The Letter String Quartet’s debut album has just landed
BY THE LETTER STRING QUARTET The Letter String Quartet has just released its debut album All the Stories. In this blog, its artists take you […]
2020
This is not the time to stop having music lessons
BY WENDY ZHANG As a music student, I felt incredibly lucky to be taught by each of my private piano teachers – they were mentors […]
Jason Graves: “People think of scary music whenever they hear my name”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Jason Graves says his name is synonymous with scary music. And with a list of credits to this […]
The strange feeling of attending one of Australia’s last “mass gatherings” during coronavirus
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE On Friday 13 March, the Australian government announced a ban on all “non-essential” mass gatherings of more than 500 people. In the […]
How to keep supporting your local music scene during a pandemic
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The World Health Organisation has declared a coronavirus pandemic. And as governments place restrictions on travel and mass gatherings, the arts will […]
Jakub Jankowski talks about the “tremendous opportunity” of composing for Musica Viva’s 75th anniversary
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR It’s almost fateful that this year marks both the the 75th anniversary of Musica Viva’s first performance and the 25th […]
Mastering your practice #1: Miranda interviews Roger Benedict
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) We’d like to welcome Miranda as our new Lead Writer (NSW)! This interview is the first in her exclusive […]
LIVE REVIEW // Echoes of the Jazz Age
BY WENDY ZHANG Echoes of the Jazz AgeCity Recital Hall, 6 February 2020 What does jazz mean to you? To me, jazz represented a kind […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey goes to see Tales of Hopper in NYC
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Tales of HopperPresented by Cherylyn Lavagnino DanceDiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 25 February American realist painter Edward Hopper (1882 […]
Dark Mofo 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
CONTENT COURTESY DARK MOFO MEDIA Mona’s winter festival Dark Mofo to be held in June 2020 has been cancelled due to concerns around the impact of coronavirus […]