What’s it actually like to be a first year at ANAM?
BY CUTCOMMON Breaking into the Australian music industry isn’t easy — so you’re going to want a good start. The Australian National Academy of Music […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Have you listened to this new interview series with the women leading our arts industry?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Jessica Carrascalão Heard is an inspirational leader in the Australian arts industry. You’ve almost certainly heard her voice — whether tuning into […]
“Reconnect with live music and each other” in this sonic meditation
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The bar will be open, and the sun will be setting… Reconnect with live music and each other. Sounds pretty relaxed, doesn’t […]
Commission new music and “you might stumble on a masterpiece”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Clancy McLeod is a solo guitarist who is forging his own path. Luckily for the world around him, that path includes a […]
Brisbane is hosting its first mental health and arts festival
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This week, Brisbane is hosting its first mental health and arts festival — The Big Reach. Through conversations, technology, and workshops, attendees […]
A group of musicians, poets, and artists will explore place and identity after lockdowns
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The pandemic has challenged the artists of Australia. One group of performers, composers, visual artists, and poets will confront not only the […]
There’s no music on a dead planet
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Musicians across the world are uniting in a new campaign to demand climate action. In Australia, familiar names in our classical and […]
Lydia Gardiner is using Instagram satire as source material for her new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Perth composer Lydia Gardiner opens Instagram and scrolls to a new post from Trash Fire Poetry, she’s struck with a wave […]
Zela Margossian: “My music is a story of who I am”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Where does the story of Zela Margossian begin? Perhaps it begins Beirut, where she was born and raised as a child. Maybe […]
Cyrus Meurant on composing and collaboration during COVID
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Cyrus Meurant hasn’t stopped composing since the pandemic began. While performances of his work have been impacted by concert cancellations, Cyrus has […]