Each of our performers has extensive performance experience in the fields of improvisation and sound art/experimental music.
Safe in Sound currently offers concerts in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia.
We work with a talented group of artists based in the capital cities of these states. Each performer has extensive performance experience in the fields of improvisation and sound art/experimental music. Musicians at Safe in Sound have current Working With Children Checks, and will place the utmost focus and care on ensuring that through clear communication all audiences are comfortable, informed and happy throughout the entire process.
Alon Ilsar
Alon Ilsar is an Australian drummer, composer, sound designer and instrument designer. He is co-designer of a new interface for electronic percussionists called the AirSticks. Alon has completed a PhD in instrument design through the University of Technology, Sydney’s Creativity and Cognition Studios, under the supervision of Andrew Johnston. In 2016, he completed a one-year artist residency at Brooklyn College’s PIMA in New York working on new collaborations with musicians, visual artists and dancers.
More info: https://alonilsar.com/
Carolyn Connors
Carolyn is regarded as one of Australia’s most important experimental vocalists who creates new works in the fields of contemporary music and theatre. Carolyn was awarded the 2015 Age Melbourne Music Award for Avant-garde and Experimental music. Her solo vocal works have been presented by International and National festivals, the Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Festival, Dark MOFO, The Ian Potter Museum, and Gertrude Contemporary.
More information: carolyn-connors.com
Jim Denley
Jim is a world renowned Flutist and Saxophone player and is regarded as among Australia’s foremost improvisers with musical activity spanning four decades. His emphasis on spontaneity, site-specific work and collaboration has been central to his work. His 2006 and 2008 recordings from the Budawang Mountains for the ABC received an Honorary Prize in the Prix Ars Electronica. In 2006 and 2007 he received a Music Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts to research and develop his concept of ‘meta-instrument.
More info: https://jimdenley.com/
Robbie Avenaim
Robbie is an innovative Australian drummer and sound artist with an international reputation for bold, sonic exploration. Robbie has been at the forefront of the Australian experimental music scene both as a performer and a curator for over 30 years. In 2018, Avenaim undertook a radical reorientation of his practice, founding Safe in Sound (SIS) and pioneering inclusive experimental music. SIS has delivered over 100 in-home concerts and workshops for families living with disability, mentored 50+ emerging musicians with disability into professional practice, and curated Australia’s first festivals dedicated to disabled experimental artists (2023, 2024, with a 2025 edition upcoming in partnership with Liquid Architecture and Next Wave).
Alon Ilsar is an Australian drummer, composer, sound designer and instrument designer. He is co-designer of a new interface for electronic percussionists called the AirSticks. Alon has completed a PhD in instrument design through the University of Technology, Sydney’s Creativity and Cognition Studios, under the supervision of Andrew Johnston. In 2016, he completed a one-year artist residency at Brooklyn College’s PIMA in New York working on new collaborations with musicians, visual artists and dancers.
More info: https://alonilsar.com/.
Carolyn is regarded as one of Australia’s most important experimental vocalists who creates new works in the fields of contemporary music and theatre. Carolyn was awarded the 2015 Age Melbourne Music Award for Avant-garde and Experimental music. Her solo vocal works have been presented by International and National festivals, the Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Festival, Dark MOFO, The Ian Potter Museum, and Gertrude Contemporary.
More information: carolyn-connors.com
Jim is a world renowned Flutist and Saxophone player and is regarded as among Australia’s foremost improvisers with musical activity spanning four decades. His emphasis on spontaneity, site-specific work and collaboration has been central to his work. His 2006 and 2008 recordings from the Budawang Mountains for the ABC received an Honorary Prize in the Prix Ars Electronica. In 2006 and 2007 he received a Music Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts to research and develop his concept of ‘meta-instrument.
More info: https://jimdenley.com/
Laura Altman
Laura is a renowned clarinettist, improviser and composer. Laura has a playful approach to music-making, often using tapes, feedback, objects, her voice and various other instruments to extend her sonic palette. Laura also tutors in improvisation at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has extensive experience working in early-childhood music education with organisation Bluebell Music.
More info: lauraaltman.net
Musicians at Safe in Sound have current Working With Children Checks.
We place the utmost focus and care on ensuring that through clear communication all audiences are comfortable, informed and happy throughout the entire process
