This is a world premiere program of chamber music as you will never had experienced it – music that uses creative forms of notations exhibited in 3D space. Facilitated by media artist Sohan Ariel Hayes, the music notation is animated in projections that are shared with the audience as well as the musicians, creating an immersive and innovative performance experience for both. Expect experimental and exciting sounds you may not have heard before, alongside immersive, animated video and lighting that challenge your idea of what a music score can be. This is Decibel’s first and only performance in WA for 2023.

World premieres from Brenda Gifford (NSW), Kate Milligan (WA), Donna Hewitt (NSW), Kezia Yap (NSW), Dave Brown (VIC) as well as WA premieres of music by Jaslyn Robertson (VIC) and a special reworking of Hungarian composer György Ligeti (1923-2006) by Decibel member Lindsay Vickery to honour the composers’ centenary.

Founded in WA in 2009 by artistic director Cat Hope, Decibel are world-leading interpreters of graphic notations and pioneer digital score formats for chamber music composition and performance. Whilst rooted in western art music tradition, Decibel aim to remove stylistic boundaries in their commissioning and performance approaches, which focus on the combination of acoustic and electronic sounds in experimental music performance settings. Decibel have extensive experience in presented these ‘visual scores’  - both in exhibition environments (Drawn From Sound (2012), Sounding Art (2017) and their regular concerts – this program takes their work with music notation to a completely new level.