Australia’s leading musicians are donating their skills to the bushfire efforts
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) This summer’s devastating fires have impacted the whole of Australia. While there are many ways to […]
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Australian composer Jeremy Rose confronts our colonial past by making music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When composer Jeremy Rose first read The Fatal Shore, he was horrified by the “human cost of Britain’s penal experiment” that author […]
This family shows us what arts life looks like during a climate crisis
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Jacinda Jaensch and her daughter Lianah are two creators who are breaking new ground in the Australian arts scene. You may have […]
All the world’s a stage | Eleanor Hill, violin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those bigger things? […]
All the world’s a stage | Laura Cliff, flute
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those bigger things? […]
Tasmanian composer Koh-Dee is cracking the mobile gaming industry
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Mobile gaming is a hot sector of the video games market, accounting for 45 per cent of all video games […]
“The arts have the capacity to make the world a better place”
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Have you ever watched an orchestral performance and wondered how it all comes together so well? How the performers bring […]
Josh Belperio’s message to ScoMo is hilarious and sad
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Could composer Josh Belperio be a true-blue Aussie legend? After releasing (via song) his open letter Dear Malcolm Turnbull, Josh is back […]
Here’s why the critics are raving about this acrobatic Mozart show
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR A young woman sits alone on stage. A party hat adorns her head, yet there is no party in sight. […]
Composer Cyrus Meurant talks about his stunning new vinyl release
BY GABRIELLE CADENHEAD Composer-violinist Cyrus Meurant has cultivated a vast portfolio of music for dance and theatre. He has studied composition in Sydney, Paris, and […]