Xani Kolac | Top 10 tips for improvisation
BY XANI KOLAC Xani Kolac is an expert in improvisation and will present her skills in a concert featuring her own music this month. […]
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The women facing “the wolf that lives inside us”
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE A girl walks. She walks alone at night. When she ran, the world watched. What big eyes they have. Our Daughters […]
Behind the Curtain | Paull-Anthony Keightley, bass baritone
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 […]
A clef of composers?
BY CAROL SAFFER A troupe of minstrels, a melody of harpists, and an orchestra of musicians are collective nouns used in the music world. […]
Queer and Now: Fred Hersch, piano
BY JASLYN ROBERTSON/STEPHANIE ESLAKE Queer and Now is our interview series exploring identity. Many composers and musicians will allow their art to speak […]
WTF?! What makes French music so…French?
Welcome to our new series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring you informed answers […]
These are the REAL divas of opera
BY SYLVIE WOODS There are three kinds of animal in this world that are, without a shadow of a doubt, more fabulous than you. […]
EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Jayson Gillham, soloist
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 […]
Con Fuoco: Victoria Bihun, violin
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Victoria Bihun grew up in Benalla, Victoria and started playing violin when […]
Behind the Curtain | Emma Pearson, soprano
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 […]