Articles
Articles
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“Culture isn’t stagnant”: Australian Art Orchestra celebrates 30 years of change
October 16, 2024BY STEPHANIE ESLAKEThe Australian Art Orchestra is celebrating its 30th birthday. But it’s certainly not getting old.Artistic director Aaron Choulai [...] -
How a new student-led music festival is training artists to look beyond genre
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Naomi Dodd is making the bass drop
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“The body works as a whole” when you play your instrument
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Shaping the landscape of Australian guitar music
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Meet the first Australian composer to write for this magical string instrument
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How Emma Sandall’s fertility journey inspired a bold new cabaret
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Siobhan Stagg is channelling her “purest poet and inner storyteller”
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Competitions can be “excellent devices for growth” of young music students
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Véronique Serret sings stories of nature in her new album Migrating Bird
August 27, 2024
Global
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Steven Isserlis on Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto
October 1, 2024BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITERThis October, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will have the great fortune of welcoming one of the [...] -
Why we’re travelling to Australia for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
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How Julie Campiche made jazz harp “a thing” — and got the world listening
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LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey hears Jupiter Ensemble at Princeton
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Fiachra Garvey is introducing 60 young musicians to the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey experiences Joyce DiDonato: EDEN
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“Being a composer is trusting your gut,” reckons Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show)
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Chanda Dancy explains how to compose an action-packed war film
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How Theodore Shapiro composed The School for Good and Evil
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Camilla George has released a new album inspired by myth, story, and identity
October 10, 2022
Blog
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4 concerts to check out in Melbourne this November
October 16, 2024BY CUTCOMMONLet’s face it — by November, most of us are either in holiday mode, or wrapping up our end-of-year [...] -
What’s behind the spate of arts leadership departures in Australia? Perhaps a mismatch of values
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Why I’m no longer ticking the ‘emerging artist’ box
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Australia could lead globally in protecting local music creators
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What live music is happening in Melbourne this September?
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A new report shows AI could devastate Australia’s music industry
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Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this
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4 concerts not to miss in Melbourne this August
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An education in music makes you a better employee. Are recruiters in tune?
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‘Caring as much as you do was killing you’. We need to talk about burnout in the arts
January 11, 2024
Events
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Jayson Gillham files legal action against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
October 3, 2024Acclaimed Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham has filed legal proceedings against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in the Federal Court of Australia, following the controversial [...] -
EVENTS // Grand Final of Strike A Chord at the Melbourne Recital Centre
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These are the 57 Australian Women in Music Awards finalists for 2024
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Apply for the $40,000 Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship
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Your complete list of finalists in the 2024 Art Music Awards
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EVENTS // Science and sound converge in this ANAM performance
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EVENTS // 52 musicians will perform in this Young Mannheim Symphonists concert
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EVENTS // Piano+Place with Sophie Hutchings
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EVENTS // Imaginary Ballet with ANAM Musicians
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EVENTS // Four Australian musicians will perform in heritage venues with Piano+ Place
May 28, 2024
Reviews
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LIVE REVIEW // Molly hears the Australian Youth Orchestra performing Mahler and Wagner
July 23, 2024BY MOLLY JENKINSMood: Mahler and WagnerAustralian Youth OrchestraHamer Hall, 14 JulySilence fell over Hamer Hall as the lights began to [...] -
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey listens to “glorious soprano” Golda Schultz
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LIVE REVIEW // Miranda hears Academy of St Martin in the Fields @ Sydney Opera House
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LIVE REVIEW // Wendy hears Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis
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LIVE REVIEW // Isobel hears Ensemble Offspring’s Still Life with Avalanche
September 1, 2023
Catch up on your reading
4 concerts to check out in Melbourne this November
October 16, 2024
BY CUTCOMMON Let’s face it — by November, most of us are either in holiday mode, or wrapping up our end-of-year projects so we can […]