“Do you have perfect pitch?”
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE “Do you have perfect pitch, or just relative?” I am sometimes asked this question, but before I can get into any […]
2018
WTF?! What does HIP even mean today?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our new series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to […]
Claire Higgins talks debut composition performance
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This week, six composers from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music will have a selection of their works performed to a public […]
Ed Ferris will not conform for you
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE As a performer, Ed Ferris dons the title Clarinet Maverick. It may sound pretty playful, but it’s a whole lot deeper […]
Live review // Joe Hisaishi conducts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE AND CHRISTOPHER LEON CutCommon is the only publication to review this premiere Joe Hisaishi performance in Australia. Joe Hisaishi Symphonic […]
EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Jenny Compton, Outreach and Education
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! In 2018, we continue to team up with […]
(Literally) Live Reviews // Celine goes to the QSO
Welcome to our CutCommon’s (Literally) Live Reviews – our new video review series that aims to reshape the way we think about arts criticism in […]
Album review // the in-between
BY KIERAN WELCH the in-between Sideband Collective Self-released, December 2017 The second full album from Sydney composer-performer collective Sideband, the in-between, is aptly […]
WTF?! Why undertake a residency?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our new series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to […]
The young artists of chamber music: Grace Clifford, violin
BY LAURA BIEMMI Grace Clifford is one wildly impressive 19 year old. Currently in her fourth year at the Curtis Institute of Music, Grace […]