PASSING

Concert starts 8.00pm

Bar open from 7.00pm

Tickets $10 - $40 (Pay what you can afford)

Performers

Kieran Welch (Viola)

Guest mezzo soprano

Program

Oliver Brown — Alexa, Write Me Some Music (viola version premiere) 7'

MJ O'Neill — New work (premiere) 6'

Kym Dillon — New work (premiere)* TBC

Missy Mazzoli — A Thousand Tongues (viola version)* 7'

Nico Muhly ft. ANOHNI — Keep in Touch 13'

Compilation of audience-assisted visual work 7’

Leilehua (Anne) Lanzilotti — (find) 11'

Total approx. 1 hr

About the show

What does "passing" mean to you? The word carries numerous meanings and connotations, from mundane, to emotionally charged, to evoking vivid surreality.

The concept of "passing" has particular significance for anyone who does not hold the position of power in a situation, community or context. For queer, and particularly gender-diverse folk, passing can sometimes be the difference between life and death.

To mark international pride month, Meanjin/Brisbane-born violist Kieran Welch examines what passing means to him, what it means to other members of the queer community, and what it means to everyone present.

Intertwining worlds of contemporary classical, electronica and visual art, experience Kieran's unique ability to share powerfully gripping stories through performance, journeying through hilarious absurdity, to raw emotion, and transcendental acceptance.