Dr Alana Blackburn

Exciting news just in! I've been selected as the Spring 2025 Recorder Resident at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology! I'll be spending 3 weeks at Cascade Head, Oregon in Feb/March working with artists and environmental scientists experimenting, performing and creating new work!

An old programme from a Junior Guildhall concert Perhaps this should encourage us to hope that the Arts might be taken more seriously should we have a new UK Government?

317 years ago today, Benjamin Franklin, the inventor of the Mechanical Glass Harmonica, was born in Boston. An able guitarist and viola da gamba player, he's apparently better-known for helping to establish the United States of America.

Welcome to the family 😊 thank you Marco Magalhães for this beautiful instrument. #recorder #415hz #Denner

World Premiere of “Debris” (Ros Bandt & Alana Blackburn, 2023) Melbourne Recital Centre, December 15. melbournerecital.com.au/events/2023/so…

This Thursday at @UNE_Sydney with the parramatta chamber of commerce. I’ll be talking about the parallels between music and leadership parramattachamber.com.au/events/details…

Great exhibition and symposium run by the Regional Futures team at @CasulaArts great conversations about our role as #regionalartists. Mike Terry and I had our collaborative multimedia work on show too! #regionalarts #regionalmusic #recorderplayer

This was stunning @BlushOpera @une_music @UNE_Sydney #BondiFestival

@team_recorder I saw this at the airport duty free!

So… it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Review of the Smarties recorder (help) up on Team Recorder now! youtu.be/JQlVWOC_hvo

If you haven’t already, get your ticket to be part of this wonderful symposium. I’m honoured to be invited to be on a round table to discuss “listening better” and the role the arts can play in important discussions.

Fantastic few days at @ORDA_Amsterdam, so inspiring! I loved catching up with friends and colleagues. Plus, little fun in a graffiti tunnel at the after party possibly for the next “blok reunion” album cover with @team_recorder and @AnnaStegmann 😂😂

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our Making Music Together conference at the @BirmCons last weekend, and for helping mark ten years of Music and/as Process. To all who presented, gave lecture-recitals and led workshops... (1/4)

A great evening performing and recording improvisations while getting to know each other through music at the @musicprocess conference #musicpro2023

@DENNISDejobl @UNSW Waiting for the next set of notes!

@alanablackburn @UNSW The wonderful recorder player is missing?

Handel-ing away this week with UNSW Collegium Musicum @UNSW

Evento imperdibile il 16 giugno prossimo con il compositore Paul Smith @UNE_Sydney villabernasconi.eu/eventi/viaggio…

Now Open Access cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Great quote from The Role of the Creative Arts in Regional Australia @QUT Report: eprints.qut.edu.au/238289/1/The_R… Our study explores how #artslearning improves students’ wellbeing, self-esteem + socialization skills. Stay tuned for our findings! @doncarter07 @CQU @UTSFASS #CQUniResearch

So today I went to work with Big Ted and Little Ted at the ABC studios to record Paul Smith’s new work for recorder and toy piano, commissioned by @ABCClassic with the wonderful Claire Race on toy piano. #recorder #newmusic #recording #recordingstudio #RADIO