UPCOMING...

'Comic Con' with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Friday 27 July 2018, 7:30pm
Auckland Town Hall
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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Comic Con is one of the largest celebrations of science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels and popular culture in New Zealand. For the first time the NZSO will perform a special Comic Con-themed concert presenting some of the most popular music from television, film and video games.

'THUM PRINTS' in SYDNEY, COLOgne, CUBA & Nürnberg

Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 16 September 2018, 14:00
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
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Also featuring 482 Variations on a Very Short Theme & Opposites (World Premiere)

WDR Funkhausorchester
Friday 12 October 2018
Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne)

Chamber Orchestra of Havana
November 2018
Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Havana, Cuba)

Nürnberg Symphoniker
Wednesday 27 March 2019 (7:00pm)
Thursday 28 March 2019 (9:30 & 11:15am)
Friday 29 March 2019 (9:00 & 11:00am)
Musiksaal in der Kongresshalle (Nürnberg)
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Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

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Tom Thum, the man with the orchestra in his mouth, joins forces with composer Gordon Hamilton. Armed with just a microphone, this magnificently talented dude produced an inexhaustible vocal inventory of glorious and weird noises. Gordon and Tom smoosh together the sounds of a real-life orchestra with all the surprising possibilities of beatboxing. 

Performance of '482 Variations on a Very Short Theme'

Not The Last Night of the Proms
Thursday 9 August 2018, 7:30pm
QPAC Concert Hall
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Alondra de la Parra

A brief Beatles recording plays out of a speaker... the orchestra latches onto three notes, spinning them out into 482 (extremely short!) micro variations.

'Everyday Requiem' with edc

The Australian Voices and Expressions Dance Company
12 – 20 October 2018
QPAC Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane

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A breathtaking celebration of life. Melding beautiful new choreography by Natalie Weir and an a capella score by Gordon Hamilton and performed by The Australian Voices, 'Everyday Requiem' celebrates the "ordinary" moments that make life special. Exploring the rich tapestry of life, 'Everyday Requiem' is a moving and inspiring dance theatre and music experience.

VOICES OF REMEMBRANCE

9 November 2018
Empire Theatre, Toowoomba

10 November 2018
Munro Martin Parklands, Cairns
Grafton Street, Corner of Minnie Street

Conductor | Patrick Pickett

Queensland Music Festival will stage two concerts in Toowoomba and Cairns in the lead up to Remembrance Day, including the premiere of my new commissioned work about the First World War. The concert features songstress and QMF Artistic Director Katie Noonan, and renowned New Zealand baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. Choirs in Cairns and Toowoomba can participate by registering here.

'Red Live Breath' Tour With TAV

Armidale (9 Dec.) / Mudgee (10 Dec.) / Orange (11 Dec.) / Lithgow (12 Dec.) / Canberra (13 Dec.) / Sydney 15 Dec.) / Newcastle (16 Dec.) / Nambucca Heads (17 Dec.) / Brisbane (19 Dec.)

The Australian Voices
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

The Australian Voices tour towns in NSW with visits to Canberra and Brisbane to present a program of Australian works, sacred classical music and Christmas songs. The tour is named for the featured work on the program, 'Red Live Breath' by Cathy Milliken. In this ritualistic work, the choristers gather to sing short phrases, play stones, exchange sonorities with whirlies and interact with torches: all actions that set the space as a magical place.

'Danzón Cubano' with NürnbergER Symphoniker, SWP Konstanz & Marialy Pacheco

Nürnberger Symphoniker
Thursday 21 March 2019, 8:00pm
Friday 22 March 2019, 8:00pm
Musiksaal in der Kongresshalle, Nürnberg
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Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Sunday 24 March 2019, 8:00pm
Schänzlehalle, Konstanz
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Works and arrangements by Marialy Pacheco & Gordon Hamilton. Featuring Joo Kraus (trumpet).

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Nürnberger Symphoniker

Wednesday, 27 March 2019  7:00pm
Peter-Vischer-Schulkonzert
Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg

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Nürnberger Symphoniker
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Gioacchino Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Ouvertüre; Una voce poco fa)
Emmerich Kálmán | Die Csardasfürstin (Ouvertüre; Heia in den Bergen)
Pietro Mascagni | Intermezzo sinfonico
Hamilton | Thum Prints

RECENT...

PerformanceS of 'Dark Hour' in Galway & Canberra 

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 8:00pm
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
Cois Cladaigh
Conductor | Dr. Brendan O'Connor

Tuesday 1 May 2018
10:00am & 12:30pm
Canberra International Music Festival
Australian War Memorial
Luminescence Chamber Singers

The text of my piece 'Dark Hour' is from Prime Minister Billy Hughes' off-the-cuff remarks at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1916. He was summing up the Australian experience at Gallipoli. Download the score here.

Premiere of 'Macquarie' with Rapper-Poet Luka Lesson and QSO

Friday 20 April 7:00pm
QSO WAVE Festival
Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Sarah Grace Williams

Rapper-poet Luka Lesson and I wrote 'Macquarie', an orchestral-hiphop interrogation of Lachlan Macquarie's legacy.

"...a harrowing piece exploring the realities and romanticisms of Lachlan Macquarie... Truthfully, I’m just not sure anything could follow ‘Macquarie’ and garner the same attention and awe as its predecessor... never doubt an orchestra’s ability to kick ass." – Kyley Thompson for Scenestr.com [read in full]

HORRORSHOW WITH QSO

Friday 20 April 9:30pm
QSO WAVE Festival
Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre
Tickets SOLD OUT

Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Arranger | Gordon Hamilton

Horrorshow x QSO collab... Solo on the mic and Adit on the fader. And I got to conduct in a merch shirt!

"If only all collaborations between orchestras and contemporary musicians were done with such joy and flair! One of the QSO’s secret weapons is Gordon Hamilton, a musical chameleon with bonafides in the territories of Hip Hop and Classical music. His arrangements were authentic, used imaginative colour and crucially, celebrated rather than patronised the orchestral force." – Gillian Wills for ArtsHub [read in full]

Performances of 'Vrbanja Bridge' in Germany & NORWAY

Friday 11 March, 7pm
Schloss Erbdrostenhof, Münster, Germany
(Premiere)

Wednesday 11 April, 7pm
Stavanger Konserthus Fartein Valen, Norway

Cello | KONSTANTIN MANAEV
Piano | ANASTASSIYA DRANCHUK

My new piece for cello and piano, based on the tragic story of Admira Ismić (a Bosniak) and Boško Brkić (a Bosnian Serb) living in Sarajevo during the the Siege of Sarajevo. As they crossed Vrbanja Bridge, sniper bullets killed them. 

PREMIEREs of 'Outer Landscape' & 'PARAPHRASE on CIELITO LINDO' with Alondra... en México

Wednesday 13 Dec. 2017, 21:00
Auditorio Pabellón M, Monterrey, NL
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Saturday 16 Dec. 2017, 21:00
Auditorio Metropolitano, Puebla
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Tuesday 19 Dec. 2017, 19:00
Explanada De La Bandera

Thursday 21 Dec. 2017, 20:00
Club de golf puerto Cancún

Conductor | Alondra de la Parra

Two short works, premiering in Mexico as part of Navidad en México (programmed and conducted by Alondra de la Parra). Outer Landscape is scored for orchestra with solo overtone singer (a type of multiphonic for the voice). Paraphrase on Cielito Lindo is my re-imaginging of Mexico's most famous song... "Ay ay ay ay!"

The Singing Politician

Sunday 7 May 2017, 2pm
Canberra International Music Festival
National Gallery of Australia – Gandel Hall
Tickets ($57 / $52 / $30 / $25)

Sunday 23 July 2017, 5pm
Unashamedly Original Festival
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
Tickets ($25)

Topology and The Australian Voices
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

“A fascinating and artistically absorbing musico-political event”
– Limelight Magazine

“It is simultaneously quite serious, quite moving and absolutely hilarious”
– James Morrison

Prime Ministerial speeches set to music: Topology and The Australian Voices bring iconic speeches and exceptional musicianship together to celebrate pivotal moments in Australian history. Composed by Robert Davidson, John Babbage and Gordon Hamilton, The Singing Politician takes the words right out of our Prime Ministers’ mouths – from Robert Menzies to Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser to Paul Keating, Bob Hawke to Tony Abbott – and marries them seamlessly to an overlay of stirring music and choral work.

PREMIERE of 'AGE OF THE UNIVERSE'

Saturday 10 June, 7:30pm
Sydney University Great Hall

Sydney University Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Luke Spicer

A melody is heard. As it repeats, it halves in tempo and new layers are brought in, each time halving the tempo. Eventually, the initial melody moves so slowly that it would take longer than the current age of the universe to play just once: an other-worldly and spacey piece.

'THUM PRINTS' in LITHUANIA and Dampier W.A.

St. Christofer Chamber Orchestra (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Sunday 16 July 2017, 19:00
Christopher Festival
Vilniaus universiteto Botanikos sodas, Vilnius

Perth Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 17 September 2017, 17:00
Red Earth Arts Festival
Hampton Oval, Dampier

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Sing with QSO: Faure Requiem

Saturday 16 September, 12:30pm
QSO Studio, Southbank, Brisbane

Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Sing with QSO is a program for anyone who loves to sing in a choir and wants to experience the power of a full symphony orchestra. Participants rehearse in QSO’s South Bank Studio before being joined by Queensland Symphony Orchestra to sing through Faure’s Requiem.

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Open rehearsal with WDR Funkhausorchester at Kölner Philharmonie

Thursday 21 September 2017, 12:30pm
Kölner Philharmonie

WDR Funkhausorchester (Cologne)
Marialy Pacheco Trio
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

'DANZóN Cubano' WITH WDR FUNKHAUS & Marialy Pacheco

Friday 22 September 2017, 8:00pm
Jazzfestival Viersen
Festhalle Viersen, Germany

WDR Funkhausorchester (Cologne)
Marialy Pacheco Trio
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Works and arrangements by Marialy Pacheco & Gordon Hamilton, including the world premiere of Gordon's 'Baby Steps First' (paraphrase on Coltrane's 'Giant Steps') for orchestra.

Brückenklang: Vielfältige NRW-Chöre

Sunday 24 September 2017, 5:30-7:00pm
Landesmusikrat NRW
Romaneum Neuss

Free admission

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Featuring a newly-commissioned choral work on the theme of immigration.

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MSO / Ears Wide open: SCHUMANN

Monday 23 October 2017, 6:30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

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Part concert, part guided musical journey. One of Schumann’s finest orchestral creations, the Manfred Overture, brings Byron’s semi-autobiographical poem to the concert stage. Find out more about this satisfying work in a part concert/part interactive lecture with Gordon Hamilton and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Bizet: CARMEN

Fri. 27, Sat. 28, Sun. 29 October

Hart's Mill, Port Adelaide
Elephant in the Room Productions

with Charlotte Campbell, Andrew Turner, Megan Fishers, Verity Colyer, Peter Deane, Christian Evans, Dione Baker and James Moffatt.

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Director | Tessa Bremner (OAM)

THe AUSTRALIAN VOICES – RECITAL IN SYDNEY

Friday 20 October, 8:00pm
Randwick Town Hall, Sydney

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Freshly-commissioned works and other contemporary choral music.

QSO in Concert in Beaudesert & Premiere of 'Notebook Symphony'

Friday 3 November, 7:00pm
The Centre, Beaudesert

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Tickets ($20 / $12)

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra will be in residence in Beaudesert to provide a special musical experience for local children and families. The concert will feature some classical repertoire and popular music scores, presented in a way that helps audience members of all ages explore classical music. Also featured is the premiere of 'Notebook Symphony' by Gordon Hamilton.

'Red Live Breath' with Cathy Milliken and TAV

Thursday 9 November, 6:00pm
Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium Courtyard

Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

In this ritualistic new work by Berlin-based Australian composer Cathy Milliken, the choristers set up portable lights; gathering to sing short phrases, all actions that set the courtyard as a magical place. The text is taken from Picasso poetry.

TAV IN GUATEMALA

26 November – 5 December 2017

Festival 'Enlace Coral'
Conductor | Gordon Hamilton

Thursday 30 November 2017, 6:00pm
Liceo Chapero, Guatemala

Friday 1 December, 6:00pm
Comalapa, Guatemala

Saturday 2 December, 6:00pm
Tepcán, Guatemala

Sunday 3 December, 6:00pm
San Martin, Guatemala

Tuesday 5 December, 6:00pm
Antigua Guatemala