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Ensemble offspring songbirds

Beguiling audiences since 2019, Songbirds has become an Ensemble Offspring crowd-favourite.

Nature comes to you, as a trio of flute, clarinet and percussion evokes virtuosic avian displays and the weird and wonderful sounds of the Australian bush. The musical guest list includes flamingos, a hummingbird, a frenzied flock of rainbow lorikeets, even a nightingale…

You'll hear works written especially for Ensemble Offspring by composers who’ve woken up with ‘Nature’s first musicians’, hung out with them on their balconies and documented their songs. Brenda Gifford and Nardi Simpson bring Indigenous perspective to their compositions, turning eyes and ears to the sky.

The results are musical conversations – scintillating and playful – literally riffing with the birds.