We should still respect film music as art
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Are you one of those classical music lovers who thinks film music isn’t “real” music? Are you too high-brow to enjoy […]
October 2018
WTF?! Bringing a movement artist into your recital
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Jeanette Little tells us about her new music for Play On
BY JEANETTE LITTLE, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne composer Jeanette Little studied her Masters of Music at the University of Melbourne. In 2013 she […]
Alex Palmer: “Working on an equal playing field should be the norm”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Alice and Alex at the Independent Theatre. Nice ring to it, right? These like-minded Sydney composers are set to host a […]
How to practice when you have zero time
BY LAURA BARTON We would like to welcome Laura in her first blog as a CutCommon contributor. I’m a violinist at the Australian National […]
EVENTS // High Score: Composition and Sound Art for Gaming
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS With a booming games industry comes a demand for the music that soundtracks a player’s experience. As part of Melbourne International […]
Callum Henshaw talks practice, tour, and new album
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Callum Henshaw is a bit of a wunderkind. Hailing from Canberra, he first picked up the guitar as a […]
LIVE REVIEW // Joseph goes to the Australian Haydn Ensemble
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) Beethoven and Haydn Australian Haydn Ensemble Harold Lobb Hall, 11 October The Australian Haydn Ensemble performed an […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to The Magic Flute
BY ALISON PARIS The Magic Flute Brisbane City Opera, directed by Chris Clement McNee The Sideshow, West End, 29 September 2018 Mozart’s Die […]
WTF?! Performing all your own works in one concert
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]