Bass orchestra to perform in Brunel’s Thames Tunnel shaft

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Now the beating heart of the Brunel Museum and with a chamber half the size of Shakespeare’s Globe, the Grand Entrance Hall of the historic Thames Tunnel will host its first ever bass orchestra performance as part of the UK/Australia Season.

The amassed musicians of London chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru and Australia’s Decibel New Music Ensemble will come together on 02 December 2022 for an all-low programme by contemporary composers of Australia, UK, Finland/France, Chile and the US.

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Limelight Magazine | Decibel embarks on its first UK tour

Cat Hope talks about the electroacoustic music ensemble’s first British tour in a landmark Australian cultural collaboration with the UK; and why electroacoustic music is in a constant state of flux.
by Maddy Briggs on 17 October, 2022 | Limelight Magazine

Decibel New Music Ensemble will be touring across England in November and December, having been selected to participate in the UK/Australia season 2021–22. The UK-led program is a joint venture between the British Council and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spurring cultural exchange and collaboration in fields including theatre, visual art, music and literature. 2021 marks the first collaboration with Australia. 

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Ruthless Jabiru and Decibel together in concert for one night only

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London chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru welcomes into its fold fellow Australian musicians Decibel New Music Ensemble for a massed finale to the latter’s forthcoming UK tour.

The two ensembles will unite for a programme of graphic-, text- and traditionally-notated music performed by an orchestra of entirely low instruments. The event will take place in the unique subaquatic surrounds of the Grand Entrance Hall at the Brunel Museum on 02 December 2022 as part of the UK/Australia Season 2021-22.

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