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Nat Bartsch’s relaxed performances provide “a place where you can be yourself”

October 22, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Booked your tickets for that concert you were thinking of attending? Great. Now you just need to figure out how you’ll get […]

Véronique Serret sings stories of nature in her new album Migrating Bird

August 27, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Véronique Serret has performed as concertmaster of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, played in bands with Archie Roach, and worked with the Australian Chamber […]

Kaylie Melville talks us through her new leadership role with Speak Percussion

August 12, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Where will your music career take you? For Melbourne percussionist Kaylie Melville, it led her into major festival appearances, premieres of Australian […]

Eliza Shephard is asking Australia to “think big and be brave” in programming works by women

July 23, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Eliza Shephard has long been concerned with a lack of representation in the Australian music industry. She wanted to see more works […]

Amy Rita releases new piano music inspired by the winter solstice

July 23, 2024

BY LILY BRYANT Amidst the seemingly never-ending discussion about the inaccessibility of classical music, a quiet hero has emerged: contemporary-classical piano. A genre perfectly suited […]

Cameron Lam on music careers, slowing down, and composing with colour

June 18, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s safe to say that most makers and listeners of Australian art music will have heard of Cameron Lam. They’re curator of […]

How Katy Abbott composed a work of compassion for asylum seekers in offshore detention

June 6, 2024

BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER While looking back at her most recent creative undertakings, Australian composer Katy Abbott acknowledges she has “a penchant for setting […]

Josh Belperio is heading to New York City as a Fulbright Scholar

June 3, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Adelaide composer, protest song writer and musical theatre talent Josh Belperio is about to bid farewell to their hometown, and fly to […]

Alex Siegers has released a new album of hard-to-find Australian jazz standards

May 28, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The music featured on vocalist Alex Siegers’ debut album spans six decades. Yet some of these works have never been recorded, or […]