Catherine Anne "Cat" Hope (born 11 March 1966), is an Australian composer, musician and academic.
Steve Dow of The Age described the opera, "fuelled by outrage over the imprisonment of asylum seeker children, which features growling and screaming to an unconventional score without musical notation.
[9][10] They recorded an album, Experiments on the Duration of Love (1999), in Melbourne and Catania with Hugo Race co-producing with Ferrario.
Luigi Gaudio of OndaRock rated it at 7.5 and explained, "The eleven tracks are rare pearls, a cloud of warm smoke that envelops anyone who abandons themselves.
"[10] After Hope left, Micevice had released two further albums, Bipolars of the World Unite (2000) and Stop Here: Love Store (2002).
To celebrate their 10th anniversary, in May 2019, the ensemble performed 10 from 10, which was broadcast nationally on ABC Classic radio's programme, Evenings.
She was also a co-founder of the Perth noise duo Lux Mammoth (1999-2005) with Alien Smith (both on bass guitar and electronics);[16] and founder and bassist in Abe Sada (2004-2014).
[4][18] In honour of Roger Smalley, who died in August 2015, Hope directed Decibel, to reinvigorate his works, which had been "performed in the pioneering electro-acoustic ensemble Intermodulation", for a concert in June 2016.
[20][21] Australian Arts Review' writer described it as, "a compelling, courageous and visceral sonic world paying homage to people whose voices are rendered silent through political means.
"[20] It was performed by the soloists Judith Dodsworth (soprano), Karina Utomo (metal singer of Young and Restless, High Tension), Caitlin Cassidy (improvising mezzo-soprano), Sage Pbbbt (non-binary throat singer) with backing by Australian Bass Orchestra, Decibel New Music Ensemble, and Aaron Wyatt as conductor.
Hope holds a PhD in Art from RMIT University, her thesis, "The Possibility of Infrasonic Music", was delivered in 2010.
[19] Her first portrait CD, Ephemeral Rivers, was released in 2017 on the Hat [Art] Hut label, and won the Deutscher Kritikerpreis that same year.