Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Presented by Dogs of Pleasure
Join DOP in celebrating this momentous occasion as they release their debut album “Embrace”. Guaranteed to be an exhilarating concert experience and an unforgettable evening of improvised music from these two virtuosos.
Embrace is the culmination of more than 15 years of experimentation and ongoing collaboration between drummer Alf Jackson and guitarist Julius Schwing, having arrived at a way of playing purely their own based on a shared desire to create ecstatic and cathartic moments of improvised energy. This music is born out of a deep appreciation of the natural world and a life lived amongst the elements. Visceral and virtuosic, Embrace is an album that captures two musicians completely comfortable in each other’s sonic company, welded together by a mutual desire to spread a sense of release and empowerment.
“Dogs of Pleasure is raw, visceral, energised. To me it sounds like a big, life affirming ‘fuck yes’. But it’s also incredibly refined and focused music making that is the result of (perhaps that could only be the result of) years of collaboration between these two extraordinary musicians. I love this album and everything it represents.” – Peter Knight (trumpeter/composer/sound artist)
Dogs of Pleasure are breaking new ground with their unique musical language, blending rock and shred attitudes and a prodigious command of their instruments with an anthemic thunder, all built on the foundation of spontaneity and the thrill of improvisation. Engaging and full-bore, DOP thrive on the energy of live performance, delivering marathon sets of physical and transportive music. Proudly Tasmanian and representing an exciting new sound emerging from the island state, DOP are championing the power and unique perspectives of making music from a wild and distant place.
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Presented by PROTEA Impro Inc
Stories about time and stories about place. A double bill of improvised plays from the states leading improvised theatre company.
Join PROTEA Impro for an evening of Theatre where we present a double bill of MomentUs and Our Place.
Experience a theatrical double bill that will transport you through time and space in an unforgettable journey. “MomentUs” takes you on a whirlwind adventure through the intricacies of human connections, exploring the profound impact of fleeting moments in our lives.
Following “MomentUs,” immerse yourself in “Our Place,” a heartfelt exploration of the spaces we call home and the memories that make them uniquely ours. This evocative play delves into the bonds we form with the places we inhabit, and how they shape our identities and relationships.
Indulge in an evening of powerful storytelling, emotion, and insight as “MomentUs” and “Our Place” come together in this double bill, offering a unique evening of theatre.
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Saturday 26 August 2022 7.00pm – 9.00pm The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
Five performers are all working hard to put on a good improv show. Well, almost all of them. One of them is trying to sabotage the show without getting caught. Will The Saboteur be unmasked before the evening is ruined?
It’s a reality television show on stage, for fans of Whodunnits and Whose Line alike. It’s devious. It’s hilarious. It’s thrilling. It’s The Saboteur. Good luck.
Fresh from a hit season at the 2023 Sydney Comedy Festival, join us for a high-stakes, interactive evening of subterfuge, treachery, backstabbing, and laughs!
“Ingeniously destructive” – Theatreview
“Delightfully fun and wonderfully unpredictable” – Wellingtonista
“Priceless … Top marks from me!” – Weekend Notes
“Hilarious fun” – What Did She Think
Winner: Outstanding Show, New Zealand Improv Festival 2019
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Presented by Salamanca Arts Centre
This concert, performed by Ensemble Mania, is the third in the String Quartets # 1 Project (which was launched at Salamanca Arts Centre in August 2021).
Three Tasmanian String Quartets # 1 Saturday 26 August 2023 7.30pm – 9.00pm Doors at 7pm Peacock Theatre
Ensemble Mania comprise Peter Tanfield | 1st violin Josh Farner | 2nd violin Damien Holloway | viola James Anderson | cello
This concert program showcases the first string quartets by Tasmanian composers
Program
Simon Reade | String Quartet (Alba)
Marian Stankiewicz | Stanisław: String Quartet No. 1
Raffæle Marcellino | String Quartet No. 1
Program notes
Simon Reade – String Quartet (Alba)
Alba (Aubade)
Hyperion’s clear star is not yet risen.
Dawn brings a tenuous light across the earth,
The watcher to the sleeper cries, “Arise!”
Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun;
She leans across the hilltop: see, the light!
Behold the ambush of the enemy
Stealing to take the heedless in their sleep,
And still the herald’s voice that cries “Arise!”
Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun;
She leans across the hilltop: see, the light!
The North wind from Acturus now blows free,
The stars go into hiding in the sky,
And nearer to the sunrise swings the Plough.
Dawn over the dark sea brings on the sun;
She leans across the hilltop: see, the light!
(10th Century Manuscript,
English translation, Helen Waddell)
Marian Stankiewicz – Stanisław: String Quartet No. 1
Of the twelve works composed by Marian Stankiewicz in his short career, three are string quartets. The first of these is his 1974 quartet Stanisław, a name of Slavic origin that could be in reference to any number of people. The work is composed in four movements and employs some unique playing techniques and notation choices, particularly in the final movement which appears rhythmically freer with misaligned rhythmic values and very few barlines. (Program note by Dominic Flynn).
Raffæle Marcellino – String Quartet No. 1
This work was commissioned by Vincent Moleta for the 2003 Blackwood River Chamber Festival in West Australia, performed by Trigon Ensemble. The three movements are defined by their rhythmic style and temporal space. The musical premise for each movement can be described through the concepts of a:
1. dance, as a way of defining and traversing 2-dimensional space,
2. nocturne, with subtle lyricism as a proxy for moonlight and introspection, and
3. perpetuum mobile, of motoric iteration that defines space at the smallest dimension which invokes a larger continuum
Performers’ Biographies
Ensemble Mania was created with the goal to provide a unique listening experience in Tasmania, showcasing music that would otherwise not be heard on the island, while exemplifying the possibilities of a richer, more diverse music scene. This music includes the latest, most exciting composers, to the pillars of Australian modernism and lost masterpieces.
Born in England in 1961, Peter Tanfield started the violin aged four. He studied in Germany, Israel, Switzerland and Holland where his teachers were Igor Ozim, Felix Andrievski, Alberto Lysy, Herman Krebbers and Yehudi Menuhin. As soloist and chamber musician Tanfield has performed throughout Europe, China, Japan, India, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, USA and USSR. He was a prize-winner at The Carl Flesh International Competition, International Mozart Competition and International Bach Competition. He has recorded solo and chamber works for television and radio as well as CD. He has played for Chairman Deng Xiaoping in China and the Sultan of Oman. Tanfield led the Australian String Quartet from 1998 until 2001. As a soloist Tanfield has appeared with many orchestras; the Philharmonia, City of London Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Rome. As concertmaster he has worked with the BBC Philharmonic, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with Astor Piazolla, Charlie Watts, Pinchas Zukerman, Yehudi Menuhin, Charles Wuorinen, Arvo Pärt, Graeme Koehne, Gary Carr, Carlo Maria Giulini, Mark Gasser and Itzhak Perlman.
Joshua Farner is from Hobart, Tasmania, and began playing the violin at the age of nine. Following completion of a Bachelor of Engineering with 1st class Honours, he was awarded a University of Tasmania String Scholarship and commenced a Bachelor of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Susan Collins. Josh has performed with the Tasmanian Discovery Orchestra and the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute (AISOI), and regularly performs as section leader and concertino player with the Hobart Chamber Orchestra. In 2018 Josh was awarded the D & MV McDonald Scholarship in Music from the University of Tasmania, allowing him to travel to London to study under renowned pedagogues Simon Fischer and David Takeno.
Damien Holloway studied viola in Hobart with Keith Crellin, Simon Oswell and Jan Sedivka, followed by postgraduate studies in Brisbane with Elizabeth Morgan. He played viola with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and was a founding member of Camerata of St Johns (Brisbane). He is principal viola of the Hobart Chamber Orchestra, and regularly fosters the performance of new music.
James Anderson is currently studying a Master of Teaching at the University of Tasmania, having completed his Bachelor of Music in 2018 studying under Sue-Ellen Paulsen. James has previously performed in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra, the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute, the Jan Sedivka Camerata, and the Tasmanian Discovery Orchestra. In 2018 James worked with the ensemble Musik Fabrik in Cologne, while also spending time at the Royal Conservatory of Den Hague in the Netherlands.
Composers’ biographies
Simon Reade is a conductor, composer, educator, and trumpet player. He has filled commissions from the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra, the Festival of Voices (Tasmania), IHOS opera, the Hobart Chamber Orchestra, the Derwent Valley Band and the Tasmanian Composer’s Festival, amongst others. His music has been performed by such eminent performers as; Michael Kieran Harvey, Jabra Latham, Diego Campagna, Maurizio Barbetti, Duo Porto-Frontini, Luca Ferrini & Joze Kotar, Benjamin Price and Dr Matthew van Emmerik.
Marian Stankiewicz started his brief musical career at the age of fifteen by playing guitar with his father’s dance band. He enrolled at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1972 to study classical guitar and composition, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Music in 1976. After graduation, Stankiewicz taught classical guitar at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and appeared in a number of concert performances. He died in 1977, at the age of twenty-five.
Raffaele’s music embraces Western art music tradition with eclectic influences from other musical traditions such as jazz and non-western music and folk traditions. He studied composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where his teachers included Richard Vella, Gillian Whitehead, Bozidar Kos and Richard Toop. Since graduation Raffaele has built a national and international profile as a composer in various genres of chamber music, orchestral music, opera, music theatre and radio works. He has been awarded various prizes and commissions, including an Australia Council Fellowship and the Lowin Prize for his work Canticle. His music is available through the Australian Music Centre and Universal Music. He has written music for leading Australian and international artists and ensembles, including Ian Munro, The Seymour Group, the Song Company, Pipeline, Australia Ensemble, Halcyon, Sydney Philharmonia Choir and the Brandenburg Orchestra. Career highlights include a UNESCO-sponsored residency in Montreal with Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; the Melbourne Festival premiere of his opera Midnite; 10 Days on the Island premiere of The Flight of Les Darcy; Heart of Fire music for the 2000 broadcast for the Sydney Paralympics; L’Arte di Volare performed by the Tasmanian Sydney Orchestra Strings; the Art of Resonance concerto for tuba performed by Steve Rosse and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; and the ISCM performance of Maze by Ensemble Modern.
This event is presented by Salamanca Arts Centre and supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Live Music Fund
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Wednesday 21 December 2022 7:00pm – 11:00pm The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
Tailwind is a new 4-piece jazz/groove/improv project evoking dreams of pacific holidaying, summer-breeze and endless sunsets.
Comprising of Finn Rees on keys, Karai Hemara on guitar, Dominic Nguyen on bass and Matthew Apted on drums.
エミエミ (emi emi)
エミエミ (emi emi) is the experimental J-pop project from 25-year-old Emi Doi. Born and raised in lutruwita to her Launcestonian mum and Japanese dad, エミエミ combines Emi’s existing indie-music flavour with uptempo Japanese-pop, drawing on inspiration from the likes of Kero Kero Bonito, CHAI, Kyary Pyamu Pyamu and Superorganism. Her songs use a mixture of English and Japanese lyrics to explore her three emotional states of being – happy, heartsick and hungry. 楽しんでください (≧▽≦)
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
10 December 2022 7:00pm – 12:00midnight The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
Flours for my baby… A night of wonder and excitement featuring Dumaresq, Les Nointers, Edward Guglielmino and special guests Random Acts of Weirdness.
When do you give your loved one flours? When you’ve been naughty, when you want to be naughty and when they need to bake. Flours for my baby is a night of music, mayhem, performance art, video mishmashes and celebration.
Dumaresq (pronounced “dju-merick”) is Queensland-born, nipuluna/Hobart-based vocalist & producer Joe Kneipp.
Joe, while unable to place himself in any specific genre, describes his music as a “alternative rock, with some ambient and shoegaze influences.”
As well as his solo project, Joe is a member of indie-rock project Maison Hall. He has toured in his native Australia and internationally as a session musician for Fletcher Gull, Harper Bloom and others. Joe and Dumaresq have been featured in NME and Rolling Stone Australia, and has received radio support from triple J, 4zzz, FBi Radio, and more.
Les Nointers are Lucien Simon and Cameron Healy from seminal 90s Tasmanian misfit stagger rock outfit DUST, flamenco metal queen Katherine Diaz Robayo and drum slinger Marcos Genaris.Described as a cross between the Pixies and the Beatles – Les Nointers are the impossible made real.
Joining Les Nointers on stage will be the angelic Koko Flow on a duet with the demonic Lucien.
Edward Guglielmino is an Australian musician, disc jockey, public speaker, academic, and blogger based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He currently is a member of musical groups the Thin Kids and Lost of Love, but is best known for his own solo music career and has commercially released three full-length albums.
Random acts of Weirdness
Random acts of Weirdness is the woman of many faces Jem Nicholas and the woman of many sounds cellist Georgia Shine, together, and often with dance contortionist Risa Ray, they create moments of the sublime, the occasional crime and the odd rhyme.
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Thursday 22 December 2022 8pm – late Doors 7.30pm The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
It’s time to get festive! We’ve put together a huge comedy show so you can get absolutely full of Christmas cheer! Featuring a stacked lineup of Tassie’s finest plus an interstate headliner live in The Founders.
Starring: Kel Balnaves – Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award Adelaide Fringe 2021 Gav Baskerville – “Well polished. Had the room belly laughing.” – Herald Sun Chloe Black – “Kept The Audience in Stitches”- Sydney Morning Herald Rob Braslin – Deadly Funny Runner Up 2016
Tickets $20 pre sale $100 group of 6 tickets pre sale
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Thursday, 8 December 2022 7.00pm – 9.00pm Doors 6.45pm The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
A Theatresports Christmas.
PROTEA Impro is home for Christmas!
It’s the last Theatresports for 2022 and it’s a festive one!
It’s all your favourite games with a Christmassy twist. Two teams battling it out for the right to hold aloft the As Yet Unnamed Perpetual Trophy. Featuring the finest Christmas improvisers Santa has to offer.
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
Thursday, 24 November 2022 7.00pm – 9.00pm Doors 6.45pm The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard
PROTEA Impro return with another round of Tasmania’s favourite: Theatresports.
Come along and see two teams battle it out playing improvised scenes and games. Who will hold aloft the As Yet Unnamed Perpetual Trophy? It’s one of a kind made up hilarity and mayhem featuring the finest improvisers Hobart has to offer.
Ben Salter Accomplished songwriter and performer Ben Salter has spent the past few years of these strange times at the Museum Of Old & New Art (MONA) in lutruwita/Tasmania composing and performing daily in his own studio/installation, Import/Export.
An already prolific artist, Salter has written, recorded and released four albums of new material over the past 12 months, demonstrating an increasingly eclectic and progressive bent in both his lyrics and compositions. Now he is to undertake his first national tour in over three years, presenting songs old and new in the intimate solo mode he has grown so adept at during his daily performances at the museum.
Photo: Nick McKK
Laura Imbruglia Australian songwriter Laura Imbruglia has been releasing records since the early noughties. A restless musician with broad music taste, she’s released four albums, played almost every corner of Australia and several pockets of Europe.
Photo: supplied by the artist
Saree Salter Tasmanian singer-songwriter Saree Salter has been performing since she was in middle school. Saree grew up on the East Coast, where she passionately refined her sound and broadened her audience to the greater regions of Northern Tasmania. Saree has featured in iconic Tasmanian festivals such as Festival of the Voices and Junction Arts Festival.
Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.
