DEC 9 - MONASH UNIVERSITY: Sounding Change
featuring HELEN SVOBODA
evening show 7.30PM
co-presented with MONASH UNIVERSITY
Helen Svoboda
The Jazzlab Thursday Dec 9 doors 7pm Show 7.30pm
Tickets HERE $25/$15 Bookings essential
Monash University Sounding Change feat. Helen Svoboda
Monash University Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music are passionate supporters of Australian Music, Gender Diversity, and Jazz and Improvisation. We are proud to sponsor the MWIJF, and thrilled to have our students perform, listen and learn through the fantastic artists and events featured within the festival. This concert will feature student ensembles performing two sets of music led by innovative composer and bassist Helen Svoboda.
Helen Svoboda: bassist, vocals and composer
Ensemble 1:
Yael Zamir - flute
Mia Barham: alto sax
Jesse-Lee Mahler - alto sax
Amelia Roberts - piano
Meghan Davidson - bass
Marissa Di Marzio - drums
Ensemble 2:
Harper Dawson – alto sax
Madeline Browne: tenor sax
Rosie Stephen - trombone
Uyen-My Pham - guitar
Mia Rowland - drums
Helen Svoboda
Helen Svoboda is a double bassist, vocalist, composer, and nature enthusiast. Born of Finnish/Australian heritage, she draws influence from vegetables, flowers and the genres of minimalist contemporary classical music to folk and experimental jazz. She is defined not by genre, but by an addiction to music and her love of exciting creative environments. Following her recent return from two years of study in the Netherlands and Germany (Masters of Jazz Performance), Svoboda was recently awarded the 2020 Freedman Jazz Fellowship and named the 2020/2021 Pathfinders Associate Artist for the Australian Art Orchestra, based in Melbourne.
As a performer, Svoboda emits a flair for “allowing difficult ideas to sound whimsical and free” (Kristin Berardi, AUS). Her colourful inner being channels facets of childlike playfulness and raw intensity amidst a “purposeful storm” (Charlotte Haesen, Jazz Maastricht), her music combining “soaring vocalisations ... twisted with intense displays of double bass” (Scott Murphy, Heavy Blog is Heavy 2020), with the sole aim of honest, soulful sentiment.
Jazz at Monash
The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance (Monash University) Jazz and Improvisation program is the premier jazz course in Australia. We attract the highest calibre of teaching staff and offer a variety of performance, composition and research opportunities. Our curriculum includes unique opportunities for students to perform, learn and be mentored from seminal musicians such as Carla Bley, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, Charles Lloyd, Linda Oh, Branford Marsalis, Kris Davis and Dave Douglas.
Study Options include: BMus, Honours, Masters, PHD, Double degrees with Arts, Commerce, Education, Laws or Science.
