Articles

Quart-Ed: “As future music educators, it’s important to validate Australian music”

May 27, 2019

BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Do you remember how you felt after you completed your very first industry placement? While most […]

The Sinner composer Ronit Kirchman talks about her disturbing soundscapes

May 24, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A couple of years ago, actors Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman burst onto our screens for the first season of The Sinner […]

Illustrating classical music: Dylan Martorell

May 23, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What does classical music look like? The Melbourne Youth Orchestras have teamed up with Melbourne design studio Jacky Winter to find an […]

José James: “Jazz is about being yourself”

May 22, 2019

BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Few artists dare to navigate the terrain spanning hip-hop and orchestral music; soul and spoken word; drum ‘n’ bass and […]

First-time curators Sophie and Liam program 11 Australian compositions in Vivid

May 22, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you were curating a music festival for the first time, what would you choose to include on your program? Emerging composer-performers […]

PROFILE // Meet Kurrajong violinist Arabella Logan, 12

May 21, 2019

BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) The life of a student is a busy one: alongside school, homework, and chores, kids’ schedules […]

No score, no guidance for Tim Munro in Ten Thousand Birds

May 21, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Tim Munro performs this June, he’ll do so with few comforts: there will be no score, no physical guidance for performers, […]

Jacqueline Collyer composes a fantasy series (while she’s still at uni)

May 17, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think you have to graduate before you can gain industry experience? Jacqueline Collyer would disagree. This emerging Tasmanian composer has teamed up […]

Twiggy from Arcadia Winds on music education and Australian composition

May 16, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE (EDITOR) WITH LAURA BIEMMI (TRENDS EDITOR) David ‘Twiggy’ Reichelt reckons the wind quintet can be a “formidable” concoction of instruments for any composer. […]