3 Shades Black

You are invited to the first performance of works created by Miranda Hill and Naima Fine while in residence at Lijiang Studio, as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Lashihai

Featuring work by Miranda Hill, Jennifer Torrence, Naima Fine.

Escape the bright city lights and come with us to the mountains of Yunnan. The white walls of Conduit Arts will be transformed into the mountains and memories of the Naxi people of Lashihai.

This new cross-media graphic score by Miranda Hill explores the melodies of family and natural histories; taking an ancient language and reinterpreting it through new musical expression.

FānYìShān translates the spoken languages of Lijiang into a musical language. It takes the natural melody of tonal languages and joyous inflection of storytelling, and sets them against the imposing mountainous horizon.

This work explores the intricacy of meaning, of what’s gained and lost in the act of translation, of languages not taught in schools and a culture fighting assimilation. It tells a story of lived history, of a changing landscape, and a grandparent’s love.

Performed by:

October 2nd:

Miranda Hill; Belinda Woods; Karen Heath; Matthew Horsely.

October 3rd:

Ben Opie; Lizzy Welsh; Deborah Kayser; Miranda Hill.

Tickets here, or at the door.

Lashihai at dawn.

Miranda and Naima are currently living in Yunnan, China, as artists in residence at Lijiang Studio.

You can keep up to date with all their exploits and adventures here!

Katherine Norman is a Soprano with over 17 year’s ensemble experience, including four European Concert Tours, several recordings and numerous live concert broadcasts presented by ABC Classic FM.

An Early Sacred & Bach specialist whose repertoire also includes modern composition, Katherine is an accomplished Soloist & blended ensemble singer.
Career Highlights include Soprano Soloist for the much-loved and vocally demanding Allegri Miserere, Mozart’s Requiem, and the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, presenting the world Premiere of Hodgson Lamentations, and performing in three separate years of the annual Melbourne Festival. Notable collaborations have included performances with the Tallis Scholars, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Steven Layton & Jeremy Summerly.

Katherine regularly performs in Melbourne, most frequently with the Consort of Melbourne (www.thecom.com.au)

New music is always a very serious undertaking.

Jenny Barnes (born Adelaide, Australia, 1981) is a vocalist, performer and video maker based in Melbourne. Barnes achieved a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance and has studied under the tutelage of predominant vocalists in New York City, Lisboa, Berlin and Oslo. Barnes has travelled extensively throughout rural Australia, Western Europe and Scandinavia gathering fuel for her work into the musicality of language and she is currently undertaking formal study of AUSLAN. Jennyʼs work has featured alongside that of Meredith Monk (USA), Jaap Blonk (Netherlands), Fatima Miranda (Spain) and Amanda Stewart (Australia) among others, in ‘Vocal Folds’ an exhibition at Melbourneʼs prestigious Gertrude Contemporary.

Barnes examines and mimics field recordings of Arctic mammals and domestic pets to achieve an extensive and diverse vocal capacity. Barnes then studies the rhythmic cadences and pitch modulations of human languages and applies her findings to an improvisatory musical context.