Our second print edition is about to make its way across Australia! As we prepare, we bring you our showcase of talented emerging arts journalists who have come together to share some incredible stories about the new generation of composers, performers, and arts administrators.
Stephanie Eslake founded CutCommon in 2014, after attending the Australian Youth Orchestra Words About Music program and feeling entirely inspired. She won the City of Hobart Australia Day 2017 Young Citizen of the Year Award for her “community contribution by creating an online promotional and educational network for young Australian classical musicians”. She is also the inaugural 2017 Kill Your Darlings New Critic Award winner, won the 2018 Tasmanian Young Achiever Awards Arts and Fashion prize (semi-finalist in 2016 and finalist in 2017), was shortlisted for the 2017 Kat Muscat Fellowship, and has been commissioned to write academic course content for writing, design, and entrepreneur units at Foundry.
During her Bachelor degrees, Stephanie triple-majored in media, music, and sociology. She has been published in Meanjin, The Mercury, TasWeekend, SBS (Life), Limelight Magazine, Junkee, The Music, Crikey, ArtsHub (ArtsHub UK, ScreenHub), Aphra Magazine, The Courier Mail, The Daily Telegraph and RendezView, Adelaide Now, Young Opportunities Australia, Perth Now, The Herald Sun, and Warp Magazine – the latter of which she has also worked as subeditor.
During her time as a student, Stephanie co-founded Upbeat Monthly News (with our Global series editor Christopher Leon) for the University of Tasmania’s Conservatorium of Music. She has written program notes for the Queensland and Tasmanian symphony orchestras, Musica Viva, and AYO.
Stephanie has hosted features on Edge Radio 99.3 and ABC Classic FM, and worked in live broadcast production. In 2015, she spent time as acting editor and lead writer for The Mercury’s music publication Pulse. The classical saxophonist has tutored woodwind in schools across Tasmania, worked as co-editor and publications mentor for Hobart City Council’s Platform youth arts and culture magazine alongside Melinda Antal, and was part of the Making Waves’ Making Conversation interview team.
Stephanie has also worked as a grants assessment panellist on the Tasmanian Department of State Growth’s Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register, and was selected for the ARIA Awards Voting Academy.
Read Stephanie in our print issue #2! You can catch up on our inaugural print magazine, which is now available online only for a limited time.
Stephanie Eslake headshot by Graziano Di Martino.
