Consort of the Moon imagines a new choral ritual, built from the echoes of an ancient melody. 
The work layers live and hyper-real electroacoustic music to usher in a hypnotic, unifying ceremony. Audiences are welcome to participate, or simply sit and listen to a drifting, environmental soundscape that alters the collective sense of space and time. 
This twilight gathering is inspired by the oldest known piece of notated song—an ode to Nikkal, Goddess of Orchards and Consort of the Moon. The music echoes the calls of owls, bats and cicadas—blurring lines between human and animal realms in a nocturnal metamorphosis.

A person stands in the centre of the frame wearing all black. They have long flowing black hair and stare pensively. The backdrop displays a soft gradient of auburn and blue hues with a moon.

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by RISING, Adelaide Festival and Brisbane Festival.

This project has been supported by the Besen Foundation and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Consort of the Moon

Genevieve Lacey and Erkki Veltheim