During COVID-19, the community is adopting its own creative voice – and it’s loud
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN The first thing to go was the sound of planes. My suburb, an unassuming huddle of Victorian workers’ cottages, lay ordinarily under […]
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Composing lullabies for our most vulnerable moments
BY NAT BARTSCH The Australian summer was one to remember: eerie orange skies; the smell of smoke in your house from fires 200km away; trips […]
Pandemic diary #7: Enough?
BY JO ST LEON “In studies of people isolated…researchers have found there appears to be an inflection point where the frustration and hardship of being […]
Music at the edge of sleep
BY ASHER REISNER Sometimes, on the edge of sleep, I hear unfamiliar music. Because the remains of a dream is a fugitive memory, what I […]
How to properly enjoy a livestream from your loungeroom
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We may all be stuck in lockdown, thanks to COVID-19 — but this doesn’t mean we’re stuck without a vast selection of […]
Creativity amidst COVID-19: Leading a social recovery
BY MICHAEL SOLLIS We would like to welcome Michael in his first story as a CutCommon contributor. The onset of COVID-19 has challenged our local, […]
Pandemic diary #6: What next?
BY JO ST LEON “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It […]
Growing comfortable with music education delivery during COVID-19
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) So, we’re just over a month (maybe under a month…maybe a few years…who actually knows?) into lockdown. This somewhat […]
Where to next? Looking beyond COVID-19 for Australian musicians
BY DR DIANA TOLMIE That the COVID-19 pandemic has knocked the arts and entertainment industries for six is an understatement. Social media followers are witnessing […]
Pandemic diary #5: If I really wanted to…
BY JO ST LEON “We read to know we are not alone” — C.S. Lewis Last week, I had various plans for how to use […]