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SXS
DIDGERIDOO
COMMISSIONING
PROJECT

2024

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Williams/Sean O'Boyle AM – The Wise Woman

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for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday March 3, 2024 

Divine Alchemy

QPAC Concert Hall 

Chris Williams, didgeridoo

 

Photo: Darren Thomas

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Williams/Leek -

Juwoon,Tu, Ngyin’anga (Country, Heart, Life)

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for soprano, mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday June 2nd, 2024 

Perfumes of the East

QPAC Concert Hall 

Nina Korbe, soprano

Chris Williams, didgeridoo

 

Photo: Darren Thomas

Williams/Sean O'Boyle AM – gundirgan, wise woman

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Collaboration with Queensland Ballet - Bespoke Series 2024. Mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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July 25 to August 3, 2024 

'gundirgan, wise woman'

Thomas Dixon Centre

Chris Williams, didgeridoo

 

Photo: David Kelly 

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2023

​Williams/John Jorgenson - ‘Global Rivers Rising’

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday October 22, 2023

The New World, 

QPAC Concert Hall 

Chris Williams, didgeridoo 

World Premiere performance

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Williams/James Morrison AM – Co-incidience

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday June 18, 2023 
From the Heartland: Vienna to Budapest, 
QPAC Concert Hall 
Chris Williams, didgeridoo 
World Premiere performance

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Williams/Sean O'Boyle AM – The Wise Woman

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for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Saturday June 10, 2023
Earth and Sky - Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance

Williams/Sean O’Boyle – ‘Beerwah’ The Mother of the Glasshouse Mountains

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Saturday June 10, 2023 
Earth and Sky
Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall 
Chris Williams, didgeridoo

William Barton/Sean O’Boyle – Didgeridoo Concerto

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Saturday June 10, 2023

Earth and Sky - 

Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall Chris Williams, didgeridoo

Photo: Simon Woods

2022

Maps and Journeys: The World's First Astronomers

Production for mixed chamber ensemble, didgeridoo soloists, actor and dancer

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Cultural Knowledge: Paula Nazarski 
Preparation: Tania Frazer, Sean O'Boyle AM, Suzanne Kompass and Paula Nazarski 
Music: Sean O'Boyle AM, Eric Avery, Brenda Gifford and Ross Edwards 

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Thursday August 11, 2022 
Schools Concert - Bangalow Music Festival, A&I Hall 
Selections from the Production 

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Saturday August 13, 2022 
Bangalow Music Festival, A&I Hall 
World Premiere Performance

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Tuesday August 7, 2023 
Schools Concert,
Immanuel Lutheran College - Buderim 

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Wednesday August 8, 2023 Horizon, 
Melbourne Recital Centre - Elizabeth Murdoch Hall

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Williams/Matthew Dewey – Kunanyi Skies

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday October 2, 2022
A Moment in Time, QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance

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Williams/Leah Curtis – The Ground

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday June 19, 2022
A Moment in Time, QPAC Concert Hall
Chris Williams, didgeridoo
World Premiere performance

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Williams/Sean O’Boyle – ‘Beerwah’ The Mother of the Glasshouse Mountains

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday February 20, 2022 
Fireworks and Fury, 
QPAC Concert Hall 
Chris Williams, didgeridoo 
World Premiere performance

2021-2020

Williams/Joe Twist – The Ancient Rainforest

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday September 5, 2021 
Dreams and Visions, 
QPAC Concert Hall 
Chris Williams, didgeridoo 
World Premiere performance

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William Barton/Sean O’Boyle – Didgeridoo Concerto

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Thursday July 22, 2021 
Brisbane Gala, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Chris Williams, didgeridoo 

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Wednesday November 18, 2020 
Dusk Recitals; Chris Williams in Concert with Southern Cross Soloists 

Bleach* Festival, Burleigh Hub, Gold Coast 
Chris Williams, didgeridoo 

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Sunday October 18, 2020

SXS Returns, 
QPAC Concert Hall Chris Williams, didgeridoo 

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2019

William Barton – Square Circles Beneath the Sand

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Saturday August 19, 2017 

Concert Five ‘Spirit of the People’, Bangalow A&I Hall 

Annual Bangalow Music Festival 2017 William Barton, didgeridoo soloist

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Williams/John Rotar – Ginan: Songs of Knowledge

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist

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Sunday July 21, 2019 
Maps and Journeys, 
QPAC Concert Hall 
Chris Williams, didgeridoo

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2000's to 2017

William Barton/Joe Twist – Bangalow Dreamsong

for mixed chamber ensemble and didgeridoo soloist featuring William Barton in collaboration with Southern Cross Soloists and community choirs from the Northern Rivers region

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Saturday August 19, 2017 
Festival Prelude, Bangalow A&I Hall 2017 Annual Bangalow Music Festival World Premiere performance 
William Barton, didgeridoo/voice soloist

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William Barton – I dream of sacred? I am my dream

for soprano, didgeridoo and mixed chamber ensemble

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Recorded for ABC Classics
William Barton
Kalkadungu: Music for Didgeridoo and Orchestra
YouTube >   Spotify >
Australian Music Centre >

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Tuesday August 4, 2009
Cocktail Chat with Piers Lane, Jupiters Townsville
2009 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
William Barton, didgeridoo soloist

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Wednesday August 27, 2008
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
World Premiere performance
William Barton, didgeridoo soloist

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