Australia’s leading musicians are donating their skills to the bushfire efforts
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) This summer’s devastating fires have impacted the whole of Australia. While there are many ways to […]
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Australian composer Jeremy Rose confronts our colonial past by making music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When composer Jeremy Rose first read The Fatal Shore, he was horrified by the “human cost of Britain’s penal experiment” that author […]
This family shows us what arts life looks like during a climate crisis
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Jacinda Jaensch and her daughter Lianah are two creators who are breaking new ground in the Australian arts scene. You may have […]
CALENDAR: These are the bushfire benefits hosted by Australia’s classical music community
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON In the wake of devastating bushfires around our country, Australian musicians have refused to stay quiet. In response to this national emergency […]
All the world’s a stage | Eleanor Hill, violin
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? […]
All the world’s a stage | Laura Cliff, flute
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? […]
“Don’t allow the industry to put you in a box” says composer-producer James Edward Barker
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Writer, producer, or composer? James Edward Barker didn’t settle for just one of these career paths. Rather than […]
Tasmanian composer Koh-Dee is cracking the mobile gaming industry
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Mobile gaming is a hot sector of the video games market, accounting for 45 per cent of all video games […]
“The arts have the capacity to make the world a better place”
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Have you ever watched an orchestral performance and wondered how it all comes together so well? How the performers bring […]
Josh Belperio’s message to ScoMo is hilarious and sad
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Could composer Josh Belperio be a true-blue Aussie legend? After releasing (via song) his open letter Dear Malcolm Turnbull, Josh is back […]