Archived event
Performance details
Saturday 9 July 2022 at 2pm & 7.30pm
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
About this performance
Spinifex Gum has disarmed and uplifted audiences across Australia, bringing together the sound of Marliya, a choir of talented young Indigenous women and girls from Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, the music of Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill (The Cat Empire) and choreography of Deborah Brown.
Led by Ben Northey, Spinifex Gum will join with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Felix Riebl and Emma Donovan in a symphonic version of a show which is part political and part aspirational, exploring hard-hitting issues of our time, themes of friendship and empowerment, and celebrating what can be achieved when we come together as one.
Duration: Approx. 80 minutes, no interval
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor
Marliya
Emma Donovan
Ollie McGill
Felix Riebl
Gondwana Voices
With musicians from Melbourne Youth Orchestras
Felix Riebl composer
Ross Irwin, Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill arrangements
Lyn Williams AM choral director
Deborah Brown choreography
Presented in NAIDOC week, this is music and art to challenge and inspire contemporary Australia.
Proudly presented by Equity Trustees
