Harpist Emily Granger has filled her solo album with new Australian music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Harpist Emily Granger knew exactly what she wanted on her debut solo album — and it’s probably not what you’d expect. The […]
February 2022
My arts career during COVID: Katie Yap, Wattleseed Ensemble
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The entire nature of our industry has shifted. Living and working through the pandemic, Australia’s musicians have been forced to rethink their […]
The new Hush album is “pure comfort” for mothers and carers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Kate Miller-Heidke describes The Healing Tree as “pure comfort”. The idea for this single swirled in her mind when, before the pandemic, […]
ANNOUNCED // These are the winners of the 2021 Screen Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AGSC The winners of the 2021 Screen Music Awards have today been announced by APRA AMCOS and the AGSC (Australian Guild of […]
Caitlin Yeo on scoring “bold, inventive, brave” ABC series Wakefield
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Australian composer Caitlin Yeo has been nominated for two 2021 APRA AGSC Screen Music Awards. In Wakefield (Best Music for a Television […]
This new orchestra will serve the 2.5 million people of Greater Western Sydney
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE February 21 was a special day for Greater Western Sydney. The region, home to one in every 11 Australians, has opened its […]
How this collective will “give oxygen” to diverse creative voices
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’d like to preface this interview with a quote from its subject, opera singer and educator Daniel Szesiong Todd 鄭時雄: There is […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey goes to see Björk in San Francisco
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Björk: CornucopiaChase Center, San Francisco, California, 5 February Björk is one of those artists who emerge once in a […]
In the spotlight: Huguette Brassine, harpsichordist and educator
BY JUANITA SIMMONDS Thanks to a lifetime of harpsichord concert performance, Huguette Brassine knows the logistics required to put these instruments on the stage. Although […]
Passing the mic // An interview with composer Gabrielle Cadenhead
BY LILY BRYANT, SERIES CURATOR Welcome to a brand new year of amazing Australian artists, and a brand new year of Passing the Mic. I […]