Music + Dance: A Diary
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Over two weeks, four young choreographers and five sound designers gathered in the West Australian State Theatre Centre. Guided by […]
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The Sound of Snowflakes
BY BENJAMIN MARTIN It is said that Bartok had a special fondness for fir cones and sunflowers. Given their degree of logarithmic elegance, my […]
Jessica Voigt-Page: from “starving artist” to career success
BY JESSICA VOIGT-PAGE Jessica Voigt-Page is an Australian classical saxophonist based in Texas. She teaches 70 students and hosts camps and events with her […]
Rubiks: ‘things are become new’
BY KAYLIE MELVILLE Things are become new! This weekend Rubiks, Melbourne’s newest contemporary art music ensemble, will present its debut concert at the Carlton […]
When 104 flutes go to court
BY TAMARA KOHLER Here I am sitting at Melbourne airport on the way to the first soloist rehearsal for the Australian premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s […]
Juggling Flames: The Life of a Working Student
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA Antonia is a Sydney-based music writer and student of NIDA with degrees in music and music technology. She shares her story […]
SoundSCAPE: An Australian in Italy
BY NAOMI JOHNSON Contemporary music is full of juxtapositions: great flurries of notes and ethereal suspense, the intimacy of a single instrument and the […]
What makes classical music classical?
BY ANGUS DAVISON Most of us intuitively know if a piece of music is classical. But what makes it so? What does all classical […]
Eulogy for the Compact Disc
BY TAMARA KOHLER I recently sold my Panasonic RX-ES30 Power Blaster on eBay; a cherished eighth birthday gift and the vestibule for all of my […]
Concert Experience: Let’s Blur the Lines
BY TAMARA KOHLER Bim and Bob are heading to the symphony tonight; a program of Sculthorpe, Mozart and Beethoven. Bim has her best little […]