Interning with a music festival – part 1
BY ELSABETH PARKINSON I was seized with a pulse of excitement. It was January and I was nearing the end of the Australian Youth […]
Australian Youth Orchestra
Con Fuoco: Monty Wain, double bass
BY MICHELLE FORBES AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Monty Wain likes a little […]
What we learnt at the TSO Composers’ School
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This year, four leading young composers took part in the Symphony Australia/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Composers’ School. Undergoing an intense week of […]
Con Fuoco: Julia Nicholls
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Perth violinist Julia Nicholls is in her third […]
Elissa Koppen braves hearing loss to play in AYO
BY SARAH WORRALL, AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA Sydney flautist Elissa Koppen, 21, has spent the past three weeks performing with the Australian Youth Orchestra as […]
Three siblings, two weeks, one camp
BY DELIA BARTLE Violinists Josef, Karla and Natasha Hanna are no strangers to music – or each other. The siblings, all under 23, participated […]
Blog: AYO National Music Camp
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA CutCommon contributor Antonia Zappia blogs about her experience of this year’s Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp. Writing from the Words About Music […]
Con Fuoco: John Keene
Welcome to the launch of Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s new interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. John Keene has been playing the double bass since […]
Live Review: Gomyo Plays Tchaikovsky
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE ‘Gomyo Plays Tchaikovsky’ Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky and Symphony No 10 by Shostakovich Karen Gomyo, violin and Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Tasmanian Symphony […]