Ros Bandt

Rosalie (Ros) Edith Bandt (born 18 August 1951 in Geelong)[1] is an Australian composer, sound artist, academic and performer.

Biography

Bandt was born in Geelong, Victoria. Her father Lewis Bandt was a car designer and notable for designing the first ute.

Described as one of the most individual presences in Australian music,[1] Bandt is an internationally acclaimed sound artist, composer, researcher and performer. Trained as a school teacher, Bandt went on to study chance music and completed her master's degree in 1974 at Monash University with a thesis on the work of John Cage[2] and later completed her PhD in 1983 also at Monash.[3] In 1977 Bandt and Martin Harris created a sound installation, Winds and Circuits which fed audio into television signals to create electronic visual patterns.[4] Since that time she pioneered interactive sound installations, sound sculptures, and created sound playgrounds, spatial music systems, and some 40 sound installations worldwide.[5]

A pioneer of interactive sound sculpture in Australia, she has exhibited in many Australian city and regional centres, including her work Sound Playground in Brunswick, Melbourne in 1981.[1] Making use of electronics, tapes and interactive playback systems, Bandt's compositions also feature environmental sounds and unusual instrument combinations.[1][6] Bandt performs on a wide variety of instruments including recorders, psaltry, percussion and the tarhu.[7][8] She is a founding member of ensembles LIME, Back to Back Zithers, La Romanesca, Carte Blanche and the Free Music Ensemble.[9]

Awards

Don Banks Music Award

The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.[10] It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 Ros Bandt Don Banks Music Award Won

Bandt was awarded the Cochrane Smith award for sound heritage in 2012 by the National Film and Sound Archive.[11]

In 2020 Bandt was awarded the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the APRA Art Music Awards in recognition of her 40-year commitment to inter-disciplinary work.[12]

Discography

  • 1980 Love lyrics and romances of Renaissance Spain. La Romanesca. Move Records, MD 3034
  • 1981 Improvisations in Acoustic Chambers Tank Pieces and Silo Pieces Move records MS 3035, MC 3035
  • 1982 Soft and Fragile: Music in Glass and Clay Move Records MS 3045, MC 3045
  • 1985 Clay Music. LIME. Move Records, MD 3065
  • 1989 Stargazer Move Records MD 3075, MC 3075
  • 1992 An Iberian Triangle: Music of Christian, Jewish and Moorish Spain before 1492. La Romanesca. Move Records MD 3114
  • 1992 Quivering String. Back to Back Zithers. Move Records, MD 3141
  • 1993 Footsteps Move Records, MD 3135
  • 1995 Glass & Clay Move Records, MD 3045
  • 1999 Via Frescobaldi. La Romaesca. Move Records, MD 3206
  • 2001 Stack Move Records, MD 3145
  • 2003 Sonic Archaeologies Move Records, MD 3155
  • 2005 Monodies. La Romanesca. Move Records, MD 3044
  • 2008 Isobue, Japanese Sea Whistle Sonic Art Gallery SG0801
  • 2013 Jaara Jaara Seasons Hearing Places
  • 2015 Bird Song - Trio Avium Hearing Places
  • 2016 Tarhu connections Hearing Places

Selected publications

  • 2001 Sound Sculpture, Intersections in Sound and Sculpture in Australian Artworks
  • 2007 Hearing Places: Interdisciplinary Writings on Sound, Place, Time and Culture with Michelle Duffy and Dolly MacKinnon

References

  1. ^ a b c d A Dictionary of Australian Music. Bebbington, Warren Arthur. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 0195508394. OCLC 39924396.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Chance operations and indeterminate procedures in the work of John Cage, 1950-1970 | Australia & New Zealand Music Research". www.musicresearchanz.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Models and processes in repetitive music, 1960-1983 | Australia & New Zealand Music Research". www.musicresearchanz.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ Priest, Gail, ed. (2009). "Chapter 10 – Sounding Sight, Space and Bodies: A Survey of Mixed Media Explorations by Gail Priest". Experimental Music – Audio Explorations in Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 9781921410079.
  5. ^ "Ros Bandt : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ Wright, Simon. "Ros Bandt - Australian recordings, performances". Move Records. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ^ Wright, Simon. "La Romanesca - Australian recordings, performances". Move Records. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. ^ Ros Bandt and the Australian tarhu, 14 October 2016, retrieved 27 June 2018
  9. ^ "DR Ros Bandt - The University of Melbourne". www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Don Banks Music Award: Prize". Australian Music Centre. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. ^ admin (28 August 2012). "Cochrane Smith Award for Sound Heritage". www.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Ros Bandt to receive top honour at 2020 Art Music Awards | NME Australia". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.