SoundOut Festival 2018 (set list below)

This is the 9th year of the annual SoundOut festival, and in 2018 we will bring to you the continuation of the incredible explorative sonic arts event. This is the International Free Improvisational, Free Jazz and Experimental Music festival to will uplift tired ears, explore the unknown, see within the fabric of sound, unravel the threads of normative musical praxis, and question sonic hegemonies. With artists from Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden and the US that will combine, mix, cross-fertilize, and move sound mountains to inspire inquiring ears.

SoundOut 2018 sees the extraordinary Artists: From Norway and Sweden a duo of: Sten Sandell (piano), and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums); From Austria and France the Duo: Franz Hautzinger (trumpet) and Isabelle Duthoit (Vocals/clarinet); from the US, vocalist Bonnie Lander and expat-cellist Judith Hamann; From Germany saxophonist Georg Wissell; From Denmark (bassist) Adam Pultz-Melbye and expat (guitarist) Julia Reidy in the Duo: Tennis of all Kinds; From Sweden Johan Moir (bassist) with expat Casey Moir (vocalist) in the briliant duo called Ignite; From the Malaysia electroacoustic artist Goh -Lee Kwang; From Melbourne: Prime: saxophonist Scott McCounnachie and guitarist Ren Walters duo; From Sydney: vocal artist Tony Osborne and on Electronic/clarinet Alexandra Spence; From Canberra: Miroslav Bukovsky (trumpet), Amelia Watson (objects, toy piano/prepared piano); Psithurism trio (John Porter (tenor saxophone; Rhys Butler, alto saxophone; Richard Johnson, wind instruments) and brilliant young composer/improviser Ben Drury on double bass + many more surprise Artists. (See Set list below)

The 2018 group of Artists has never gathered before and never will again in the same configuration, but they are all involved in an international dialogue that is essential to the unfolding of new music structures and what it means to be human in the 21st Century. Come, see and hear the new music evolve.

SoundOut is very grateful for the generous support from the ACT Government for the 2018 Festival. We are also grateful to the friends of SoundOut, and the volunteers that help with the festival. Special gratitude goes to the Drill Hall Gallery and Staff for their consistent friendship, generosity and support; as well as School of Music in Canberra for the generous help with equipment and use of the Bandroom for the Workshops. The Artists would like to thank their respective governments and cultural institutions for their support: The Norwegian Government, the Swedish government; the Austrian Embassy; and the Danish and German Governments.

SoundOut Set List

Saturday 3rd February

Afternoon: Session 1 (1pm - 5pm)

1:00 Psithurism Trio:

John Porter: tenor sax, Sydney

Rhys Butler: alto sax, Canberra

Richard Johnson: wind instruments, Canberra

1:50 IGNITE:

Casey Moir: vocals, Sweden

Johan Moir: double Bass, Sweden

2:40

Alexandra Spence: electronic/clarinet, Sydney

Millie Watson: toy piano/piano/percussion, Canberra

Prue Fuller: sound Objects, Sydney

Romy Caen: harmonium/electronics, Sydney

Tony Osborne: vocals/electronics, Sydney

3:30 Georg Wissel: alto saxophone SOLO, Germany

4:20 Workshop ensemble from the 2nd of February

Saturday Evening:

Session 2 (7pm - 11:30pm)

7:00 PRIME:

Ren Walters: guitar, Melbourne

Scott McConnachie: alto saxophone, Melbourne

7:50

Paal Nilssen-Love: drums, Norway

Sten Sandell: piano, Sweden

8:40

Ben Drury: double bass, Canberra

Bonnie Lander: vocals, USA

Goh Lee Kwang: electronics, Malaysia

Judith Hamann: cello, USA

9:35

Isabelle Duthoit: vocals/clarinet, France

Franz Hautzinger: trumpet, Austria

10: 20

Tennis Of all Kinds:

Adam Pultz-Melbye: double bass, Denmark

Julia Reidy: guitar, Sydney/Berlin

11:10pm Collective improvisation from all performers of the day

Sunday 4th February
Afternoon: Session 3 (1pm - 5pm)

1:00

Alexandra Spence: electronic/clarinet, Sydney

Bonnie Lander: vocals, USA

Goh Lee Kwang: electronics, Malaysia

1:50

Ben Drury: double bass, Canberra

Casey Moir: vocals, Sweden

Julia Reidy: guitar, Sydney/Berlin

Millie Watson: toy piano/piano/percussion, Canberra

2:40 + Adam + Paal + PRIME +

Adam Pultz-Melbye: double bass, Denmark

Paal Nilssen-Love: drums, Norway

Ren Walters: guitar, Guitar

Scott McConnachie: alto saxophone, Melbourne

3:30 + Alex + Georg+ Psithurism +

Alexandra Spence: clarinet, Sydney

John Porter: tenor sax, Sydney

Rhys Butler: alto sax, Canberra

Richard Johnson: Wind instruments, Canberra

Georg Wissel: alto saxophone, Germany

4:20

Franz Hautzinger: trumpet, Austria

Johan Moir: double bass, Sweden

Judith Hamann: cello, USA/Melbourne

Miroslav Bukovsky: trumpet, Canberra

Sunday Evening:

Session 4 (7pm - 11:30pm)

7:00

Bonnie Lander: vocals, USA

Casey Moir: vocals, Sweden

Isabelle Duthoit: vocals, France

Tony Osborne: vocals, Sydney

7:45 Sten Sandell: piano SOLO, Sweden

8:35

Johan Moir: double bass, Sweden

Julia Reidy: guitar, Sydney/Berlin

Miroslav Bukovsky: trumpet, Canberra

Paal Nilssen-Love: drums, Norway

Rhys Butler: alto sax, Canberra

9:30

Adam Pultz-Melbye: double bass, Denmark

Franz Hautzinger: trumpet, Austria

Isabelle Duthoit: vocals, France

Judith Hamann: cello, USA/Melbourne

Richard Johnson: wind instruments, Canberra

10:20

Georg Wissel: alto sax, Germany

John Porter: tenor sax, Sydney

Prue Fuller: sound objects/small instruments, Sydney

Romy Caen: harmonium/electronics, Sydney

10:50 Collective Improvisation (all Performers from the two days)