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"GreyWing Ensemble is known for presenting works with pointed social commentary, and though none of the pieces was overt in this regard, by performing works of non- European composers, championing female artists and commissioning new music from Western Australian composers, their bold programming is a positive shift in the Perth concert scene." (Cool Perth Nights)

GreyWing focuses on new australian music and environmental music and has presented over 30 premieres since their debut performance in April 2016. An important thematic strand in the GreyWing concerts is music featuring field recordings, images and other data from nature and the environment. Earlier this year GreyWIng released two albums on the local label Tone List reflecting these two aspects of their work Lines of Flight and nature forms i. In July GreyWIng together with Breaking Waves and Gerygone launched a monthly site-specific project Limited Hangout: in the field featuring works by local composers responding to and performed in specific the sonic/physical environments. 

GreyWing has presented two concerts for tura new music's Scale Variable series exploring singular creative moments in musical history set in motion by unique combinations of composers and performers in the Tokyo New Music scene in the 1970s and 80s (Tokyo Sound Space Ark) and Rio de Janeiro (Rio 1917). These concerts include historical and recent works from specific communities and responses to them by Australian composers. An important thematic strand in the GreyWing concerts is also environmental/ecostructural music featuring field recordings, images and other data from nature.

"The members of GreyWing Ensemble have strong credentials, putting on some of the most envelope-pushing concerts in Perth’s recent memory, all exploring new music from a breadth of fresh perspectives (...) The pieces here are mostly cut-throat commentaries on contemporary politics, and in communicating that intent, the instrumentation of GreyWing Ensemble matters less. What matters most is that three great musicians and thinkers, with an inclination to exceed not just their instruments but the traditional remit of new music as a political engagement, are doing a great job of pushing that agenda forward." (Cut Common)

Upcoming projects include:
Limited Hangout: in the field 30 September (Olivia Davies), 28 October (Josten Myburgh)
Ex Machina (works with mechanical recordings) 14 November 2018 7:30 Old Customs House, Fremantle.