Music
House/Music
From June to August, we’re transforming our historic houses and museum spaces through a series of intimate and diverse live music experiences
Friday 17 July 6pm–6.45pm
Performance
House/Music: Hilary Geddes Quartet
Take a seat at the historic Justice & Police Museum and be transported through improvisation and sound as the Hilary Geddes Quartet play music from the album Redleaf. Hilary Geddes is an Australian guitarist and composer whose work moves between jazz, indie and experimental music
Friday 28 August 6pm–7pm
Performance
House/Music: Believe
In the charged atmosphere of the Justice & Police Museum, this live performance unfolds in a space shaped by layered stories. Believe is a new free jazz supergroup comprising four of the most inventive improvisers and composers in Sydney’s creative music scene
Friday 31 July 6pm–7pm
Performance
House/Music: Wytchings
The historic Elizabeth Farm homestead creates a fitting backdrop for this exclusive listening experience. Wytchings is the music project of artist Jenny Trinh. Trinh creates electronic soundscapes that are introspective yet familiar, and that soundtrack the abstract experiences of growing up amid the changing urban landscapes of Western Sydney
Friday 14 August 6pm–7pm
Performance
House/Music: claire rousay
With its sweeping harbour views and rich layered interiors, Elizabeth Bay House offers a spectacular setting for music. Canadian–American musician, composer and artist claire rousay has created a unique form of musique concrète, zeroing in on personal emotions and the minutiae of everyday life
Friday 17 July 6pm–6.45pm
Fatshaudi commissioned works
We commissioned a range of musicians to create new compositions for Dream Feast in response to sheet music held in the Caroline Simpson Library Collection. One of the musicians, Fatshaudi (Brisbane-based producer Rachael Ryan), shares her experience
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Hearing the music of early New South Wales
A new website documents an exciting partnership between Museums of History NSW and the University of Sydney in an exploration of Indigenous song and European settler vocal and instrumental music in early colonial NSW
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