Porgy and Bess: A Definitive Guide
BY SAMUEL COTTELL George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel met in Paris. As the famed story goes, Gershwin asked Ravel for lessons in composition. Ravel, […]
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6 things I learnt at Wagner’s Ring Cycle
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT “It’s like going on a flight!” the cloakroom attendant tells me as I hand over the Target Collection coat I wish […]
Don’t leave me alone
BY CAMPBELL BANKS It had been a rough week, if you remember. On the Monday, Leonard Cohen added his name to 2016’s long list […]
Photoblog: Composing in the Alaskan wilderness
BY DAVID JOHN LANG AND CASSIE TO In July this year, nine composers from around the world gathered in central Alaska for two weeks […]
Josten Myburgh on Josten Myburgh
BY JOSTEN MYBURGH AND MYLES OAKEY, 2016 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR Telling your own musical story can be challenging. At once, you’re […]
Why we must value early music
BY JANE DOWNER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF AUSTRAL HARMONY Austral Harmony principally performs music from the European high baroque (early- to mid-1700s). We take an […]
Bakrnčev: Nurturing new orchestral music
BY MICHAEL BAKRNČEV Composer Michael Bakrnčev talks about commissioning other Australian composers for his orchestra The Melbourne Metropolitan Sinfonietta. You’re constantly worried when they […]
The perks and perils of having a ‘day job’
BY ELEANOR WOOD T.S. Eliot worked as a banker, then an editor, throughout his literary career. Philip Glass supported himself as a plumber while […]
From medicine to guitar: Yunjia Liu’s journey
BY YUNJIA LIU The Melbourne guitarist, composer, singer, and amateur photographer tells us about her journey from studying medicine in Beijing to expressing herself […]
O Bratsche, Where Art Thou?
BY CAMPBELL BANKS Let them eat cake. And drink coffee. And let it be free, too. This will help entice them to come to […]