Cat Hope: “Use technology to get what you want, not what it lets you have”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For Cat Hope, technology is about creativity. It’s about taking your musical ideas, and giving them a voice beyond the limits of […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
New Australian music from collaboration partners Romano Crivici and Mark Atkins
BY CUTCOMMON For the past three decades, Elektra String Quartet has placed Australian music front and centre. This year, the group releases new album Ebb […]
This creative bootcamp is “totally driven by the participants and what they want to create”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How long do you think it’d take you to write, rehearse, perform, and professionally record a new piece of music? As you […]
The Phonetic Orchestra wants to redefine how you listen to music
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER While the pandemic has been a turbulent and uncertain time for our performing arts community, one clear benefit has emerged: […]
Paul Ballam-Cross has arranged a bunch of classical guitar studies for electric bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Studies aren’t just for practising your technique, or so Paul Ballam-Cross’ new EP shows us. Enjoyable for the sake of listening, and […]
Beyond Binary is about “the lives and art of queer people being given visibility”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, Dreambox Collective is hoping to start a conversation that will boost Australia’s understanding of the needs of LGBTQIA+ communities. Beyond […]
Lamorna Nightingale hopes you’ll “walk away with energy to make positive change” after this climate-themed event
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How has your relationship to the environment changed over the course of your life? It’s a question the curators of BackStage Music […]
Is conducting a science?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Is conducting a science? If you tuned into the ABC News Breakfast segment featuring Melbourne conductor Ingrid Martin, you’d be inclined to […]
In conversation with Katie Yap, winner of this year’s $21k Freedman Classical Fellowship
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne violist Katie Yap has won The Music Trust’s 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship. The competitive event offers musicians aged 35 and under […]
Andrea Lam wants you to choose the music in this interactive concert at the Joan
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s a lot to weigh up when deciding which live events you’d like to see. Are you interested in the music on […]