Australian World Orchestra celebrates its birthday with new local music
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON It’s certainly no secret that Australia is a source of amazing homegrown talent. Many of our musicians go on to study abroad […]
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Making music with friends
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON As emerging artists in the Australian orchestral scene, violinists Harry Bennetts and Riley Skevington have shared plenty of milestones in their careers. […]
CALENDAR: These are the bushfire benefits hosted by Australia’s classical music community
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON In the wake of devastating bushfires around our country, Australian musicians have refused to stay quiet. In response to this national emergency […]
Chris Howlett explains how Beethoven “changed Western music forever”
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Have you ever liked the idea of a doing a marathon, but your couch remains awfully and conveniently enticing? Fear not, for […]
Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong on what it truly means to grow up
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON For mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, Hansel and Gretel is more than just a well-known childhood tale. It’s an opera that provided her with […]
Berklee Online is boosting female representation among music students and staff
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON It shouldn’t have to be a novelty that an educational organisation achieves gender equality across its staff and student base. But unfortunately, […]
5 ways to navigate your music career (as an introvert)
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON You might’ve read my recent story about what it’s like to be in introvert in classical music. From hiding behind our phones […]
Håkan Hardenberger plays “the half-modern music that is in danger of being forgotten”
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you could design any concert program, what music would you include? How about “the half-modern music that is […]
Dr Tracy Westerman is calling to fight Indigenous youth suicide
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Content warning: This story contains discussion about Indigenous youth suicide. For help, call Lifeline on 131114. Concert for Life is so much […]
Could this be why we still love Mozart so much?
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 […]