Grace Ferguson is a Pianist, Composer and Sound Designer who studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium specialising in classical piano performance. In recent years she’s enjoyed integrating field recordings and electronics into her solo piano works and contributing to an eclectic mix of projects across theatre, film and live performance.
Her works respond to specific environments, subconscious understanding and its culmination in sound. The result seeks to position the audience in a space conducive to subjective inflections, inarticulate knowledge and felt encounters. She is interested in her works elaborating and evolving through the coalescence of narrative, movement, image and music.
In respect to commissions and collaborations, Grace approaches her role as a means of mutual exchange. She is interested in providing alternative avenues for meaning, conversation and the expansion of both her and her collaborator’s work.
2019
'The Three Graces' | Presented by The Anchor (Composition | Sound Design)
Written by Lauren Lethlean | Directed by Katie Cawthorne
Theatre Works, Melbourne
2019
International Piano Day (Composer | Pianist)
Sarah Mary Chadwick | Spirit Level Records | Yamaha Australia
Melbourne
2019
'Women in Theatre Core Program’ (Composition | Sound Design)
Jethro Woodward (Mentor)
Melbourne Theatre Company
2019
Pitch Music Festival (Live Music Set)
Reinvigoration Centre | PracticesStudioPractice
2019
'We All Know What is Happening' (Pianist | Music Collaborator | Sound Design takeover)
Devised by Samara Hersch and Lara Thoms
Vitalstatistix, Adelaide
2018
Ela Dinner Series (Pianist)
Ella Mittas
Abbortsford Convent, Melbourne
2018
'Your Heart’s So Hot O Sister' (Direction | Sound Design)
In collaboration with Rosie Ribel and Lilian Steiner for Melbourne Music Week
Church of All Nations, Melbourne
2018
'We All Know What is Happening' (Pianist | Music Collaborator | Sound Design takeover)
Devised by Samara Hersch and Lara Thoms
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2018
‘Living not Decorating’ (Pianist)
Assemble Communities Series
Assemble Space
2018
'Alone Outside' (Composition | Sound Design)
Written by Liz Newell | Directed by Lyall Brooks for Melbourne Fringe Festival
Festival Hub | North Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
2018
'Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic' AqTushetii (Artist in Residence)
Conducted by Sandro Chinchaladze and Scott McCulloch
Omalo, Georgia
2018
‘Word Forgotten’ (Pianist)
In collaboration with Rose Ribel for Convent Live Series
Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2018
Emma Valente (secondment)
‘LONE’ by The Rabble
Arts House
2018
'The Readers' (Sound Design)
Written by Scott Smart | Directed by Elizabeth Nabben
Belvoir Theatre's 25a program, Sydney
2018
Greenroom Award: Best Contemporary/Experimental Performance
'We All Know What is Happening'
Devised by Samara Hersch and Lara Thoms
2018
Analogue Attic Recordings Launch 012 (Pianist)
Produced by Alex Albrecht
Collingwood Arts Precinct, Melbourne
2018
'A Thousand Times the Rolling Sun' (Sound Art Installation)
Exhibition curated by Gabriel Curtin
Old HM Prison in Beechworth, Victoria
2017
Amator, Solo Piano EP
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Jesse Oberin
Melbourne
2017
Six Piano Project (Pianist)
Produced by Kitty Xiao
Collingwood Arts Precinct, Melbourne
2017
Love Song (Sound Design | Live Performance of the Theremin)
Written by John Kolvenbach | Produced by Love Song Co for Melbourne Fringe Festival
Collingwood Arts Precinct, Melbourne
2017
David Franzke (secondment)
(various projects)
2017
We All Know What is Happening (Pianist | Music Collaborator)
Devised by Samara Hersch and Lara Thoms
Arts House, Melbourne
2015
Stefan Gregory (secondment)
‘King Lear’ | Directed by Neil Armfield
Sydney Theatre Company
2012
Elizabeth Drake (secondment)
‘Top Girls’ | Directed by Jenny Kemp
Melbourne Theatre Company