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).
If you believe your performance to be nominated in the wrong category or the details of your nomination to be incorrect, please contact the AMC via email at awards@australianmusiccentre.com.au before proceeding with the nomination.
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Nominee
Synergy Percussion
Nominee email
rebecca.lloydjones.89@gmail.com
Title of the work
Alanbiq
Composer(s) of the work
Moya Henderson
Performance Date
18/5/2024
Venue
The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3
Nominator Statement
Synergy Percussion deserves to be considered for the Performance of the Year Award for their extraordinary live performance of Alanbiq (1977) by Moya Henderson. This virtuosic and demanding work requires bespoke instrumentsthe treble and bass Alembadesigned and invented by Henderson whilst an artist in residence at CSIRO in 1983.
Originally composed in 1977 for Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Alanbiq was re-composed in 1985 specifically for Synergy Percussion. In this performance, Synergy Percussion not only showcased their technical brilliance but also breathed new life into a significant yet rarely heard Australian work. By reviving the Alemba, an instrument that has spent decades in a museum collection, they reconnected Alanbiq with a live, contemporary audience, sharing an important Australian musical innovation.
This electrifying performance reaffirmed Synergy Percussions role as a champion of contemporary music and a vital force in keeping Australias musical heritage alive.
Nominee
Synergy Percussion
Nominee email
rebecca.lloydjones.89@gmail.com
Title of the work
Alanbiq
Composer(s) of the work
Moya Henderson
Performance Date
18/5/2024
Venue
The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3
Originally composed in 1977 for Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Alanbiq was re-composed in 1985 specifically for Synergy Percussion. In this performance, Synergy Percussion not only showcased their technical brilliance but also breathed new life into a significant yet rarely heard Australian work. By reviving the Alemba, an instrument that has spent decades in a museum collection, they reconnected Alanbiq with a live, contemporary audience, sharing an important Australian musical innovation.
This electrifying performance reaffirmed Synergy Percussions role as a champion of contemporary music and a vital force in keeping Australias musical heritage alive.