ALANA BLACKBURN
ALANA BLACKBURN
Recorder player, researcher & educator
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
"Obviously a fine exponent of music for any recorder, she proved herself as a capable experimenter in contemporary wind technique. In four diverse works she produced an atmospheric collaboration with electronic media." ArtsHub
"Blackburn is an expert in Renaissance, Baroque, Contemporary and Japanese repertoire for recorder..." RealTime
"Blackburn shone, especially in her performance of the fast-paced variation featuring the soprano recorder." State of the Arts
UPCOMING E V E N T S
AUG
20
Nownet Arts Conference
New Zealand (online telematic performance)
SEP
20
Currawongs Calling
Hope Punk Climate Festival, Melbourne
N E W S
I'm excited to be performing the program 'Currawongs Calling' with the Recorder Co-op at the Hope Punk Climate Festival in Melbourne 20th September.
Currawongs Calling is a flood of sonorous sound fields from Australia which plea for environmental action and care for country. Premiered by the Recorder Co-op with guest artists Ros Bandt, Alana Blackburn & Jim Atkins, this immersive surround-sound performance spans 50 years of Bandt’s environmental advocacy. By blending ancient renaissance recorders with audiovisuals and field recordings, the performance highlights the more-than-human world, from currawongs to devastating tornados. It is a stunning, sonorous call to humans reminding us of the importance of caring for water, wildlife and country.
Ros Bandt - composer & recorder
Alana Blackburn - composer & recorder
Jim Atkins - sound engineer
The Recorder Co-op:
Ruth Wilkinson - recorder
Hannah Coleman - recorder
Alexandra Bailliet-Joly - recorder
Ryan Williams - recorder
Young student participants from the Melbourne Recorder Academy. You can book tickets here.
Read my final report from my time as the Sitka Recorder Resident in Oregon - published in the American Recorder Society Newsletter.