When your orchestra is built on modesty
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Modest Orchestra doesn’t care if you’re not studying to complete a performance major. It doesn’t care if you don’t want […]
2018
EVENTS // Pictures at an Exhibition with the SSO
CONTENT COURTESY SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Benjamin Beilman makes his SSO debut in Jennifer Higdon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto. Winning ovations from the first, it’s […]
EVENTS // The Choir of St James’
CONTENT COURTESY THE CHOIR OF ST JAMES’ Celebrating the season of the Feast of St James’, The Choir of St James’ performs William Walton’s […]
Challenging “a stereotype of feminine helplessness”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Content warning: This interview contains discussion of sexual assault and rape. The dominant man. The helpless woman. When it comes to the […]
Effort and artistry with (amazing) baritone José Carbó
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN He has entertained as Verdi’s Rigoletto, meddled as Rossini’s Figaro, and bullied as Mozart’s Count Almaviva. He has lost as Tonio. […]
Considering the narrative of Australia’s colonial pianos
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Content warning: This story contains mention of suicide, and historical violence against Indigenous populations. Beaumont House composer-in-residence Gabriella Smart will present […]
Live review // Forest Collective presents Berceuse
BY ANNI KALCO Berceuse Forest Collective Church of All Nations, Carlton, 6 July It’s a cold Melbourne night, and we are inside a […]
Bridget goes to see Star Wars IV with the QSO
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Star Wars IV: A New Hope Queensland Symphony Orchestra Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 7 July A curious assortment of […]
How to be a self-made artist
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF We would like to welcome Miranda in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. History is filled with artists who have […]
LONGREAD // Composing for video game with Philip Sheppard
BY PHILIP SHEPPARD AS TOLD TO CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES COORDINATOR Philip Sheppard co-composed Sony’s Detroit: Become Human, a new video game for PS4. In this story, […]