classical music

Why we’re exploring music in all its forms

April 26, 2022

BY CHLOE HASSON, BLUE STOCKINGS In early 2020, I received a message request from a girl named Alison Paris. She had a vision: she wanted […]

How this collective will “give oxygen” to diverse creative voices

February 18, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’d like to preface this interview with a quote from its subject, opera singer and educator Daniel Szesiong Todd 鄭時雄: There is […]

GALLERY // 10 years of the 3MBS Marathon

January 27, 2022

BY CUTCOMMON It’s a bittersweet year for the annual 3MBS Marathon. We’ll start with the sweet: 2022 marks its 10 year anniversary! For the past […]

How I created a new Schumann arrangement

January 26, 2022

BY SHAUNA BEESLEY In this blog, composer Shauna Beesley shares her experience of arranging Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op.73. The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (pictured […]

Could jazz help inspire your classical performance?

July 12, 2021

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Francis Hon has just released a studio album filled with classic piano works. Beethoven, Bach, Liszt — it’s all in there. What […]

Want your program to be historically informed? Include new music

May 20, 2021

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “Our contemporary fascination with music of the past would be considered an aberration in Bach’s time.” It’s a fascinating idea, isn’t it? […]

Could this be why we still love Mozart so much?

September 3, 2019

BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Party animal. Revolutionist. Bohemian. Uber-famous artist with the lifestyle to match. This is how conductor Benjamin Northey would describe 20-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus […]

This is what it’s like to be an introvert in classical music

August 13, 2019

BY JASMINE MIDDLETON It’s late at night. You’ve just finished a concert after a day full of back-to-back rehearsals. As much as you enjoyed performing […]

Sarah-Grace Williams is saving The Metropolitan Orchestra’s concert series

July 1, 2019

BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) When you hear the word ‘charity’, what kind of image is conjured up? Chances are, you […]