Children of the Drifting Weather

for orchestra

Premiere by the University of Western Australia Symphony Orchestra, on May 27, 2022, at Winthrop Hall.

score excerpt below

This was a collaboration with Western Australian visual artist, Susan Flavell. The project centred on Flavell’s masks, created in response to the 2019-2020 bushfires and 2022 floods. Keeping to the themes of WA’s extreme climate cycles, we expanded the project with an orchestral score, full-body costumes, and a centre-piece sculpture that doubled as a custom percussion instrument. The collaboration also grew to include choreographers, dancers, and filmmakers.

The costumes, sculpture, and music video were an exhibit with John Curtin Gallery from Feb 8 – Apr 14 as part of the Perth Festival exhibition, titled Horn of the Moon – 13 Goddesses.