
Click here for full details
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Subterranean Sonorities
New Chamber Music from Australia & Japan
The concert will be held on 26 November 2016 at 3pm in Melbourne.
It includes the world premiere of Dreaming in the 21st Century by Silvia Simons, written for Bass /Alto flutes & Didjeridu, featuring Peter Sheridan on flutes & Namatjira Morgan on didjeridu. For full information, please click here.
The Impression of Studio-1 -2010, by Luping Zeng
Poème d'espace - Uraufführung
The complete sound art work Poème d’espace of 20:25 minutes duration, created by composer and sound artist Silvia Simons for Leibniz Harmonien 2016 was premiered on 21 May 2016 in a radio broadcast by hr2 kultur (Hessischer Rundfunk) on ‘Artist’s Corner’.
The work won 1st prize ex aequo in the category ‘Radiophone Komposition / Klangkunst’ of the international competition.
The prize winning works of this category - or esp. modified, shortened versions thereof - will feature in following concert on 19 August 2016 at 10.30 pm in Hannover, Germany:
Leibniz' Harmonien - in the concert series Leibniz Under Ground held from 18 - 21 August 2016.
For complete information, please go to: https://silviasimons.wixsite.com/leibnizharmonien