Hayley Ayers launched 360 Artist Logistics alongside Leon Kneebone in 2014. Since launch Hayley has honed her skills as a booker and event manager to plan and execute numerous events and tours operating domestically and internationally. 360 Artist Logistics offers a number of services including event management, production management, entertainment programming, publicity and communications. Skills put to the test working on events including Origin Fields, A Day On The Green and 2023 Perth edition of Laneway Festival.

Hayley joins us for Balmy Nights in 2022 and is set to run a strategic event management workshop focussed upon the event, offering constructive criticism and consideration of strategies that can be implemented to allow for further organic growth of Balmy Nights Festival.

This workshop will be free to attend and open to the public. A fantastic initiative made possible by the Mt Burdett Foundation. And supported by the Cannery Arts Centre, Kyza Presents, Regional Arts WA and the Shire Of Esperance.

Be immersed in an evocative soundscape performance by a percussion orchestra made up of music students and community members directed by percussionist composer Thea Rossen. Followed by a light supper.

This is free to attend - registration appreciated.

Thea Rossen is a percussionist, composer and educator based in Perth. Her work often focusses on the human impact on nature and the environment, as she strives to connect her audiences with creative musical ways to find a new perspective on important global issues. As a teaching artist, Thea has been writing, facilitating and presenting shows and workshops for children and community members for over 12 years. Some major collaborators include the West Australian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Musica Viva in Schools, Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne University. Her trio show Water Water Everywhere toured Australia for four years and was seen by over 50,000 school children both live and online. As a soloist and chamber musician, Thea was a fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, and a finalist for the Freedman Classical Music Fellowship in 2018. She has presented works at the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Metropolis Festival, Extended Play Festival and was a featured artist in PlayOn’s sixth series. During her time at the Australian National Academy of Music, Thea was awarded prizes for all of her solo recitals including Most Outstanding Performance and Best Program.

This event is part of the Living Reef Festival made possible with support from the State Government and Lottery West.

Create a soundscape using unconventional instruments with percussionist and composer Thea Rossen then perform with school students in the Reef Soundscape Performance that follows at 7pm. Followed by a light supper.

This is free to attend but places are limited.

Thea Rossen is a percussionist, composer and educator based in Perth. Her work often focusses on the human impact on nature and the environment, as she strives to connect her audiences with creative musical ways to find a new perspective on important global issues. As a teaching artist, Thea has been writing, facilitating and presenting shows and workshops for children and community members for over 12 years. Some major collaborators include the West Australian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Musica Viva in Schools, Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne University. Her trio show Water Water Everywhere toured Australia for four years and was seen by over 50,000 school children both live and online. As a soloist and chamber musician, Thea was a fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, and a finalist for the Freedman Classical Music Fellowship in 2018. She has presented works at the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Metropolis Festival, Extended Play Festival and was a featured artist in PlayOn’s sixth series. During her time at the Australian National Academy of Music, Thea was awarded prizes for all of her solo recitals including Most Outstanding Performance and Best Program.

This event is part of the Living Reef Festival made possible with support from the State Government and Lottery West.