Blue Mountains composer Emma Greenhill is rediscovering her music through movement
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Blue Mountains composer Emma Greenhill was so moved by the bushfires of 2019-20, she wrote a piece of music about it. Through Regrowth, Emma […]
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Drift into this beautiful sanctuary of new Australian music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “When you do an improvisation with someone, you immediately know whether you’re going to be friends,” Mindy Meng Wang says. “It just […]
Four decades on, Dulcie Holland’s “bloody good” piece for piano and strings will finally be heard
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Dulcie Holland’s Concertino for Piano and Strings — “pure pleasure for players and listeners”, as the composer described it — was written […]
How ANAM helps me grow “not just as a musician but also as a human being”
BY CUTCOMMON Breaking into the Australian music industry isn’t easy — so you’re going to want a good start. The Australian National Academy of Music […]
Could “modular” compositions be the answer to concert cancellations and postponements?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Those of us who work in the music industry keep doing our best. But unfortunately, that best keeps getting disrupted by external […]
LIVE REVIEW // Chantal goes to see Pinchgut Opera’s Orontea
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN OronteaPinchgut OperaCity Recital Hall, 26 May I’ve stood in the bathroom queue during a Pinchgut intermission before, and heard audience members remark, […]
VIDEO PREMIERE // Watch Flora Wong’s debut single for violin and metronome
BY CUTCOMMON To celebrate a number of special birthdays, Meanjin/Brisbane violinist Flora Wong has commissioned four new works to perform on her instrument (and with […]
Have you listened to this new interview series with the women leading our arts industry?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Jessica Carrascalão Heard is an inspirational leader in the Australian arts industry. You’ve almost certainly heard her voice — whether tuning into […]
Commission new music and “you might stumble on a masterpiece”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Clancy McLeod is a solo guitarist who is forging his own path. Luckily for the world around him, that path includes a […]
5 meaningful conversations with artists that moved me
BY CUTCOMMON When it comes to the Australian music industry, percussionist Claire Edwardes OAM has always ventured one step ahead of the game. The artistic […]