The NOISE is a string quartet devoted to the creation of new Australian music through improvisation, co-composition, commissions and collaborations with Australian composers and Artists. Established in 2008 by cellist Oliver Miller and violist James Eccles, the group has performed throughout Australia at Festivals including: Vivid, the NowNOW and Restrung (Brisbane 2017). They have also toured and performed in Melbourne, Tasmania and Canberra. From their Sydney base they have performed for JazzGroove, SIMA, the Australian Museum (Biodiversity Project, 2010) and Cockatoo Island (2012) as part of their Sound Travellers Residency.
They have recorded 4 critically-acclaimed albums and commissioned new works from 7 Australian composers including Rosalind Page, Alex Pozniak, Andrew Ford and Paul Cutlan, They have also been Ensemble in Residence at both The Australian National University (ANU) (2015) and The University of Wollongong (2011). The NOISE have collaborated with a wide-ranging collection of Australian performers, including: Brett Hirst, Judy Bailey, Holly Downes, Daniel Weltlinger, Cameron Undy, Gary Daley, Tunji Beier, Liisa Pallandi, Lachlan O’Donnell, Michelle Leonard and Moorambilla Voices.
The NOISE has been involved in a long-standing collaboration with composer Georges Lentz that began in 2010- the work a, 369-minute-long sound installation now titled String Quartet(s) is finally complete, and due to be launched at the Cobar Sound Chapel in November 2020.
They have recorded 4 critically-acclaimed albums and commissioned new works from 7 Australian composers including Rosalind Page, Alex Pozniak, Andrew Ford and Paul Cutlan, They have also been Ensemble in Residence at both The Australian National University (ANU) (2015) and The University of Wollongong (2011). The NOISE have collaborated with a wide-ranging collection of Australian performers, including: Brett Hirst, Judy Bailey, Holly Downes, Daniel Weltlinger, Cameron Undy, Gary Daley, Tunji Beier, Liisa Pallandi, Lachlan O’Donnell, Michelle Leonard and Moorambilla Voices.
The NOISE has been involved in a long-standing collaboration with composer Georges Lentz that began in 2010- the work a, 369-minute-long sound installation now titled String Quartet(s) is finally complete, and due to be launched at the Cobar Sound Chapel in November 2020.
"a string quartet for the new century” - Sydney Morning Herald
The NOISE began life improvising together in a Sydney terrace house, bringing together their different musical interests and performing around the city. "...immaculate control, this was improvisatory string playing at its uncompromising best." (The BRAG) Described by jazz critic John Shand as “four young Sydney players who have taken to improvisation like birds to flying ... they share an aesthetic that free improvisation may dare to be, melodic, evocative, starkly beautiful … and cohere with sometimes uncanny precision”.
Recordings include Spontaneous Improvisation (2011) Composed NOISE (2013), Stream (2015), Across the Top (2015). |
The NOISE has gradually widened its musical approach - forming long-term collaborative partnerships with composers and commissioning a number of
new works for string quartet. "An important concert for our time... brought broad minded hope for the future of Australian Music." (Arts Hub) The NOISE was Ensemble in Residence at Wollongong University in 2012, and Ensemble in Residence at the Australian National University in 2015.
Currently, The NOISE are working closely with Australian/Luxembourgian composer, Georges Lentz, on String Quartet(s), a 6 hour-long pre-recorded work to be installed in the Australian outback. |