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A well-dressed man and woman hold hands raising them up to an audience in front of an orchestra. Benjamin Northey and Deborah Cheetham acknowledge the crowd after Eumeralla Requiem leads path to truth and reconciliation
Opinion

Requiem leads path to truth and reconciliation

3 October 2022

Gunditjmara culture is brought to life by the power of collaborative music. Barbara Hostalek soaks up the sharing of truth telling and the freedom of voices singing strong, proud and loud.

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A large orchestra takes centre stage, a striking painting hanging from the ceiling above them, choirs on either side. It is the West Australian Symphony Orchestra performing Eumeralla Powerful Eumeralla lifts veil on dark past
Reviews

Powerful Eumeralla lifts veil on dark past

3 October 2022

Deborah Cheetham’s Eumeralla is a major artistic achievement and deserves to be taken up by every state orchestra in Australia, writes Stewart Smith.

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A musician rests on a viola, bow in hand, ready to perform. The musician and conductor is Noongar man Aaron Wyatt. Bringing First Nations’ history to light
Features

Bringing First Nations’ history to light

19 September 2022

Conductor, violist and digital engineer Aaron Wyatt has plenty of strings to his bow. But building awareness of Indigenous music is what gets him most excited. Varnya Bromilow talks to him ahead of the WA premiere of Eumeralla Requiem.

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