Articles

Here’s what Emma Morrison is learning as an AYO Chamber Player

September 28, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Emma Morrison was at school, she thought the bassoon could be fun – its “deep resonant sound and quirky nature” […]

Holly Harrison talks us through her music for Spectral Tech

September 27, 2018

BY HOLLY HARRISON AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, we introduce you to the three Australian composers developing new works with Ensemble Offspring […]

WTF?! Why do we call everything “classical”?

September 27, 2018

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 […]

Zoltan Fecso creates mesmerising new music through “pointillism”

September 26, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you heard of pointillism? It’s the awe-inspiring technique with which painters create large works based on thousands, perhaps millions, of tiny dots […]

Kathryn Marquet on writing an opera the kids will love

September 24, 2018

BY ALISON PARIS Based on the much-loved children’s poem by Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat invites youngsters into the world of opera […]

Homage to Tasmanian conductor Marko Letonja

September 21, 2018

BY JO ST LEON For the past seven years, Marko Letonja has taken the roles of chief conductor and artistic director with the Tasmanian […]

A win 8 years in the making: Zoe Drummond takes home The Mathy

September 21, 2018

BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) The winner of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition this year is 25-year-old Zoe Drummond. The Victorian soprano’s […]