So, I Am Shouting
An original composition for solo violin, commissioned by ANAM for the ANAM Set, performed for the ANAM Set Festival in 2022 and broadcast by The Music Show on ABC Radio National. This work was later filmed in July 2022, and the film serves as a novel presentation of the same work. The piece has been disseminated via national radio (The Music Show on ABC Radio National); public performance (14 May 2022) and subsequent filming.
History
ERA Category
- Original Creative Work - Musical composition
Funding type
- Public funds
Eligible major research output?
- Yes
Research Statement
Research Background: Thomas Green’s composition explores varied musical streams. In his long-term project to contest the ossified branding and exclusivity of classical and art music, each of Green’s work uses a variety of methods to encourage audiences and peers to new ways of considering classical boundaries. Thomas Green was commissioned by ANAM to create a work specifically for violinist Claire Weatherhead, who premiered the work and presented it at the ANAM Set in 2022. Research Contribution: In "So, I Am Shouting," rhythmic figures were, to an unusual extent, left to the interpretation of its performer. Thus, the work was intended to draw embodiment into focus – a musical facet whose elevation might interrogate entrenched methodologies. Writing for a specific person means preparing music while evaluating an attribute space: that person and their relationship with their instrument, as well as the instrument’s idiosyncrasies, its performance environment and its audience. In this way the music exists only in relation to its people and environment. Although Western musical notation—perhaps its most defining feature—provides the facility for music to be abstracted (e.g. from temporality), Green’s music interrogates this and invites reemphasis on actualisation and music occurring “in the world.” Research Significance: This work was commissioned by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) for the renowned ANAM Set, a program funded by Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) which commissioned 67 composers for 67 of their students, to encourage bonds between composers and performers. Thomas Green paired with violinist, Claire Weatherhead. It was premiered at Abbotsford Convent (Melbourne) on the 26th of October in 2021, and featured at the ANAM Set Festival on the 14th of May in 2022. On the same day at a separate event, it was recorded in front of a live audience for public broadcast (on air and digital) by The Music Show (ABC Radio National).Place of publication
Melbourne, AustraliaPublisher URL
Confidential / Culturally sensitive
- No
Length of recording
1 hour (for radio broadcast); approx 8 mins for video recordingDate of recording
2022-05-14Duration of performance
approximately 8 minutesPerformance size
- Solo
Estimated size of audience
ABC Radio National weekly audience size as of July 2022: 631,000Was the work disseminated?
- Yes
Form of dissemination
- Public broadcast
Scope of dissemination
- National
Did the work go on tour?
- No