Presenting the first compositions for Elliott Hughes’ Augmented Trumpet.

Six composers have written new works for trumpet & electronics, designed to feature the homebuilt valve sensor that makes this instrument ‘augmented’. The sensor allows the electronics to synchronise with the acoustic sound through the movement of the valves, opening up new possibilities for each composer to explore.

New works by Elliott Hughes, Bianca Gannon, Lewis Ingham, Louisa Trewartha, Allison Wright & Kitty Xiao.

Live visuals will also accompany the new pieces, and along with surround sound will create a vivid multi-sensory experience.

Elliott Hughes is a composer and trumpet player with a passion for creating innovative new music across contemporary classical, jazz and electroacoustic music styles. Based in Melbourne, he has composed more than fifty works for a remarkably diverse range of ensembles; from orchestras and chamber groups, to big bands and jazz trios, through to soloists with live electronics.

As a trumpet player, Elliott specialises in improvisation and performing with electronics, which led to his invention of the ‘Augmented Trumpet’; an instrument that uses the normal movement of the valves to control and synchronise the electronics with the acoustic sound. Described as “mesmerising – something out of the future”, these performances conjure diverse soundscapes that, sometimes inexplicably, all originating from the trumpet.