2020

Mastering your practice #3: Miranda interviews Francesco Lo Surdo

July 8, 2020

BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) This is the third interview in Miranda’s exclusive new CutCommon series Mastering your practice. Please note that these stories may include […]

Jenny Eriksson: “We make art, even in a crisis”

July 8, 2020

BY JENNY ERIKSSON, FOUNDER OF ELYSIAN FIELDS My Swedish grandfather, a working-class merchant seaman from Stockholm, stepped off a ship in Melbourne in the 1920s. […]

UNSTOPPABLE ARTISTS // James Littlewood, bass trombone

July 8, 2020

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 […]

“It’s not rare for me to cry while making music”

July 6, 2020

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN When ROB (Robin Coudert) signed on to compose the score to The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes), he […]

As Australian artists, “we will forge ahead, despite the critical circumstances surrounding us”

July 6, 2020

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Since the pandemic first hit our industry, the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall has offered something of a safe-haven to arts practitioners in […]

EVENTS // The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra is about to go digital

July 3, 2020

CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN ROMANTIC & CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA Join the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra for their live-streamed concert in the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall on […]

5 young composers discuss their emotionally charged works

June 30, 2020

BY CUTCOMMON Five emerging composers have been awarded a place in the Arts Centre Melbourne’s 5x5x5: Memory mentorship program. It’s a paid commission opportunity for […]