Bringing back the mandolin with Avital
BY ELEANOR WOOD Avi Avital is on a worldwide mission to bring back the mandolin. The Grammy-nominated artist has been heralded as one of […]
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What we learnt at the TSO Composers’ School
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This year, four leading young composers took part in the Symphony Australia/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Composers’ School. Undergoing an intense week of […]
Trailer Music II: Meet the filmmakers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne classical music ensemble anon. is once again combining visual and musical storytelling to produce Trailer Music II – a film which draws […]
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 […]
Melbourne Lawyers’ Orchestra celebrates young composers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Q: What do you call a bunch of lawyers with an incredible talent for blowing their own trumpets? A: The brass […]
Breaking barriers: Matthew Wood with the DSO
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Ever wondered what our musical neighbours in the Northern Territory are up to? We take some time to chat with Matthew […]
Jane Stanley talks composition and the Hildegard Project
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Subscribe to CutCommon by October 14, and you could win a free double pass to see this concert in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, […]
Catherine Likhuta: Scraps from a Madman’s Diary
BY CATHERINE LIKHUTA AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE One evening in 2006, Catherine Likhuta read Ukrainian author Nikolai Gogol’s short story Diary of a Madman. Born […]
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 […]
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 […]