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Queer and Now: Ben Nielsen, producer

July 11, 2017

BY JASSY ROBERTSON Many composers and musicians will allow their art to speak for itself. Not always are they asked about their personal lives. […]

Soprano Jessica Harper on body image, realism, funding in opera

July 10, 2017

BY SPENCER DARBY I’d like to preface this interview with a disclaimer. I am a friend and fan of Jessica Harper. I have worked […]

Lachlan Skipworth: Japan’s influence in my music

July 8, 2017

BY LACHLAN SKIPWORTH, COMPOSER I wish to write a little about my Piano Trio, and how the traditional shakuhachi piece Daha found its way […]

Bassoonist Jack Schiller talks chamber music

July 1, 2017

BY CAROL SAFFER Melbourne Symphony Orchestra principal bassoon Jack Schiller recently watched as MasterChef contestant Pete Morgan was sent home because of the idea that […]

EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Brett Rutherford, cellist

July 1, 2017

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]

ENTRIES OPEN 2017 CutCommon Young Writer of the Year Competition

June 29, 2017

**ENTRIES OPEN FOR YOUNG MUSIC WRITERS IN AUSTRALIA** No experience necessary – just a passion for music In 2016, we launched our inaugural CutCommon […]

Ella Macens: “I’m learning to love every second of it”

June 26, 2017

BY ELLA MACENS, AS TOLD TO KATIE MILLER-CRISPE Young composer Ella Macens participated in the Gondwana National Choral School Composer Program, with her work featured […]

Jessica Gethin: “As artists we are always emerging”

June 26, 2017

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At what point does an artist ‘make it’? When they’ve received a Churchill Fellowship? When they’ve won awards and secured contracts across the […]