Emily Sheppard - Age-old (2023) [Official Digital Download]

Emily Sheppard is a Tasmanian violinist, violist, improviser and composer who is inspired by unconventional and resonant places and spaces, as well as science and the environment.

Trained at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, she is in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Van Diemen’s Band and has collaborated with Paul Kelly, Katie Noonan, DJ Spooky and Michael Kieran Harvey.

Emily spent four weeks in residency in Tasmanian caves in 2017, supported by Arts Tasmania funding. Throughout this period she composed several new works for solo viola/violin, incorporating extended techniques such as alternative tunings, prepared violin and singing while playing. She has curated performances in Hastings Cave, Marakoopa Cave and Mt Wellington/kunanyi observation shelter, supported by Arts Tasmania and Hobart City Council grants.

TRACKLIST

1. Emily Sheppard - A leaf at sea
2. Emily Sheppard - Sandstone cliffs surrounding me
3. Emily Sheppard - Hell for leather
4. Emily Sheppard - Into mist, almost
5. Emily Sheppard - Reverence
6. Emily Sheppard - Old friend



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