Tripwire concert series
Thursdays 10 April and 8 May 2025, 6.30pm
Join us for the live music performances responding to the themes of the Tony Clark: Unsculpted exhibition.
For saxophonist Joseph Lallo, there is something integrally sonic about Tony Clark’s paintings. The work of Clark, a self-described ‘punk classicist’, features a recurring theme of freedom through – or despite – restriction. Even within the limited colour palette of Clark’s Myriorama paintings (light blue, light pink, raw sienna, and black), his art evokes a symphony of contradictions: familiar and edgy, wise and naive, stoic and flamboyant – a primal scream emerging from the confines of a corset.
TheTripwire concerts reflect and unravel this phenomenon through a range of composed and improvised music by the unique pairings of ARIA-nominated pianist and composer Nat Bartsch, oboist Briana Leaman, West-African percussionist and kora player Mohamed Camara, percussionist Anna Camara, and saxophonists Nicholas Russoniello and Joseph Lallo. Music Direction by Joseph Lallo.
Tripwire: light blue and light pink
Performers
Nat Bartsch (she/her), piano
Briana Leaman (she/her), oboe
Joseph Lallo (he/him), saxophone
Tripwire: black and raw sienna
Performers
Mohamed Camara (he/him), kora
Anna Camara (she/her), balafon
Nick Russoniello (he/him), saxophone
Joseph Lallo (he/him), saxophone
Event Details
Tripwire: light blue and light pink
Thursday 10 April, 6:30pm
Tripwire: black and raw sienna
Thursday 8 May, 6:30pm
Access
Buxton Contemporary is fully wheelchair accessible. Find detailed information about building access and available resources on our Visit page. Please contact the gallery at buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au or on 03 9035 9339 if you have any questions or would like to request an accommodation.
Joseph Lallo is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Saxophone Festival.
Passionate about performing new Australian music, he has commissioned and premiered over 70 works for saxophone, and his recording for ABC Classic was featured on both the ABC ‘Best of Australian Classical Music’ and ‘Swoon’ playlists. Joseph is a member of the Australian Saxophone Quartet, recently touring throughout Asia and Australia and recording their debut album, Echo Chamber. He is featured on Nat Bartsch’s album, Hope Renewed, and in 2023 toured the United States where he launched his new album, Traces, featuring all new music for two saxophones and piano.