Ghosts of the Convent
Schedule
Thu, 21 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 am to Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 12:30 pm
UTC+10:00Location
Abbotsford Convent | Melbourne, VI
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Pianist and curator Anna Goldsworthy will mentor ANAM musicians as they create a concert experience that explores the complex history of the Abbotsford Convent. Our musicians will also work in collaboration with Dylan Thomas prize-winning author, and former Convent tenant, Nam Le, who has been commissioned by ANAM to write a poem that will inform the project."Of course there is no single version of the Convent’s history, but a clamorous polyphony. In this project the young musicians of ANAM seek to give partial voice to this. It is a privilege for them to work with a writer of the stature of Nam Le, who over recent years has articulated a poetic geography of Melbourne, and now sets his sights on the Convent, with a poem ‘that evokes some of these ghosts – through the personal prism of my time there.’ Taking this poem as catalyst, our young musicians devise a musical response to the rich, charged history of the Convent, and some of its hauntings." – Anna Goldsworthy
Artist in conversation - Thursday 21 August 3pm
Tickets - https://ticketing.anam.com.au/1227/1254
Concert - Friday 22 August 7pm
Tickets - https://ticketing.anam.com.au/1227/1255
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Location
Abbotsford Convent, Rosina Auditorium
1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford
Price
A Little Extra $60.00
Standard $40.00
A Little Less $20.00
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Where is it happening?
Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St Abbotsford,Melbourne,VIC,AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
