Emo Phase: Dan Thorpe in Focus

Lots of people have an emo phase, Dan Thorpe's just lasted a bit longer.

It's his thirtieth birthday, he's a concert pianist, but he still just wants to shred sad, queer bangers. Join Forest Collective and piano maverick Dan for a night of high energy, genre defying music for piano and ensemble, revisiting repertoire from the last ten years of his career, plus world premiere concerti by Cat Hope and Dan himself.

Program:
Kezia Yap - Lightjar
Nico Muhly - Drones and Piano
Dan Thorpe (music) & Stacey Teague (text) - Takahe
Cat Hope - Lampi*
Dan Thorpe - You are Jeff*

*Forest Collective commission & world Premiere

Performance times:
Friday 23 April 7.30pm (Preview)
Saturday 24 April 8pm
Sunday 25 April 8pm

Tickets available at: https://midsumma-premier.eventfinda.com.au/.../tickets

Rating - M15+
Trigger warnings: mature language, sexual content, loud noises, mentions of death & trauma

Presented by Forest Collective, Abbotsford Convent & Midsumma Festival, as part of Convent Live and Midsumma Festival 2021. More info available here.

Performers:
Ali Fyffe Saxophones
Brit Plummer director - You Are Jeff (guest artist)
Dan Thorpe Piano soloist, curator, composer (guest artist)
Danae Killian Piano
Evan J Lawson Conductor
Helen Bower Violin
Ian Crossfield Double Bass
Kim Tan Flutes
Kate Bright Mezzo Soprano
Phoebe Smithies Horn
Rosanne Hunt Cello
Ryan Lynch Clarinet
Ryan Williams Recorders
Samantha Ramirez Harp, electric harp
Trea Hindley Trombone
William Cooper Accordion
Zela Papageorgiou Percussion

Image: by Mariah Anzil