Past Event

Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival 2010 APRA Composer Commission Concert

23rd Apr 2010

Presenter: Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival
Website: http://melbournejazzfringe.com/
Event Duration: 180 minutes

The 2010 Jazz Fringe Festival kicks off in BMW Edge at Federation Square with the APRA Composer Commission Concert featuring a new work by celebrated Melbourne vocalist Gian Slater

Gone, without saying is a work for voices that explores the notion of communication between and without words. That which cannot be put into words – those things we don’t wish to speak of, or those that go without saying. This work is written for voices using experimental and extended vocal techniques with intricate, textural layering and conceptual improvising.

Gian Slater is the rarest of singers – a complete musician and true virtuoso, whose mastery of her instrument is in total service to a powerful emotional immediacy in her music. She possesses a highly mobile and accurate voice with an uncommon improvisational ability, and the harmonic and technical awareness and clarity of intention more commonly associated with instrumentalists. At 26, she has already developed an extended body of original compositions and recordings and is a sought after vocalist in many diverse settings.

Gian will be supported by three-time Aria winner Andrea Keller and Tim Wilson who are launching their debut duo album.

Please note that this event is being staged in BMW Edge @ Federation Square.  Ticket collections and doors sales will be available from there after 6.30 PM on the night.