Sapphic Serenade
We’re celebrating pride this year with a Sapphic Serenade! A pride event coming next month to Perth City Farm on Wednesday 20 November. This evening is for the quiet queers looking for a calm and social night out. Start off with a twilight market featuring local queer-owned businesses and stay for a concert showcasing stunning pieces by sapphic composers for the voice and a string quartet.
Mozart's Sister - Q&A Screening
MOZART'S SISTER Q&A SCREENING EVENT
Friday, 1 November, 6.30pm at Luna Leederville
The Luna Leederville is delighted to present a special Q&A screening of Mozart’s Sister featuring Creative Producer and founder of the Tenth Muse Initiative, Hannah Lee Tungate, award-winning composer Emma Jayakumar, and moderated by Clementine Crowther, Senior Advisor, Advocacy at Minderoo Foundation.
From multi-awarded Director/Producer Madeleine Hetherton-Miau and Producer Rebecca Barry, MOZART'S SISTER is a ‘musical-true-crime’ story that explores the lost talent of Maria-Anna Mozart.
For the first 16 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical partners and collaborators, Wolfgang Mozart and Maria-Anna Mozart played together before Kings and Queens, and were the talk of Europe. Forced to withdraw from public life because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired and what happened to her music.
The documentary features exquisite music composed by Jessica Wells and performed by acclaimed orchestras, including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. It’s narrated by Alma Deutscher.
"A true life mystery...this story has been hidden for hundreds of years." City Hub
"One of the buzziest films... at the Sydney Film Festival." Screen Daily
PANELISTS
Hannah Lee Tungate is a soprano, creative producer, and changemaker dedicated to championing marginalised composers through performance, research, and advocacy. As the founder of Tenth Muse Initiative, she curates innovative projects that bring lesser-known voices to light and provide a platform for emerging creatives. Beyond her work as a performer and producer, Hannah’s advocacy is reflected in her Women’s Composers Project, where she conducts research to elevate forgotten composers. The research includes analysing gender and cultural representation statistics from major Australian symphony orchestras to highlight trends and gaps within the industry. Her advocacy aims to increase diversity in classical music and opera, both on and off stage.
Emma Jayakumar is an acclaimed Australian composer known for her works in opera, ballet, and chamber music. Recent commissions include "Swim With Me" for the Perth Symphony Orchestra and "Our Little Inventor” for the West Australian Opera 2022 which received outstanding reviews for its innovative score, libretto and performances, a five star review from Limelight and won the Performing Arts WA award for Outstanding Composition. Emma completed her PhD in composition at WAAPA and received the WAAPA Research Medal in 2018. She is a sought-after composer and fierce advocate of engaging and accessible works for young audiences, as well as new music celebrating diverse Australian voices.
MODERATOR
Clementine Crowther is a passionate storyteller with a strong background in supporting impactful narratives that drive social change. Currently leading Minderoo Foundation’s Gender Equality advocacy efforts, her work focuses on amplifying and empowering underrepresented voices to drive meaningful impact. In addition to advocating for inclusion, diversity and women’s agency, Clem is mum to three young boys – a role she loves more than anything else.
The Priestess of Morphine - Albany Pride
In THE PRIESTESS OF MORPHINE, composer Rosśa Crean and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp create a beautifully haunting portrait of a Gertrud Günther, a young Jewish lesbian caught between her two selves during the Third Reich, who bravely sought her inner truth and passions while forced to live in the shadows.
The Priestess of Morphine #5 - Closing Night
Unwillingly addicted to morphine, Baroness Gertrud Günter von Puttkamer and her nom-de-plume Marie-Madeleine explore her sensuality and tumultuous story through the medium of contemporary opera.
The Priestess of Morphine #4
Unwillingly addicted to morphine, Baroness Gertrud Günter von Puttkamer and her nom-de-plume Marie-Madeleine explore her sensuality and tumultuous story through the medium of contemporary opera.
The Priestess of Morphine #3
Unwillingly addicted to morphine, Baroness Gertrud Günter von Puttkamer and her nom-de-plume Marie-Madeleine explore her sensuality and tumultuous story through the medium of contemporary opera.
The Priestess of Morphine #2
Unwillingly addicted to morphine, Baroness Gertrud Günter von Puttkamer and her nom-de-plume Marie-Madeleine explore her sensuality and tumultuous story through the medium of contemporary opera.
The Priestess of Morphine #1 - Opening Night
Unwillingly addicted to morphine, Baroness Gertrud Günter von Puttkamer and her nom-de-plume Marie-Madeleine explore her sensuality and tumultuous story through the medium of contemporary opera.
FLOCK Festival | SOMEONE WILL REMEMBER US: A Showcase by Tenth Muse Initiatve
Someone Will Remember Us
A showcase of classical music performances from the past, present, and future—each piece being written by composers who have been marginalised or disempowered throughout history. A crash course on the diverse voices who can be overlooked in classical music, for reasons that have nothing to do with talent. Ranging from vocal music written by the Romantic period’s brightest stars that has never been professionally recorded, to a piece which combines contemporary saxophone with dubstep, this concert will have something for everyone.
Drug Aware presents: Symbiosis
In collaboration with Propel Youth Arts WA and Healthway, Tenth Muse Initiative have commissioned local word writers and sound makers to create shared work in response to the natural world.
These pieces were presented online as part of KickstART's WA Youth Week, and are now having their live debut. From reflections on integrating multiple selves to imagining a future where forests are forgotten due to urban sprawl, this diverse group of young artists have many stories to tell, through music, poetry, and more.
KickstART Festival - Symbiosis Cross-Disciplinary Showcase // Performance (Online Event)
Music and poetry collide, with new inter-disciplinary collaborations in response to place.
Pairing four composers / musicians with four poets / writers, Tenth Muse Initiative will collaborate over several workshop sessions, and piece together a shared work in response to the Youth Week WA 2022 theme in the context of nature.
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DETAILS
When: Audio released on Saturday 10 April at 6pm
Where: SoundCloud (TBC) and the KickstART website
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bloom.
bloom. is a collaboration from some of Perth’s top creatives. Tenth Muse Initiative is thrilled to be in partnership with these amazing Perth-based artists.
Bloom is a multidisciplinary concert experience including chamber music, art song and visual art that is centred around the imagery of flowers.
Tea Break at Fringe World 2022
Take an intimate, multisensory journey through the world of tea, in a WA premiere performance from emerging composer Christine Pan and Tenth Muse Initiative.
Tea Break at Fringe World 2022
Take an intimate, multisensory journey through the world of tea, in a WA premiere performance from emerging composer Christine Pan and Tenth Muse Initiative.
Tea Break at Fringe World 2022
Take an intimate, multisensory journey through the world of tea, in a WA premiere performance from emerging composer Christine Pan and Tenth Muse Initiative.
Tea Break at Fringe World 2022
Take an intimate, multisensory journey through the world of tea, in a WA premiere performance from emerging composer Christine Pan and Tenth Muse Initiative.
fresh air
Join us to experience intersections between classical, folk and RnB music, in a concert showcasing the depth and breadth of young WA talent across genres. With music including:
🧘 a sound meditation based on field recordings
🎤 a contemporary choral trio
😮 an experimental piece based on the word ‘woah’
💚 folky love songs
💎 AND a mini set by local RnB/soul legend Jewel Owusu
All woven together by the words of local poet Sara Morgillo, this event will have something for everyone. Come and celebrate the creative melting pot that is Boorloo/Perth and take a breath of fresh air.
Ugly Beauty: Celebrating 200 Years of Pauline Viardot
Pauline Viardot is often remembered for the incredible voice she possessed and noted for her (supposed lack of) beauty, but she was also a prominent composer of her era.
In our first concert of 2021, Tenth Muse will celebrate Viardot’s forgotten works on the 200th anniversary of her birth. Join us at ‘Ugly Beauty’ for an exploration of the whole person: composer, singer and influential figure — Pauline Viardot was so much more than her appearance (and influence on the men around her) and she deserves to be celebrated as such.
International Women's Day and Beyond
A concert celebrating works written by women from the baroque era to the present day featuring UWA Conservatorium Staff, Students and Alumni.
This concert is the first of a newly founded initiative for the promotion of works by women, from the earliest writers to contemporary singer-songwriters.
Sunday 8th March at 6pm in Eileen Joyce Studio, UWA Conservatorium of Music
All profits will be donated to Dress for Success Perth, a local charity with the mission of empowering local women in need by supporting economic independence.
$15 Standard / $10 Concession / $Free School and UWA Students