Passing the mic // An interview with composer Kezia Yap
BY LILY BRYANT, SERIES CURATOR Welcome back to our second instalment of Passing the Mic, a series centring the art of Australian female, non-binary, and […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Playing piano in the Tasmanian wilderness
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Where do you go to hear the sounds of a piano? In the concert hall? In […]
This composition program is “a stepping-stone between education and the music industry”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “How do you make your music stand out from the crowd?” It’s a question on the mind of Australian composer Matthew Hindson. […]
Would you ever swap to an “endangered instrument”?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The viola can be hard to come by. These orchestral instruments are certainly not as common as their sectional counterpart: the violin. […]
Dr Charulatha Mani is helping “culture, midwifery, and wellbeing to connect through music”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Dr Charulatha Mani has a lot of projects to her name. From being a musician, researcher, […]
How a new aria will raise awareness of obsessive-compulsive disorder
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) So you know, this story features a discussion surrounding the topics of mental health and chronic […]
Reframing the “ugly beauty” of composer-singer Pauline Viardot
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When critics praised the music of Pauline Viardot, it was never the end of the story. Viardot was a contemporary to 19th […]
Could jazz help inspire your classical performance?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Francis Hon has just released a studio album filled with classic piano works. Beethoven, Bach, Liszt — it’s all in there. What […]
Composer Michael Stimpson’s new album confronts the impact of man on our world
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) As artists, we often question whether our job needs to be prioritised in a world affiliated by global maladies. I always […]
This new composition is basically a chain letter game (but with music)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you enjoyed your teenage years in the 2000s (hey, millennials), you probably sent a chain email or two. You know the […]