These are the kick-ass winners of the 2020 Art Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS The 2020 Art Music Awards have been celebrated in a virtual ceremony fit for a creative nation, with winning artists and […]
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Motivation in the time of corona
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) On the whole, humans operate marvellously well under small amounts of stress. In fact, it’s sort of why stress […]
ANNOUNCED: These are the grand finalists of the first Strike a Chord championship
CONTENT COURTESY MUSICA VIVA Musica Viva has the great privilege of announcing the grand finalists of Strike A Chord, the very first National Chamber Music […]
Melbourne’s Richard Narroway, 29, just won the Freedman Classical Fellowship
CONTENT COURTESY FREEDMAN CLASSICAL FELLOWSHIP Twenty-nine-year-old Melbourne cellist Richard Narroway has been announced winner of The Music Trust’s 2020 Freedman Classical Fellowship. The prestigious $20,000 award is offered annually […]
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 […]
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 […]