Ensemble Offspring | Stories of Water and Earth

Stories of Water and Earth features Yuwaalaraay woman Nardi Simpson alongside a quartet of Ensemble Offspring’s genre-bending instrumentalists, weaving together instrumental chamber music, long term collaboration, dreaming stories and reimagined times.

Sydney musical mavericks Ensemble Offspring join forces with spellbinding Yuwaalaraay woman and storyteller Nardi Simpson to weave together dreaming stories, song, instrumental chamber music, and interactive cultural learning in Stories of Water and Earth.

Composer and featured performer Nardi Simpson showcases her deadly skills as a storyteller and singer, inviting audiences to hear the language of the land, explore the beauty of singing to Country, and experience music inspired by place. Together with Ensemble Offspring’s musicians, Nardi shares Yuwaalaraay women’s creative and cultural practices, encouraging audiences to listen deeply, learn, and even participate. This immersive, hour-long journey brings together Freshwater Woman with a selection of powerful works from the past decade of Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers, each speaking to Country, culture, and connection.