Composing a “moderately festive” Australian Christmas carol for our times
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Soon a new year dawns, And what have we learned? Have we cared for one another?What comes next? It’s November, and once again I […]
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Caerwen Martin wrote music for “the coolest bunch of people” she met in children’s hospitals
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will soon present a program of familiar classics from Haydn, Mozart, and the like. But nestled between these works […]
Nick Russoniello’s new album is an Aussie throwback to the Roaring Twenties
BY CUTCOMMON Ever heard a C melody saxophone? Probably not. This unusual instrument from the saxophone family was all the rage in the 1920s — […]
Signum Saxophone Quartet “cannot wait to play for you” on first Australia tour
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A good team meeting will start with a hot cup of coffee – and it’s no different for the members of Signum […]
How Cassie To composed her Screen Music Award-nominated short film score
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In the past month, Australian composer Cassie To has been nominated for an APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award. She has also been […]
Andrea Keller composes like there’s “no limit” to the language of music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Was Andrea Keller a child prodigy? Perhaps the pianist would fall under that category; she did start composing when she was just […]
“The premise was simple…to make calming music that would help people”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Cellist Anita Quayle and bassist/guitarist Nick Delaney have produced their first studio album Coming Home. Their collaboration grew from Melbourne’s early COVID […]
Cat Hope: “Use technology to get what you want, not what it lets you have”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For Cat Hope, technology is about creativity. It’s about taking your musical ideas, and giving them a voice beyond the limits of […]
Paul Ballam-Cross has arranged a bunch of classical guitar studies for electric bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Studies aren’t just for practising your technique, or so Paul Ballam-Cross’ new EP shows us. Enjoyable for the sake of listening, and […]
Ceridwen McCooey had never performed live to air – then she won The Talent
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine you’re performing a piece of music. Now imagine you’re playing it on a radio station that reaches hundreds of thousands of […]