Dan Thorpe is going through an emo phase, and it’s “shreddy, emotional, and virtuosic”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think of the word “emo” and you might be propelled straight back to your youth. Long black sleeves. Eyes lined. Ears blasted […]
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7 new compositions for countertenor
BY CUTCOMMON Seven artists have been selected as winners of the Panoramic Music and Melbourne Composers’ League Inaugural Solo Performer Commissioning Competition. Some emerging, some […]
Dreambox Collective is exploring safety and housing in the lives of women
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) The newly formed Dreambox Collective opens its 2021 season with A Space of One’s Own; a musical exploration of […]
LIVE REVIEW // Miranda rocks up to Live At Yours
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Live At YoursHarpist Emily Granger and flautist Joshua BattyKen Done Gallery, 31 March I recently had the pleasure of […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to see Dots+Loops
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) Dots+Loops VibrationsNewstead Brewing Co, Milton, 27 March Dots+Loops curator and founder Kieran Welch describes Vibrations as […]
Nainita Desai composes the experience of living with autism for The Reason I Jump
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Every year in April, Autism Acceptance Month (previously Autism Awareness Month) is celebrated across the world. […]
How to release an album (without a label)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine you have complete freedom to release the album of your dreams. You could design the artwork. Choose the music. Distribute it […]
Katie Noonan wants to “break down the elitism and stuffiness of classical music”
BY ALEXANDRA MATHEW Katie Noonan’s ethereal voice has serenaded Australians for the best part of two decades. Unlike many professional singers who may not stray […]
Maria Grenfell composed a magical score for new Tasmanian documentary
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Behind an old cottage door, a family of quolls scuttles about. One marsupial pokes its nose out of an open drawer; another […]
Matt Laffan is putting music therapy at the frontline during COVID-19
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There’s no doubt that frontline workers have been our heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the […]