Hey Mate. How’s your mental health?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hey Mate. How’s your mental health? It’s a question at the forefront of an Australian resource designed to better the lives of […]
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Life is tougher than ever in 2022, but help is available to arts workers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hope has taken many forms throughout the pandemic. There’s been a feeling that restrictions are only temporary; that live music will return […]
GALLERY // 10 years of the 3MBS Marathon
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
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 […]
We need to end the “all or nothing” approach to careers in music
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN It was the final minute of the final movement. “All or nothing, now or never!” I thought. The double stops, the breathless […]
How Pedro Bromfman composed Far Cry 6
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON WITH STEPHANIE ESLAKE Pedro Bromfman is not a gamer. Sure, as a kid he played a bit of Nintendo and Atari. But […]
Creating A Sanctuary of Quietude
BY PAT JAFFE One year ago, Pat Jaffe wrote a blog for CutCommon on the experience of recording and releasing his debut album Eldorado. He […]
ANAM is connecting its musicians and donors like family
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Jannie Brown’s family has long been connected to music. Her great-great uncle was William Henry Dow, one of Australia’s leading instrument makers […]
Sophie Hutchings creates “room to breathe” in anxious times
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When an artist is streamed more than 29 million times, it tells you something about what listeners are craving right now. And […]
The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
BY KATHERINE (KATE) POWER, THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, THE CONVERSATION In the arts in Australia, precarious employment, unpaid work and short-lived careers are the norm. […]