The Joan Events No. 1

8pm, Friday August 8
Hall of St Mary’s, North Melbourne

The JOAN EVENTS are a multi-year project - in honour of pianist, choral improviser, educator and longtime Astra member Joan Pollock -  with the aim of generating new works and performances between these two domains of concert expression.

Joan Event 2025: creative exchanges among a spectrum of guest performers.

Performers:
Kim Bastin, piano; Elizabeth Drake, piano; Caroline Almonte, piano; Jessica Aszodi, voice; Jaslyn Robertson, synths, Iran Sanadzadeh, pressure-sensitive table floors

Works by:
Ruth Crawford, Helen Gifford, 

Jess performs:

3 Latin Prayers by Giacinto Scelsi

Aria by Wojtek Blecharz

GLORI by Jennifer Walshe 

supported by the Joan Pollock Creative Fund and Creative Australia