Spinifex Gum

Spinifex Gum + MSO

Spinifex Gum

Client

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Date

9 Jul 2022

Venue

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne

Role

Executive Producer

Spinifex Gum has disarmed and uplifted audiences across Australia, bringing together the sound of Marliya, a choir of talented young Indigenous women and girls from Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, the music of Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill (The Cat Empire) and choreography of Deborah Brown.

Led by Ben Northey, Spinifex Gum will join with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Felix Riebl and Emma Donovan in a symphonic version of a show which is part political and part aspirational, exploring hard-hitting issues of our time, themes of friendship and empowerment, and celebrating what can be achieved when we come together as one.

Presented in NAIDOC week, this is music and art to challenge and inspire contemporary Australia.

  • The Spinifex Gum + MSO show was both gorgeous and eye-opening - combining art, entertainment and social purpose; and creating something all Australians should hear, see and experience.
    - Weekend Notes Read full review
  • The combination of striking images, kaleidoscopic lighting, the bringing together of so many disparate musical parts into a coherent whole under the baton of Benjamin Northey, and, above all, the phenomenal Marliya Choir made this performance of Spinifex Gum an experience that will continue to resonate in our lives.
    - Classic Melbourne Read full review
  • Seeing Marliya perform Spinifex Gum should be on the national curriculum, not just for the important messages and call to action, but for its pure joy.
    - Melbourne Observer