Halo and Wolfenstein games composer talks ’80s synths and influences
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Tom Salta is an experienced video game composer with the ability to jump between starkly different game and […]
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Chris Howlett explains how Beethoven “changed Western music forever”
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Have you ever liked the idea of a doing a marathon, but your couch remains awfully and conveniently enticing? Fear not, for […]
Mai Fujisawa is “passionate about bringing various cultures together”
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON WITH STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN If you think of the best-loved cinematic franchises of all time, the worlds of Studio […]
This music festival taps into secret talent “living behind suburban doors”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Richard Gill AO, Australia’s most iconic music educator, believed that all of us have the potential […]
Stacey Alleaume will sing a gruesome story about cursed children
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Halloween might be done and dusted, but the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming performance of Humperdinck’s classic Hansel and Gretel will […]
All the world’s a stage | Jason Henery, double bass
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? […]
Sam Allchurch on the lasting influence of Richard Gill
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Sydney Chamber Choir’s Sam Allchurch has big shoes to fill. This year marked his first as its music director, following in […]
Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong on what it truly means to grow up
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON For mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, Hansel and Gretel is more than just a well-known childhood tale. It’s an opera that provided her with […]
Fallout composer Inon Zur reveals his scoring techniques for open-world games
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON (CUTCOMMON’S GLOBAL EDITOR) FOR LEVEL AND GAIN As an Emmy Award-winning composer and the musical mind behind some of gaming’s most iconic […]
Berklee Online is boosting female representation among music students and staff
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON It shouldn’t have to be a novelty that an educational organisation achieves gender equality across its staff and student base. But unfortunately, […]