Five keys to effective repertoire choice
BY MONTE MUMFORD Would you like to confidently select repertoire for your ensemble that will both inspire and challenge your students? With guidance from esteemed […]
2017
Trailer Music II at the St Kilda Film Fest
Classical music group anon. will be taking its film and music collaboration Trailer Music II to the St Kilda Film Festival at 12.30pm, 20 May in […]
Addressing the orchestral crisis
BY MEGAN LO SURDO We would like to welcome Megan in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. Fear of an ageing audience is no […]
Matt Sheers: “Music is there to be explored”
BY CHLOE SANGER Melbourne violinist, composer and producer Matt Sheers launches his solo EP ORCHA this weekend at the Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood. Matt’s […]
Funk Engine to open HeART of Annandale arts fest
Classically trained jazz and rock muso Siebe Pogson has released his latest album Taking a Ride with Funk Engine. The composer and band leader’s music […]
Behind the Conversation with Chris Williams
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/MAKING WAVES Have you checked out the third Making Conversation podcast? This week features composer Chris Williams as he interviews Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh about […]
Live review: 24 Hours in Lapa
BY CHLOE SANGER 24 Hours in Lapa launch Tamil Rogeon/Australian Youth Orchestra Momentum Ensemble The Night Cat, 28 April Wherever composer Tamil Rogeon […]
Live review: Operantics’ Die Fledermaus
BY TANYA THAWEESKULCHAI Die Fledermaus by Strauss Operantics The Independent Theatre, 25 April Operantics’ adaptation of Die Fledermaus makes the light-hearted and comedic […]
Natasha Wilson: “Music, movement, with a lot of passion”
BY KATIE MILLER-CRISPE Where can you go to hear thrilling Spanish and Catalan Baroque music as acrobats fly overhead? New Zealand soprano Natasha Wilson, […]
Live review: Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat
BY THOMAS MISSON Harawi Lotte Betts-Dean (voice) and Joseph Havlat (piano) Hobart Town Hall, 27 April Judith Weir’s Songs from the Exotic provided a […]