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Composition Catalogue
2006
Rise above the Living 30'00"- A music/sound/text composition for
radio. Commissioned and produced for the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation. The work is based on Iolini's experiences while working as
Musical Director on a Festival of Sydney theatre production at John
Northcott Place, the first high-rise public housing estate in Sydney,
Australia. Rise above the Living traces the history of Northcott told
from the point of view of the building itself - the Building as a
living organism, a witness - keeper of secrets and knowledge. The music
is a mixture of melodic electronic chamber music and musique concrete.
2004
The Sound of Forgetting - Sonic Artifacts #I 41'43"
- A radiophonic composition. Iolini produced this work while he was New
Media Artist in residence at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's
acoustic arts program The Listening Room. The project was supported by
the ABC and The Australia Council for the Arts New Media Board.
The Sound of Forgetting is a non linear narrative work that uses 'lost
sounds' from Sydney's past, media archives and scripted dialogues to
explore issues of identity - property ownership - denial of history -
corporate greed - legal and illegal violence - government cynicism -
loss of self, function and place - mass media - the relevance of art -
colonialism - surveillance - social engineering - public space. In the
work, the character of Sha and her alter ego A'Shamedia function as a
vehicle to convey Iolini's concerns about contemporary western urban
life. Sydney is the space that the character inhabits and acts as a
kind of generic city model. The protagonist's inner dialogues, which
consist of rephrased quotes and original text, relate not only to
herself, but to Sydney, both metaphorically and literally. Sha in a
sense, is a media archaeologist excavating sociopolitical events.
During the process she is also on an internal journey, excavating parts
of herself. Through her thoughts, discoveries and creative output we
are taken on a journey that embraces universal concerns which affect
many of us today.
2003
Goddesses & Rabbits 45'00" - Goddesses and Rabbits is
Iolini's homage to his mother, to all mothers and to Malta - the island of
the Great Goddess. In this radiophonic composition, Iolini takes us on a
personal and at times surreal voyage of (re)discovery to his mother's
homeland, the island of Malta. Along the way we encounter mysterious
7000-year-old megalithic goddess temples, Madonna cults, rabbit
restaurants, and an eclectic assortment of characters. This is a work that
is simultaneously travelogue, drama, fiction, documentary, biography and
contemporary opera! Goddesses and Rabbits extends the boundaries of what
traditionally defines a musical composition, using spoken word, songs,
field recordings, electro-acoustic textures, improvised and detailed
scored performances, all crafted into an original work for radio
listening.
2002
MALTA In-Land 20'44" - A radiophonic composition
commissioned by the Dutch broadcaster Netherlands Program Service (NPS)
for their new music program Supplement.
The work is Iolini's personal response to Ghana (pronounced 'ahnna') - The living folkmusic practice of
the Maltese. For this project Iolini travelled from Australia to his
mother's homeland - the island of Malta - to record ghana practitioners,
aficionados, commentators and environments.
2001
Black Sheep 22'33" - 'Radio Eye' a program in the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation's Features and Documentary Unit commissioned
Iolini to compose a new work based on his experiences working in Darwin
with young people in and around the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre.
The work asks questions about Mandatory sentencing, society's youth
persecution complex, lack of adequate communication and interpreting
systems for indigenous people, why so many indigenous people in custody?
Heartworks 60'00" - Heartwork commissioned and produced for The
Listening Room ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation) was specifically
composed for the radio medium, exploring important issues facing
marginalised young people in the Australian community. The piece is partly
composed of materials gathered during the development and final production
of the 'Big hArt Works' project. The work centres around eight
'songs' each containing a recording of a young person narrating an
experience of family violence or disfunction. -The vocal recordings were
taken from the film soundtrack of 'Hurt' the award winning feature length
docu film directed by Phillip Crawford. - For Heartwork the music in each
song was derived from the rhythmic and melodic patterns inherent in each
speaker's speech patterns.
2000
Okinawa
-11:00 For violin, piano, bass clarinet and cello. Commissioned by Danish
New Music Ensemble -Nordlys. The piece is based on an Okinawan folk song. Premiered in
Copenhagen 18 June 2000 with Iolini in attendance.
Fire, Water, Speed - Three short electronic pieces composed
in collaboration with writer Scott Rankin through workshops with young
library users at Palmerston Library, Darwin as part of the local
government's Literacy Week. The pieces were broadcast on 2JJJ's morning
program.
1999
Marking Time -
30:00 Music/sound/text composition. Musicians include: Amanda Stewart, Jim
Denley (Machine for Making Sense), Michele Morgan.
Commissioned by the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio arts program
The Listening Room.
The Cavern of I. - 6:00 For Vn, pn & electronics
composition.
Commissioned by Danish duo Musica Mirabilis. World
Premier at The Copenhagen Radio Hall. Denmark. 9th May 1999
1998
Silent
Motion - 18:00 For voice, keyboards and sampler.
Commissioned
by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio arts program The
Listening Room.
1997
The Edwin
Armstrong Overture - 9:40. Acousmatic composition.
Commissioned by the Listening Room for ABCFM. Included in The 5th
Computer Music Festival in Seoul, Korea 1998 and ICA sound art festival,
London. Available on the ABC Listening Room compilation CD Double
Exposure, 1998.
City in
Between - 18:00. Acousmatic composition.
Commissioned by the
Listening Room for ABCFM. Broadcasts in Australia, Denmark and Berlin.
Co-written with Phillip Ma.
1996
Impermanence
- 21:00., Music/sound/text composition for seven musicians.
Commissioned by the Listening Room for ABCFM.
Nominated for the
1996 Prix Italia held in Naples.
Even Bohdisattvas get the blues - 5:30. For Trombone, Vibes and
Cello or Piano. Commissioned by the Australian new music ensemble
Pipeline.
Meetings with....... - 3:45. For Trombone, Vibes and Cello or
Piano.
Commissioned by the Australian new music ensemble Pipeline.
Lear / Revised - 3:24. For 6 trombones.
Commissioned by the
Hobart New Music Fesival 1996.
1995
Whyitiso/
Revised. For vibes and xylophone.
Arranged for the Australian ensemble
Synergy Percussion .
Premier performance at The Enmore Theatre, Sydney 29 October, 1995.
Lingo Babel / Revised. For vibes and xylophone.
Arranged for
the Australian ensemble Synergy Percussion. Premier performance at The
Enmore Theatre, Sydney 29 October, 1995.
Congo / Revised. For vibes and xylophone.
Arranged for the
Australian ensemble Synergy Percussion. Premier performance at The Enmore
Theatre, Sydney 29 October, 1995.
Zimbabwe / Revised. For vibes and xylophone.
Arranged for
the Australian ensemble Synergy Percussion. Premier performance at The
Enmore Theatre, Sydney 29 October, 1995.
1994
Vanunu 40:00. An opera for radio for three singers, samplers, digital editor
and found archival radio material.
Commissioned by ABCFM for the
Listening Room. Broadcast 25 July.
Co-written with D.Nerlich.
Carne Bianca / Revised. For violin, piano, bass clarinet and
saxophone.
For the Australian new music ensemble austraLYSIS . Performed, 27 August
1994. Recorded at ABC Studios Sydney, 1 September.
Lingo
Babel/ Revised. For violin, piano, clarinet and saxophone.
For
the Australian new music ensemble austraLYSIS. Performed, 27 August 1994.
Recorded at ABC Studios Sydney, 1 September.
1993
Carne Bianca -
4:19. For piano, bass, sax, clarinet.
Congo -
1:41. For piano, bass, sax, clarinet.
Available on ReR Quarterly CD Volume 4 No 2. 1997
Zimbabwe
- 2:33. For piano, bass, sax, clarinet.
Available on ReR Quarterly CD Volume 4 No 2.
1997
Berlinastan - 5:00. For mixed ensemble.
Anyong Arrirang - 3:40. For violin and piano. Premier
performance by Musica Mirabilis at Toldkammeret, Elsinore. Denmark. 19 May
1999
1992
Lear - 5:00. For
mixed ensemble of 6 players.
Lingo Babel - 3:51. For mixed ensemble of 6 players.
Whyitiso
- 4:21. For piano, bass, sax, clarinet.
1991
The Ditty - 4:00.
For mixed ensemble of 4 players.
Arranged for Conservatorium Saxophone
Orchestra 1992.
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