This is what it’s like to play in the orchestra for VO
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Magical things happen at the opera – there’s no question about that. But there’s also no question that the attention is […]
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Julia Fredersdorff chats about Tassie’s fastest-growing baroque band
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For a little while, Tasmania could claim the Van Diemen’s Band as its own. But when you gather the finest baroque […]
Con Fuoco | Lucy Olivia Schneider, classical voice
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our series with emerging artists in Australia. Lucy Olivia Schneider is a dedicated young artist majoring in classical vocal performance at […]
Monique Lapins talks us through her love of the Trout Quintet
BY EMMA SULLIVAN Read about Australian violinist Monique Lapins’ career to date, and you may be left feeling a little awe-struck. Monique has studied […]
A chat with Australian composer Mark Holdsworth
BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN Writing music can often seem like a mystifying and intellectual process. But for some, the experience can be “uniquely […]
Flora Cawte has been to ALL the Dots+Loops shows
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A loyal CutCommon reader, you might know that we’ve covered Dots+Loops a fair bit in the past. After all, the Queensland […]
James Beck is an actual powerhouse of music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some might shy away from the challenge of taking on multiple roles in a production. After all, who could possibly build […]
Did you know The Handmaid’s Tale is an opera?
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON I’ll let you in on a not-so-little secret: I’m a fan of The Handmaid’s Tale. After devouring the powerful, feminist, and […]
Ernie Gruner: “I’d like to inspire other string players”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ernie Gruner plays the violin. Ernie Gruner also likes playing whatever he likes on the violin. And he’s established an ensemble […]
Lucy Sugerman on performance anxiety, self-promotion, and orchestral music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you watched the 2017 season of The Voice Australia, you’d have seen one young performer working hard to make her way to […]