EVENTS // Ensemble Apex is calling for scores
CONTENT COURTESY ENSEMBLE APEX In 2020, Sydney’s Ensemble Apex presents its most ambitious season yet across three outstanding programs, and it’s seeking submissions of a […]
July 2019
Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved on
BY CAITLIN VINCENT, LECTURER IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE This article was first published in The Conversation. We’ve picked it up because we reckon […]
Composer John Rodgers lost his voice, Australian music community speaks for him
COMPILED BY MITCH FRESTA FOR THE QUEENSLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL, INTRO AND EDIT BY CUTCOMMON Some years ago, prolific Australian composer John Rodgers contracted meningitis. It […]
8 ways music affects our emotions
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) In this companion piece to her live review of Music and Mental Health at Vivid, Jessie […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jessie Wang learns about music and mental health
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Music and Mental HealthVivid FestivalMuseum of Contemporary Art, 8 June As a musician who’s also passionate […]
5 emerging composers talk about their new works
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For an emerging composer, the opportunity to have your music heard by every person walking through Arts Centre Melbourne sounds pretty exciting. […]
Life after uni: Karen Jacobsen (but you know her as Siri)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
The Idea of North will sing five centuries of music (in 90 minutes)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine you’re in a music history lecture where you receive your entire education through live comedy and song. That’s what Nick Begbie […]
Guitar Perspectives: 5 minutes with Meng Su
BY ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA Welcome to our new mini interview series, in which we chat with some of the world’s top classical guitarists — each […]
Jenna Pratt: Mental health sounds like…
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Sydney-based musician and charity worker Jessie Wang is a mental health advocate and studies psychology at […]