ANAM finalist: Alexander Arai-Swale, double bass
This week, CutCommon chats with some of the ANAM Concerto Competition finalists, who will be performing with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra on 17 November. Alexander Arai-Swale, […]
November 2017
Five LGBTQIA+ composers who’ll fill your soul with pride
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT On 14 November 2017, the YES vote won the Australian same-sex marriage postal survey. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that […]
Nicholas McManus: “The secret ingredient…”
By CAROL SAFFER When Nicholas McManus was given the choice of playing violin or cello in grade 2, he chose the cello because he […]
Composer Secrets: Catherine Golden
BY SEAN BOTHA, COMPOSER Composer Secrets is our interview series from Sean Botha, whose vision is to build awareness of new Australian composition. These interviews are […]
Live review: Blair Harris @ Melbourne Warehouse Music Festival
BY LEWIS INGHAM Blair Harris: All That is Dust… Melbourne Warehouse Music Festival Schoolhouse Studios, Collingwood, November 4 What’d you miss? Electric (and acoustic) […]
Commissioning: A how-to guide for newbies
BY JODIE BLACKSHAW, COMPOSER Commissioning a new work is a great experience for everyone. I encourage all musicians to consider going through the process […]
Jonathan Xian talks 3MBS The Talent performance
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Jonathan Xian, 22, won the 2017 Series 4 of 3MBS The Talent – a live performance initiative. Alongside fellow 3MBS musician […]
*GIVEAWAY EXTENDED* for National Recycling Week!
Thanks to YOU, CutCommon has been visited a quarter of a million times. And this is HUGE milestone in the way young musicians’ stories are […]
James Morrison on success and unpaid gigs
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You don’t think of James Morrison as the sort of musician who would have started out busking for food. But that’s […]
Arts news of the week (in 60 seconds)
BY JOHN GLOVER We know it can take a while to trawl through all the headlines in your newsfeed. So we’ve compiled our top […]