🎹 Share your piano story!
A pop-up piano in Tanunda Town Square is bringing music, memories and conversations to life.
Meet artist-in-residence Rae Howell and share your family’s piano story — maybe even play a few notes. Your memories and recordings will become part of Rae’s installation The Piano: Hook, Line & Tinker, celebrating the Barossa’s rich musical heritage.
WHEN: Throughout the residency – by appointment or drop-in during pop-up sessions:
Friday 17th October – 9am to 11am
Friday 24th October – 10am to 12pm
Friday 31st October – 10am to 12pm
Friday 7th November – 10am to 12pm
VENUE: Tanunda Town Square, 70 Murray Street Tanunda, SA 5352
Free Event – All Welcome.
Please RSVP your attendance HERE.
MORE INFORMATION
Throughout her five-week Barossa residency, composer and installation artist Rae Howell invites the community to gather and share the stories of their pianos. A well-loved upright piano will ‘pop-up’ in Tanunda Town Square, transforming the public space into a welcoming hub of conversation, memory and music-making.
Families and community are encouraged to drop by and play the piano, make a time to with Rae about the history of their own pianos — heirlooms passed down through generations, long-retired instruments gathering dust in farmhouses, or the piano that sparked a child’s first music lesson. Where possible, participants can also record a short performance on the pop-up piano.
These stories and recordings will help shape Rae’s ongoing project, The Piano: Hook, Line & Tinker, an ‘exploded-view’ sonic installation that celebrates the beauty and craft of the piano while revealing the sounds and histories within.
The pop-up piano sessions are free, informal and open to everyone. By sharing your piano story, you contribute to a living sound archive that honours the Barossa’s musical heritage and its enduring connection to this timeless instrument.
ABOUT THE ARTIST – RAE HOWELL
Rae Howell is an award-winning Australian composer, multi-instrumentalist and piano technician whose work fuses music, sound and the environment. Founder of the Sunwrae Ensemble, Rae creates innovative projects such as The Piano: Hook, Line & Tinker, an ‘exploded-view’ suspended piano installation revealing the instrument’s hidden mechanisms and stories. Her residency in the Barossa explores connections between people, place and the pianos that have shaped local musical life.
