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 […]
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Nodoka Okisawa is about to make her Australian debut — and she’ll conduct new Australian music
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming Debussy’s Nocturnes concerts mark two exciting Australian firsts: not only will the program feature a […]
Musicians are enriching the lives of staff and patients at the Royal Hobart Hospital
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Those who have spent time in hospital settings may be familiar with feelings of stress, vulnerability, and isolation. And in Tasmania, healthcare […]
“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 […]
This creative bootcamp is “totally driven by the participants and what they want to create”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How long do you think it’d take you to write, rehearse, perform, and professionally record a new piece of music? As you […]
The Phonetic Orchestra wants to redefine how you listen to music
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER While the pandemic has been a turbulent and uncertain time for our performing arts community, one clear benefit has emerged: […]
Daniel Patrick Cohen records 67 musicians for an album of “throwaway tracks”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE As far as albums go, We Deliver was not the simplest to produce. Composer Daniel Patrick Cohen sketched out hundreds of musical […]
Pianist An-Ting shares her story in a new album filled with original music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We can all relate to feelings of isolation during the pandemic. We have lived through lockdowns, concert cancellations, and anxiety about how […]
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 […]
Lamorna Nightingale hopes you’ll “walk away with energy to make positive change” after this climate-themed event
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How has your relationship to the environment changed over the course of your life? It’s a question the curators of BackStage Music […]