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10 - Artist Perspective Didjeridu on the Art Music Stage

from Part II - Encounters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
William Barton
Edited by
Amanda Harris  and
Clint Bracknell
Amanda Harris
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Clint Bracknell
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia
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Summary

In this artist perspective, didjeridu virtuoso William Barton recounts key moments in his career from his education on Kalkadunga Country to the biggest art music stages in Australia and the world. From early collaborations with Peter Sculthorpe to recognition of Barton as a composer in his own right, Barton now sits in the engine room of major arts programming, with roles on Boards of Directors of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Australian Music Centre. Barton’s music and his practice remains grounded in history, place and culture.

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didjeriduAustralian art musicAboriginal musicKalkadungaWilliam Barton
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The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia , pp. 162 - 170
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Barton, R. and Barton, G., ‘Storytelling as an Arts Literacy: Use of Narrative Structure in Aboriginal Arts Practice and Performance’ in Barton, G. (ed.) Literacy in the Arts (Cham: Springer, 2014), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04846-8_15.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Duffy, M. and Waitt, G. R., ‘Sound Diaries: A Method of Listening to Place’, Aether, 7 (2011), 119–36.Google Scholar
Knopoff, S., ‘Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Collaboration in New Orchestral Music: Two Notable Successes from the Adelaide Festival of Arts’ in Plush, V., Schippers, H. and Wolfe, J. (eds.), Encounters: Meetings in Australian Music: Essays, Images, Interviews (South Brisbane: Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, 2005), 44–6.Google Scholar
Neuenfeldt, K. (ed.), The Didjeridu: From Arnhem Land to Internet (Sydney: J. Libbey/Perfect Beat Publications, 1997).Google Scholar

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