NOMINATION: Performance of the Year - Notated Composition
For the performance of a single Australian work, showcasing the performer(s)’ success in revealing the nature and intention of a composition with clear notated instructions for the performer. Works with significant improvisatory aspects should instead be submitted for Performance of the Year: Jazz / Improvised Music.
A work is defined as a single complete musical composition, or expression. This includes music with movements or sub-works (i.e. song cycles), installations, and real-time compositions (improvised music).
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Nominee
Caitlin Redding
Nominee email
caitlin.n.redding@gmail.com
Title of the work
Truth In A Cage
Composer(s) of the work
Chloé Charody
Librettist(s) or source author(s)
Mohammad Ali Maleki
Performance Date
24/2/2024
Venue
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Nominator Statement
TRUTH IN THE CAGE is a new song cycle for acrobatic soprano composed by Chloé Charody based on the poetry collection of the same title by Manus Prison survivor, Mohammad Ali Maleki.
Mohammad is an Iranian refugee who spent 10 years incarcerated at Manus Prison - a place run by the Australian Government to detain those who had come to Australia by boat to ask for sanctuary.
Whilst in this prison, Mohammad and his fellow inmates suffered terribly, and it was inside this prison where Mohammad wrote his poetry collection Truth in the Cage.
Chloé has collaborated with Mohammad to bring 7 of his poems to life in a dynamic new song cycle composed for the exceptional American acrobatic soprano, Caitlin Redding.
The premiere of the stage production took place as part of the 'Stories Must Be Heard Australian tour in February/March 2024.
Nominee
Caitlin Redding
Nominee email
caitlin.n.redding@gmail.com
Title of the work
Truth In A Cage
Composer(s) of the work
Chloé Charody
Librettist(s) or source author(s)
Mohammad Ali Maleki
Performance Date
24/2/2024
Venue
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Mohammad is an Iranian refugee who spent 10 years incarcerated at Manus Prison - a place run by the Australian Government to detain those who had come to Australia by boat to ask for sanctuary.
Whilst in this prison, Mohammad and his fellow inmates suffered terribly, and it was inside this prison where Mohammad wrote his poetry collection Truth in the Cage.
Chloé has collaborated with Mohammad to bring 7 of his poems to life in a dynamic new song cycle composed for the exceptional American acrobatic soprano, Caitlin Redding.
The premiere of the stage production took place as part of the 'Stories Must Be Heard Australian tour in February/March 2024.