SXS Didgeridoo Commissioning Project Fundraiser Campaign for 2024

This Ausmusic Month, SXS is proud to showcase our contributions to a new musical space that no other Australian group currently occupies through the SXS Didgeridoo Commissioning Project 2022 - 2032.

This project offers uniquely signifcant cultural value for Brisbane, Queensland and Australia. Over the ten year period, the project will create a substantial library of new works, in time to showcase a hybrid sound with a quintessentially unique Australian favour at the Brisbane Olympics in 2032.

In 2022 and 2023, the project has seen six works come into fruition:

• John JorgensonGlobal Rivers Rising Sunday October 22, 2023

The New World, QPAC Concert Hall

• James Morrison AM – Co-incidence

Sunday June 18, 2023

From the Heartland: Vienna to Budapest, QPAC Concert Hall

• Seán O’Boyle AM –The Wise Woman

Saturday 10th June, 2023

Earth and SkySunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival, Beerwah Community Hall

• Matthew Dewey –

Kunanyi Skies

Sunday October 2, 2022

A Moment in Time, QPAC Concert Hall

• Leah Curtis – The Ground

Sunday June 19, 2022

A Moment in Time, QPAC Concert Hall

• Seán O’Boyle –‘Beerwah’ The Mother of the Glasshouse

Mountains

Sunday February 20, 2022

Fireworks and Fury, QPAC Concert Hall

We are proud to announce that the 2024 season will look to expand the project’s output to include a piece for Didgeridoo, Small Ensemble and Ballet (in conjunction with Queensland Ballet’s Bespoke Series 2024).

Reconciliation is a key element of our artistic and cultural focus. This project also provides a valuable platform for Australians to learn more about our shared national history and to celebrate our unique and rich culture in an exciting new context. Through this project, audiences will discover how artists are contributing to a reconciled future through the power of musical collaboration that connects the classical music artform with our Indigenous culture and the musical heartbeat of our incredible nation.

• Five Nights at Freddy’s (M)

• Killers of the Flower Moon (M)