Articles

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 […]

Mad Music is a mental “health forum that people actually want to go to”

September 21, 2018

BY JESSIE WANG When we hear the term ‘classical music’, most of us have an image of a concert hall filled with a quiet […]

Timothy Young talks Debussy (and being an annoying kid)

September 20, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When you were a kid, did you ever nag your parents because you really, really, REALLY just had to have this […]

Behind the Curtain | Teddy Tahu Rhodes

September 18, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]

Stuart Skelton on gang mentality and Peter Grimes

September 18, 2018

BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN UPDATE 15 JULY 2019: Stuart will revisit this role with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this July 25 and 27. The dramatic colossus […]

EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Mitchell Nissen, principal bass trombone

September 17, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! In 2018, we continue to team up with […]

LISTEN // A new podcast for emerging musicians just landed

September 17, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You might’ve read a story last month featuring Nikki Edgar – the young musician who enlightened us about composition and improvised […]