• EXTREME NATURE
Friday 7 August 8pm
Verbruggen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Elliott Gyger From the Hungry Waiting Country
Nicholas Vines Torrid Nature Scene (Australian premiere)
From water choked valleys and scorching winds, to a clandestine romp in nature, two intrepid Australian composers draw inspiration from powerful and confronting texts. After the performance, meet the composers and enjoy a glass of champagne to celebrate the launch of Halcyon's latest CD, Cool Black, featuring song cycles by Australian composer Rosalind Page.
Tickets $30/$20 available at door. Click here to book online. Additional fees may apply.

• WILLOW SONGS
Saturday 26 September 7.30pm
Trackdown Scoring Stage, Building #125, The Entertainment Quarter, Lang Rd, Moore Park

Presented by the New Music Network
featuring Andrew Ford Willow Songs (world premiere)
The sublime poetic style of Japanese Haiku has inspired composers from around the world to give musical expression to a perfectly formed verse. Halcyon performs a selection of these evocative settings for voice and ensemble. The performance culminates in the world premiere of a new song cycle by composer, writer and broadcaster Andrew Ford on poems by Anglo-American poet Anne Stevenson. Willow Songs is a picture of a woman's life in reverse, from defiant, outrageous maturity to vulnerable girlhood.
Tickets $30/$20 Bookings: (02) 8256 2222 or tickets available at the door.
Book online here. Additional fees may apply

• June 16 Melbourne 5.30pm For the University of Melbourne’s Festival of Ideas
Alison and Jenny are again joined by singers Belinda Montgomery, Jo Burton and harpist Genevieve Lang to perform Elliott Gyger’s From the Hungry Waiting Country.

• May 12-17 Canberra Canberra International Chamber Music Festival
Singers Meinir Ann Thomas and Natalie Shea in various programs from Pergolesi through Brahms, Mendelssohn and Fauré to Andriessen!

• May 1 Armidale Musica Viva tour
Alison and Jenny are joined by singers Belinda Montgomery, Jo Burton and harpist Genevieve Lang, in a program featuring Graham Hair, Dan Walker, Kerry Andrew, Ruth Lee Martin, Ross Edwards and Stuart Greenbaum.

• April 19 Government House, Sydney 6.45pm
House Music program with Laura Chislett Jones (flutes), Patrick Murphy (cello) and Sally Whitwell (piano) in a program featuring intimate works by Ross Edwards, Anne Boyd, Claire Jordan, John Tavener, Oliver Knussen, Joseph Schwantner and Libby Larsen.

• April 9 Melbourne Recital Centre 7.30pm
Performing Steve Reich’s Tehillim and Damien Ricketson’s In God’s Esperanto with Roland Peelman, Ensemble Offspring and a band of Melbourne percussionists.

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