John McCaughey: Musical Director

 

PATTERNS OF PLANTS

a cross-cultural ensemble with traditional Japanese and baroque Western instruments

Miyama McQueen-Tokita, koto
Laura Vaughan, viola da gamba
Simone Slattery, baroque violin
Brandon Lee, koto
Ryan William, recorders
Henry Liang, sho
Alexander Ritter, countertenor

Directed by Andrew Byrne

A  seven-piece ensemble - created specifically for this project - performs new arrangements from Mamoru Fujieda's Patterns of Plants with traditional Japanese music and early baroque works.

Three performances:

Saturday 2 September, 3pm
Saturday 2 September, 7:30pm
Sunday 3 September, 5pm
The Eleventh Hour Theatre, 170 Leicester St, Fitzroy

Saturday 2 September, 3:00 pm

The Eleventh Hour Theatre, 170 Leicester St, Fitzroy VIC 3065

   


Astra acknowledges and respects the sovereign peoples of the Kulin Nations on whose unceded land Astra is based. We extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past, present and emerging, and to all First Nations people.

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