LIVE REVIEW // Miranda rocks up to Live At Yours
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Live At YoursHarpist Emily Granger and flautist Joshua BattyKen Done Gallery, 31 March I recently had the pleasure of […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to see Dots+Loops
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) Dots+Loops VibrationsNewstead Brewing Co, Milton, 27 March Dots+Loops curator and founder Kieran Welch describes Vibrations as […]
Nainita Desai composes the experience of living with autism for The Reason I Jump
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Every year in April, Autism Acceptance Month (previously Autism Awareness Month) is celebrated across the world. […]
How to release an album (without a label)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine you have complete freedom to release the album of your dreams. You could design the artwork. Choose the music. Distribute it […]
Katie Noonan wants to “break down the elitism and stuffiness of classical music”
BY ALEXANDRA MATHEW Katie Noonan’s ethereal voice has serenaded Australians for the best part of two decades. Unlike many professional singers who may not stray […]
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 […]
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 […]