Jazz:NOW 2026 Episode #4 - Tom Avgenicos' 'Ghosts Between Streams'

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For the final show of our 2026 Jazz:NOW program SIMA are delighted to present the new large scale multimedia work of Sydney stalwart Tom Avgenicos - Ghosts Between Streams II alongside the 2026 recipient of the Judy Bailey Emerging Composers Scholarship and the debut screening of Chloe Kim’s ‘Music For 50 Musicians’.

Following the success of Ghosts Between Streams, the virtuosic genre-bending ensemble Delay 45 led by awardwinning trumpet player and composer Tom Avgenicos (Freedman Fellow ’22) returns with its second iteration: a dynamic fusion of contemporary jazz, strings, and a powerful visual counterpoint which explores the environmental history of the ancient Coquun (Hunter River). With Ghost Between Streams winning Best in Music and Best in Dance at the 2024 Sydney Fringe Festival, this show is the Sydney debut of Avgenicos’ lauded new work which at its heart is a conversation between past and present.

Tom Avgenicos is a trumpeter, composer, and producer living and working between Muloobinba (Newcastle) and Gadigal (Sydney) across a diverse range of creative contexts, from contemporary classical and improvised music to collaborations with breakdancers and multimedia artists. Driven by environmental sustainability and a deep connection to place, Avgenicos seeks to create works that fosters meaningful dialogue between artists, performers and audiences.

His work has been performed at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre and MONA and internationally across Europe.…