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5 Indigenous Australian musicians inspiring change

May 24, 2016

BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Australia will acknowledge its mistreatment of the Indigenous peoples as part of the 2016 National Reconciliation Week between 27 May and […]

Piano Project welcomes child refugees through music

May 23, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could use the power of music to welcome refugees? This is the idea behind the Piano Project […]

Dan Thorpe talks tragedy and healing in new LP

May 19, 2016

BY LUCY RASH Adelaide composer and multi-instrumentalist Dan Thorpe is decimating the boundaries of genre. Broad in Bradford, United Kingdom he completed a year […]

Matt Withers on why competitions are invaluable

May 19, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Competitions are a widely discussed part of musical life. Do we have the right to judge talent? Or are competitions necessary […]

Carnage in the arts: experts respond to the Australia Council cuts

May 17, 2016

BY JO CAUST, JOANNA MENDELSSOHN, JULIAN MEYRICK, MARIA MIRANDA, AND TULLY BARNETT A little soupçon of beauty? Joanna Mendelssohn, Associate Professor, Art & Design: […]

8 Crazy Reasons to Admire Erik Satie

May 16, 2016

BY MADELINE ROYCROFT If I made a list of my favourite composers based on their music, Erik Satie would probably be in the top […]

Con Fuoco: Holly Conner

May 16, 2016

BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Sydney drummer and percussionist Holly Conner is in […]

ANAM alumna Aura Go to perform “dream piece” at Metropolis

May 16, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s not often a musician has the opportunity to perform a “dream piece” with an old classmate. That’s what pianist Aura Go is […]

Re-inventing the classics with Inventi Ensemble

May 14, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE One does not simply re-invent a Prokofiev symphony. Unless one is a member of Inventi Ensemble, of course. Co-artistic directors Melissa […]