20 ways to enhance your music career outside uni
BY TRACY FRIEDLANDER Tracy Friedlander is the founder of Crushing Classical. We’d like to welcome her to CutCommon as she shares her industry advice column […]
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Jemima Drews talks about being a “next generation” artist
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How can an artist represent a future generation? Award-winning flautist Jemima Drews was recently tasked with the responsibility, being welcomed into the […]
Luke Howard on the connection between music and mindfulness
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF In September, the very first ZoneOut International Music Festival comes to Carriageworks in Sydney. It combines music and mindfulness in a series […]
Meet the two Sydney grads who are making it at Juilliard and Yale
BY JEFFREY PALMER Violinist Ye Jin Min and pianist Alexander Yau are two very talented young Australian musicians – and they’re making their way as […]
This university orchestra is 30 years in the making
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For students enrolled in music performance, university orchestras and ensembles can provide a gateway into industry life. These groups can empower their […]
LIVE REVIEW // WASO shares the stage with ANAM
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Side by SideWest Australian Symphony Orchestra with Australian National Academy of MusicPerth Concert Hall, 26 July The West Australian Symphony […]
All the world’s a stage | Adrian Whitehall, double bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those bigger things? […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to see Opera Australia’s Madama Butterfly
BY WENDY ZHANG Madama ButterflyOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 29 July Black and white with dashes of red dominated the stage of Graeme Murphy’s production Madama […]
No such thing as too many pianos
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) One pianist – check. Oh, two pianists? If you say so — check. Wait, 10 pianists?! Make no mistake: […]
LIVE REVIEW // New Music descends on Hull
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT PRS New Music Biennial 2019Various artistsHull, 12-14 July “Well that was interesting,” an elderly woman commented to her friend, sitting […]