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2024

November

Out of Time

Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson as Clocked Out

Red House, Earlwood (Sydney)

November 9th 6.30pm

 

Zoj and Clocked Out as "Regional Delay"

Lagavulin at the Piano Mill Concert Series

Willson’s Downfall, NSW

All new work

November 3rd, 3pm

 

October

Out of Time

Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson as Clocked Out

Ian Hangar Recital Hall

Queensland Conservatorium

October 21, 6pm

 

Liquid Architecture present Vanessa Tomlinson with Nat Grant and Yvette Agapow

Northcote Uniting Hall (Melbourne)

Solo works include Still and Moving Paper, Bent Metal and The Space Inside

October 25, 7.30pm

 

August

Clocked Out @ 3 x 1

Woolloongabba Substation (Brisbane)

August 25, 7pm

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June

Mono 48: Evicshen, Yamila, and Shoeb Ahmad with Kellie Lloyd & Vanessa Tomlinson

Institute of Modern Art

Fortitude Valley

June 20th, 6.30pm

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Channelling Dulcie

Video installation by Tomlinson, Budel, Harm

Big City Lights

North Side, Regent Lane

Southport, Gold Coast

June 21st - July 7th

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Channelling Dulcie's Piano

Video installation by Tomlinson, Budel, Harm

ISEA - Everywhen

White Box Gallery

Griffith University

June 24th - 28th 2pm - 6pm daily

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May

Tin! A Minor Opera

Liston Teahouse, Liston NSW

Composed by Jocelyn Wolfe with libretto by Bill Prentice

Performed by Eugene Gilfedder, Mirinda Dias-Jayasinha

With Shenzo Gregorio, Helen Svoboda, Erik Griswold, Glenn Barry and Vanessa Tomlinson

May 5th, 3pm.

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The Hydrocene Symposium

launching Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Chateris new book The Hydrocene: Eco-aesthetics in the age of water.

presenting on Channelling Dulcie's Piano

Creative Arts Research Institute, Griffith University

May 17th, 9.30am

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Gondwana Echoes

Bloom Collective

Beaudesert Regional Art Gallery

May 18th, 3pm

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April

Clocked Out x MYRIAD

Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson

Performing with students from Melbourne Conservatorium percussion department

Led by Brent Miller.

Playing excerpts from Time Crystals, Felaminijuti, Rainbows in the Dark, Motorcycling through the city of churches, A Wolfe in the Mangroves, and a new work.

April 10th, 7.30pm

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March

Cut Paste Play

presented by the Music Box Project

a new music of music outside the usual order of things

featuring Clocked Out

The Church Street Studios

March 23rd-24th

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Time Crystals

Lagavulin Concert Series

featuring Clocked Out

The Piano Mill

March 30th 5.00pm

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Easter at the Piano Mill

The Annual Easter at the Piano Mill

featuring Imaginary Aviary, Jon Rose and the Piano Mill

Harrigans Lane, Willsons Downfall

March 31st, 2.30pm

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February

Surreal Shorts

with live score by Peter Knight and Dung Ngyuen

featuring Vanessa Tomlinson, Erik Griswold and Minh Ha Patmore

Federation Square

February 20th, 8pm

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2023

November

Meditation Garden 

@SIMMposium

by Vanessa Tomlinson and Tim Munro

featuring students from QCGU

November 20th, 12.30pm

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The Journey Down

WA Museum Boola Bardip

3 Journeys - Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool

presented by Tura

featuring performance from The Journey Down

November 17th and 18th various times

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October

Open Frame Festival

New solo work with Annea Lockwood.

Also featuring Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong

Brisbane Powerhouse

October 5th

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Performers Present

Flowing Resonances - Channelling Dulcie's Piano

Conference presentation

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory

Singapore

October 27th

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1988

OzAsia Festival

Adelaide Festival Centre

October 25th

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August

The Journey Down 2023

Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool is the Gija word for ‘old car’ and now the name of a new contemporary instrument and powerful cultural object that has been created in the east Kimberley from an old car wreck.

Travelling and performing across 3,456 kilometres from Kununurra to Perth.

August 23 – September 16

Video link

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Meditation Garden

Bleach Festival

New work by Vanessa Tomlinson and Tim Munro

Performed by students from the Queensland Conservatorium

Gold Coast Botanic Gardens

August 12, 3pm

August 13, 11am

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The Imaginary Aviary

Bleach Festival

Curated by Vanessa Tomlinson

With composer/performers Peter Knight, Chris Stover, Flora Wong, Helen Svoboda, Erik Griswold, Hannah Reardon-Smith, Jodie Rottle, Tara Pattenden

HOTA Gallery

August 5th 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30am, 2pm, 3pm

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July

Clocked Out@The Cave Inn

Experimental Night, Woolloongabba

Curated by Ben Shannon

July 12th 7pm

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June

MONOxCARI

presented by IMA and Room40

Vanessa Tomlinson solo with Spill – Magda Mayas and Tony Buck

Ian Hangar Recital Hall

June 27th, 7pm

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May

Channelling Dulcie's Piano - How the river taught the piano to sing

May 13th – 22nd various venues

With Jess Budel and Greg Harm

Murray Bridge Piano Sanctuary, SA

Mobilong, SA

Renmark, SA

Wentworth, NSW

Wilcannia, NSW

(Sound Chapel – Cobar NSW)

Brewarinna, NSW

Moree, NSW

The Piano Mill, Willson’s Downfall, NSW

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Jumping Yaks

World premier of works by Erik Griswold, Eugene Ball, Erkki Veltheim, Niko Schauble

For 18-piece ensemble

Melbourne Recital Centre

May 26th, 7.30pm

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2022

November

Percussive Arts Society International Convention

New solo works by Michael Askill, Elizabeth Jigalin, Vanessa Tomlinson

PASIC conference, Indianapolis

November 10th, 5pm

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Transcript

New work by Tammy Brennan

Composed by Vanessa Tomlinson

Sound Design Leah Barclay

Performer Timothy Tate

Seven Hills Theatre

November 3rd, 4th, 5th

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September

Art Boat - Vanessa Tomlinson

Premier new work Sonic Glimpses

responding to Lindy Lee's new installation

Art Boat - Brisbane Festival 2022

North Wharf, Hamilton

September 11th 4.15pm, 6.30pm, 8.15pm

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August

The Creative Arts Academy

Arts Alive - Music

Conversation between Sandeep Bhagwati and Vanessa Tomlinson

28th August, 7pm AEST

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Early Warning System in concert (POSTPONED)

Vanessa Tomlinson, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Nozomi Omote

performing works by Frankie Dyson-Reilley and others

Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University

August 10th, 7.30pm

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July

The Immersive Guitar Installation

Adelaide Guitar Festival

Adelaide Festival Centre

New work by Tomlinson/Schaupp Dear Alice

Commission by AGF 

Performed by Vanessa Tomlinson and Karin Schaupp

July 15th - 24th 2022

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June

Beacons

Trio for ocean, electronics and 15 acoustic musicians

New work by Lawrence English and Vanessa Tomlinson

North Burleigh Headlans

Bleach Festival Launch 2022

June 30th, 5pm

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Sound Out

Various performances

Drill Hall, Australian National University, Canberra

June 17-19

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World Rhythms

World Rhythms – Annea Lockwood (Australian premiere)

Solo Tamtam – Vanessa Tomlinson

Performed by Vanessa Tomlinson and Lawrence English

Rising Festival

The Substation

June 9th, 7.30pm

 

Piano Transplants

Curated by Lawrence English

Rising Festival

Piano Burning – Annea Lockwood

Performed by Vanessa Tomlinson

Birrarung Marr

June 10th 5pm

 

Piano Garden

Performed by Vanessa Tomlinson and Madaleine Flynn

Kings Garden

June 10th 7pm

June 11th 6.30pm, 7.30pm

 

Piano Drowning

Williamstown Botanic Gardens

June 11th 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

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May

Australian Jazz and Improvised Research Network Conference

Site-specific improvised music practice

Presented by Hannah Reardon-Smith, Jon Rose, Jim Denley and Vanessa Tomlinson

Queensland Conservatorium

May 8th, 11am

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Transplanted Roots - International Percussion Symposium

Lonely Hearts Pandemic Band Unpacked

Presented by Vanessa Tomlinson and Evaristo Aguilar

University of California, San Diego

May 20th 10am

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April

1988

Australia Art Orchestra present 1988

Devised by Peter Knight and Dung Nguyen

Composed by Peter KNight, Dung Nguyen, Erik Griswold, Helen Svoboda, Minh Ha Patmore, Vanessa Tomlinson with visual artist Phuong Ngo. Dramaturgy by Tamara Saulwick.

The Substation, Newport, Victoria

April 1 and 2

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Six Dresses - Easter at the Piano Mill

World premiere of new work devised by Jan Baker-Finch

Performed and composed by Erik Griswold, Vanessa Tomlinson, Hanna Reardon Smith, Jodie Rottle, Brodie Macallister

Also on the program - Wolf Moon (Griswold) and Burning Piano (Wolfe and Wolfe)

The Piano Mill, Harrigans Lane, Willsons Downfall

April 17th, 3pm

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March

Summers Night Project

World premiere of new works by Aviva Endean, Hilary Kleinig, Frankie Dyson-Reilley, Bree van Reyk, Kate Milligan

Melbourne Recital Centre

Presented by Tura New Music

March 23rd, 6pm

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2021

November

P.L.A.C.E.

New composition by Vanessa Tomlinson

Featuring Jodie Rottle, Flora Wong, Max Fowler-Roy, Tim Green, Brodie Macallister

Oxley Common

November 11th, 7am

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October

Hope's Beautiful Symphony

Restrung Festival

Featuring Delmae Barton, Erik Griswold, Samual Pankhurst and Vanessa Tomlinson

Metro Arts

Oct 14th, 9pm

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ISSUE Project Room

Annea Lockwood - Piano Transplants

Featuring Piano Burning, curated by Lawrence English, performed by Vanessa Tomlinson

13th October and online.

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September

Love Songs for Afghanistan

Performing Translucent Haze

With Charulatha Mani and Julia Hill

Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

Sept 28th, 7pm.

Sonic Cyanotype

Bloom Collective

Field Trips – in person

University of Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs

Sept 25th, 6.30pm

Wrong Kind of Beauty

Bloom Collective

Field Trips – online

University of Sunshine Coast Gallery

Sept 25th, 11am

Piano Burning

Brisbane Festival

Curated by Lawrence English

Composition by Annea Lockwood

Sept 10th, 6pm

Playing Lyrical Landscapes

William Barton in concert

HOTA

September 9th, 7pm

Playing Lyrical Landscapes

with William Barton – in residence

with the art of William Robinson

HOTA

September 5th, 2-5pm

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August

Wrong Kind of Beauty - live performance

Bloom Collective

Sites of Connection Exhibition

University of Sunshine Coast Gallerty

August 28th, 12pm

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Beacons

Co-Composition Lawrence English/Vanessa Tomlinson

Featuring a team of 20 musicians on North Burleigh Headland

Part of Bleach Festival 2021.

August 13th and 14th

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July

1988

Australian Art Orchestra

Footscray Substation

July 17th

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June

Summers Night Project

TURA New Music

Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide

Performing new works by Frankie Dyson Reilly, Bree van Reyk, Hilary Kleinig, Kate Milligan, Aviva Endean

June 14th – 17th

Music for Stargazing

New works with William Barton, Kate Miller-Heidke, Delmae Barton, Sam Pankhurst

Charleville, Queensland

Queensland Music Festival

June 30th

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April

Easter at the Piano Mill – Finale

Curating the final edition of the Mill

With Jan Baker-Finch, Erik Griswold, Bruce Wolfe, Jocelyn Wolfe and a team of 22 musicians.

April 4th

Making Music with Everyday Objects

Creating in Classrooms online workshop

Run by Topology

April 8th

Percussion Faculty Concert

With Nozomi Omote, Rebecca Llyod-Jones and Vanessa Tomlinson

Featuring works by Vanessa Tomlinson, inti figgus-vizueta, Fredrik Rzewski, Michael Askill, Maya Eather, Marta Gentilucci.

April 28th

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March

The Immersive Guitar

Curiocity Brisbane

Daily performances with Karin Schaupp

Southbank Parklands

March 12th – 28th

Curious TIG – Vanessa Tomlinson

World Premiere

Performed by Karin Schaupp and Vanessa Tomlinson

Finale of Curiocity Brisbane

Livestreamed here

March 28th

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2020

December

Creative Music Intensive

Various Performances and Presentations

Seacroft Estate, Great Ocean Road

With Australian Art Orchestra

December 7th – 12th

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October

Sounds of Wanderlust

Curated by Karin Schaupp

HOTA

Directing BaDaBoom Percussion

Performing works by Tsoof Baras, Minori Miki and Bob Becker

October 3rd

Lonely Hearts Pandemic Band

Evaristo Aguilar and Clocked Out

Clocked Out in-residence series at Queensland Conservatorium

Online performance

October 9th

Suncorp Piazza Performance

Directing BaDaBoom Percussion

Performing works by Tsoof Baras, Minori Miki and Bob Becker

October 17th

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September

Percussion at Dusk– solo tamtam performance

By Vanessa Tomlinson

Brisbane Festival

September 5th Highgate Hill Reserve

September 19th Eildon Hill Reserve

September 26th Southbank Parklands

Tyalgum Music Festival

Featuring String Quartet

Tyalgum Hall

September 12th

 

August

Vexations

Erik Satie’s Vexation (complete) as part of QCGU Project Week, 2020.

August 28th

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July

Scissors Paper Revox

Peter Knight and Clocked Out

Clocked Out in-residence series at Queensland Conservatorium

Online performance

July 31st

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June

84* Pianos: Pandemic Edition

Livestream on youtube

For up to date information go to https://www.facebook.com/events/852391405256282/

or http://www.100waystolisten.com

June 12th, 6pm AEST

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May

I Dont Wanna Stop

Ba Da Boom Percussion present an online concert of Splendid Wood (Jennifer Higdon), Living Room Music and Credo in US (John Cage), Rain Tree (Toru Takemitsu), Marimba Spiritual (Minouri Miki), Akadinda (Emmanuel Sejourne), Kangaroopak (Terry Longshore), Little Things (Wally Gunn), Fractalia (Owen Clayton-Condon).

May 20th, 9am

Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University

Directed by Vanessa Tomlinson

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April

Pink Full Moon Opera – Pauline Oliveros

Presented by Opera Povera and CalArts.

Selected excerpts from the performance are here

Complete international performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv7itacp_to

Excerpts from Vanessa’s contribution: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7043673

April 7th 12pm - 6pm

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March

Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians

Musical Director of the South Australian premiere of this work with Gabriella Smart and Soundstream.

March 13th, 7pm

Elder Hall, University of Adelaide

Royal Croquette Club (RCC2020)

Clocked Out and Hilary Kleinig

Including works by Griswold, Kleinig and improvisations.

March 6th, 6pm

Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University

Women of Noise

Clocked Out and Hilary Kleinig

World premiere work by Hilary Kleinig

March 6th, 1pm

Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University

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2019

November

Sounding the Smithsonian

Vanessa is Artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Over a week, she will present 4 discreet Sondings of various buildings and gardens that are part of the Smithsonian Museums as a contribution to the Year of Music.

November 1 Sounding #3 - Freer Art Gallery - Japan Room

November 2 Sounding #4 - The Castle with Lisa Cella and friends

https://music.si.edu/events#/?i=2 

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October

Sounding the Smithsonian

Vanessa is Artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Over a week, she will present 4 discreet Sondings of various buildings and gardens that are part of the Smithsonian Museums as a contribution to the Year of Music.

October 30th Sounding #1 - The Enid Haupt Garden with Matthew Duvall and Patrick Crossland

October 31st Sounding #2 - The Castle with Lisa Cella and friends

https://music.si.edu/events#/?i=2 

Water Pushes Sand on Tour

The Australian Art Orchestra are on tour in China, presenting Erik Griswold's epic work Water Pushes Sand for 5 Sichuan musicians, and 5 Australian musicians. 

October 26th - Xian

October 24th - Shanghai International Festival

October 23rd - Shanghai International Festival

October 22nd - Chengu

Clocked Out with Mary Oliver

A new collaboration between Vanessa Tomlinson, Erik Griswold and Amsterdam-based violinist Mary Oliver.

Works include Griswold – Action Music, Tomlinson - Sonic Dreams San Diego, Mary Oliver - Wild Geese and work by Misha Mendelberg.

October 18 6 pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium, Ian Hanger Recital Hall | $15

October 19, 3 pm

@ Lagavulin, Stanthorpe-Tenterfield | $15

Reich Quartet

Anna Grinberg and Liam Viney with Vanessa Tomlinson and Nozomi Omote present an Australian performance of Reich Quartet at UQ Concert Series. Also on the program are works by Erik Griswold and Matthew Hindson.

October 10th, 1pm.

September

Interlingua Conference

The Australian Art Orchestra present the Interlingua Conference with a keynote from Vanessa Tomlinson.

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

September 24th 2pm

Soundstream Emerging Composers Concert

Performers and mentors Catherine Milliken, Erik Griswold, Gabriella Smart and Vanessa Tomlinson present works by 4 emerging Australian composers.

September 21st, 3pm - Aldinga Scrub

September 22nd, 3pm - ABC Studio 520, Adelaide

Creative Music Intensive - faculty

Creative music intensive is a 10 day residency run by the Australian Art Orchestra including workshops, performances, sound walks, and lectures in the beautiful mountains of Tarrleah in Tasmania.

Various performances and presentations.

September 11 - 15.

Tyalgum Music Festival

Vanessa co-directs this festival of chamber music in the amazing northern NSW hinterland with Anna McMichael. IN 2019 Vanessa will be part of the Saturday night concert with Michael Askill, Tenzin Chogyeal and Katherine Philp, and also be part of Alice Chance’s Comfort Music, a Roving Opera directed by Tim Munro.

September 6 – 8th

@Tyalgum Village

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August

Activate: Resounding Research

Vanessa curates this 3 day research festival presented by the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre including Pecha Kulcha presentations, music-making workshops, performances and re-sounding lectures. Guest artists include David Williams, Dheeraj Shresthra, Haruna Tsuchiya among others.

Queensland Conservatorium

South Bank

August 28-30th

Amber Evans and Jon Clancy with Early Warning System

Featuring works by Ligeti, Jennifer Walshe and Cerrone for soprano and percussion quartet

August 23rd, 6pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium, Ian Hanger Recital Hall | $15

Carcasses of Angels

Clocked Out and Cat Hope

A new collaboration with Vanessa Tomlinson, Erik Griswold and Cat Hope presenting works including Griswold – Action Music

2 August, 6 pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium, Ian Hanger Recital Hall | $15

August 3, 3 pm

@ Lagavulin, Stanthorpe-Tenterfield | $15

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July

Gender Diversity in Music and Art – University of Western Australia

Armadillo by Robyn Schukowsky

Performed by Robyn Schukowsky, Vanessa Tomlinson, Louise Denevish

July 16th, 7pm

@ Callaway Music Auditorium, UWA

Performing with Shoeb Ahmad: Artist talk and performance with guest artists Jameson Feakes, Vanessa Tomlinson and Shoshana Rosenberg

July 18th, 4.30pm

@ Eileen Joyce Studio

New site-specific work for 20 performers – Vanessa Tomlinson

As part of Limited Hangout

July 19th5pm

@ Tropical Grove, UWA, Perth

https://www.uwa.edu.au/able/schools/conservatorium-of-music/conservatorium-of-music-events/gender-diversity-conference

Clocked Out Duo with Lindsay Vickery

TENOR Conference, Monash University, Melbourne

https://www.monash.edu/tenor2019/schedule

Featuring works by:

Alex Christie “Memory Calendar with Pieces Missing”

Ryan Ross Smith “Study no. 0”

Carmen Chan Schoenborn “FW: REGENERATE”

Joshua Tomlinson “A Short Story”

Lindsay Vickery “Kurui”

July 23rd, 6.30pm

@The Music Auditorium, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival

Concert 6 OLD KINGS IN EXILE featuring work by Brett Dean

Sunday 28 July, 2 pm, 

@ Dunwich Public Hall

Performing works by Brett Dean

Concert 3 BRUNDIBÁR featuring work by Hans Krása

Saturday 27 July, 2 pm, 

@Point Lookout Community Hall

https://www.stradmusic.org

 

June

Open Frame

Featuring Stephen O Malley; Eiko Ishibashi + Joe Talia; Loscil;
Vanessa Tomlinson performing Harold Budd’s Lirio;Ears Have Ears DJs

June 28th7pm

@Carriageworks

https://carriageworks.com.au/events/room40-open-frame-2019-2/

MONO 

Featuring sets by Stephen O’Malley, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Loscil and Vanessa Tomlinson performing Lirio by Harold Budd

https://ima.org.au/ima-events/mono-34-rafael-anton-irisarri-loscil-vanessa-tomlinson-stephen-omalley/

June 20th7pm

@ Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane

 

January

Art by Twilight Series at the Heidi Gallery

Solo improv sets by Vanessa Tomlinson and Aviva Endean, followed by a duo

performance. On three selected nights across January, February and March, the

Heide Museum keeps its doors open late for the audience to enjoy art, food and wine,

beautiful weather, gorgeous surroundings - and great music! 
Fri 25 Jan, 5-8pm: Heide Museum (admission included with Museum Pass)

@ Heidi Museum of Modern Art

7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen VIC 3105

https://www.heide.com.au/events/art-twilight-4

 

2018

December

 

Music and Human Rights

Exploring the relationship between music and human rights 

in honour of UN Human Rights Day. Curated by a team of researchers from QCRC and the Law Futures

at Griffith University, this event is a show case of music and talks.

13 December 2 - 4.30pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium, Southbank

Pecha Kucha

Vanessa joins a lineup of Queensland based artists to discuss

"Art, What is it good for" with a presentation titled

"Learning to Listen: The Adventure of new ideas in music"

5 December 6pm

@ Brisbane Powerhouse

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November

Artistic Research Symposium

With guest Professor Darla Crispin from the Norwegian Academy of Music

for the Artistic Research Symposium (jointly convened with the School of

Music University of Queensland). Curated by Vanessa Tomlinson and Liam Viney.

27-30 November

@ Griffith University/UQ School of Music

Smithsonian Year of Music Development

Vanessa joins Folkways@The Smithsonian as an artistic advisor to develop a program of

activities for the 2019 Year of Music.

13-16 November

@ The Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

The Opera of Objects

Clocked Out and Cathy Milliken

A new collaboration with librettist Craig Foltz exploring the sonic nature of objects.

9 November, 6 pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium, Ian Hanger Recital Hall | $15

10 November, 3 pm

@ Lagavulin, Stanthorpe-Tenterfield | $15

Music for 18 Musicians

Ba Da Boom Percussion and QCGU New Music Ensemble present Steve Reich's epic work

Music for 18 Musicians in the amazing acoustic of the Conservatorium Theatre.

Directed by Vanessa Tomlinson

9 November 7.30pm

@ Conservatorium Theatre, Southbank

84 Pianos

This sonic phenomena returns to Queensland Conservatorium for a second performance 

as part of the Australian Piano Duo Festival. Features all the pianos at the Conservatorium inset,

the audience traverse the corridors listening from different vantage points throughout

the building.

3 November 6pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium

Music for 2 Pianos and Percussion

Bartok - Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion

Therese Milanovic, Stephen Emmerson, Vanessa Tomlinson & Nozomi Omote
Erik Griswold - Runaway Variations (2018) Piano duo & auxiliary percussion. World Premiere

Anna Grinberg & Liam Viney
Steve Reich - 2 Pianos & 2 Marimbas. Australian Premiere

Liam Viney, Anna Grinberg, Vanessa Tomlinson & Nozomi Omote

1 November @ 7.30pm

@ Queensland Conservatorium Southbank

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October

I am the Silk Road

Rising Artists Work, Shanghai International Festival

New work by Guzheng player Mindy Wang for  violin, contra bass, electronics,

shakuhachi, bass trombone, saxophone and percussion.

23-24 October 

Fudong University, Shanghai

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September

Hidden Sounds|Sounds in Motion

Sound installations placed throughout the town of Tyalgum.

In collaboration with Leah Barclay, John Ferguson, Sulja Nezovic,

Vanessa Tomlinson, and Erkki Veltheim.

7-9 September

@ Tyalgum Festival

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The Listening Museum III
Percussion, sound art, and random musical happenings in a working factory.
21 September, 7 pm
@ Urban Art Projects, 41 Holland St, Northgate (Brisbane) | Free

Brought to you by Clocked Out

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August

Hidden Sounds | Sounds in Motion
An emerging series of sound sculptures that reveal unheard sounds in the environment, and investigate the kinetic energy of sound. A collaboration of Clocked Out, Leah Barclay, John Ferguson, Sulja Nezovic, and Erkki Veltheim.
11-19 August
@ National Science Week (South Brisbane)

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Bloom Collective
Clocked Out joins with mover Jan Baker-Finch, artist Renata Buziak, and poet Vicky Kelleher to present work inspired by collaborations with scientists from Brisbane's EcoScience Precinct, exploring the gullies of Queensland.

14 August (Launch of the Artists in Residence Science exhibition)

@  EcoScience Precinct, Brisbane.

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Delicious Ironies
Clocked Out with Lindsay Vickery (Perth)
24 August, 6 pm @ Queensland Conservatorium, Ian Hanger Recital Hall | $15

25 August, 3 pm @ Lagavulin, Stanthorpe-Tenterfield | $15

26 August, 3 pm @ Cooroora Institute, Sunshine Coast | $15

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July

8th

Because of her we can

Mitchell Town Hall, Qld

As culmination of arts camp on the Maranoa led by Gunggari elders

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Piano Bloom

Site-specific performance and installation

in collaboration with Jan Baker-Finch, Renata Buziak, Vicki Kelleher, Vanessa Tomlinson.

26-30 July

Contexts 8th International Festival of Ephemeral Art, Sokolowsko, Poland

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June

22nd

Sounds of Farina (Jesse Budel)

Farina Ghost Town between Lyndhurst and Marree in South Australia

With Farina Restoration Group, Jesse Budel and Joshua Baldwin

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24th 

Tomlin|Fergus Duo with Erik Griswold

Performing Sonic Dreams (Extinction) by Tomlinson

EcoAcoustics International Congress, QUT/GU

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March

5th 

Tomlin|Fergus Duo

Performing Sonic Dreams (Extinction) by Tomlinson

7.30pm Basil Jones Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

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7th

Behind the Music talk - Creative Women in the Arts

with Susan Best, Linda Mayhew and Brydie Bartleet

1pm Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

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14th

Flutist Monika Koener with Early Warning System

Playing works by  

Ketil Hvoslef’s, Lou Harrison’s, Thomas and Ingolf Dahl

with Vanessa Tomlinson, François Combemorel, Jacob Enoka, Nozomi Omote, Nathan Gatenby and Cameron Kennedy.

7.30pm Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium.

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17th

From the Air - Australian Art Orchestra

Featuring Erik Griswold, Peter Knight, Vanessa Tomlinson, Paddy Mann, Aviva Endean

2pm Hamer Hall Foyer, Melbourne Arts Centre

Tickets

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29th

Piano Mill Book Launch

Featuring Jocelyn Wolfe, Bruce Wolfe, Stephen Adams, Vanessa Tomlinson, Erik Griswold

6pm Riverbend Books, Oxford Street, Bulimba

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April

1st

The Piano Mill

Featuring new work for the mill by Lynette Lancini, Louise Denson, Vanessa Tomlinson; Environmental works by Stephen Adams, Bloom Collective, Brodie McAllister, Jodie Rottle; world premiere by Erik Griswold for prepared piano and string quartet; plus special guest artists Kristin Berardi, Rebecca Lloyd Jones, Sam Pankhurst, Jan Baker-Finch, Artist-in-residence Renata Buziak, Leah Barclay and many more.

2pm - sunset Harrigans Lane, Wilsons Downfall

Read about the event in the Tenterfield Times

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13th

Ecstatic - Cultural Festival

Performing with Susheela Ramen in a concert uniting musicians from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia

7pm Main Stage, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast

As part of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival

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20th

the essential gesture is the breath

Clocked Out with Jim Denley 

6pm Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

Tickets $15/10 at the door

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21st

the essential gesture is the breath

Clocked Out with Jim Denley

3pm, Lagavulin@The Piano Mill

Tickets $15

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Photo: Josef Ruckli

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