UPCOMING: 28 October 2025 —
Sei Solo: You’re Alone? (performance) presented by Orchestra Wellington. Details: TBC

Sei Solo: You’re Alone? is a collaborative performance between internationally renowned artists: musician and AWE Artistic Director Benjamin Baker, and genre-bending dancers Jahra Wasasala and Ooshcon (CONJAH). Sei Solo: You’re Alone? was originally presented by At World’s Edge Festival.
Sei Solo: You’re Alone? is a Violin and Dance performance reimagining Bach’s second solo violin partita, with the interspersion of modern solo violin works by NZ composers Karlo Margetić and Gareth Farr. Performers Jahra Wasasala and ooshcon explore the vast terrain of these violin works, as they travel between beginnings and endings, emotive imagery, rapturous relationships and unexpected creatures.
Through centuries of musical language and cultures of dance, Sei Solo: You’re Alone? reminds us that in the end, we are all we have.
COMPOSER RUNNING ORDER
Bach Partita No.2 - Allemande & Courante
Karlo Margetić On an Imaginary Folk Song
Bach Partita No.2 - Sarabande & Gigue
Gareth Farr - Wakatipu
Bach Partita No.2 - Chaconne
Running time: 45mins
PERFORMERS / DIRECTORS
Benjamin Baker - Violin
CONJAH - Jahra Wasasala & ooshcon
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
13 October 2023 - At World’s Edge Festival
Te Atamira Whakatipu, Tahuna (Queenstown), Aotearoa
Presented by At World’s Edge (AWE)
12 January 2025 - APAP Showcase
DiMenna Centre, New York City, Lenape Territory, U.S.A
Presented by Young Concert Artists NYC
Sei Solo: You’re Not Alone? development rehearsals (2023)
For booking enquiries: benbaker.violin@gmail.com