ballarat victoria 22–30 august 2015

Nourishing the soul with nine days of acoustic music performance,
collaboration, enjoyment and discovery in unusual and intimate
venues throughout the regional Victorian city of Ballarat.
FESTIVAL TICKET
TICKETS
Main Weekend (28–30 August)
$120 Adult / $110 Concession
DAY PASS
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(03) 5333 5888
Her Majesty’s Theatre
17 Lydiard St South, Ballarat
Saturday 29 or Sunday 30 only
$75 Adult / $65 Concession
SINGLE
PERFORMANCE
(excluding Space is the Place)
BALLARAT VICTORIA
22– 30 AUGUST 2015
Children under 12 are free
when accompanied by an
adult ticket holder.
$25 – cash only at the door,
pending availability
CONCERTS TICKETED
SEPARATELY
August 22 – Space is the Place
Festival Ticket Holders save 50%
Camping available
August 23 – Billy Tea to Burgers
August 26 – Kutcha Edwards
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@festofslowmusic
#FoSM
This project has been assisted by the Australian
Government through the Australia Council,
its arts funding and advisory body.
Sat 22
Sun 23
Mon 24
Tue 25
Wed 26
Thu 27
Fri 28
Sat 29
Sun 30
MAIN FESTIVAL WEEKEND
Morning Meditation
Over 20 concerts including:
10–11am
Michael Kieran Harvey
FREE
Wang Zheng-Ting/Su Li/
Chen Shuhua (China/Australia)
Lunchtime Piano
Billy Tea
to Burgers
Art Crawl
– Starts at
Mechanics’
Institute
4–7pm
Ad Hoc Music Collective
Known World Bookstore
BOLT Ensemble
1–1:30pm
Monique diMattina
FREE
Afro Lankan Drumming
Open Rehearsals
Opening
Afrovival
6–8pm
The Big Om
Gamelan DanAnda
– with Quiddity
Commission
FREE
icketed
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Separately
6:30–7:30pm
FREE
Space is the Place
Ballarat Observatory
Saturday 7:30pm – Sunday 8am
Camping available
Ticketed Separately
Kutcha
Edwards
Art Gallery
of Ballarat
7:30 –9:30pm
icketed
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Separately
Sutton’s
Pianola
Party
Suttons House
of Music
8–10pm
Satu
Vanska
Fine Blue Thread
Squawkestra
Peter Blizzard Memorial Concert
– Kaoru Kakizakai (Japan)
Including free events at Art Gallery of Ballarat,
Robert Clark Conservatory and The Lost Ones.
with Brian
Ritchie & Jim
Moginie
8–9pm
FREE
Michael
Kieran
Harvey
All concerts at Ballaarat Mechanics’
Institute unless otherwise stated.
Subject to change – check website for details.
with Adam
Simmons
Creative Music
Ensemble
9:30 –10:30pm
Drums, drums,
drums
10pm–late
FREE
The Big Om
Minerva Space
6:30pm
Fri 28 Aug
FREE ENTRY
FoSM MAIN WEEKEND
AUGUST 28 – 30
Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and other venues
The main weekend features over 20 concerts of world-class
quality, with many of these performances unique to Ballarat.
FoSM is not your average festival – it’s an experience.
FR IDAY AUGUS T 28
SUNDAY AUGUST 30
Satu Vanska (ACO Underground)
Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes)
Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil)
Kaoru Kakizakai (Japan)
with Shakuhachi Melbourne
Michael Kieran Harvey
with Adam Simmons
Creative Music Ensemble
Squawkestra
Michael Kieran Harvey,
Adam Simmons with
Mystery Drummer
SATURDAY AUGUST 29 Fine Blue Thread (Ria Soemardjo,
Gamelan DanAnda
Monica Brooks
Wang Zheng-Ting
Su Li
Chen Shuhua (China/Australia)
Monique diMattina
Afrolankan Drumming System
(featuring Ray Pereira)
BOLT Ensemble
Helen Mountfort and Sam Evans)
Afrolankan Drumming System
Gamelan DanAnda
Wang Zheng-Ting
Su Li
Chen Shuhua (China/Australia)
Ad Hoc Music Collective
with Carolyn Connors
FoSM Ensemble Finale
Join in with our
communal chant
– no experience
necessary. As part
of this concert, there
will also be the
performance of the
two recipients of the
Quiddity Commission
– for further details,
refer over to Quiddity
Composition Project.
Piano Marathon
The Lost Ones
24hrs from 12noon
Sat to 12noon
Sun 30 Aug
FREE ENTRY
An entire day and
night of piano will be
performed by a stellar
lineup. Tony Gould,
Michael Kieran Harvey,
Monique diMattina,
Luke Jaaniste, Monica
Brooks, Amie Brûlée,
Domenico de Clario
and James Hullick.
The audience is
free to come and
go throughout
the performance.
Music In The
Gardens
Robert Clark
Conservatory
10am –12noon
Sat 29 Aug
FREE ENTRY
A taster of Gamelan
DanAnda, a Melbourne
based community
orchestra of Balinese
traditional music,
situated in the heart
of Ballarat’s beautiful
Botanical Gardens.
Peter Blizzard
Memorial
Concert
Art Gallery
of Ballarat
10 –10:45am
Sun 30 Aug
FREE ENTRY
Shakuhachi master,
Kaoru Kakizakai (Japan)
will present this special
concert dedicated to
the legacy of renowned
sculptor, Peter Blizzard.
Tasting Plate
Art Gallery
of Ballarat
1–2pm
Sat 29 Aug
FREE ENTRY
A chance to sample
a little of the
Festival’s program
in the elegance of
the Art Gallery’s,
James Oddie Gallery.
Featuring Monica Brooks
(Sydney) and a trio
of Wang Zheng-Ting,
Su Li and Shen Chuhua
(China/Australia).
Last Sunday
of the Month
Art Gallery
of Ballarat
2:30 – 3:30pm
Sun 30 Aug
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DONATION TO
ART GALLERY OF
BALLARAT WOMEN’S
ASSOCIATION
This popular
concert series will
feature students
from Ballarat High
School, showcasing
the next generation
of performers.
Space is the Place
Ballarat Observatory
7:30pm Sat 22 Aug – dawn
TICKETED SEPARATELY
An all-night event of music
and star-gazing at the Ballarat
Observatory, including a tribute
to iconic jazz artist and interstellar
traveler, Sun Ra led by Adam
Simmons. Book online for
onsite camping, breakfast and
telescope viewing. Artists include:
Michael Kieran Harvey, Deborah
Kayser, Amie Brûlée, Martin Martini,
Hue Blanes, Diokno Pasilan,
Leah Scholes, Miranda Hill, Jeremy
Dullard, Sam Boon, Elissa Goodrich
and Caerwen Martin and more
– including our mystery drummer!
Billy Tea to Burgers
Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute,
MADE/Saltbush Cafe,
Ballarat Hamburger Cart
4 –7pm Sun 23 Aug
TICKETED SEPARATELY
As part of Ballarat Arts Alive Artbus
tours, Origami along with a few
friends will celebrate their new
CD about Australian identity with
this unique travelling experience.
A combination of music, street art,
food and a bus trip, it will be a great
opportunity for locals and visitors
to explore Ballarat.
Federation
Handbells Quiddity
Composition Project
The Federation Handbells are
uniquely crafted musical instruments
commissioned by Creative Victoria
to celebrate the Centenary of
Federation in 2001.
The Quiddity Commission
Two commissions will be offered
for Open and Youth categories,
with the chosen ones to be performed
as part of The Big Om concert
on Fri 28 Aug.
Head to festivalofslowmusic.com
for further details.
Morning Meditations
Minerva Space, Ballaarat
Mechanics’ Institute
10 – 11am daily
FREE
Start your day with an hour of
inspirational music from some
of the festival’s feature artists
– no experience required.
Open Rehearsals
Minerva Space
6 – 8 pm daily
Mon 24 – T hu 27 Aug
FREE
Be a fly-on-the-wall during the
final preparations of some of the
acts that will be performing on
the final weekend.
Lunchtime Piano Concerts
Known World Book Shop
1–1:30pm daily
Mon 24 – Fri 28 Aug
FREE
Daily concerts in the intimate back
room of Ballarat’s favourite quality
secondhand bookstore, surrounded
by Amy Tsilemanis’ “Streets & Skies”
exhibition as part of the Ballarat
International Foto Biennale.
Kutcha Edwards
FoSM Piano Symposium
Sutton’s Pianola Party
Art Gallery of Ballarat
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Wed 26 Aug
Fri 27 – S un 31 Aug
Suttons House of Music
8 – 10pm Thu 27 Aug
TICKETED SEPARATELY
Kutcha’s deep and rhythmic tones
are that of a storyteller whose
inspiring songs are full of passion
and spirit that evoke a connection
to an intimate and resilient song line.
Presented by Art Gallery of Ballarat,
funded by Creative Victoria as
part of the 10th Anniversary of the
Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.
Eight astounding pianists will
converge on Ballarat for four days
of peer exchange and performance
– Tony Gould, Michael Kieran
Harvey, Monique diMattina,
Luke Jaaniste, Monica Brooks,
Amie Brûlée, Domenico de Clario
and James Hullick.
FREE
Each pianist will “play”
a pianola roll or two.
Piano Marathon
The Lost Ones
Noon-to-noon Sat 29 Aug
FREE
24 hours of tag-team piano,
with mulled wine and an open fire!