Cameron Lam on music careers, slowing down, and composing with colour
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 […]
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VIDEO PREMIERE // Watch Flora Wong’s debut single for violin and metronome
BY CUTCOMMON To celebrate a number of special birthdays, Meanjin/Brisbane violinist Flora Wong has commissioned four new works to perform on her instrument (and with […]
Lydia Gardiner is using Instagram satire as source material for her new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Perth composer Lydia Gardiner opens Instagram and scrolls to a new post from Trash Fire Poetry, she’s struck with a wave […]
Zela Margossian: “My music is a story of who I am”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Where does the story of Zela Margossian begin? Perhaps it begins Beirut, where she was born and raised as a child. Maybe […]
Passing the mic // An interview with composer Gabrielle Cadenhead
BY LILY BRYANT, SERIES CURATOR Welcome to a brand new year of amazing Australian artists, and a brand new year of Passing the Mic. I […]
Composer Jodi Rose is making music out of architecture
BY CAMERON LAM, APRA AMCOS Composer Jodi Rose’s ambitious Singing Bridges project is an urban sonic sculpture playing the cables of bridges as musical instruments. Through the sound of vibrations […]
A new digital concert series is making music for everyone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music by female-identifying composers. A digital future for the performing arts industry. Diversity in the concert hall. Choosing not to perform Mozart. […]
Dreaming of a commercial release
BY DR CORRINA BONSHEK As a composer, I didn’t have a clue how to get my music onto a commercial release until a revelatory chat, […]