This composition program is “a stepping-stone between education and the music industry”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “How do you make your music stand out from the crowd?” It’s a question on the mind of Australian composer Matthew Hindson. […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees BackStage Music’s Forbidden Things
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC Forbidden ThingsBackStage MusicThe Newsagency, 24 October BackStage has really hit its stride with a tasty and colourful program in Forbidden […]
Three composers from SPIRAL talk about performing new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The composers of SPIRAL aren’t going to wait around for opportunities to have their original music performed. These artists make the opportunities […]
It’s Open Mic time for these emerging artists
BY SOLOMON FRANK, ENSEMBLE ONSOMBL This week, Ensemble Offspring will host its inaugural Open Mic event as part of the Hatched Academy program for […]
Solomon Frank: “Wonderful cathartic power” of improvisation
BY LEWIS INGHAM, COMPOSER Solomon Frank finds a “wonderful cathartic power” in free improvisation. He likens it to “throwing paint at a canvas or […]
Cheating, Lying, Stealing…and Angus Davison
The Hobart Wind Symphony with conductor Simon Reade will premiere Angus Davison’s striking new work Fantasia on a Webern Row alongside works by Reade, David […]
Hot Off the Press: Sydney composers join forces
BY ANGUS DAVISON In February this year, I bid a fond farewell to Hobart and boarded a plane to Sydney. I was off […]
At what point do we stop emerging?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’ve been wondering something lately, and I don’t think I’m alone. What does it mean to be an ‘emerging’ artist? And when […]
Live Review: Davison’s ‘The Fine Art of Conversation’ premiered
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE ‘Exaltation’ The Huon Quartet featuring Elinor Lea and Rohana O’Malley (violins), Douglas Coghill (viola), Jane Tallon (cello), joined by clarinettist Andrew […]
What makes classical music classical?
BY ANGUS DAVISON Most of us intuitively know if a piece of music is classical. But what makes it so? What does all classical […]