Sound Travellers

Tubular Bells for Two

2011-05-01T03:52:00.001-07:00

Scenes from Tubular Bells for Two at the Arts Centre, Melbourne with Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts going for it with Piltdown Man.

2010 tours announced

2009-12-05T23:56:00.000-08:00

Hi visit www.soundtravellers.com.au for the latest information.

Sound Travellers funding

2009-09-12T20:50:00.001-07:00

Applications are closing on 20 September. If you want more information visit www.soundtravellers.com.au.

Tour around Australia.

New Sound Travellers site

2008-07-28T03:17:00.000-07:00

Hi this site has been superceded.

Please visit www.soundtravellers.com.au for up to date information on Sound Travellers tours and grants.

Tours - Round One Sound Travellers

2008-05-16T20:33:00.000-07:00

Tours listed in date order. Completed tours at end.
Please check directly with venues for admission prices and tickets - venue information where available under venue entry, tour dates shift so please double check

Mace Francis Big Band Tour 20/6 - 17/7
www.macefrancis.com
Monday 20th June, Perth Jazz Society, Perth
Sunday 29th June, Jazz Fremantle, Fremantle
Thursday 3rd July, Jazzworx! Club, Brisbane
Saturday 5th July, Star Court Theatre, Lismore
Sunday 6th July, Brisbane Jazz Club, Brisbane
Wednesday 9th July, Blue Birdy, Byron Bay
Thursday 10th July, The Folkus Room, ACT
Friday 11th July, The Jazz Basement, Albury/Wodonga
Saturday 12th July, SIMA, Sydney
Sunday 13th July, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
Tuesday 15th July, Gordon Institute of TAFE
Wednesday 16th July, The Barn Palais, SA
Thursday 17th July, The Promethean, Adelaide

Open Frame Tour - Room 40
http//www.room40.org/
3 July - Open frame presents, in conjunction with sound crucible, Lismore
20 August - Open frame presents, IE gallery, Toowoomba
28 September - Open frame presents at Toff in town, melbourne
29 & 30 September - Open frame presents, Adelaide
2 & 3 October - Open frame Brisbane powerhouse

Liquid Architecture – Festival of Sound Arts, July
www.liquidarchitecture.org.au
BRISBANE, Friday 4th - Saturday 5th July 2008
SYDNEY, Friday 11th - Saturday 12th July 2008
BENDIGO, Tuesday 15th July 2008
MELBOURNE, Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th July 2008
CASTLEMAINE, Sunday 20th July 2008
CAIRNS, Friday 25th July 2008
PERTH, Saturday 26th July 2008

Metalog - Jim Denley, Amanda Stewart, Ben Byrne, Natasha Anderson, Robbie Avenaim, Dale Gorfinkel, Tour 29/6-8/7
www.splitrec.com
10th July, Akemi, Meadlow Bath Blue Mnts
12th July, Liquid Architecture, Sydney
15th July, ¼, Wollongong
16th, The Front Gallery, Canberra
18th or 19th July, Liquid Architecture, Melbourne
21st July, COMA, Adelaide

Tom Hall, Sight Beyond, 25/7-28/8
http://www.tomhall.com.au/
25 & 26 July, Cairns Contemporary Arts Space, On Edge Festival, Cairns
1 August, Akemi, Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains
2 August, Sound of Failure, Sydney
4 August, Sedition, Sydney
10 August, The Front Gallery, Canberra
11 August, Bar Open/Make it Up Club, Melbourne
13 August, The Toff inTown/MASH OUT, Melbourne
18 August, The Loft/TRIAD, Hobart
19 August, The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
20 August, Inflight Gallery, Hobart
25 August, Rosemount Hotel, Perth
26 August, WA Museum, Albany
28 August, Spectrum Project Space, Perth

Jon Tjhii and Alex Novak, 30/7-10/8
'ii are an improvisation-centric duo trading in ambient pop, secret noises and hidden melodies.'
http://www.myspace.com/iitunes
Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne

Colin Offord, solo performance presented by TURA 25/9-15/10
www.tura.com.au
26 September, Art Gallery of WA, Perth
27 September, Sounds Outback Festival, Mount Magnet
1 September, Civic Centre, Newman
3 September, Performing Arts Centre, Karratha
5 October, Pearl Luggers, Broome
8 October, Community Centre, One Arm Point
11 October, Community Centre, Kununurra
14 October, Darwin Entertaiment Centre, Darwin

Misinterprotato, 26/9-7/11 - Acclaimed contemporary jazz trio
www.misinterprotato.com
26 September, Jazzworx! Club, Brisbane
27 September, The Junction, Noosa Heads
30 September, Lismore-Southern Cross Uni, Lismore
2 October, Adelaide Performing Arts Centre, Adelaide
4 October, Tank Arts Centre, Cairns
5 October , Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
7 October, Jazzgroove, Sydney
13 October, Charles Hotel, Perth
17 October, Recital Hall, Qld Conservatorium, Brisbane
11 October, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz
7 November, Brisbane Jazz Club, Brisbane

Ihos Music Theatre and Opera – Prayer Bells, 11-14 October
www.ihosopera.com
11 October, Wollongong Festival, Wollongong Town Hall
14 October, St Stephens Church, Sydney

Way Out West, Old Grooves for New Streets Tour, Oct-Nov 2008
with Queensland in 2009
www.myspace.com/wayoutwestmelbourne
Tour dates to be reconfirmed
The Tanks, Cairns
Mission Beach Resort, Mission Beach
The Court Theatre, Townsville
Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre, Byron Bay
BEMAC, Brisbane
SIMA, Sound Lounge, Sydney
Jazz Dungeon, Newcastle,
Illawarra Improvised Music Association, Wollongong
Canberra
Jazz Action Society, Pilgrim Uniting Church, Adelaide
Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne

COMPLETED TOURS

The Ghost of 29 Megacycles / Adam Trainer, 1-13 June
Bedroom music
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=33792009
1 June Hyde Park Hotel Perth W/Stina And Mystic Eyes
5 June Seymour Centre, Sydney W/Morning Stalker
6 June The Front Bar And Café, Canberra W/ Shoeb Ahmad Trio
7 June Tongue&Groove, Brisbane W/ The Rational Academy, Secret Birds and Elk
8 June Audiopollen Social Club, Brisbane W/Special guests
11 June The Glitch Bar, Melbounre w/Bonnie Mercer (Grey Daturas)
12 June Bar Open, Melbourne W/Seth Rees And Brer Mouse
13 June Gertrudes Brown Couch, Melbounre W/Radiant City, Mallee Ensemble(WA) And Maddest King Alive (WA)

Alex Masso and Peter Farrar, 3/6 - 12/6
http://%20www.myspace.com/massoalex
Tuesday 3rd June, The Make It Up Club @ Bar Open, Melbourne
Wednesday 4th June, The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Thursday 5th June, The Exeter Hotel, Adelaide
Saturday 7th June, Club Zho, Perth
Sunday 8th June, Audiopollen Social Club, Brisbane
Thursday 12th June, Venue tbc, Canberra

Ensemble Offspring, 25-26 June
Live music and experimental film
Waiting to turn into Puzzles
http://www.ensembleoffspring.org.au/
25 June, Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
26 June, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/its-the-reel-deal/2008/06/19/1213770805460.html for more details.

Venues - Sound Travellers Round One

2008-05-16T00:40:00.000-07:00

Please check directly with venues for admission prices and tickets
Tour dates sometimes shift so please double check with Venues

Venues

Akemi, 40 Great Western Highway, Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains
Art Gallery of WA, Perth
Audiopollen Social Club, The Forest Cafe, 124 Boundary St, West End, Brisbane, www.audiopollen.org
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne
Bar Open, Melbourne
The Barn Palais, Nelson Rd, Mount Gambier, 5290, www.barn.com.au
BEMAC, Melbourne
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, 25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, www.bennettslane.com
Blue Birdy, 'the blue birdy' @ The Buddha Bar, Skinners Shoot Road, Byron Bay, www.myspace.com/bettybluebirdy
The Brisbane Hotel, 3 Brisbane St, Hobart
Brisbane Jazz Club, 1 Annie St, Kangaroo Point, QLD 4169, www.brisbanejazzclub.com.au
Byron Bay Community Centre, 69 Johnson Street, Byron Bay
Cairns Contemporary Arts Centre, Cairns
Civic Centre, Newman
Club Zho, Perth, www.tura.com.au
Community Centre, Kununurra
Community Centre, One Arm Point
Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin
The Folkus Room, 5 Heard Street, Mawson, ACT, www.thefolkus.org.au
Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray
The Front Gallery, Canberra
The Exeter Hotel, 246 Rundle St, Adelaide
Gordon Institute of TAFE, Geelong
Hippo Bar, 17 Garema Place, Canberra
Illawarra Improvised Music Associaton, Wollongong
Inflight Gallery, 237 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
The Jazz Basement, Albury/Wodonga, www.jazzalburywodonga.com
Jazz Dungeon, Adamstown Uniting church, Newcastle
Jazz Fremantle, Navy Club – High St, Fremantle
Jazzgroove @ the Excelsior Hotel, Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, www.jazzgroove.com
Jazzworx! Club, 4 Exhibition St, Bowen Hills, www.myspace.com/jazzworx
The Junction, Noosa
The Make It Up Club @ Bar Open, 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, www.makeitupclub.com.au
Mission Beach Resort, Rainforest Room, www.lovejayproductions.com.au
Now Now, Sydney - venue varies check thenownow.net
Old Magistrates Court, (Music Centre North Queensland) Cnr Stokes & Sturt Streets, Townsville
Pearl Luggers, Broome
Performing Arts Centre, Karratha
Perth Jazz Society, The Charles Hotel – Charles St, North Perth, www.perthjazzsociety.com
Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders Street, Melbourne
Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane
The Promethean, 116 Grote Street, Adelaide, www.theprom.com.au
Rosemount Hotel, Cnr Angrove and Fitzerald Streets, North Perth
Sedition, 275 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
SIMA, CNR City Rd & Cleveland St, Chippendale, NSW, www.sima.org.au
Sound of Failure, Petersham Bowls Club
Sounds Outback Festival, Mount Magnet
Southern Cross University, Lismore
Spectrum Project Space, 221 Beaufort Street, Northbridge, Perth
Star Court Theatre, Star Court Arcade, Molesworth Street, Lismore, 2480, www.norpa.org.au
Tanks Arts Centre, 46 Collins Avenue, Edge Hill, Cairns
The Toff in Town, Melbourne
The Loft, 142 Liverpool Street, Hobart
WA Museum, Residency Road, Albany
Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, Wangaratta
Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong

media release available in pdf - click here

2008-03-29T18:12:00.001-07:00

Media release - full copy available here in pdf

Sound Travellers first grant round

2008-03-25T04:39:00.001-07:00

FIRST GRANT ROUND ANNOUNCED

Musical points of departure, arrival and the spaces between.

From Karratha to Canberra - Darwin to Hobart, Sound Travellers is pleased to announce our first round of funding with tours that cover every state and territory of this wide brown land. Between June and November 2008, Australia will be treated to ome of the most exciting new sounds the artists of this country have to offer.

Sound Travellers is a new project funded by the Australia Council’s Music Board to support individuals and small to medium sized organizations in the promotion and national touring of sound art/electronica, improvised jazz and contemporary classical music.

The artists that will be touring through the second half of the year represent every state and will be travelling the length and breadth of the country, plus many of the places in between. A total of 13 tours, over 60 artists and more than a few roadtrips and flights with over 50,000 kilometres to be travelled, Sound Travellers is helping these musical journeys come to a place near you.

Artist/s

Metalog, - Jim Denley, Ben Byrne, Natasha Anderson, Amanda Stewart, Dale Gorfinkel, Robbie Avenaim (NSW)

Ensemble Offspring (NSW)

Liquid Architecture 9 (various)

Mace Francis Orchestra (WA)

Tom Hall (QLD)

IHOS (TAS)

Alex Masso & Peter Farrar (NSW)

Misinterprotato – Sean Foran, John Parker, Pat Marchisella (QLD)

Colin Offord (QLD) – presented by TURA

Jon Tjhia and Alex Nosek (VIC) ii

Greg Taw, Adam Trainer (WA) Ghost of 29 Megacycles

Room 40 – various artists (QLD) Open Frame

Way Out West – Peter Knight, Paul, Williamson, Dung Nguyen, Ray Pereira, Howard Cairns, Dave Beck (VIC)

Also coming to keep you up to date with the tours, is the Sound Travellers gig guide. Register below to stay in touch.

Media release available please email -jkee@soundtravellers.com.au-
Sound Travellers is a project initiated by the Australia Council and produced by a partnership between Performing Lines and Ceres Solutions.

Sound Travellers on the move

2007-10-09T02:39:00.000-07:00

The Australia Council for the Arts, Ceres Solutions and Performing Lines have joined forces to announce the New Music Touring Project - Sound Travellers - a two year project to facilitate and promote the national touring of sound art/electronica, improvised jazz and contemporary classical music.

This project is being managed as a partnership between established touring organisation Performing Lines and arts strategy company Ceres Solutions, with director Joanne Kee leading the project.

The intention of Sound Travellers is to bring these genres to a larger audience nationwide at the same time as securing assistance for existing artists across the country to further develop their practice.

Sound Travellers will:

• Support performance opportunities in a touring context
• Support and broaden existing touring networks
• Develop opportunities and new networks for the artforms
• Leverage the funding with other financial and in kind support
• Provide infrastructure support including marketing/publicity to enable skills growth within the sectors, which enables artistic and audience growth.

There will be two components to Sound Travellers. For artists there is a grant based program designed to assist Australian artists to tour nationally. Sound Travellers will also explore the options to both broaden and strengthen the national touring opportunities for these music genres.

An artistic advisory panel with specialists from each genre has been formed to provide artistic input and advice to the executive committee. This panel includes – John Davis (Australian Music Centre), Professor Andy Arthurs (Queensland University of Technology), Adrian Jackson (Wangaratta Festival of Jazz), Ronny Ferella (musician and Half Bent), Roland Peelman (AD, Song Company) and other members to be confirmed.

If you wish to discuss a project that has the potential to provide infrastructure/new opportunities or will strengthen touring networks or you would like more information about this project please contact:

Joanne Kee on 0414 973 095 or jkee-at-soundtravellers.com.au or
Performing Lines on 02 9319 0066 or info-at-oundtravellers.com.au