Tasman Compton has won the TSO Rising Star Competition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Each year, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra invites young musicians to apply to be the next TSO Rising Star. Last year, 13-year-old pianist […]
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Blood, Sweat, Opera // Emma Matthews, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]
Life after uni: Georgie Hopson, musical theatre
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
“Why create limits” in your music programming?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I read about Lisa Moore’s upcoming programs as part of her Australian National Academy of Music residency, I admittedly marvelled at […]
Australian guitarist Alberta Khoury talks about life at Juilliard
BY JESSIE WANG (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) If you’re working in the music industry, chances are you may have studied at a conservatorium. Even if […]
Annika Hinrichs is headlining a ridiculous intergalactic space opera
BY ALISON PARIS It’s not every day you get to sing Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, and more in the same opera – let alone alongside a […]
Meet the Women in Bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/EMMA SULLIVAN This month, Women in Bass will shine in the Melbourne Girls Grammar School. Launched by Emma Sullivan (not too long after […]
Emma Sullivan’s event shows us “more female representation in solo bass”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s endlessly cool that as a publication, we have some of the country’s leading musical talent in our ranks. Enter Emma Sullivan. […]
When composer and choreographer meet for the first time
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A composer may be familiar with her own musical language. But what happens when you throw a choreographer into the mix, and […]
Women of Noise champions “unrecognised” voices this International Women’s Day
BY LILY BRYANT In 2018, I performed in a concert held at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in celebration of International Women’s Day. The concert’s aim […]