Melbourne Youth Music Applications Now Open
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Not-for-profit organisation Melbourne Youth Music has stimulated the musical lives of more than 40,000 young people since 1967. Encouraging creativity and […]
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Simon Tedeschi: A Humble Celebrity Pianist
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Since his debut playing a Mozart piano concerto at the Sydney Opera House when he was just nine years old, Simon […]
Opera, comedy and murder with composer Paul Smith
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Cora and Dora may not sound like typical lead characters in a murder mystery. But played by soprano Taryn Srhoj and mezzo-soprano […]
Tassie composers on politics, philosophy, and post-modernism
BY ANGUS DAVISON Be warned: this gets heavy. Two Tasmanian composers Michael Mathieson-Sandars and Josh Coe are set to have their works performed this […]
Across the World: Antony Pitts
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Antony Pitts moved halfway across the world to take on the role of Artistic Director of leading Australian vocal ensemble The […]
Invisible Wilderness: 15 Years in the Making
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Are composers ever truly ready to release their works? It’s taken Rae Howell 15 years, but it’s been worth the wait. […]
Melbourne Guitar Foundation: It’s Festival Time
Young Melbourne entrepreneurs and Melbourne Conservatorium classical guitar students Michael MacManus and Evan Hopkins banded together in late 2014 to establish the Melbourne Guitar Foundation. […]
Elsen Price: Totally addicted to Bass
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Double bass player Elsen Price is making his mark on the music scene in a range of settings. He recently performed […]
FutureMakers: Arcadia Quintet kicks off major fellowship
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Chamber music mentoring. Public performances. Community engagement. Business development. These are the opportunities presented to the Arcadia Quintet, an emerging woodwind […]
Jakob Bragg on new orchestral commission ‘Atmosphoria’
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Imagine a hot summer’s night in Brisbane. “It’s almost midnight, it’s an unforgivably still 28 degrees and worst of all, it […]