HAMMERHEAD
Supported by Revive Live through the Australian Government and the Robert Salzer Foundation
BOLT ENSEMBLE with soloist AARON CHOULAI (Australian Art Orchestra)
SCHEDULE
Sunday 20 September
FILMING LOCK OUT: INVITE ONLY
Venue
JOLTED Arts Space
342 High Street, Northcote
BOLT ENSEMBLE
BOLT will perform a series of new works by James Hullick including Hammerhead. For the concert, Hullick’s works explore the intersection between acoustic instrumentation and machine sound. Several works feature sound machines created by James Hullick.
With much thanks to the Australian Art Orchestra, the BOLT Ensemble will present Aaron Choulai as a soloist for the event.
For this event the following BOLT musicians will be performing:
Alice Bennett (flute)
Belinda Woods (bass flute)
Karen Heath (clarinet)
Reuben Lewis (trumpet)
Simon Baldwin (trombone)
Hamish Upton (percussion)
Timothy Phillips (percussion)
Zac Johnston (violin)
Miranda Hill (double bass)
with special guest soloist:
Aaron Choulai
The Hammerhead works include:
SUPPORTED BY
This series is supported by Revive Live – an Australian Government Initiative. Supported by The Robert Salzer Foundation
AARON CHOULAI
Aaron Choulai is an award winning and critically acclaimed pianist and composer whose work is recognised as innovating new directions in jazz, hip-hop and improvised music. From large scale multi media cross-cultural festival commissions. to Japanese hip-hop beat tapes, Choulai’s career spans over 20 years, crossing international borders and intersections between genre and culture.
Born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and having lived in Tokyo for 15 years, Aaron Choulai is an artist of diverse culture and musical expression. Choulai began his career in Melbourne as a pianist before signing with the American record label Sunnyside records and moving to New York in the early 2000’s. While working during this time as a bandleader and sideman in America and Europe, Choulai’s profile as a composer and arranger grew while participating in projects such as The Black Arm Band (arr: 2007) We Don’t Dance For No Reason (comp: 2008) and Kate Ceberano (md: 2004 -2007) back in Australia. In 2008 he undertook postgraduate studies at theTokyo University of the Arts and after graduating in 2013, continued living in Tokyo where he has become a prominent figure in music in Japan.
Aaron Choulai was awarded the Freedman Fellowship in Jazz (2014), the MEXT scholarship (2008) and was included in ‘The 100 most influential people in Melbourne’ by People Magazine (2005). He has collaborated with various artists including Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Ben Monder, Jim Black, Daichi Yamamoto, Slack, Alan Browne, Paul Grabowsky, Joel Frahm, Yoshimoto Akihiro and more.
ARTISTS
AARON CHOULAI
AARON CHOULAI PIANO Aaron Choulai is an award winning and critically acclaimed pianist and composer whose work is recognised as innovating new directions in jazz, hip-hop and improvised music. From large scale multi media cross-cultural festival commissions. to...
James Hullick
JAMES HULLICK JOLT Director & CEO / Composer / Musician HULLICKSTUDIOS.COM James Hullick is an auditory creator like no other in Australia. Recently James’ artistic identity has been shifting from cutting-edge composer to that of an all out iconic...
Alice Bennett
ALICE BENNETT flute /// woodwinds Alice Bennett is a sound artist and producer with creative work encompassing composition, installations, and live performance of both written and improvised music. She is interested in acoustic ecology and bioacoustics and her work...
Belinda Woods
BELINDA WOODS musician / composer Belinda is an improvising musician/composer living in Melbourne, Australia. Predominantly a flautist, Belinda performs as a soloist and appears in many ensembles including her own groups Lo-Res (six piece chamber jazz) and Saveja...
Karen Heath
KAREN HEATH clarinet / bass clarinet / flute / tenor sax As an instrumental artist, Karen has worked with The Libra Ensemble, Aphids, Orchestra Victoria, Sunwrae Ensemble, The Grand Silent System, Ennis Tola, The Phonos Project, Arcko Symphonic Project, Gemma Turvey...
Reuben Lewis
REUBEN LEWIS TRUMPET “Lewis’s music is beyond category.” - The Australian Reuben Lewis’s practice is both singular and eclectic. As an award-winning trumpeter, composer, improviser, bandleader and producer he has refined a diverse electro-acoustic language that has...
SIMON BALDWIN
SIMON BALDWIN TROMBONE "Simon is a Bass Trombonist based in Melbourne, experienced in performing across a wide range of genres and styles. After studying in Singapore, the United States and Germany, Simon moved back to Australia where he has appeared on the stage with...
TIMOTHY PHILLIPS
TIMOTHY PHILLIPS percussionist / conductor Percussionist, Conductor and Pedagogue, Timothy has led a varied career in his native Australia and in continental Europe. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Canberra School of Music and two post-graduate degrees...
Hamish Upton
HAMISH UPTON percussionist Hamish Upton is a percussionist who thrives as a contemporary percussion collaborator and educator. He holds a Master of Music Research from Griffith University, where he used four case studies to explore the use of laptop-based sound...
Zac Johnston
ZAC JOHNSTON violin Australian contemporary violinist, string educator and random mandolinist, Zachary Johnston is a member of several new music ensembles, including Arcko Symphonic Project, 3 Shades Black, 6 degrees ensemble and BOLT Ensemble, and was a founding...
Miranda Hill
MIRANDA HILL bass Described by the ABC as “a woman changing the face of classical music”, Miranda Hill is dedicated to championing the work of under-heard musicians, and bringing new music to diverse audiences. After studying at the VCA, University of Michigan, Hartt...