2024-25 Associate Artists: Zela Papageorgiou and Alon Ilsar
2022 News
Alon Ilsar and Zela Papagergiou join Speak Percussion as Artistic Associates.
Announcement: Doubling the Talent at Speak Percussion
2022 News
Speak Percussion is delighted to announce that Kaylie Melville will join Eugene Ughetti, the organisation’s Founding Artistic Director, as Co-Artistic Director commencing in 2024.
March Static / Sonic Eclipse Community Rehearsals
2022 Bespoke
Rehearsals for Sonic Eclipse have begun!
Polar Force at Sydney Festival
2022 Performance
Immerse yourself in the sound of Antarctica. Polar Force evokes the beauty and infinite complexity of Antarctica through an immersive and multi-sensorial performance work presented in an inflatable performance space.
Announcement: Duré Dara OAM is our Resident Creative Director
2022 News
Duré Dara OAM joins Kaylie Melville and Eugene Ughetti as Speak Percussion’s core artistic team
Announcement: Aaron Wyatt is our Artist in Residence
2022 News
Speak Percussion are delighted to welcome Aaron Wyatt to the team as Artist in Residence. Aaron brings with him a wealth of experience and insight as a maker, interpreter and leader. Over the coming years, Aaron will be involved in a spectrum of activities including the creation of a major new work for Speak Percussion that he will both compose and perform in.
Speak Percussion UK/Australia Tour 2022
2022 Performance Tour
Speak Percussion tours two works to the United Kingdom in November 2022.
Systems of Control at the Wired Lab
2022 PerformanceSet amongst the sweet lanolin infused surrounds of the old Rosemount shed, Speak Percussion will activate the site through a participatory percussion event.
Taking shearing and the unique and weathered properties of the shed as both the site and sound for the work, this performance piece uses vibration, attack and repetitive percussive movements to conjure a sound harking from site-specific practices of percussionists and sheep shearers.
Scream Star
2022 Performance
A triptych featuring leading compositional voices in the experimental and conceptual music world, responding to all-too-familiar tropes of the live music and visuals format.
“Scream Star is many things: absurd and funny, moving and creative, precise and demanding. It is, in short, seriously good music-making. It is performance art and theatre, and new music-making at its finest.” – Limelight