The Exquisite Now
Steve Falk performing on the Federation Handbells
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Commissioned by Museums Victoria...
Museums Victoria are the custodians of the Federation Handbells. I have had a long association with the bells and am thrilled to be writing The Exquisite Now for performance next May. They write:
"The Exquisite Now is a new, and potentially ongoing, composition. It is inspired by a combination of ideas involving the rondo musical form and the ‘exquisite corpse’ visual art form. We have invited Graeme Leak to create a 3 or 4 minute refrain for the Federation Handbells and then a 3 or 4 minute musical base upon which other groups (schools for this incarnation but potentially community groups or professional artists as well in the future) can compose a musical response, to create a link in the ‘rondo chain’. This means groups could work independently, to compose their sections and learn the refrain, and then be brought together to perform the piece as a whole." (Susan Bamford-Caleo)
"The Exquisite Now is a new, and potentially ongoing, composition. It is inspired by a combination of ideas involving the rondo musical form and the ‘exquisite corpse’ visual art form. We have invited Graeme Leak to create a 3 or 4 minute refrain for the Federation Handbells and then a 3 or 4 minute musical base upon which other groups (schools for this incarnation but potentially community groups or professional artists as well in the future) can compose a musical response, to create a link in the ‘rondo chain’. This means groups could work independently, to compose their sections and learn the refrain, and then be brought together to perform the piece as a whole." (Susan Bamford-Caleo)
..performed in a unique gathering as part of the Arts Learning Festival 2019
I am writing a theme and a base, to be performed on sets of Federation Handbells, which will be learned by classroom groups. These groups will then compose a response, and in May we bring everyone together to put together our Exquisite Now. Find out more at the Arts Learning Website
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The Federation Handbells are managed by Museums Victoria on behalf of Creative Victoria
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