Ella Macens: My journey with the TSO Australian Composers’ School
BY ELLA MACENS AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Being invited to participate in the 2018-19 TSO Australian Composers’ School was a total dream come true, especially […]
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Holly Harrison: My journey with the TSO Australian Composers’ School
BY HOLLY HARRISON AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON This year’s program was quite different to last year, as the week was split up into two main […]
Mark Holdsworth: My journey with the TSO Australian Composers’ School
BY MARK HOLDSWORTH AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Each day of the TSO Australian Composers’ School consisted of intensive rehearsals. Although the rehearsal time was generous […]
EVENTS // Tales of 12 Chinese Zodiac
CONTENT COURTESY CHINA ORIENTAL PERFORMING ARTS GROUP Tales of 12 Chinese Zodiac is a music and dance spectacular, performed by the China Oriental Performing Arts […]
Stacey Alleaume will sing a gruesome story about cursed children
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Halloween might be done and dusted, but the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming performance of Humperdinck’s classic Hansel and Gretel will […]
All the world’s a stage | Jason Henery, 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? […]
Sam Allchurch on the lasting influence of Richard Gill
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Sydney Chamber Choir’s Sam Allchurch has big shoes to fill. This year marked his first as its music director, following in […]
I tested out these 7 new meditations for performance energy
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Our brains are amazing organs. As performers, we rely on them to train our body, to remember our music, and to give […]
Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong on what it truly means to grow up
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON For mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, Hansel and Gretel is more than just a well-known childhood tale. It’s an opera that provided her with […]
As musicians, we must listen, learn, and live
BY SEAN X. QUINN, COMPOSER We would like to welcome Sean in his first story as a CutCommon contributor! I have always looked at myself […]