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Hopkins, Sarahlocked

Hopkins, Sarahlocked

  • Graham Hair
  • , and Greta Mary Hair

(b Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Aug 13, 1958). Australian composer and cellist of New Zealand origin. She emigrated to Australia with her family in 1964 and she studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (graduation 1979). As a composer-performer, she often uses the cello in combination with vocal sounds, handbells and ‘whirly’ instruments (plastic tubes of various lengths and diameters which play harmonic overtones when spiralled overhead). Her cello playing often employs extended techniques in combination with the vocalization of harmonic overtones. Her ensemble music essentially consists of an extension of this composer-performer persona, often involving aspects of music, poetry, theatre, dance, film meditation, performance art, free and structured improvisation, and collective and community composition.

Works

w whirly instrument(s)

Cello Timbre, amp vc, 1976, rev. 1978

Seasons II, amp vc, tape delay, 1978

Cellovoice, vc + v, 1982

Greeting Whirlies, 2 tuned w, 1983

Sunrise/Sunset, 6 tuned w, 1983

Deep Whirly Duo, 2 tuned deep w, 1984

Interweave, 6 tuned deep w, 1984

Aura Swirl, tuned handbells (14 players), 1986

Bougainvillea Bells, tuned w (15 players), handbells, cathedral bells, 1986

Cello Chi, vc + v, 1986

Eclipse, tuned w, handbells (14 players), 1986

Flight of the Wild Goose, vc, 1987

Ring, 2 tuned w, 1987

Circle Bell Mantra, 16 handbells, 1989

Heart Songs, ens incl. vv, w, wind chimes, handbells (17 players), 1989

Songs of the Wind, 1 deep w, 1989

Soul Song, 6vv, chorus, opt. drone inst, 1989

Spiral Bells, 12 handbells, 1989

Transformation, 6 handbells, 1989

Celestial Song, ens incl. vv, w, wind chimes, 1990

Spirit of Gaia, vv, w, chime bars

Bibliography

  • J. Jenkins: ‘Sarah Hopkins’, 22 Contemporary Australian Composers (Melbourne, 1988), 75–83
  • S. Fuller and N. LeFanu: Reclaiming the Muse, CMR, xi (1994)