Actually, there are THOUSANDS of female composers
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE, COMPOSER So you think there are no female composers? Actually, there are thousands of female composers. More than 6000, in fact, across 70 countries. […]
2018
UKARIA 24: The whole experience
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE I am so very happy to call Adelaide my home, and places like UKARIA existing makes me even more happy! Ulrike […]
EXPOSED! Composing for orchestra with Melody Eötvös
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE UPDATE 17 JULY 2019: Melody’s work for the TSO, as discussed below, resulted in her being named a finalist in the APRA […]
What makes a musician professional?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What makes a musician professional? For Andrey Gugnin, the answer isn’t so straight-forward. “Is it the fact that you have finished […]
EVENTS // NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition Finals Concert
CONTENT COURTESY KU-RING-GAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Six individual finalists in the 2018 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition will perform their selected concerto with orchestra on […]
WTF?! Do I need to move city for study?
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 […]
Understanding Berlioz, with mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE According to Sasha Cooke, “Berlioz is just unlike anything else”. “The colour, harmony, melody in his music are beautiful, emotional and […]
7 conductors you should know about
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN Meet the women who are breaking new ground in the Australian conducting scene: the first ever female music director of an Aussie orchestra, the […]
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Oh, hi. We’re conducting our first reader survey about CutCommon. We want to know what you think of us and what we can do for you. […]
Dark Mofo’s opera will gender-swap its cast
BY CELINE CHONG Edgy. Provocative. Confronting. Young bass baritone Jeremy Kleeman has certainly stuck his foot in the door of the Australian opera scene, […]