The Robert Salzer Series
SLOW RIVEN WHIRL
THE BOLT ENSEMBLE + berni.m.janssen + JAMES HULLICK
ORATOR + CHAMBER ORCHESTRA + ELECTRONICS
Composed by James Hullick for the BOLT Ensemble and orator, SLOW RIVEN WHIRL features Hullick’s text created from the perspective of a father wishing to understand the challenges his young daughters will face as they grow into adulthood. Text rotates around the contemplation of remarkable women felled by misguided communities. Performed by BOLT’s octet formation, and featuring legendary Australian poet berni.m.jansen as orator of text.
Duration: 35 mins or 75 mins
SUPPORTED BY
This project was supported by The Robert Salzer Foundation. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Live Music Australia.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
FINAL VERSION:
JOLTED Arts Space, The Eighty Six Festival: 26-27 & 29 October 2023
PREVIOUS VERSIONS:
Meat Market, The Book of Daughters Festival: 10–12 November 2016
Minerva Room, Ballarat, Festival of Slow Music: 29 August 2015
GALLERY
BOLT ENSEMBLE
KARL WILLEBRANT
KARL WILLEBRANT bass Karl Willebrant is a Naarm/Melbourne bassist and producer. In 2020, Willebrant entered the home studio and delved into his love of ambient, emerging with a myriad of releases to critical acclaim, featuring collaborations with artists from...
CERIDWEN DAVIES
CERIDWEN DAVIES viola Ceridwen is a Melbourne-based musician who enjoys an exciting freelance career. She has been a contracted and casual violist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for many years, has performed and toured internationally with the Australian...
KYLA MATSUURA-MILLER
KYLA MATSUURA-MILLER violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller is a violinist and educator based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2017 she toured with the ACO Collective as an Emerging Artist, and has enjoyed an ongoing relationship since then. From 2015-2018 Kyla was a...
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...
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...
BERNI M. JANSSEN
BERNI.M.JANSSEN text artist / poet / performerText artist, creates with artists and people in communities. Words are at the heart. Books published include Xstatic, mangon and lake/vale. Texts have been published in print and online literary magazines and anthologies...
Justine Anderson
JUSTINE ANDERSON singer Justine Anderson completed her Masters degree in voice at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2008 and completed a fellowship at Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in 2015.She has had wide performance experience as both a soloist and...
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...
Mary Doumany
MARY DOUMANY harp / voice Mary Doumany is an Australian harpist, singer and composer. Classically trained, she is fluent across multiple genres including jazz, contemporary, folk and experimental, and is known also for creating ground breaking works for harp and other...