The Social Dilemma: A chat with composer Mark Crawford
BY HANNAH MAY WITH STEPHANIE ESLAKE Fake news. Algorithms. Manipulation of our perception of the world. Manipulation of our perception of ourselves. Confronting big issues […]
March 2021
6 ways you can take action against racial discrimination in music
BY ADAM TAN Music is supposed to be for everyone to enjoy, create, perform and share freely without prejudice. Yet the systems that are created […]
Maria Grenfell composed a magical score for new Tasmanian documentary
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Behind an old cottage door, a family of quolls scuttles about. One marsupial pokes its nose out of an open drawer; another […]
24 new recorder works have landed on the TSO website
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The recorder. It’s an instrument kids learn at school. They’ll toot a few scales, and perhaps attempt a line from Ode to Joy. The […]
Exploring the flute as the world’s oldest expressive instrument
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Many consider classical music to be “old”. Some even argue that it’s “dying“. But when you also consider that one of its […]
How we’re working to revitalise choral music
BY GUSTAV RASMUSSEN AND THORBEN SEIERØUSTAV, GHOST COAST CHOIR We’d like to welcome Gustav and Thorben on their first co-written story in CutCommon. Ghost Coast […]
How Auslan is giving this children’s choir its voice
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Not every child in Australia has access to music education. This is particularly the case for […]
Applications are now open for the TSO Australian Composers’ School
CONTENT COURTESY TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The TSO Australian Composers’ School is a unique opportunity to develop orchestral composition skills with one of Australia’s foremost symphony […]
Matt Laffan is putting music therapy at the frontline during COVID-19
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There’s no doubt that frontline workers have been our heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the […]
How to own your music career (when you have endometriosis)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Debilitating cramps. Heavy bleeding. Digestive issues. Lower back pain. Fatigue. For many women, these symptoms are written off as ‘period pain’. It’s […]