Future Retro Ensemble Offspring
The Ensemble Offspring is Australia’s pre-eminent new music ensemble, dedicated to the performance of innovative new music. The Sydney-based group is committed to a living classical music tradition combining classics of the 20th century with the music of tomorrow from Australia and abroad.
They are champions of innovative music new in Australia, both performing and composing new works, while supporting emerging artists with their own unique mentoring program.
The group will celebrate their 20th anniversary this month, and to celebrate, they will present Future Retro – A two-part concert reflecting on Australian new music over the past 20 years, as well as looking in to the future at new works from some of Australia’s brightest young composers.
The concert will see traditional instruments played in new and different ways, along with new and experimental instruments and turntables – creating a completely unique sound. We’ll have flute (Lamorna Nightingale), clarinet (Jason Noble), violin (Veronique Serret & James Cuddeford), percussion (Claire Edwardes), drum kit & percussion (Bree van Reyk) and piano (Zubin Kanga), it is often expanded to include instruments such as accordion (James Crabb), double bass (Dave Symes), electric guitar (Zane Banks) and for larger combinations, a conductor (Roland Peelman).
What: “Future Retro” – The 20th anniversary of Ensemble Offspring
When: The 25th of October
Where: The Conservatorium of Music in Sydney