Samuel Parry: Finding new love for concert band music
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON We last spoke to Samuel Parry about the Western Australian Charity Orchestra in our first print edition. Now, with the second edition […]
2019
Everything you wanted to know about the Alexander Technique
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) If you’re in the music industry, chances are you’ve heard of the Alexander Technique. In recent […]
This is how the Braille music code works
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) The Braille music code was invented to empower musicians with blindness or low vision to read […]
Why world-class musicians are making the trip to Townsville
BY LAURA BIEMMI (TRENDS EDITOR) WITH RACHEL BRUERVILLE (OPINIONS EDITOR) There could only be one thing better than an extensive chamber music festival that invites […]
LIVE REVIEW // Myles goes to Tectonics Glasgow
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Tectonics Festival (presented by the Scottish Symphony Orchestra)Various locations, Glasgow, 4-5 May Crowded on the red-carpeted stairs of Glasgow’s City […]
Melbourne’s contemporary chamber group has reimagined Radiohead
BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN There seems a growing push for the classical music scene to grow past traditional biases and break new ground. Barriers […]
How much is a competition ethically responsible for its young performers?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Disclaimer: This blog provides critical analysis of recent media events surrounding Shuan Hern Lee and the Lang Lang Shenzhen Futian International Piano […]
Music education matters, says Rachel Shaw, French horn
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music education matters. Whether you first picked up an instrument at school, you’re working full-time in an orchestra, or you’re just entering […]
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo watches ASO play The Empire Strikes Back
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in ConcertAdelaide Symphony OrchestraAdelaide Entertainment Centre, 4 May May the 4th (be with you) is a […]
LIVE REVIEW // Bridget sees Verdi’s Otello in Monaco
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Otello Opera Monte-CarloCasino de Monte Carlo, 24 April On April 24, in the heart of Monte Carlo, Monaco, I felt as if […]