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 Image: score excerpt from Cat Hope's 'Kaps Freed' Gabriella Smart talks to MLIVEourne about 'Of Broken Trees and Elephant Ivories', Decibel members Cat Hope and Stuart James' collaboration on the project, and the most famous Tweet in history. The show is this Sunday, so come sit on stage with her while she plays at Robert Blackwood hall Monash University Clayton. Tickets here. A new paper by Cat Hope on the preparation of Grainger's Free Music theremin works has been published here  "with phenomenal, passionate minds like those in the heads of Decibel, we can rest assured that Grainger's spirit of ingenuity, his thirst for musical metamorphosis, has a strong legacy yet." Cool Perth Nights, 2014   Interviews with Cat Hope and Zubin Kanga feature on ABC Classic FM's 'New Music Up Late' program. It is streaming on line for 30 days here.
You can hear recordings of some of the scores from the exhibition in addition to other artists and music happening around Australia during this period.  Zubin Kanga's score for the performance of David Young's 'Not Music Yet'  Cat Hope opening words- photo by Lee Harrop  Zubin Kanga preparing for performance, with Nathan Thompson's 'Tsunami' work behind. 
Starting to put the latest iteration for Sydney together at the Australia Council- opening nex week! Curator Cat Hope has been nominated Excellence in Experimental Music award in the APRA AMC Art Music Awards in 2014 for the Drawn From Sound project.
The Art Music Awards are presented each year by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. The Art Music Awards consist of eleven national awards and various State Awards across categories covering composition, performance, and outstanding contributions by individuals and organisations in Australian music (now two separate Awards), in music education, experimental music, jazz and regional music. The awards will be presented at the 2014 Art Music Awards ceremony will be held in Melbourne, on Tuesday 26 August at the Plaza Ballroom (Collins St). Virginia Trioli, the Walkley award-winning journalist, author and co-host of ABC-TV News Breakfast will host this year’s event. Drawn from Sound will be remounted in Sydney in 2014, on the ground floor of the Australia Council Building in Elizabeth St, Strawberry Hills, Sydney, from the 14th of August until mid November. More news Soon!
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