A chat with Australian composer Ross Edwards
BY MARK BOSCH I always hesitate to call a composer — or any artist and their work — “unique”, “singular”, “solitary”. Nothing exists in […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Andrée Greenwell is raising awareness of gendered violence
BY LILY BRYANT Trigger warning: This story and the embedded audio contains description of gendered violence. We often discuss music in terms of its […]
Watch the world premiere of Xani’s music clip Sun White
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine if you could rock up to the recording studio and just play whatever you like. No sheet music to drag […]
WTF?! How should I look after my reeds?
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 […]
Watch the world premiere of Rose Riebl’s new music clip
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At 5 years old, Rose Riebl first learnt the keys of the piano. At 11, she started studying with Australian National […]
“Anything is possible” with classical saxophone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I first heard about the Melbourne International Saxophone Festival, I started nerding out. Having trained for classical saxophone, I marvelled […]
Flora Wong’s new concert series celebrates diversity
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Imagine creating your very own concert series. Sound like something your future self might do? Starting up a […]
Ambre Hammond plays for kids who’ve never heard piano
BY JESSIE WANG We would like to welcome Jessie Wang in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. Imagine if you lived on the northern […]
Con Fuoco | Jesse Vivante, percussion
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our series with emerging artists in Australia. Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts student Jesse Vivante is in his third year […]
Roman Ponomariov: All music is chamber music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Monash Chamber Music Festival is about learning. It’s about opening your ears to the presentation of this intimate artform. It’s […]