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Here Now Hear is comprised of nine innovative Australian works commissioned and recorded by the Monash Art Ensemble between 2017-2019. It features an eclectic mix of contemporary cross-genre music by significant Australian composers: Paul Grabowsky, Kate Neal, Andrew Ford, Robert Burke, Cat Hope, Marc Hannaford, Paul Williamson, Johannes Luebbers and Sandy Evans.

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Kate Neal is a composer, arranger and collaborator. Neal has been the recipient of many awards, scholarships and fellowships, including the 2016 Melbourne Prize for Music - Beleura Award for Composition. Fractured is an ode to many of the jazz & free players.

Andrew Ford OAM is an award-winning composer, writer and broadcaster. Comeclose and Sleepnow is Ford’s first foray writing for improvising ensemble.

Sandy Evans OAM is an internationally renowned composer and saxophonist. The Drunkard's Walk explores the relationship between improvisation and composition and stems from her current Australia Council Fellowship that considers the role of randomness in improvised music.

Paul Grabowsky AO is an award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. The great drummer, poet and raconteur Allan Browne introduced Grabowsky to the singular, at times ecstatic verse of e.e. cummings. Grabowsky tried in this piece to convey the sense of weightlessness suggested by the text. Melting chords and fragments of melody drift through a void laced with an insistent, quiet rhythmic ostinato carried from vibraphone to trombone, clarinet, piano and violin: 'one by one stars flutter into dust'.

Cat Hope’s music is conceptually driven with a focus on low frequency sounds, featuring graphically notated acoustic and electronic combinations represented in animated notations. Dark Hip Falls is a dedication to Scott Walker (1943-2019) and his contribution to the idea of song in during the change of millennia.

Marc Hannaford is an improviser, composer, and academic based in New York. Fainter, Stronger presents a series of sonic portraits of some of his musical collaborators and influencers, framed within large scale temporal cycles.

Robert Burke is a distinguished performer, composer, author and educator. Musician and Machine explores how electronic performance integrates with improvising classical and jazz musicians. The outcome aims to promote a musical system design and real-time interaction between musician and machine.

Paul Williamson is a trumpeter, composer and educator. For Tomasz is a homage to Polish trumpeter and composer, Tomasz Stanko (1942-2018) with whom MAE collaborated in 2016.

Musicians

^ denotes student from the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

The Drunkard’s Walk (Sandy Evans)

Director: Paul Grabowsky

Trumpet 1: Eugene Ball

Trumpet 2: Ash Ballat^

Trumpet 3: Hugh Parsons^

Trombone 1: Jordan Murray

Trombone 2: Callum Mintzis^

Alto saxophone 1: Phil Noy

Alto saxophone 2: Michael Kellett^

Tenor Saxophone 1: Jonathan Cooper^

Tenor saxophone 2: Jared Becker^

Clarinet: Joel Hands-Otte

Bass clarinet: Rob Burke

Flute / piccolo: Cassandra Gibson^

Violin 1: Natasha Conrau

Violin 2: Ciara McCoppin^

Viola: Aaron Wyatt

Cello: Svetlana Bogosavljevic

Double bass: Angus Radley^

Piano: Paul Grabowsky

Guitar: Harry Tinney^

Drums: Miles Legg^

Percussion: Matthias Schack-Arnott

Fainter, Stronger (Marc Hannaford)

Director: Paul Grabowsky

Trumpet 1: Tristram Williams

Trumpet 2: Eugene Ball

Trombone: Josh Bennier^

Bass trombone: James Littlewood^

Tenor saxophone 1: Rob Burke

Tenor saxophone 2: Jonathan Cooper^

Alto saxophone 1: Lachlan Davidson

Alto saxophone 2: Eric Boeston^

Clarinet: Joel Hands-Otte^

Piano: Marc Hannaford

Guitar: Craig Fermanis

Bass: Patrick Lyons^

Drums: Luke Andresen^

Violin 1: Erkki Veltheim

Violin 2: Lizzy Welsh

Viola: Lisa Grosman

Cello: Luke Severn^

Fractured (Kate Neal)    

Director: Paul Grabowsky

Flute 1: Alexia Samiotis^

Flute 2: Cassandra Gibson^

Clarinet: Sam Curkpatrick

Bass Clarinet: Joel Hands-Otte

Alto saxophone: Nick Fruewirth^

Tenor saxophone: Andre Lew^

Trumpet: Naomi Whimpey^

Trombone: Callum Mintzis^

Bass trombone: Kiran Samuel

Electric bass: Sam Watts^

Piano: Joe O'Connor

Drums: Jasper Bruten^

Violin 1: Roy Theaker

Violin 2: Ben Spiers^

Viola: Aaron Wyatt

Cello: Luke Severn

Musician and Machine (Rob Burke)    

Director: Paul Grabowsky

Trumpet 1: Tristram Williams

Trumpet 2: Eugene Ball

Trombone: Josh Bennier^

Bass trombone: James Littlewood^

Tenor saxophone: Rob Burke

Alto saxophone 1: Lachlan Davidson

Alto saxophone 2: Eric Boeston^

Clarinet / tenor saxophone: Brennan Hamilton-Smith^

Bass clarinet / baritone saxophone: Joel Hands-Otte^

Piano: Joe O’Connor

Guitar: Craig Fermanis

Bass: Patrick Schmidli^

Percussion / vibraphone: Kaylie Melville

Drums: Luke Andresen^

Violin 1: Erkki Veltheim

Violin 2: Lizzy Welsh

Viola: Lisa Grosman

Cello: Luke Severn^

Electronics: Sam Galyer^

Electronics: Ben Grayson

Electronics: Ben Hiscock^

For e.e.cummings (Paul Grabowsky)              

Director: Paul Grabowsky

Voice: Gian Slater

Flute / piccolo: Tony Hicks

Alto saxophone: Zac O’Connell^

Bass clarinet / clarinet: Joel Hands-Otte^

Tenor saxophone / bass clarinet: Rob Burke

Trumpet 1: Scott Tinkler

Trumpet 2: Paul Williamson

Trombone: Jordan Murray

Percussion: Lara Wilson

Drums: Miles Legg^

Piano: Yii Ying Tan^

Guitar: Matt Hoyne^

Double bass: Phil Rex

Violin: Roy Theaker

The Dark Hip Falls (Cat Hope)

Director: Cat Hope

Theremin: Miles Brown

Violin: Anna McMichael

Viola: Aaron Wyatt

Cello: Svetlana Bogosavljevic

Piano: Patrick Jaffe^

Percussion: Ben Ingvarson-Favretto^

Electronics: Morgan Heenan^

For Tomasz (Paul Williamson)   

Director: Johannes Luebbers

Trumpet: Ash Ballat^

Trumpet: Hugh Parsons^

Trombone: Jordan Murray

Alto saxophone: Phil Noy

Tenor saxophone: Jonathan Cooper^

French horn: Roman Ponomariov

Bass clarinet: Rob Burke

Oboe: David Reichelt

Flute / piccolo: Cassandra Gibson^

Violin: Natasha Conrau

Piano: Paul Grabowsky

Double bass: Jonah Grant^

Drums: Miles Legg^

Comeclose and Sleepnow: Six Liverpool Lovesongs (Andrew Ford)

Director: Paul Grabowsky

Voice: Gian Slater

Flute / piccolo: Tony Hicks

Alto saxophone: Zac O’Connell^

Clarinet: Brendan Toohey

Bass clarinet / clarinet: Joel Hands-Otte^

Tenor saxophone / bass clarinet: Rob Burke

Trumpet 1: Paul Williamson

Trumpet 2: Scott Tinkler

Trombone 1: Jordan Murray

Trombone 2: Josh Bennier^

Percussion: Lara Wilson

Drums: Miles Legg^

Piano: Paul Grabowsky

Guitar: Matt Hoyne^

Double bass: Phil Rex

Violin: Roy Theaker

Interpolations (Johannes Luebbers and Paul Williamson) 

Director: Johannes Luebbers

Trumpet: Ash Ballat

Trombone: Callum Mintzis

Alto saxophone: Phil Noy

Tenor saxophone: Jared Becker

French horn:  Roman Ponomariov

Oboe: David Reichelt

Double bass: Jonah Grant

Piano: Paul Grabowsky

Drums : Miles Legg

Credits

Produced by Robert Burke, Paul Williamson, Jordan Murray, Johannes Luebbers and Paul Grabowsky.

Recorded by Ben Grayson, Hadyn Buxton and Daniel Dan with students from the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University.

Mixed and mastered by Ben Grayson and Daniel Tan.

CD artwork by Rick Milovanovic.

Lyrics: Andrew Ford, Comeclose and SleepNow: Six Liverpool Lovesongs

[Lyrics to come]