NEAL PRESENTS
PLACE | MINDY MENG WANG & SONUS ENSEMBLE
THURS 08 SEP
DOORS 7.30PM
PERFORMANCE 8.00-9.00PM
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General Admission $15.00
Concession $10.00
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The New and Experimental Arts Laboratory (NEAL) is a Geelong-based collective of musicians and programmers, led by Vicki Hallett and Jem Savage.
NEAL curates performances by world-class composers and experimental musicians, and have partnered with Platform since 2018.
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Compositions by Kym Dillon, commissioned by the New and Experimental Arts Laboratory (NEAL) and City of Greater Geelong.
Mindy Meng Wang: Guzheng Performing Artist
Sonus Ensemble:
flute: Suzanne Moodie
oboe: Salvador Blasco Celda
clarinet: Vicki Hallett
bassoon: Barney Ellis
french horn: Melinda Bell
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Platform Arts is wheelchair-accessible via our Gheringhap St entrance. Unlocked, accessible bathrooms are available on both ground and first floors.
For accessibility enquiries, please contact us directly: hello@platformarts.org.au
Please note, Platform Arts is a dry venue.
Travel to places both familiar and imagined through the compositions of Geelong-based composer Kym Dillon, brought to life by the breathtaking sounds of Mindy Meng Wang on guzheng and Sonus Ensemble.
PLACE presents two original compositions, rhapsody/postcard and Djilang 5x5. Commissioned by NEAL (New and Experimental Arts Laboratory, rhapsody/postcard layers the unique sound of guzheng extraordinaire Mindy Meng Wang over the wind instruments of Sonus Ensemble.
Commissioned by the City of Greater Geelong through the Arts & Culture Department’s Arts Industry Commissions Program, Djilang 5x5 was created in consultation with Wadawurrung elder Corrina Eccles. This work journeys through Lakes Connewarre and Modewarre, the You Yangs, Moorabool Street, and the meeting point of the Barwon and Moorabool rivers, exploring how one’s perception of a place evolves when hearing from those who know its story best.
This will be the second performance of Djilang 5x5, following its sell-out premiere in 2021.
ABOUT
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Kym Dillon is a composer and performer based in Melbourne and Geelong. Beginning her career as a jazz pianist, Kym’s lifelong passion for composition soon became her primary focus, with her work now spanning multiple genres and areas of musical practice.
Kym has had original works commissioned by such groups as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Astra Chamber Music Society and Musica Viva, and has won several prizes for her work. She also works regularly as a conductor, composition teacher and accompanist, and as a public speaker she has given pre-concert talks for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Australian Chamber Orchestra, and has worked as a guest presenter for ABC Classic.
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Mindy Meng Wang a versatile Chinese/Australian Composer and world leading contemporary Guzheng Performing Artist. She is a pioneer to bring the Guzheng (ancient Chinese harp) into many western genres such as experimental, Jazz, western classical, Electronic, pop and improvisation.
Mindy has performed with many high-profile artists and at events, festivals and top venues in Australia and abroad, including O2 Arena and Barbican Centre in London, OzAsia, Mona Foma, Dark Mofo, TEDx Sydney, AsiaTOPA festivals. Her collaborators include Regurgitator, Tim Shiel, Paul Grabowsky and Deborah Cheetham, AAO, Orchestra Victoria, MSO among others.
Her work explores the fertile space between traditional and contemporary practices, and is part of a significant movement of Chinese musicians redefining and reinvigorating their musical tradition. She is a strong voice for young female composers and artists of Chinese heritage on global stage.
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Sonus Ensemble is an innovative group of Geelong-based professional musicians. The basis of the group is a wind quintet that has the ability to expand and contract to create exciting collaborations and incorporate other art mediums. Recent performances include the 2021 World premiere of “Djilang”, composed by Kym Dillon, and commissioned by a CoGG Arts Industry Commission Grant. The 2019 Waking the Giants Festival, Mount Elephant with the World Premiere of music by Stephan Hakenburg, Dindy Vaughan and Gene Holland.
