Recordings
Compilation release: Eliza Shephard, March of the Women Volume One 2024
2024 is the fifth rendition of Eliza Shephard’s March of the Women celebration of female composers’ music from around the world, and this year plays host to a festival of Australian artists, both composers and performers performing a diverse selection of musical works for flute in both solo and chamber situations. Featuring Leah Blankendaal’s ‘Salt in my eyes in my hair in my mouth’ recorded by Issie Brown and Matt Withers.
EP Release: Lake (July 2024)
From Luminescence Chamber Singers, one of Australia’s hottest new vocal ensembles: an EP of mesmerising beauty, inspired by the concept of life cycles and their role in human connection, as expressed in the poetry of Claire Nashar – reflections on the destruction of fragile natural ecosystems as a lens for navigating human loss. Composer Leah Blankendaal explores the contrast of micro and macro worlds through juxtapositions of sound and silence that draw us in and show us how to listen more closely and care more deeply.
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Artwork: Genevieve Swifte. https://genevieveswifte.com/bio.
Performed by Luminescence Chamber Singers, conducted by Roland Peelman.
Recorded by ABC Classic for the 2022 Composers Commissioning Fund.
Album Release: Alongside Amongst Against (September 2020).
Alongside, Amongst, Against is the first studio album from performance maker and sound artist Leah Blankendaal. Ethereal and layered improvisations from Blankendaal blend flute, piano and harmonium to form complex and immersive soundscapes. Alongside, Amongst, Against features works devised in performance between 2019-2020, as well as improvisations created for the first time in studio.
Alongside, Amongst, Against is available via Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music.
Artwork: Rowan Sivyer, 'A Heart in Bloom', 2020. www.littlerowanredhead.com.
Recorded at Wizard Tone Studios, South Australia.
With thanks to the Music Development Office SA for the generous support.