Articles
Articles
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How a new student-led music festival is training artists to look beyond genre
October 4, 2024BY STEPHANIE ESLAKEHave we finally come to the end of that age-old divide between ‘classical’ and ‘contemporary’ music cultures? If [...] -
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
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How I used “serious fun” to build my 42-student music school
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)
December 13, 2022 -
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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What’s behind the spate of arts leadership departures in Australia? Perhaps a mismatch of values
September 30, 2024BY HEATHER L. ROBINSON, FLINDERS UNIVERSITY, THE CONVERSATIONThe past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from some [...] -
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
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6 live music events to launch you into summer
November 17, 2023
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
July 19, 2024 -
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
What’s behind the spate of arts leadership departures in Australia? Perhaps a mismatch of values
September 30, 2024
BY HEATHER L. ROBINSON, FLINDERS UNIVERSITY, THE CONVERSATION The past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from some of the country’s most […]