Supertonic: Make Some Noise
- Date: 08/11/2025 19:30 - 21:30
- Location: Lower Hutt Town Hall
- Tickets: $25.00 - $30.00
On the evening of Saturday 8 November, Supertonic will present Make Some Noise at the Lower Hutt Town Hall.
Make Some Noise highlights issues of social justice, including indigenous, women’s and civil rights and climate action. The programme is rich and varied, from Katerina Gimon’s arrangement of AURORA’s Apple Tree, a Norwegian pop song addressing the urgency of the global climate crisis, to Robert T. Gibson’s arrangement of the gospel standard This Little Light of Mine. Oliassa by Malika Tirolien utilises an invented language to invoke a call from the ancestors, while Alex Vollant titles their piece Auass meaning “child” in the Innu language to honour the generation of elders who survived the Residential Schools in Canada. The impact of sexual harassment and assault on women is highlighted in MILCK’s I Can’t Keep Quiet and Lillia Ruocco and Emmanuelle Ader’s Canzone rò curtiell’.
Closer to home, Make Some Noise features a set of waiata in teo reo Māori to highlight the importance of indigenous voices in Aotearoa New Zealand, including Ngoi Pēwhairangi’s Whakarongo. This waiata-ā-ringa incorporates Ngoi Pēwhairangi’s beliefs and methodology on teaching te reo Māori.
Led by Musical Co-Director Virginie Pacheco, Supertonic offers Make Some Noise as an invitation to concert-goers to consider the causes that are important to them. In connecting with audiences through the striking and impactful works of the composers featured in this programme - by turns harmonious, raucous, gut-wrenching, resolute - the choir hopes to inspire those listening to make some noise in their own lives.
Tickets are $25/$30, available from www.supertonic.org.nz from Saturday 27 September
