“The ability to find inspiration is my strength”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian National Academy of Music has connected 67 musicians with 67 composers. The idea is to create a vast collection of […]
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Passing the mic // An interview with composer Kezia Yap
BY LILY BRYANT, SERIES CURATOR Welcome back to our second instalment of Passing the Mic, a series centring the art of Australian female, non-binary, and […]
LIVE REVIEW // Miranda goes to see Music in the Sky
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Music in the SkyPianist Luke Howard with The Nano SymphonyRoundhouse, 30 May Music In the Sky’s premiere performance at […]
As musicians, we must listen, learn, and live
BY SEAN X. QUINN, COMPOSER We would like to welcome Sean in his first story as a CutCommon contributor! I have always looked at myself […]
Backstage Music is gearing up for another series of gigs this October
BY GABRIELLE CADENHEAD We’d like to welcome Gabrielle in her first story as a CutCommon contributor! Backstage Music is an initiative which began in Sydney […]
ANNOUNCED! These are the winners of the 2019 Art Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY 2019 ART MUSIC AWARDS Winners have been announced across 11 national categories and eight state categories of the 2019 Art Music Awards at […]
Adrian Kingwell releases EP, donates all proceeds to suicide prevention
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Friendship and music-making have a lot in common: connecting with others, a sense of community, and the expression of shared […]
Bridging the classical and the ambient (with a huge 108-key piano)
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Ashley Hribar and Richard Vaudrey are Two Deep Breaths, a creative partnership thriving in Australia’s new music scene. Bridging […]
Quart-Ed: “As future music educators, it’s important to validate Australian music”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Do you remember how you felt after you completed your very first industry placement? While most […]
Women of Note: Three Australian composers tell us about their music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE On this year’s International Women’s Day, ABC Classic released Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers. The album maps the contribution […]