Last Words - Colloquium and Concert
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Last Words Colloquium and Concert
Free public event
An exploration on how words shape music. What makes a good text for music? Can music elevate a banal text into something transcendent? Are there some words that are too perfect to set to music?
These and other questions will be discussed by Anna Goldsworthy and Andrew Ford as he describes the journey from words to music of his new song cycle Last Words.
Sublime New York-based soprano Jane Sheldon will join Seraphim Trio, Helen Ayres, Zoe Knighton and Anna Goldsworthy, to premiere Last Words.The Australian String Quartet will also perform Andrew Ford’s new String Quartet No. 5.
Research Fellow at the J.M Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, award-winning pianist and
Writer; and founding member of the Seraphim Trio
Composer, writer and broadcaster for The Music Show on ABC Radio National
New York-based Australian soprano
Founding member of the Seraphim Trio
Founder member of Flinders Quartet
When: Tuesday 15 October 2013, 5:30 – 7:00pm
Where: Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide
Enquiries: universityevents@adelaide.edu.au