These are the 57 Australian Women in Music Awards finalists for 2024
CONTENT COURTESY AWMA Now in its fifth year, AWMA attracted a record number of nominations across 19 award categories spanning all music genres and acknowledging […]
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Eliza Shephard is asking Australia to “think big and be brave” in programming works by women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Eliza Shephard has long been concerned with a lack of representation in the Australian music industry. She wanted to see more works […]
Molly experiences the Australian Youth Orchestra performing Mahler and Wagner
BY MOLLY JENKINS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA Silence fell over Hamer Hall as the lights began to dim for the Australian Youth […]
Amy Rita releases new piano music inspired by the winter solstice
BY LILY BRYANT Amidst the seemingly never-ending discussion about the inaccessibility of classical music, a quiet hero has emerged: contemporary-classical piano. A genre perfectly suited […]
4 concerts not to miss in Melbourne this August
BY CUTCOMMON It’s been exactly 15 years since the Melbourne Recital Centre started supporting live music — and it’s given Australian audiences access to hundreds […]
Apply for the $40,000 Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship
CONTENT COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Australia’s finest young violinists will once again compete for a total prize pool of $55,000 in the country’s most generous […]
Nicholas Bochner is inviting you to rediscover the classics through a modern-day lens
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Nicholas Bochner has always found his spark by getting involved in “musical projects that get us closer to the audience – those […]
Your complete list of finalists in the 2024 Art Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists of the 2024 Art Music Awards to be held on […]
From timpani to the podium, Jen Winley sheds light on a fulfilling career
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Orchestral percussionist to classroom teacher to professional conductor isn’t a typical career trajectory — but it’s a path Jen Winley found herself […]
EVENTS // Science and sound converge in this ANAM performance
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM Science, sound and art converge in Gerard Grisey’s epic percussion masterwork Le Noir de l’Étoile. Gerard Grisey has to be one of the […]