Fiona Hill is a composer specialising in electroacoustics and immersive sound. Described as having “powerful emotional impact” (The Advertiser), she often explores the dichotomy between the natural and industrial worlds, attempting to find the beauty and resilience of the human psyche where worlds collide.
Recent projects include the electroacoustic work Imago recorded by Lamorna Nightingale and Jane Sheldon as part of the Other Voices project, Out of the Darkness for Alicia Crossley’s upcoming album Bass Instincts, Pentography premiered by Ensemble Offspring at the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room and the private commission Romancing the Dragon.
Currently undertaking a PhD at Sydney Conservatorium of Music with an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship, other awards include the APRA AGSC women in screen music mentorship with Elliott Wheeler (2019), APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund (2018), Ensemble Offspring’s Noisy Women Commission (2017) and an Australia Council grant to study electroacoustics at IRCAM (2009).
Recent projects include the electroacoustic work Imago recorded by Lamorna Nightingale and Jane Sheldon as part of the Other Voices project, Out of the Darkness for Alicia Crossley’s upcoming album Bass Instincts, Pentography premiered by Ensemble Offspring at the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room and the private commission Romancing the Dragon.
Currently undertaking a PhD at Sydney Conservatorium of Music with an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship, other awards include the APRA AGSC women in screen music mentorship with Elliott Wheeler (2019), APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund (2018), Ensemble Offspring’s Noisy Women Commission (2017) and an Australia Council grant to study electroacoustics at IRCAM (2009).
Imago
For Flute, Voice and Electronics
“She went hysterical when I was taken away and it took two people to hold her down.” “I used to look into prams. I was convinced that I was going to find her.” “As for my birth father, I don’t know anything other than his name.”
These are just some of the harrowing quotes from transcripts compiled on the History of Adoption website by Monash University: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/historyofadoption/
This tragedy of recent Australian history forms the foundation of the electroacoustic work Imago: for flute, voice and electronics. The piece responds to the multi-faceted stories of those affected by Forced Adoption within Australia as well as societal attitudes and the eventual governmental apology to the victims.
Imago was created with the support of APRA AMCOS Art Music Award
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These are just some of the harrowing quotes from transcripts compiled on the History of Adoption website by Monash University: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/historyofadoption/
This tragedy of recent Australian history forms the foundation of the electroacoustic work Imago: for flute, voice and electronics. The piece responds to the multi-faceted stories of those affected by Forced Adoption within Australia as well as societal attitudes and the eventual governmental apology to the victims.
Imago was created with the support of APRA AMCOS Art Music Award
View Score Here
Pentography
For Flute doubling bamboo flute, Bb Clarinet doubling Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion
Commissioned by the Noisy Egg Creation Fund – Noisy Women Commission 2017, the work draws its extra musical inspiration from Traditional Chinese Medicine and the five seasons, where each season relates to a particular aspect of the mind, body and spirit.
Spring: Wind in heaven, wood on earth. Shouting sound, impatience, anger, dissatisfaction.
Summer: Heat in heaven, fire on earth. Growth, lightness, expansion, laughter, joy.
Earth: Harmonises the four seasons. Time stops, unity, harmony, dreamlike, tranquil.
Autumn: Dryness in heaven, metal on earth. Grief, gathering together, stillness, contraction.
Winter: Cold in heaven, water on earth. Receptive, introspective, stillness, spiritual essence.
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Spring: Wind in heaven, wood on earth. Shouting sound, impatience, anger, dissatisfaction.
Summer: Heat in heaven, fire on earth. Growth, lightness, expansion, laughter, joy.
Earth: Harmonises the four seasons. Time stops, unity, harmony, dreamlike, tranquil.
Autumn: Dryness in heaven, metal on earth. Grief, gathering together, stillness, contraction.
Winter: Cold in heaven, water on earth. Receptive, introspective, stillness, spiritual essence.
View Score here