PROFILE // Meet Kurrajong violinist Arabella Logan, 12
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) The life of a student is a busy one: alongside school, homework, and chores, kids’ schedules […]
2019
No score, no guidance for Tim Munro in Ten Thousand Birds
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Tim Munro performs this June, he’ll do so with few comforts: there will be no score, no physical guidance for performers, […]
Jacqueline Collyer composes a fantasy series (while she’s still at uni)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think you have to graduate before you can gain industry experience? Jacqueline Collyer would disagree. This emerging Tasmanian composer has teamed up […]
ALBUM REVIEW // Christopher listens to Aksuna’s new release
BY CHRISTOPHER NANKERVIS We would like to welcome Christopher in his first review with CutCommon. Love Child Aksuna (aka Natasha Lin)Independent Release , 2019 Pianist […]
Twiggy from Arcadia Winds on music education and Australian composition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE (EDITOR) WITH LAURA BIEMMI (TRENDS EDITOR) David ‘Twiggy’ Reichelt reckons the wind quintet can be a “formidable” concoction of instruments for any composer. […]
Jeffrey Palmer and Riko Higuma release an album dedicated to beauty
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR It mightn’t come as a surprise to you that many of the familiar faces on the CutCommon team are also forging […]
LIVE REVIEW // Carissa goes to see OA’s Rigoletto
BY CARISSA DYALL RigolettoOpera AustraliaState Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 11 May The opening night of Opera Australia’s Melbourne season featured Verdi’s Rigoletto, the story of […]
Laura Masotto has co-founded a record label and released her first solo album
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON What do you do if there are no opportunities that fit your musical niche? Well, if you’re Laura Masotto, you simply create […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to the Musica Viva Fest (gig 6)
BY WENDY ZHANG Musica Viva Festival SydneyConcert 6 – FinaleVerbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 28 April The 2019 Musica Viva Festival Finale concert presented […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to the Musica Viva Fest (gig 5)
BY WENDY ZHANG Musica Viva Festival SydneyConcert 5 – ScenesVerbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 28 April Musica Viva Festival Concert 5, titled Scenes, brought […]