How one guitarist is using music to support Royal Melbourne Hospital staff
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music helps people heal. In a formal setting, music therapy sessions are often used to support patients through stressful experiences. We see […]
August 2020
This online music education conference is “one of the best initiatives” in decades
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There is always time for chamber music — even in the most exceptional of circumstances (see: global pandemic). Despite the changing industry […]
Apply for a COVID-19 Crisis Relief Grant with Support Act
CONTENT COURTESY SUPPORT ACT The COVID-19 pandemic has created intense financial hardship for artists, crew and music workers from all genres. Many of you were […]
EVENTS // Enter the Sydney Eisteddfod online competition
CONTENT COURTESY SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD Sydney Eisteddfod invites performers everywhere to participate in its online Crowd Favourite Performances Competition. If you’re between the ages of 10 and 35, […]
UNSTOPPABLE ARTISTS // David Elton, trumpet
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian National Academy of Music finds itself in the middle of a unique COVID-19 situation: not only has it needed to […]
Make your move: Lotte Betts-Dean, London
BY ELEANOR WOOD, SERIES COORDINATOR Moving to another country as an artist is a bit like performance itself: exciting, terrifying, exhausting, and hopefully beautiful. As […]
Children with special needs “being celebrated for what they can achieve” through music
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) We all know that music has many benefits – it helps to strengthen brain functions, improves […]
EVENTS // Jane Rutter and Gerard Willems present Romance and Reflection
CONTENT COURTESY JANE RUTTER Two Australian music legends, Gerard Willems AM and Jane Rutter Chevalier des Arts, perform a reflective and romantic program of French préludes, Chopin nocturnes, […]
Thinking of studying music? Here are the top skills you’ll get as a graduate
BY ZEHRA RABBANI, QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY Thinking of studying music at university? As a Bachelor of Music graduate, you will be highly skilled, musically adaptable, and […]
ANNOUNCED: These are the 2020 Art Music Awards finalists
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre are excited to announce the 2020 Art Music Awards finalists. This year’s awards are […]