Andrea Lam wants you to choose the music in this interactive concert at the Joan
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s a lot to weigh up when deciding which live events you’d like to see. Are you interested in the music on […]
Australian music industry
How we’re using “openness and trust” to express new ideas in composition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne Recital Centre describes its upcoming event with Phonetic Orchestra as “an audio-visual journey through spaces physical, digital and imagined”. On this […]
You can now learn how to compose for didgeridoo with these free online workshops
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Australian composers can now access a locally produced workshop series that will teach them how to write music for didgeridoo. The Art […]
Australian composer Byron Mark is fusing Beethoven with his flamenco-inspired rhythms
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We all have that one piece of music we just click with. The piece we return to throughout our lives, playing or […]
Morgan Carter “literally fell to the floor” when they received $20k to support their music education
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When soprano Morgan Carter was accepted into the Royal Northern College of Music, they were looking straight down the barrel of a […]
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 […]
The story of Australia’s first female mechanic will be brought to life on bass
BY EMMA SULLIVAN As the principal bassist of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, I am usually found at the back of the ensemble, providing the foundation to […]
Strauss composed “one of the greatest works ever written” – and the Australian World Orchestra is about to perform it
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER If there’s one thing that unites us more than the universal language of music, it’s our universal love of storytelling. […]
What do you need to know about vocal music?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What do you need to know about vocal music? The answer to this question depends on your approach. Are you a composer […]
Music is about “understanding who I am and what I would like to put out into the universe”
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER Sanctuary, which comes to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall this NAIDOC Week, is well and truly jostling our expectations of what a […]