Experience an evening of groundbreaking Australian music with the Monash Animated Notation Ensemble (MANE) at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick VIC, on Saturday, 2 November from 8-9pm.
Directed by Professor Cat Hope, MANE is an ensemble dedicated to the performance of works using animated notation, a contemporary approach to music scoring that integrates dynamic, visual elements. The program features the live world premiere of commissions by composers Jaslyn Robertson, Amanda Cole, and James Rushford, alongside a 2024 commission to be announced via MANE's Emerging Composer Prize. Jaslyn Robertson is a queer multidisciplinary composer and artistic researcher. Her work evolves out of ideas and research, collaboration and experimentation, working with video, technology, spatialised audio and experimental forms of notation to realise her creative concepts. Amanda Cole is a composer of experimental instrumental and electronic Art Music. Her compositions feature microtonal structures, overtones, interference beats and fusions of electronic and acoustic timbres. James Rushford's work draws from concrète, improvised, avant-garde and collagist musical languages, staking out an idiosyncratic stylistic space that has been described as ‘electro-acoustic experimentation with a beating heart’ (Boomkat) and ‘haunted Jacobean ASMR’ (The Wire). The evening will also include a new work for double basses and electronics by Professor Hope, and a composition by Sze Tsang, commissioned by ensemble member Nicole Canham. Professor Cat Hope says, "Animated notation is music scores in motion - a new and exciting way to describe music for performers to play, resulting in new sound worlds and exciting visual artworks. MANE are dedicated to this way of playing music." This performance offers a unique exploration of digital notation, pushing the boundaries of contemporary music in an intimate concert setting. Admission is free, but registration is required to attend. Secure your place and engage with some of Australia’s most innovative composers and performers. ~~ MANE is comprised of:
Cat Hope, flute
Chloe Sobek, double bass/violone
Anna McMichael, violin
Jackson Worley, cello
Nicole Canham, clarinet
Louise Devenish, percussion
Jaslyn Robertson, electronics
Aura Go, piano
Aaron Wyatt, violin/viola/score tech
Iran Sanadzadeh, tech | 
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