It’s time to end Yellowface in the performing arts
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker may be one of the world’s best-loved ballets. But in 2019, derogatory racial stereotyping, and use […]
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Moorambilla Voices brings music to children of “this magnificent country”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) We all know that kids in regional Australia do not have access to the same musical […]
Music education matters, says Leigh Harrold, piano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music education matters. Whether you first picked up an instrument at school, you’re working full-time in an orchestra, or you’re just entering […]
Kiri Zakinthinos brings diverse art music into the suburbs of Western Sydney
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Kiri Zakinthinos was a student at the University of New South Wales, it wasn’t the Western classical music she was most […]
Jemima Drews talks about being a “next generation” artist
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How can an artist represent a future generation? Award-winning flautist Jemima Drews was recently tasked with the responsibility, being welcomed into the […]
Luke Howard on the connection between music and mindfulness
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF In September, the very first ZoneOut International Music Festival comes to Carriageworks in Sydney. It combines music and mindfulness in a series […]
Meet the two Sydney grads who are making it at Juilliard and Yale
BY JEFFREY PALMER Violinist Ye Jin Min and pianist Alexander Yau are two very talented young Australian musicians – and they’re making their way as […]
This university orchestra is 30 years in the making
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For students enrolled in music performance, university orchestras and ensembles can provide a gateway into industry life. These groups can empower their […]
All the world’s a stage | Adrian Whitehall, 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? […]
No such thing as too many pianos
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) One pianist – check. Oh, two pianists? If you say so — check. Wait, 10 pianists?! Make no mistake: […]