The poetry of aja monet and Thomas Meadowcroft on composing for sound effects and orchestra

"I think if we saw every conversation as music, we would drastically shift the course of history."  So says the poet and performer aja monet. For her latest record, the color of rain, monet worked with Meshell Ndegecello, Justin Brown, and a whole host of musical collaborators to create something that spans genre, but has seen her named as one of the early headliners of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

From the quietest footsteps to the loudest explosions, foley artists craft the sounds that shape a movie, but their work usually leaves them behind the scenes. In his latest composition, Hollywood Parsifals, Thomas Meadowcroft is putting 2 foley artists centre stage with the MSO, and exploring what happens when you combine their skill at sound generation with a full orchestra.

Rubiks Collective is presenting Thomas Meadowcroft's Love Songs Without Subjects at the Melbourne Recital Centre on August 25.

Music heard in this program:

Title: Love Songs Without Subjects

Artist:  asamisimasa, Ditte Marie Bræin, and Thomas Meadowcroft

Composer: Thomas Meadowcroft

Album: Love Songs Without Subjects

Label: Sofa Music

Title: say it with your chest

Artist: aja monet

Composer: Aja Monet, Burniss Earl Travis II