This creative bootcamp is “totally driven by the participants and what they want to create”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How long do you think it’d take you to write, rehearse, perform, and professionally record a new piece of music? As you […]
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How to Strike a Chord with your chamber ensemble
BY LILY BRYANT Picture yourself at 6, or 8, or 10 years old. You’ve been crammed into the school hall with your fellow students, and […]
Why you should nominate an Australian artist for the Art Music Awards
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) It’s that time of year again: the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards are open for you to nominate an […]
EVENTS // Dorcas McClean Competition and Australian National Violin Conference
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC In February, 2022 the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is hosting the Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship for Violinists and the […]
Teaching music online in the pandemic has yielded creative surprises, like mixing ‘Blob Opera’ and beatboxing
BY ROBBIE MACKAY, QUEENS UNIVERSITY, ONTARIO, THE CONVERSATION Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical instrument, […]
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 […]
Conversations with Robin Wilson | The Emerging Violinist
BY JO ST LEON This third conversation with Robin Wilson was really intended to be the second, but young Christian Li’s milestone recording intervened. Today’s […]
Monash University plans to cut its musicology subjects. Why does this matter?
BY PETER TREGEAR, PRINCIPAL FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE This article was first published in The Conversation. We’re sharing it with you because we think this […]
Mastering your practice #2: Miranda interviews Shefali Pryor
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) This is the second interview in Miranda’s exclusive new CutCommon series Mastering your practice. Please note that these stories may […]
Growing comfortable with music education delivery during COVID-19
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) So, we’re just over a month (maybe under a month…maybe a few years…who actually knows?) into lockdown. This somewhat […]