Kammerklang

19/11/2024

"The lush smorgasbord of Ripples and Echoes celebrated the talents of emerging composers. It offered the assembled audience, star-studded with bassists of all backgrounds and training, substantial recent works which should find a secure place in the performance canon."

Thank you Paul Nolan and Sydney Arts Guide for this excellent review capturing Will's incredible performance at Church Street Studios this past weekend. We're excited to continue the Hidden Curiosities series into 2025 (with more announcements next week).

And yes, double bassists around the world, do check out the incredible music of these composers: Declan Postlethwaite Music, Elissa Goodrich, Keyna Wilkins: Composer/Musician, Mark Oliveiro - Composer, Naomi Dodd, Stephen Hornby, William Varga, Zoe Gougousidis and our very own Cameron Lam - Composer

Above: Featured performer and curator of this programme, bassist Will Hansen. Photo credit: Jared Underwood. Featured image- Graphic design by Luke Adrian Moseley featuring in concert artwork and t…

15/11/2024

The full program's up for today's 2pm show, Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios

We can't wait for Will Hansen, Double Bassist to show his collection of hidden double bass gems from composers all over Australia. See you there!

Full program and last minute tickets: https://kammerklang.com/portfolio/ripples-and-echoes-a-hidden-curiosity/

Ripples and Echoes is curated and performed by Sydney double bassist Will Hansen. Featuring a tasting platter of memories and experiences, stretching from the sky to the cosmos, this one-hour solo …

14/11/2024

Final Composer Spotlight! On Cameron Lam - Composer and his piece Before We Leave (from Palette Pieces).
Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist!

Cameron Lam (he/they) is Melbourne-based composer, obsessive dabbler, excitable research nerd, and joyful collaborator. He creates music-based works that connect multiple artforms (and hopefully multiple humans) with his production company/record label Kammerklang and on other freelance projects. They are also a passionate curator and champion of the Australian art music community, running the Australian Art Music playlist and 1,000 Curious Ears projects on Spotify.

His music has been described by Limelight Magazine as “a fantastical world in which mythological stories come to life” and “infused with a Northern European sensibility – dark, emotional, restrained”. Cameron excels at vocal and chamber music where each performer has agency and a chance to contribute to collective art making. This has most recently led to being shortlisted for Australia’s prestigious Paul Lowin Prize for their spectral a ca****la song cycle about getting naked and loving your q***r self, The Splendour of Lying Naked in the Sun.

13/11/2024

Composer Spotlight on Zoe Gougousidis and her piece The Undercurrent.

Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist!

Zoe Gougousidis is an emerging composer based in Sydney, Australia. She completed a BMus(Composition) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2023. Throughout her studies and since completing her degree, Zoe has had works performed by numerous Australian ensembles, as well as internationally – including in Germany, China, and New Zealand. She has been selected as a finalist in the Australian Women’s Wind Band Composition Award in both 2024 and 2021, as well as being a selected participant in the SCM Reading Session Competition (Wind Band 2023, Orchestra 2022), and the Artology Fanfare Composition Competition in 2021.

Zoe has a background in wind and brass banding as well as jazz, actively performing and competing as a euphonium player and trombonist. Playing these gave her an appreciation for bass end instruments that are often underutilised in solo writing, which led to the composition of her work The Undercurrent for double bass in 2022.

11/11/2024

Composer Spotlight on William Varga and his piece Micro-Sonata No. 2.
Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist!

William Varga is a versatile young musician who enjoys a busy schedule of singing alongside studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Composition. He has studied under Carl Vine AO, Gerard Brophy, Harry Sdraulig, Peggy Polias and Jack Symonds. Outside of University coursework, his music has been performed by the St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, the St Paul’s College Chapel Choir, and he has also recently won a workshop opportunity with the Australian String Quartet.

08/11/2024

Thank you SoundsLikeSydney for the great write up on Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity, we hope to see you all there!

Kammerklang champions music that is in danger of being forgotten, this time for double bass.
https://www.soundslikesydney.com.au/event/ripples-and-echoes-a-hidden-curiosity-from-kammerklang/

07/11/2024

Composer Spotlight on Stephen Hornby and his piece Joyce.
Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist!

Stephen Hornby is a Melbourne based double bass player and composer who has been an active member of the local music scene for over 15 years. Stephen is heavily steeped in the jazz tradition having studied at the VCA with many notable musicians such as Tamara Murphy and Ben Robertson however, possesses a deep love of all music, evident is his diverse musical output and collaborators.

Original contemporary music is at the core of his musical practice, composing for and leading/co-leading several groups including Koi Kingdom, +F:rst Sunn+, Faraway Trio and Bat Country as well as lending his bass playing talents to an array of bands and band leaders like Tulalah, Alcides Neto and Rufous Whistler.

05/11/2024

Composer Spotlight on Naomi Dodd and her piece The Cockatoo.
Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist

Emotional connection with listeners through sensitive, passionate and inspired music is at the heart of Naomi Dodd’s work. Her place in the Australian composition world is rapidly being established, with works having been commissioned by leading ensembles around the country. In 2024, Naomi holds the position of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composer in Residence. She is also a participant in Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-2025 Australian Composers’ School.

Since graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2019 she has had works commissioned and performed by many notable ensembles and artists such as MSO, Omega Ensemble, Australian guitarists Matt Withers and Callum Henshaw, Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, Penrith Symphony Orchestra, Awesöme Orchestra Collective (San Francisco), Northern Beaches Orchestra, Balmain Sinfonia, SCM Modern Music Ensemble and Geist String Quartet.

Naomi’s belief that all people possess an innate potential for musical appreciation shapes her desire to create music that reaches and impacts all who listen.

03/11/2024

Composer Spotlight on Mark Oliveiro - Composer and his piece Lo-fi Déjà vu.

Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist.

Dr. Mark Oliveiro is a distinguished composer and academic with a rich educational background, having earned degrees from the Sydney Conservatorium, the College of Music at the University of North Texas, and Indiana University's School of Music.

His work seamlessly merges acoustic, electronic, and interactive media, reflecting his deep interest in history, mythology, and ancient literature. Currently a lecturer at AIM and an executive member of the Australasian Computer Music Association, Mark's compositions challenge traditional genre boundaries, exploring post-genre and intersectionality in musical expression. His work navigates themes of movement, place, and technology, offering unique musical solutions that inhabit the space between established styles.

Mark's music has been featured at prestigious national and international festivals and conferences, including the World Saxophone Congress, the International Horn Society, the International Computer Music Association, and Vivid Music. His innovative approach continues to make waves in both the acoustic and electronic realms of contemporary composition.

31/10/2024

Composer Spotlight on Keyna Wilkins: Composer/Musician and her piece Dunes of Pluto.

Come along on November 16th and grab your tickets to Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios in Sydney, featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist.

Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS). Her music has been described by The Sydney Morning Herald as "arresting, genre-blurring...disquieting music with massive breadth and high drama", by Limelight Magazine as "Debussy, Miles Davis and flamenco in equal parts...an irresistible mix" and Jazz in Europe as "creating soundtracks for the biggest issues in our time".

21/10/2024

Composer Spotlight on Elissa Goodrich and her piece Moth Returns to Mountain Ash.

Being performed by Will Hansen, Double Bassist at Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity on Nov 16 at Church Street Studios in Sydney. Come along and grab your tickets!

Composer/sound artist/percussionist Elissa's works play in festivals across Europe, North America and Australasia. Elissa’s original music intersects contemporary jazz and classical idioms.

Multi-award winner for her compositions include: co-nominee for 2x APRA AMCOS Australian Jazz Work of the Year with Clare Shannon (Shannon-Goodrich Ensemble), 4x Green Room Awards including “Outstanding Composition and Sound Design”, and “Production” for Elissa’s Gene Tree Listen Now Again (in partnership with St Martins YPAC and Royal Botanic Gardens Vic).

Since 2015 Elissa's practice includes collaborating at the intersections of climate science and new music.

Elissa's new music "The Waves Project" continues in partnership with 'Surf Sounds' (Swinburne/Melbourne University), supported by Creative Australia and Creative Victoria (2020–2024). This year, her works feature in: FKL’s Knowledge from Listening (Italy), International Symposium of Electronic Art (Aus), Cities and Memories, (UK), Elissa is 1 of 7 international artists selected to work alongside climate scientists (HiFMB, Germany) (2024). Elissa is an invited UNESCO Ocean Decade Network artist-member.

16/10/2024

Composer Spotlight on Declan Postlethwaite Music and his piece Samba in the Souk.

Being performed by Will Hansen, Double Bassist at Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity on Nov 16 at Church Street Studios in Sydney. Come along and grab your tickets!

Declan Postlethwaite is an Australian composer, arranger, orchestrator, educator, and musician. He is a firm believer in the transformation nature of music and composes pieces which are accessible and enjoyable to all. Declan’s style is a combination of classical, film, jazz, and minimalism. This creates a soundscape which doesn’t try to break any sonic boundaries; rather, his music plays with convention to create something familiar but new.

Declan composes music for a variety of different mediums including classical art music, small jazz groups, film, T.V and chamber music. He is also an avid music educator and strings teacher. As a classically trained cellist and pianist he aims to create string orchestra works for new and aspiring young musicians.

09/10/2024

First up in our 2024/25 season is Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity. Join Will Hansen, Double Bassist on November 16 at Church Street Studios for his curated collection of solo double bass music and some chats and stories to connect them.

Tickets available from the Facebook event or the Kammerklang website.

30/09/2024

We're excited to announce the first two concerts in our 2024-25 season: our Hidden Curiosities series for Double Bass! Tickets available now.

First up on Nov 16: Ripples and Echoes: A Hidden Curiosity at Church Street Studios featuring Will Hansen, Double Bassist exploring memories past, and the hope of sky and space.

And on Dec 4: From the Deep: A HIdden Curiosity at The Motley Bauhaus featuring Miranda Hill exploring the deep ocean, deep tones, and deep connections with her teachers.

Both concerts' key artworks by Kammerklang's own Graphic Designer, the talented Luke Adrian Moseley!

Tickets are available from the Facebook events, and more details on the program can be found on our website: https://kammerklang.com

Hidden Curiosities is a new Kammerklang series championing existing, under-performed, Australian repertoire drawn from an open call for scores. Two performers pour over this collection of treasures to build their own personal dream program showcasing not just the talent of Australian composers, but their own taste, talents and stories.

09/09/2024

Huge congratulations to our selected composers for the double bass program.

Stay tuned for Nov/Dec concert dates (and artwork) for our Sydney and Melbourne shows featuring & Miranda Hill!

Viola composers, don't worry, you'll receive an email at the end of the month!

01/08/2024

OUT NOW! Untangled by Nicole Murphy

Untangled is the debut portrait EP of Australian composer Nicole Murphy, just released on the Kammerklang label. Featuring performances by Ensemble Apex and guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach.

This collection features several chamber works, showcasing Murphy’s masterful ability to thread intricate gestures into layered tapestries of sound.

Find it on all your favourite digital platforms, including Bandcamp. (Links in bio)

Untangled was generously supported by the AMP Foundation.

01/08/2024

OUT NOW: Untangled by Nicole Murphy

https://kammerklang.com/2024/08/01/untangled/

Untangled is the debut portrait EP of Australian composer Nicole Murphy, featuring performances by Ensemble Apex and guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach.

This collection features several chamber works, showcasing Murphy’s masterful ability to thread intricate gestures into layered tapestries of sound.

Untangled was generously supported by the AMP Foundation.

Untangled is the debut portrait EP of Australian composer Nicole Murphy, featuring performances by Ensemble Apex and guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach. Her music has been described as &…