📖 Announcing the publication of a grand chronicle of Astra’s history! Across 9 chapters and more than 300 pages, “Astra Travels in Sound and Space” charts eight decades of remarkable evolution. Authors Aline Scott-Maxwell and Maree Macmillan weave together essays, images and personal reflections from composers and performers — a panorama of contemporary music-making in Melbourne and beyond. With a publication date of Saturday 6 December 2025, we are so close to bringing this enormous project to a close. Support the final stages of this project with a donation, and receive a copy of this piece of Melbourne Music history! 🔗 Pre-order link in our bio. All pre-orders and donations fund author fees and publication costs. (fb)

“Michael Kieran Harvey and I have been collaborating with increasing intensity for nearly 3 decades. Our work together in Slave Pianos being one of the fruitful outcomes. The images of MKH dressed as Scarlatti are from our 2007 Sydney Biennale event/installation, Penalogical Pianology, The Fatal Score….” - Neil Kelly Also featured, MKH playing Neil Kelly’s “Moths in JAVA”. Be sure to catch the most recent Neil Kelly/Michael Kieran Harvey collaboration tonight at the Church of All Nations - “Water is a product of burning”, which places the virtuoso pianist into a rich cultural context, with live choir, film, and the literary dimension of a visionary 19th-century novella by Balzac. 📆 Friday 3 October, 8pm - 9pm 📍 Church of All Nations, Carlton 🎟 GA | $35, Concession | $20 - via the link in our bio (fb)