# Event Details

- **Event Name**: SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Smoke Between Mountains is a new work by composer and AAO Artistic Director, Aaron Choulai with the Australian Art Orchestra. While on tour with AAO to Osaka, Choulai witnessed musicians Kutcha Edwards and Miyama McQueen-Tokita discover a shared understanding between First Nations Australian and Japanese knowledge systems, and their relationships to country. That exchange became the foundation and inspiration for AAO’s latest work, Smoke Between Mountains.

Composed for an ensemble of nine musicians, Smoke Between Mountains traces a dreamlike narrative against an innovative score that plays with the Ghibli sound world. The work draws on Shinto and Australian First Nations ecological thought, telling the story of a girl from a coastal mountain island in southern Japan and a boy from the high plateau of inland Australia, who begin to dream of the other’s world. The visions are vivid. Slowly, what feels like imagination begins to mirror reality as they try to understand messages from nature ahead of a climate catastrophe.

Against a rich visual backdrop of video design by Michael Carmody, the work unfolds through the voice and koto of Miyama McQueen-Tokita and the percussive storytelling of Adam Manning, as Aaron Choulai employs his Sono-Kinetic Conducting system to shape improvised moments of story through sound. Blurring the boundaries between composition, improvisation and mythic storytelling, Smoke Between Mountains becomes a meditation on connection, between cultures, landscapes, generations and the fragile ecologies that bind them.
 
Smoke Between Mountains will be performed in The Long Room at The Immigration Museum 
400 Flinders st Melbourne


Ensemble

Aaron Choulai - Conductor and Musical Director

Miyama McQueen-Tokita - Voice and Bass Koto

Adam Manning - Percussion

Eugene Ball - Trumpet

Ryan Williams - Recorders

Lizzy Welsh - Violin

Rachel Kim - Violin

Biddy Connor - Viola

Zoe Barry - Cello

Chris Hale - Bass


Creatives

Michael Carmody - Video Design

Jem Savage - Sound


Producing Team

Jo Redfearn - Producer  

Sarah Wade - Executive Director  

Ruby Song - Marketing Support  

Ashley Goodall - Graphic Design 


Proudly supported by Museum of Victoria and City of Melbourne
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/smoke-between-mountains/200030265328529
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, health-wellness, meditation, storytelling, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Melbourne
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Immigration Museum
- **lat**: -37.81899
- **long**: 144.96034
- **full address**: Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia, Melbourne

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/a25d5039d8279700a5240f77bff512a7ad56439ae3719244dae09c968b8cae8b-rimg-w1200-h628-dc7d73b0-gmir?v=1783425445

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS  being held?
  - **A:** SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS  takes place on Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia, Melbourne.
- **Q**: Who is organizing SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS ?
  - **A:** SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS  is organized by Australian Art Orchestra.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS  is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Melbourne, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If SMOKE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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