5 shows you can’t miss at New Music Days
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How often do you get the chance to be there at the very beginning of a festival? The launch of a fresh […]
2023
An obituary for the musical life of Susan Frykberg (10 October 1954 – 7 April 2023)
BY PROFESSOR CAT HOPE, SIR ZELMAN COWEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE, MONASH UNIVERSITY Susan Frykberg was an electronic music composer and sound artist whose […]
To Jessica Scott, playing in an orchestra “feels like you’ve stepped inside an artwork”
BY CUTCOMMON This April, the Australian Youth Orchestra will perform works from Shostakovich and Mahler — an experience one musician likens to stepping into an […]
LIVE REVIEW // Martin goes to see The A Cappella Academy at UKARIA
BY MARTIN CHENEY The A Cappella AcademyAdelaide Chamber Singers, Festival Statesmen Chorus, The Gesualdo Six, Aurora Vocal EnsembleUKARIA Cultural Centre, 26 March It’s almost criminal […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey hears Jupiter Ensemble at Princeton
BY JEFFREY CHARLES PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Jupiter EnsemblePresented by Princeton University ConcertsRichardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 30 March I recently […]
Nominate someone you admire for the Australian Women in Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN MUSIC AWARDS Australian Women in Music Awards is one of the most important events on the Australian music industry calendar, […]
Ambre Hammond’s student orchestra shines the spotlight on second instruments
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Many musicians will train hard — really hard — on their chosen instrument. Then, there’s that second instrument. The one that might […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jo hears Tan Dun’s Wolf Totem with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
BY JO ST LEON, LEAD STORYTELLER Tan Dun’s ‘Wolf Totem’Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra featuring Stuart Thomson (double bass), Eivind Aadland (conductor)Federation Concert Hall, 16 March Jo […]
This new Tassie opera is a comedy about the Queen’s annus horribilis
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We’ve all had those dud years (2020, anyone?). But we’re not all posh enough to call one an “annus horribilis”. The late […]
LIVE REVIEW // Miranda goes to see Kronos Quartet @ the SOH
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) KRONOS Five DecadesKronos QuartetSydney Opera House, 14 March It is rare to attend a string quartet concert in which […]