A one-man show (about white-middle-class-man privilege)
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Just in time for Halloween, Ben Grant is set to premiere his unique “electrOpera” The Rug tackling an especially frightening subject: […]
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Emerging composers, schools, and regional musicians to benefit from Flinders in 2019
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It takes a special quartet indeed to create opportunities for those outside its four players. Flinders Quartet has announced its 2019 […]
“Remembering will help foster peace in the future”
BY ARCKO SYMPHONIC ENSEMBLE “Til we meet again, if not in this world, in the next.” This is how a young soldier, a Bendigo […]
Australia’s best-loved music educator Richard Gill has died
Editor’s note, 28 October 2018: Australia’s leading music education advocate Richard Gill AO passed away in his home on Sunday. On Saturday, more than 70 […]
What a conductor can learn from a community orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Love playing music, but a full-time orchestral role isn’t for you? Have a second instrument you’d like to play with others? […]
A chat with Karol Kowalik from the Orava Quartet
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) The Orava Quartet is one of Australia’s most vibrant and exciting chamber music ensembles. As well as touring […]
This uni orchestra is one of the oldest societies on campus
BY MARK BOSCH I’ve been a violinist in the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra since the beginning of 2017, and our upcoming final concert for […]
Duncan Rock wants you to hate yourself for liking Don Giovanni
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Brisbane! An operatic juggernaut of skill and panache is in town to rock the Opera Queensland stage. British/Australian baritone Duncan Rock […]
WTF?! How many hours a day should I spend practising?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
We should still respect film music as art
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Are you one of those classical music lovers who thinks film music isn’t “real” music? Are you too high-brow to enjoy […]