DOTS+LOOPS
With Connor D’Netto, Kieran Welch and Flora Wong
Presented by Restrung Productions and Metro Arts
For one night only, join Dots+Loops Directors Kieran Welch, Connor D’Netto and Flora Wong as they share some of their favourite contemporary works for strings and electronics.
With a history of inclusively exploring the spaces in between a traditional classical concert, an underground club gig, and an experimental art show, Dots+Loops has been sharing adventurous and thought-provoking live art with audiences since 2014.
In this bespoke performance, they’ll discuss what drew them to performing, composing and presenting contemporary and post-genre music and live art.
DATE
Fri 15 Oct, 2021
TIME
6:30pm
VENUE
New Benner Theatre | Metro Arts, West End
TICKETS
General Admission $35*
Concession $25*
Groups 6+ $25*
* +Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
SHOW DURATION
60 mins
AGES + WARNINGS
Suitable for all ages.
Contains haze/smoke effects.
THE ARTISTS
Kieran Welch
Kieran is the founder and Artistic Director of the post-genre concert series Dots+Loops, inclusively exploring the spaces inbetween a traditional classical concert, an underground club gig, and an experimental art show. Though trained in classical viola from an early age, as this classical education progressed into a profession, Kieran increasingly spent the time away from his instrument building skills as a DJ, heading to music festivals, and working as an indie rock and electronica music journalist. Dots+Loops emerged from a quest to merge these previously separate artistic aspects of his life, and combined with the rise of a burgeoning community of post-genre musicians in his hometown of Brisbane, Australia, the series has now seen five years of unique live art experiences, acclaimed by critics, audiences and artists alike.
Flora Wong
Australian violinist Flora Wong is a musician who is drawn to the intersections between different disciplines of music-making. Equally at home coaxing virtuosic Baroque figurations out of gut strings as she is playing polyrhythms alongside a drum kit, she is fast becoming a go-to collaborator for contemporary and cross genre projects in Brisbane (Turrbal/Jagera land). She is a member of Brisbane-based new music septet Nonsemble, Associate Director of post-genre concert series Dots+Loops, and a lecturer in contemporary violin at JMC Academy. She works closely with Brisbane composer Chris Perren, premiering many of his works in Australia and internationally, and has given the Australian premiere performances of works by Kate Moore, Missy Mazzoli, and Judd Greenstein.
Connor D’Netto
Connor D’Netto has been described as “the model contemporary Australian composer” by ABC Classic FM. His music balances rhythmic drive, heartfelt lyricism drawn from his background as a vocalist, textures expanding the limits of instrumental sound, and delicate incorporation of electronic elements. In 2021 The Australian listed Connor as one of their “21 Hottest Creative Artists of 2021”. In 2019, Connor was Composer-In Residence of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, youngest in the Festival’s history. He has held residencies with prolific New York new-music collective Bang On A Can and with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He has been awarded prizes including an APRA Art Music Fund Award and the Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dots+Loops is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund and are an Affiliate of the Unviersity of Queensland School of Music.
Restrung Festival and Metro Arts have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. The Emerging Producer XChange is supported by the Ian Potter Foundation.
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