Sonant Bodies & Friends
“There is [was] an unconscious collaboration between artists. Whether you agreed or disagreed was of no consequence... What does happen when artists meet is that we are able to see more clearly the unfolding of character as time goes on.”
- William Baziotes
Here at Sonant Bodies, we actively look with collaborating with old and new friends. To support these necessary partnerships, The ‘& Friends’ Initiative was set up to maintain and support collaborations with musicians, artists, writers and thinkers who we love to work and perform with and foster cross-disciplinary relationships.
Below is information about all the artists we have collaborated and are collaborating with.
If you’d love to hear from us or work with us, please feel free to contact us.
“There is [was] an unconscious collaboration between artists. Whether you agreed or disagreed was of no consequence... What does happen when artists meet is that we are able to see more clearly the unfolding of character as time goes on.”
- William Baziotes
Here at Sonant Bodies, we actively look with collaborating with old and new friends. To support these necessary partnerships, The ‘& Friends’ Initiative was set up to maintain and support collaborations with musicians, artists, writers and thinkers who we love to work and perform with and foster cross-disciplinary relationships.
Below is information about all the artists we have collaborated and are collaborating with.
If you’d love to hear from us or work with us, please feel free to contact us.
Past Collaborators:
Salina Myat & Nick McManus - Performed works by Pham & Hazel as part of SKIN/METAL/GLASS/WOOD Concert Series (2018)
Salina Myat
Salina is a percussionist currently completing her Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has performed with the Conservatorium’s Wind Symphony and Traditional Chinese Ensemble. She is member of the Sydney Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and participated in their 2017 European Tour. She was also the 2017 Runner-Up CutCommon’s Young Writer of the Year. Nick McManus Nick McManus began playing the cello at the age of seven under the tutelage of Ludmilla Palmer at Trinity Grammar School. After being awarded an Associate Diploma of Music (AMusA) and graduating from Trinity Grammar School in 2013, he is now studying a Bachelor of Music (Performance) with Julian Smiles at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Nicholas has participated in several orchestral settings in Sydney since 2013, including the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Musician Project Orchestra, and the Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra. He has also participated in orchestral projects around Australia and abroad, including Australian Youth Orchestra, the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute, and Danish Youth Ensemble (DUEN). Highlights of Nicholas’ orchestral experience include touring Europe with SYO in 2017 and performing in the Bermagui Four Winds Sound Shell in 2016 and 2017. |
Sonant Bodies Collaborated with Sarah Monk as Part of 'Sound of Spaces' Vivid (2018), Maitland Regional Art Gallery (2018) & Cracked Theatre Festival (2017)
Sarah Monk graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Painting (2007), from the Australian
National University. From 2009-2013 she worked in schools, whilst playing flute in an Experimental-art music ensemble, The Lee Scott Newcombe Ensemble, Brighton, UK. In 2017 Sarah graduated with a Bachelor of Music with distinction in Classical flute from the University of Newcastle under the tutelage of Sally Walker and awarded the Maurice Sendak prize for the highest final recital mark for an orchestral instrument that year. In 2016, Sarah also won the UON $15000 Joy Ingall Scholarship. This helped fund a one month research trip to Chennai, India where she studied Bamboo flute under famous flutist Shashank Subramanyam. In 2016 Sarah went to New York for the United Nations Youth Assembly conference, working with university students from the Wollotuka Institute with the group working towards a performance which combined traditional Palm Island songs with ideas around Climate change. Sarah has an interest in new music, improvisation, and breaking traditions in performance practices. In 2014, she co-formed the experimental ensemble Tone Camerata. The group played at the Create 2308 festival 2014, This is Not art festival 2015 and 2016, and received two New Music Network grants, in 2015 and 2017. |