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Hope is a music academic, with research areas in animated notation, gender and music, digital archives, Australian music and artistic research in composition and performance. She lectured in [[European classical music|classical music]] and music technology at the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]] at [[Edith Cowan University]] between 2004 and 2010, and was the Inaugural Associate Dean Research there in 2016 after Postdoctoral Fellowship. Hope holds a PhD in Art from [[RMIT University]], entitled 'The Possibility of Infrasonic Music'.
Hope is a music academic, with research areas in animated notation, gender and music, digital archives, Australian music and artistic research in composition and performance. She lectured in [[European classical music|classical music]] and music technology at the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]] at [[Edith Cowan University]] between 2004 and 2010, and was the Inaugural Associate Dean Research there in 2016 after Postdoctoral Fellowship. Hope holds a PhD in Art from [[RMIT University]], entitled 'The Possibility of Infrasonic Music'.


In honour of Roger Smalley, who died in August 2015, Hope curated her ensemble, Decibel, to reinvigorate his works, which had been "performed in the pioneering electro-acoustic ensemble Intermodulation", for a concert in June 2016.<ref name="Appleby 2">{{cite news | url = https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/arts-reviews/decibel-honours-smalley-legacy-ng-ya-109343 | title = Decibel Honours Smalley Legacy | last = Appleby | first = Rosalind | work = [[The West Australian]] | date = 8 June 2016 | access-date = 26 January 2021 }}</ref> ''[[The West Australian]]''{{'}}s Rosalind Appleby observed, "[they] brought the little-known repertoire back to life. Their concert... paid fascinating homage to Smalley."<ref name="Appleby 2"/>
Rosalind Appleby, a music journalist, publisher her book, ''Women of Note: the Rise of Australian Women Composers'' (2012), and addressed the work of Hope in the chapter, "Third wave 1980-2010: Cathie Travers and Cat Hope".<ref name="Appleby"/><ref name="Carmody">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140923092045/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/songs-of-praise-20120614-20b3r.html | url = | title = ''Women of Note'' by Rosalind Appleby {{!}} Book Review | last = Carmody | first = John | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | archive-date = 23 September 2014 | date = 16 June 2012 | access-date = 28 January 2021 }}</ref> In honour of Roger Smalley, who died in August 2015, Hope directed Decibel, to reinvigorate his works, which had been "performed in the pioneering electro-acoustic ensemble Intermodulation", for a concert in June 2016.<ref name="Appleby 2">{{cite news | url = https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/arts-reviews/decibel-honours-smalley-legacy-ng-ya-109343 | title = Decibel Honours Smalley Legacy | last = Appleby | first = Rosalind | work = [[The West Australian]] | date = 8 June 2016 | access-date = 26 January 2021 }}</ref> ''[[The West Australian]]''{{'}}s Appleby observed, "[they] brought the little-known repertoire back to life. Their concert... paid fascinating homage to Smalley."<ref name="Appleby 2"/>


Hope delivered the [[Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address]] in November 2018, "All Music for Everyone: Working Towards Gender Equality and Empowerment in Australian Music Culture", in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.<ref name="Hope 1">{{cite journal | url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/limelight-in-depth-cat-hope-all-music-for-everyone/ | title=''Limelight'' In Depth: Cat Hope: All Music for Everyone | author=Hope, Cat | journal=Limelight Magazine | date=5 December 2018 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190412015807/https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/limelight-in-depth-cat-hope-all-music-for-everyone/ | archive-date=12 April 2019 | access-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref> It was followed be the premiere of her co-composed work, ''Silenced''.<ref name="Hope 1"/>
Hope delivered the [[Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address]] in November 2018, "All Music for Everyone: Working Towards Gender Equality and Empowerment in Australian Music Culture", in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.<ref name="Hope 1">{{cite journal | url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/limelight-in-depth-cat-hope-all-music-for-everyone/ | title=''Limelight'' In Depth: Cat Hope: All Music for Everyone | author=Hope, Cat | journal=Limelight Magazine | date=5 December 2018 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190412015807/https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/limelight-in-depth-cat-hope-all-music-for-everyone/ | archive-date=12 April 2019 | access-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref> It was followed be the premiere of her co-composed work, ''Silenced''.<ref name="Hope 1"/>

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Professor
Cat Hope
File:CatHopeSherbrookeJuly2020.jpg
Cat Hope (2020)
Background information
Birth nameCatherine Anne Hope
Born (1966-03-11) 11 March 1966 (age 58)
OriginPerth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • academic
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
  • flute
Years active1989–present
LabelsBloodstar
Websitecathope.com

Catherine Anne "Cat" Hope (born 11 March 1966), is an Australian composer, musician and academic. She started her music and academic careers in Perth and relocated to Melbourne in 2017. Her opera, Speechless, was first performed in 2019 at the Perth Festival. At the Art Music Awards of 2020 she won Work of the Year: Dramatic for Speechless. Steve Dow of The Age described the opera, "fuelled by outrage over the imprisonment of asylum seeker children, which features growling and screaming to an unconventional score without musical notation."[1] Hope has also won the Art Music Award for Excellence in Experimental Music in 2011 for Decibel's 2009–2010 Annual Programs and in 2014 for her Drawn from Sound exhibition.

Biography

Catherine Anne Hope was born in 1966.[2][3][4] She completed a Bachelor of Music (Honours) at the University of Western Australia's Conservatorium of Music, Perth.[5] One of her teachers, in composition, was English-born Perth-resident Roger Smalley.[6] She was classically trained in the flute and played as a member of the ALEA Ensemble (named for their aleatoric composition style), in 1989.[4][7]

Hope, on bass guitar, founded Micevice, a folk-rock, indie rock trio in 1998 in Italy with Marta Collica on lead vocals and Giovanni Ferrario on guitar.[8][9] They recorded an album, Experiments on the Duration of Love (1999), in Melbourne and Catania with Hugo Race co-producing with Ferrario.[8][9] It was re-release nearly ten years later (November 2008) via My Honey Records. Luigi Gaudio of OndaRock rated it at 7.5 and explained, "The eleven tracks are rare pearls, a cloud of warm smoke that envelops anyone who abandons themselves."[9] Micevice had also released two further albums, Bipolars of the World Unite (2000) and Stop Here: Love Store (2002).[8]

Gata Negra (Spanish: Black Cat) was formed early in 1999 in Perth by Hope on bass guitar, vocals, samples and toys, Myles Durham on drums and Ant Gray on guitar.[10][11] Their debut album, Cage of Stars, appeared later that year.[10][11] It was recorded at North Perth Town Hall, where they were joined by Ferarrio on guitars, Guy Fleming on sounds, Jazmine on piano, Boogie Man Krak on turntables, Viv Langham on cello, Sophie Moleta on vocals and glockenspiel, Lindsay Vickery on vocals and Kim Williams on vocals.[10][11]

Decibel, or more fully, Decibel New Music Ensemble, were formed by Hope in 2009 as music director and flautist, other members have included Vickery on reeds and electronics, Louise Devenish on percussion, Stuart James on piano, percussion, electronics and spatialisation, Tristen Parr on cello, Adam Pinto on piano, Chris Tonkin on electronics and Aaron Wyatt on violin and viola.[12][13] At the APRA Music Awards' Art Music Awards of 2011 she won the Award for Excellence in Experimental Music for Decibel's 2009–2010 Annual Programs. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, in May 2019, the ensemble performed 10 from 10, which was broadcast nationally on ABC Classic radio's programme, Evenings.[12] It had been recorded live in concert at the Primrose Potter Salon with Duncan Yardley as producer.[12]

She was a founder of the Perth noise duo Lux Mammoth (1999-2005) with Dr Alien Smith, was the founder, singer, songwriter and bassist in dark indie band Gata Negra (1999-2006), founder and bassist in Abe Sada (2004-2014) and she also performs solo noise music using bass guitar. She is the founder of the Low Tone Orchestra (2020-), The Australian Bass Orchestra (2014-) and is a performer in noise duos Super Luminum (with guitarist Lisa MacKinney, 2015-), HzHzHz (with cellist Tristen Parr, 2016-) and Candied Limbs (with clarinettist Vickery, 2012-). As a flute player, she has worked closely with French composers Eliane Radigue and Lionel Marchetti [fr].

Her solo bass noise piece for dance artist Rakini Devi was featured on the UK Extreme Music From Women compilation, issued by the Susan Lawly label in 2000. Since then she has released a wide range of music compositions and performances on music labels around the world, most recently on the Swiss label Hat Hut.

Hope is a music academic, with research areas in animated notation, gender and music, digital archives, Australian music and artistic research in composition and performance. She lectured in classical music and music technology at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University between 2004 and 2010, and was the Inaugural Associate Dean Research there in 2016 after Postdoctoral Fellowship. Hope holds a PhD in Art from RMIT University, entitled 'The Possibility of Infrasonic Music'.

Rosalind Appleby, a music journalist, publisher her book, Women of Note: the Rise of Australian Women Composers (2012), and addressed the work of Hope in the chapter, "Third wave 1980-2010: Cathie Travers and Cat Hope".[4][14] In honour of Roger Smalley, who died in August 2015, Hope directed Decibel, to reinvigorate his works, which had been "performed in the pioneering electro-acoustic ensemble Intermodulation", for a concert in June 2016.[13] The West Australian's Appleby observed, "[they] brought the little-known repertoire back to life. Their concert... paid fascinating homage to Smalley."[13]

Hope delivered the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address in November 2018, "All Music for Everyone: Working Towards Gender Equality and Empowerment in Australian Music Culture", in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.[15] It was followed be the premiere of her co-composed work, Silenced.[15]

Hope is the Professor of Music at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University, where she was head of school from 2017-2020.[15]

Awards and fellowship

Her first portrait CD, Ephemeral Rivers, was released in 2017 on the Hat [Art] Hut label, and won the Deutscher Kritikerpreis that same year. Hope has also received a Churchill Fellowship, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, an AsiaLink residency (Singapore, Theatreworks) and the Peggy Glanville Hicks House Residency (2014).

APRA Music Awards

APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) and Australian Music Centre (AMC) have co-sponsored the annual APRA Music Awards: Art Music Awards (originally Classical Music Awards) since 2002. Previously AMC had provided their own annual classical music awards from 1988. Hope has been awarded three Art Music Awards, the Award for Excellence in Experimental Music in 2011 and in 2014 and Work of the Year: Dramatic for her first opera, Speechless in 2020.[16]

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2011 Contribution to Music Education in Western Australia Award for Excellence in Music Education Nominated [17][18]
Decibel's 2009–2010 Annual Programs Award for Excellence in Experimental Music Won
2013 Supporting and growing new music in Western Australia Award for Excellence by an Individual Nominated [19]
2014 Drawn from Sound exhibition Award for Excellence in Experimental Music Won [20]
2017 Performance, academia, composition, mentoring and advocacy Award for Excellence by an Individual Nominated [21]
2019 Leadership in the composition, performance and education of new music in Australia Award for Excellence by an Individual Nominated [22]
2020 Speechless (Cat Hope) by Judith Dodsworth, Karina Utomo, Caitlin Cassidy, Sage Pbbbt (soloists); with Australian Bass Orchestra, Decibel New Music Ensemble, and Aaron Wyatt (conductor) Work of the Year: Dramatic Won [1][23]

Discography

  • Kaps Freed on Works for Travelling Pianos, CD, performed by Gabriella Smart, ezz-thetics 1012 (2020)
  • The Sinister Glamour of Modernity, on Australia: East and West, CD, Wirripang, (2020)
  • Dark Hip Falls on Hear, Now, Here performed by Monash Art Ensemble, CD FMR (2019)
  • The Earth Defeats Me and Last Days of Reality on Last Days of Reality, CD, performed by Decibel Room 40, RM4102. (2018)
  • Tone Being on Music For Percussion and Electronics, CD, performed by Louise Devenish. Tall Poppies TP428 (2017)
  • Ephemeral Rivers. hat[now]ART 200: Switzerland. CD. (2017).
  • The Lowest Drawer, Decibel, on Tuned Darker, LP, Listen|Hear: Perth LP. (2015)
  • Platinum Fox, on Luminosity: Musical Treasures from UWA. University of WA (AUS). CD. (2013)
  • Longing on Decibel, Stasis Ecstatic. Heartless Robot Productions, LP. (2014)
  • Candied Limbs, Sub Project 54, with Lindsay Vickery. Tura Records, CD. (2013)
  • In The Cut, Kuklinski’s Dream on Decibel, Disintegration: Mutation. HellosQare Records, CD. (2010)
  • Abe Sada, Redux, Heartless Robot LP.(2009)
  • Abe Sada, The Low Chord, Kabutsuri Tape International, CD. (2009)
  • Abe Sada, Tatare Steppe, VLZ Produkt, CD. (2008)
  • Abe Sada, Subzilla, Bloodstar, (Aus), CD. (2007)
  • Gata Negra, Ruby, Bloodstar (Aus), LP. (2007)
  • Lux Mammoth, New Gauge Sinner, Pre Feed label (Italy), CD. (2007)
  • Fetish, CD (Sound Gallery Label, 2000; Bloodstar, 2001)
  • Regret CD (Gods of the Tundra, USA, 2001)
  • Yume cassette (One Touch Monopolka, USSR, 2001)
  • Jackie Hush CD (Bloodstar, 2002)
  • Justine 8" (Bloodstar, 2001)

Collaborations

  • Decibel new music ensemble 2009 -
  • Low Tone Orchestra (2020-)
  • The Australian Bass Orchestra (2014-)
  • Super Luminum (2015 -)
  • HzHzHz (2016-)
  • Candied Limbs (2012-)
  • Abe Sada (2006 - 2014)
  • Lux Mammoth (2000 - 2005)
  • cAVity (2001-2004)
  • Gata Negra (1999 - 2006)
  • Micevice (1995 -1997)
  • Quartered Shadows (1990-1992)
  • Alea Ensemble (1989, 1992)

Bibliography

As a primary author:

  • Hope, Cat; Ryan, John Charles (2014-06-19). Digital Arts: An Introduction to New Media. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-78093-321-4.[24]

As a contributor:

  • Burke, Robert; Onsman, Andrys (2017-01-23). Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-4482-5.[16]
  • Sant, Toni (2017-03-23). Documenting Performance: The Context and Processes of Digital Curation and Archiving. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-8819-7.[25]
  • Fabian, Dorottya; Napier, John (2018-10-30). Diversity in Australia’s Music: Themes Past, Present, and for the Future. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-2066-0.[26]

Academic papers:

Hope has also authored over 70 academic papers according to Google Scholar.[27]

References

  1. ^ a b Dow, Steve (9 September 2020). "Screaming, growling asylum seeker opera wins top art music honour". The Age. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Cat Hope : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. March 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ "'Black Eels' at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 26 January 2021. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  4. ^ a b c Appleby, Rosalind (2012), "Third wave 1980-2010: Cathie Travers and Cat Hope", Women of Note: the Rise of Australian Women Composers, Fremantle Press, ISBN 978-1-921888-76-2
  5. ^ McHale, S. M. (26 February 2008). "Parliamentary Questions & Answers: Question on Notice No. 2978". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ^ Turley, Alex (July 2016). "Roger Smalley: a new music legacy reinvigorated". RealTime Art Magazine. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ^ Doherty, Yvonne (2011). "Decibel Series Concert 1". Tura New Music. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ a b c "Giovanni Ferrario – Band". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Gaudio, Liugi (19 November 2008). "Micevice – Experiments on the Duration of Love (ristampa)". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Gata Negra Cage of Stars". InterSpace. Archived from the original on 22 January 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ a b c Gata Negra (Musical group); Hope, Cat (1999), Cage of Stars, Bloodstar Productions, retrieved 28 January 2021
  12. ^ a b c "Metropolis: Decibel New Music Ensemble – Evenings". ABC Classic. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Appleby, Rosalind (8 June 2016). "Decibel Honours Smalley Legacy". The West Australian. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  14. ^ Carmody, John (16 June 2012). "Women of Note by Rosalind Appleby | Book Review". The Sydney Morning Herald. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  15. ^ a b c Hope, Cat (5 December 2018). "Limelight In Depth: Cat Hope: All Music for Everyone". Limelight Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ a b Burke, Robert; Onsman, Andrys (2017-01-23). Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-4482-5.
  17. ^ "Winners – Art Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  18. ^ "2011 Finalists – Art Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Award for Excellence by an Individual". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  20. ^ Mackenzie, Emma (27 August 2014). "Event Wrap Up: APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards 2014 – Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne (26.08.14)". the AU review. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  21. ^ "Award for Excellence by an Individual – Finalists". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  22. ^ "Award for Excellence by an Individual". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Art Music Awards Full List of Finalists". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Music Centre (AMC). 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  24. ^ Hope, Cat; Ryan, John Charles (2014-06-19). Digital Arts: An Introduction to New Media. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-78093-321-4.
  25. ^ Sant, Toni (2017-03-23). Documenting Performance: The Context and Processes of Digital Curation and Archiving. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-8819-7.
  26. ^ Fabian, Dorottya; Napier, John (2018-10-30). Diversity in Australia’s Music: Themes Past, Present, and for the Future. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-2066-0.
  27. ^ "Cat Hope". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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