RISING: Voiceless Mass

Raven Chacon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass comes to St Paul’s Cathedral as part of Rising Melbourne.

Composed for organ, flute, clarinet, percussion, strings and sine waves, the piece reflects on the history of gathering spaces, colonial power, and the suppression of Indigenous voices, with the music reverberating through the architecture of the cathedral itself.

Chacon is the first Native American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

The performance is preceded by a conversation between Raven Chacon and experimental music expert Dr Joel Stern.

Takes place on Saturday 30 May at St Paul’s Cathedral. Free entry.