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Newman College
University of Melbourne
887 Swanston Street, Parkville
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TIMES
Sat 15
Sat 22
ETHEREAL
EYE
8pm & 9pm
7.30pm, 8.30pm &
9.30pm
Duration 23-30 mins, no interval
TICKET PRICES
$28
Purchase tickets at www.festival.melbourne
Ethereal Eye is a musical homage to the
architecture and ideas of Walter Burley
Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, the
American architects who, in 1911, won
the international competition to design
and build Canberra as a new capital for a
new nation—a bold, highly original vision
for a unique metropolis to be located
within the contours of a distinctively
Australian landscape.
Ethereal Eye is inspired by an alternate
Australia imagined by the Griffins, unlocking
the subliminal connections between music
and architecture, and featuring specially
designed microtonal instruments and
tunings performed by an ensemble featuring
soprano, trombone, piano and percussion.
As part of this special Melbourne Festival
collaboration, Ethereal Eye will be performed
within the magnificent dining hall of Newman
College designed by the Griffins themselves.
Enhanced by stunning projections onto
the Hall’s domed interior by renowned
projection artist Ian de Gruchy, the work
will feature musicians from the Melbourne
Conservatorium of Music and ANAM.
Multimedia Design
Olaf Meyer, Multimedia Events Australia
Jonathan Mills is one of Australia’s most
acclaimed composers, spanning the fields of
opera, ballet, concerto and chamber music
among others. He has also directed arts
festivals across Australia and from 2006
to 2014 was Director of the Edinburgh
International Festival.
Microtonal Piano
Jonathan Mills
Ian de Gruchy is a multi-media artist whose
work employs the best of both analogue
and digital technologies to produce complex
projected works.
CREDITS
Composer
Jonathan Mills
Conductor
Fabian Russell
Soprano
Justine Anderson
Trombone/Conch
Ben Anderson
Percussion
Oliver Iacono, Mathew Levy, Peter Neville,
Therese Ng and Zela Papageorgiou
Percussion Technician/Coordinator
Dan Richardson
Concerts Coordinator
James Hutchinson
Head of Percussion, Faculty
of VCA and MCM, and ANAM
Peter Neville
Projection Artist
Ian de Gruchy
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Image: Walter Burley Griffin, Last Plan, 1918, Canberra. Richard Clough, National Library of Australia, nla.obj-14369087