New music ensemble Decibel will be touring across England in November and December, having been selected to participate in the UK/Australia season 2021–22. The UK-led program is a joint venture between the British Council and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spurring cultural exchange and collaboration in fields including theatre, visual art, music and literature; 2021 marks the first collaboration with Australia. 

For its tour, Decibel will perform five concert programs over six venues, with a place in the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, exhibiting the music of its Artistic Director, composer Cat Hope. Decibel will also premiere Hope’s new work, Never At Sea, in partnership with London chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru at London’s Brunel Museum, alongside a series of seminars and workshops to be conducted at universities across its tour.

The ensemble will showcase the 2 Minutes from Home program – a series of audiovisual commissions from both international and Australian artists that served as its 2020 response to the halt lockdown placed on the art music community, which was nominated for an Art Music Award in Excellence in Experimental Music in...