'‘Listen to Me’ is a collection of songs, words and music made in response to the current debate in Australia about gendered violence. It contains factual quotes, personal stories and originally commissioned lyrics by Donna Abela, Eunice Andrada, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Alison Croggon, Candy Royalle and Ania Walwicz, with Hilary Bell as the project dramaturg.' (Production summary)
Artistic Director, Composer – Andrée Greenwell
Writers - Donna Abela, Eunice Andrada, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Alison Croggon, Candy Royalle and Ania Walwicz
Dramaturg - Hilary Bell
Quotes: Annabel Crabb, Rosie Batty, Clementine Ford, Emma Husar (MP) and Professor Catharine Lumby
Artwork: Katerina Stratos
Engineer, mixes and mastering – David Trumpmanis
Engineer, track 5 ‘Doctor Proctor ‘– David Chesworth
Assistant Engineers – Tim McArtney and Tim Watts
VOCALISTS
Ali Cobby Eckermann, Andrée Greenwell, Melanie Horsnell, Ania Walwicz, Tegan Nicholls, Louse Nutting, Jessica O’Donohue, Candy Royalle, Elana Stone and Bridie Tanner.
MUSICIANS
Alana Blackburn (recorders), Holly Conner (drumkit), Jessica Dunn (double bass), Rose Foster (trombone), Louise Horwood (flugelhorn/trumpet), Jessica Ling (tuba), Tristan Routh (guitar), Andrée Greenwell and Novak Manojlovic (piano), Tonestar Leru (noise guitar) and Ruth Wells (saxophone
This project is made possible through the generous support of the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government’s arts funding and advisory body; Musica Viva Countrywide; and Four Winds, Bermagui. A Green Room Music production.
'Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers. Opera Australia’s 2019 season, for instance, features just one work by a female composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.'
'Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers. Opera Australia’s 2019 season, for instance, features just one work by a female composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.'
