LIVE REVIEW // Alleyne sees Harry Potter with the SSO
BY ALLEYNE MOSS Alleyne was named runner-up in the inaugural CutCommon Young Critics’ Mentorship. We would like to welcome Alleyne in her first review published […]
2019
Bridging the classical and the ambient (with a huge 108-key piano)
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Ashley Hribar and Richard Vaudrey are Two Deep Breaths, a creative partnership thriving in Australia’s new music scene. Bridging […]
Das Boot composer crafts a soundworld of war and “self-proclaimed heroism”
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES EDITOR It’s been close to four decades since Oscar-nominated film Das Boot was released to the world. The 1981 film […]
A chat with young conductor Eduardo Strausser
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Young artists of the Australian National Academy of Music will soon have the privilege of working with highly experienced, world-renowned conductor Eduardo […]
EVENTS // 2019 Arcadia Winds Composition Prize now open
CONTENT COURTESY ARCADIA WINDS Entries are now open for the 2019 Arcadia Winds Composition Prize. Australians aged 18-35 may submit a newly composed work for […]
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 […]
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 […]