Drawn From Sound
Friday, March 22nd, 2013Cat is curating the first survey of Australian Graphic Music Scores to be held in Western Australia. The exhibition is at ECU and opens on Thursday 28th of March. Decibel will also be performing works from the collection throughout the exhibition, which features artist talks by and a full colour catalouge. All the details on the Drawn From Sound website.
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CD featuring Cat HopeMonday, February 18th, 2013The work that UWA commissioned, Platinum Fox, features on this CD along with music by Jennifer Fowler, James Ledger, Lindsay Vickery, Carl Vine, Richard Mills, Roger Smalley, Christopher Tonkin and many more. Cat was did her undergraduate degree at UWA in flute performance.
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Cat Hope Podcast on ABC Classic FMThursday, February 14th, 2013
This s podcast features Cat Hope’s Black Eels for an electro-acoustic septet two flutes, along with an excerpt from Hope’s Kingdom Comefor two computers and live sampling software. You’ll also hear part of a conversation New Music Up Late presenter Julian Day had with Hope during the broadcast.The musicians were Lina Andonovska and Elia Bosshard on flutes, Cat Hope on turntables, John Wilton, percussion, Carl Morgan, electric guitar, and Jono Watts controlling the sound system. Recorded by ABC producer Andre Shrimski and engineers Mitch Kenny and Christian Huff-Johnston.
Presented by Stephen Adams
Stream or download it here
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Abe Sada Review..Sunday, January 6th, 2013“Cat Hope-led ensemble ABE SADA quickly interject to remind us that the world may indeed still be ending. The premise of the act is simple: bass guitars only, loud, improvised. The resulting mass of sound is both impenetrable and endlessly complex, a cloud of deep rumblings and mingling frequencies. Low-end groans compete to capture your ear’s focus, while higher and ‘toppier’ layers swirl and interact in another hemisphere of dense sound; the whole thing is like a kaleidoscope of storm clouds. Not without nuance, the set traverses a range of moods, dynamics, and even hints at tonal motifs, without ever allowing them to fully surface. Dream-like and compelling, Abe Sada remain exemplary in their field.” Lyndon Blue, Cool Perth Nights. Read the full review here
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Miss Fortune X performed at Ted X PerthFriday, December 14th, 2012Decibel performed Cat’s piece Miss Fortune X at TedX Perth on December 8, where Cat also introduced Decibel’s ScorePlayer, soon to be on the app store.
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Space Time Concerto winFriday, December 14th, 2012Cat won the Audience Choice award for the International Space Time Concerto Competition in Newcastle, NSW on 30 November, for her piece Black Emperor.
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Cat Hope gigs November/December 2012.Sunday, November 18th, 2012
Rare solo noise gig, Saturday November 24, as part of “Insect Treatment Program” Norfolk Basement, from 8pm with Sam Gillies, Ourubonic Plague, Memoria, Slaughterhouse 5.
New work ‘Miss Fortune X’ at the Decibel gig“Sounding a Room”, December 3, 7.30 WA Museum. Also a work at the December 8 Ted X talks.
New work ‘Black Eels’, a performance of ‘Kingdom Come’ and flute performances by Cat at ’Everything Always’, curated by Austin Buckett, featuring works by Buckett and Petet Ablinger December 15 8pm at ABC studios, Sydney.
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Draft score for SpaceTime Concerto competitionSaturday, June 30th, 2012See the full draft score for Black Emperor for 2 organs and string orchestra.
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Interview with Cat Hope on RealtimeTuesday, March 6th, 2012
find it on realtime here
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Western Australian New Music Archive Project gets ARC funds!Friday, February 24th, 2012Cat Hope is the Cheif investigator of a new funded archive of WA music, to be held at the State Library of WA. Edith Cowan University will partner with the library, Tura New Music, the National Library of Australia and ABC CLassic FM.
For some related press and more info, gohere for an article in the West Australian newspaper, here for an ArtsHub article,here for an ECU article, and here on our partner, Tura’s web page.
The project starts mid 2012 and runs for 3 years.
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Decibel perform music by Cat Hope at Book LaunchFriday, February 24th, 2012Cat Hope is one of the featured composers in a new book onFremantle Press, entitled “Women of Note”. Decibel will perform her compostiion “In The Cut” (2009) at the launch on Saturday 25 February, 5.30pm, at the Dolphin Theatre, at the University of WA, as part of the Perth Festival Writers Festival. Other people on the bill include Cathie Travers, Gail Priest, Ann Carr Boyd and more.
More information on the author Rosalind Appleby’s blog An online version of the newspaper below can be found here
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Solo bass noise in Sydney!Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Cat Hope will be doing a bass noise performance in a duo with incredible voice artist, Amanda Stewart,
Wednesday 14 December at the Red Rattler, Marrickville, Sydney. Great line up for the opening of the Now Now Festival program.
Its free
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Cat Hope compositions and performances in August NSW and VICWednesday, August 10th, 2011Cat will be in Sydney where she is performing the music she wrote for choreographer Martin Del Amo’s works Mountains New Meet and Duel. More information here, and an article about the work was published in Realtime.
Shortly after she will be in Melbourne, workshopping a new work for string quartet and bass amplifiers with the Atticus Quartet, and performing with Golden Fur at KIPL on the 25th of August.
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Cat Hope nominated for AwardsSaturday, April 9th, 2011Cat Hope’s work with Decibel was nominated for the Inaugral Award for Excellence in Experimental Music at the AMC/APRA Art Music Awards, which she won. She also won the Western Australian state award.
Cat was also nominated for the national Award for Excellence in Music Education.
Cat was also a finalist in the Western Australian Citizen of the Year awards in the Arts and CUlture Category.
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Decibel tour southwest WASaturday, January 1st, 2011Decibel tour southwest Western Australia, doing workshops and presenting a program of works by Eno, The Velvet Underground, Percy Grianger, Alvin Lucier, Rainer Linz, Cat Hope, Lindsay VIckery and more!
Denmark – 28 January 2011
Albany – 29 January
Northcliffe – 30 January
Nannup – 31 January
Details of venues of the Decibel web site
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Cat at Sydney BiennaleMonday, January 11th, 2010Cat will be making sound for a new installation by Kate McMillan, that will be installed on Cockatoo Island as part of the 17th Biennale of Sydney, NSW from the 12th May to the 1st of August. Following a similar concept to thier last collaboration, Lost, the work will be visible and audible day and night, and is reachable by ferry.
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Cat Hope artistic director of new music ensemble, DECIBEL.Sunday, November 22nd, 2009DECIBEL is a group of Western Australian musicians, composers, improvisors and sound artists who are devoted to the realisation of music where acoustic and electronic instruments are represented in musical works. In each DECIBEL performance, electronic instruments are treated as just that: performed instruments in their own right with their own sound quality and presence. There is no traditional PA at a DECIBEL concert since placement of performers and instruments in the space is an integral element in the sonic design of everyDECIBEL concert. DECIBEL encourage the creation of new works for this genre, and the representation of works by Australian and Western Australian artists, established and emerging.
DECIBEL have presented over six full programs to date, several Australian tours and featured 4 of Cat’s works. All reviews, audio samples and other information is on the DECIBEL website.
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TremorFriday, June 5th, 2009A reworking of the idea in Drive (2001), tremor is currently on exhibition at the RMIT project Space, in Cardigan St, Melbourne, until the end of June. It features a pickled kangaroo skin that is gradually hardening, and a subwoofer vibrating it with some Abe Sada. Here is a picture of it at the opening, on June 4.
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Cat does sound for LostSunday, November 9th, 2008cat has created a low frequency pressure chamber/sound scape for photomedia artist Kate McMillan’s installation LOST. More information here
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Chapter on Australian Noise Music Sunday, November 9th, 2008Cat has written a chapter in Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia. More information and purchase availablehere.
New Abe Sada releasesSunday, November 9th, 2008Two new Japanese releases from Cat’s 4 bass improv band, Abe Sada. Go to Bloodstar Music for more info
.
Cat was recently in Japan presenting at a conference on Low Frequency Noise and Vibration. Her paper is available here
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Cat Hope at Liquid Architecture PerthSaturday, July 12th, 2008On the 26th of July, at the Hellenic Club, Stirling St, Northbridge, as part of the Perth Leg of Liquid Architecture, and Club Zho 89
Cat Hope presents her new work or 4 double basses, 4 bass guitars and 2 cellos.
Also on the bill Nat, Jacque Sodell and toy.bizzare
more information here
Friday, March 22nd, 2013Cat is curating the first survey of Australian Graphic Music Scores to be held in Western Australia. The exhibition is at ECU and opens on Thursday 28th of March. Decibel will also be performing works from the collection throughout the exhibition, which features artist talks by and a full colour catalouge. All the details on the Drawn From Sound website.
Posted in Concert and Tour Dates, Latest news
CD featuring Cat HopeMonday, February 18th, 2013The work that UWA commissioned, Platinum Fox, features on this CD along with music by Jennifer Fowler, James Ledger, Lindsay Vickery, Carl Vine, Richard Mills, Roger Smalley, Christopher Tonkin and many more. Cat was did her undergraduate degree at UWA in flute performance.
Posted in Latest news |
Cat Hope Podcast on ABC Classic FMThursday, February 14th, 2013
This s podcast features Cat Hope’s Black Eels for an electro-acoustic septet two flutes, along with an excerpt from Hope’s Kingdom Comefor two computers and live sampling software. You’ll also hear part of a conversation New Music Up Late presenter Julian Day had with Hope during the broadcast.The musicians were Lina Andonovska and Elia Bosshard on flutes, Cat Hope on turntables, John Wilton, percussion, Carl Morgan, electric guitar, and Jono Watts controlling the sound system. Recorded by ABC producer Andre Shrimski and engineers Mitch Kenny and Christian Huff-Johnston.
Presented by Stephen Adams
Stream or download it here
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Abe Sada Review..Sunday, January 6th, 2013“Cat Hope-led ensemble ABE SADA quickly interject to remind us that the world may indeed still be ending. The premise of the act is simple: bass guitars only, loud, improvised. The resulting mass of sound is both impenetrable and endlessly complex, a cloud of deep rumblings and mingling frequencies. Low-end groans compete to capture your ear’s focus, while higher and ‘toppier’ layers swirl and interact in another hemisphere of dense sound; the whole thing is like a kaleidoscope of storm clouds. Not without nuance, the set traverses a range of moods, dynamics, and even hints at tonal motifs, without ever allowing them to fully surface. Dream-like and compelling, Abe Sada remain exemplary in their field.” Lyndon Blue, Cool Perth Nights. Read the full review here
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Miss Fortune X performed at Ted X PerthFriday, December 14th, 2012Decibel performed Cat’s piece Miss Fortune X at TedX Perth on December 8, where Cat also introduced Decibel’s ScorePlayer, soon to be on the app store.
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Space Time Concerto winFriday, December 14th, 2012Cat won the Audience Choice award for the International Space Time Concerto Competition in Newcastle, NSW on 30 November, for her piece Black Emperor.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Cat Hope gigs November/December 2012.Sunday, November 18th, 2012
Rare solo noise gig, Saturday November 24, as part of “Insect Treatment Program” Norfolk Basement, from 8pm with Sam Gillies, Ourubonic Plague, Memoria, Slaughterhouse 5.
New work ‘Miss Fortune X’ at the Decibel gig“Sounding a Room”, December 3, 7.30 WA Museum. Also a work at the December 8 Ted X talks.
New work ‘Black Eels’, a performance of ‘Kingdom Come’ and flute performances by Cat at ’Everything Always’, curated by Austin Buckett, featuring works by Buckett and Petet Ablinger December 15 8pm at ABC studios, Sydney.
Posted in Concert and Tour Dates, Latest news | No Comments »
Draft score for SpaceTime Concerto competitionSaturday, June 30th, 2012See the full draft score for Black Emperor for 2 organs and string orchestra.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Interview with Cat Hope on RealtimeTuesday, March 6th, 2012
find it on realtime here
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Western Australian New Music Archive Project gets ARC funds!Friday, February 24th, 2012Cat Hope is the Cheif investigator of a new funded archive of WA music, to be held at the State Library of WA. Edith Cowan University will partner with the library, Tura New Music, the National Library of Australia and ABC CLassic FM.
For some related press and more info, gohere for an article in the West Australian newspaper, here for an ArtsHub article,here for an ECU article, and here on our partner, Tura’s web page.
The project starts mid 2012 and runs for 3 years.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Decibel perform music by Cat Hope at Book LaunchFriday, February 24th, 2012Cat Hope is one of the featured composers in a new book onFremantle Press, entitled “Women of Note”. Decibel will perform her compostiion “In The Cut” (2009) at the launch on Saturday 25 February, 5.30pm, at the Dolphin Theatre, at the University of WA, as part of the Perth Festival Writers Festival. Other people on the bill include Cathie Travers, Gail Priest, Ann Carr Boyd and more.
More information on the author Rosalind Appleby’s blog An online version of the newspaper below can be found here
Posted in Concert and Tour Dates, Latest news | No Comments »
Solo bass noise in Sydney!Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Cat Hope will be doing a bass noise performance in a duo with incredible voice artist, Amanda Stewart,
Wednesday 14 December at the Red Rattler, Marrickville, Sydney. Great line up for the opening of the Now Now Festival program.
Its free
Posted in Concert and Tour Dates, Latest news | No Comments »
Cat Hope compositions and performances in August NSW and VICWednesday, August 10th, 2011Cat will be in Sydney where she is performing the music she wrote for choreographer Martin Del Amo’s works Mountains New Meet and Duel. More information here, and an article about the work was published in Realtime.
Shortly after she will be in Melbourne, workshopping a new work for string quartet and bass amplifiers with the Atticus Quartet, and performing with Golden Fur at KIPL on the 25th of August.
Posted in Concert and Tour Dates, Latest news | No Comments »
Cat Hope nominated for AwardsSaturday, April 9th, 2011Cat Hope’s work with Decibel was nominated for the Inaugral Award for Excellence in Experimental Music at the AMC/APRA Art Music Awards, which she won. She also won the Western Australian state award.
Cat was also nominated for the national Award for Excellence in Music Education.
Cat was also a finalist in the Western Australian Citizen of the Year awards in the Arts and CUlture Category.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Decibel tour southwest WASaturday, January 1st, 2011Decibel tour southwest Western Australia, doing workshops and presenting a program of works by Eno, The Velvet Underground, Percy Grianger, Alvin Lucier, Rainer Linz, Cat Hope, Lindsay VIckery and more!
Denmark – 28 January 2011
Albany – 29 January
Northcliffe – 30 January
Nannup – 31 January
Details of venues of the Decibel web site
Posted in Concert and Tour Dates, Latest news | No Comments »
Cat at Sydney BiennaleMonday, January 11th, 2010Cat will be making sound for a new installation by Kate McMillan, that will be installed on Cockatoo Island as part of the 17th Biennale of Sydney, NSW from the 12th May to the 1st of August. Following a similar concept to thier last collaboration, Lost, the work will be visible and audible day and night, and is reachable by ferry.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Cat Hope artistic director of new music ensemble, DECIBEL.Sunday, November 22nd, 2009DECIBEL is a group of Western Australian musicians, composers, improvisors and sound artists who are devoted to the realisation of music where acoustic and electronic instruments are represented in musical works. In each DECIBEL performance, electronic instruments are treated as just that: performed instruments in their own right with their own sound quality and presence. There is no traditional PA at a DECIBEL concert since placement of performers and instruments in the space is an integral element in the sonic design of everyDECIBEL concert. DECIBEL encourage the creation of new works for this genre, and the representation of works by Australian and Western Australian artists, established and emerging.
DECIBEL have presented over six full programs to date, several Australian tours and featured 4 of Cat’s works. All reviews, audio samples and other information is on the DECIBEL website.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
TremorFriday, June 5th, 2009A reworking of the idea in Drive (2001), tremor is currently on exhibition at the RMIT project Space, in Cardigan St, Melbourne, until the end of June. It features a pickled kangaroo skin that is gradually hardening, and a subwoofer vibrating it with some Abe Sada. Here is a picture of it at the opening, on June 4.
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Cat does sound for LostSunday, November 9th, 2008cat has created a low frequency pressure chamber/sound scape for photomedia artist Kate McMillan’s installation LOST. More information here
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Chapter on Australian Noise Music Sunday, November 9th, 2008Cat has written a chapter in Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia. More information and purchase availablehere.
New Abe Sada releasesSunday, November 9th, 2008Two new Japanese releases from Cat’s 4 bass improv band, Abe Sada. Go to Bloodstar Music for more info
.
Cat was recently in Japan presenting at a conference on Low Frequency Noise and Vibration. Her paper is available here
Posted in Latest news | No Comments »
Cat Hope at Liquid Architecture PerthSaturday, July 12th, 2008On the 26th of July, at the Hellenic Club, Stirling St, Northbridge, as part of the Perth Leg of Liquid Architecture, and Club Zho 89
Cat Hope presents her new work or 4 double basses, 4 bass guitars and 2 cellos.
Also on the bill Nat, Jacque Sodell and toy.bizzare
more information here
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