As musicians, we must listen, learn, and live
BY SEAN X. QUINN, COMPOSER We would like to welcome Sean in his first story as a CutCommon contributor! I have always looked at myself […]
music education
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, […]
Life after uni: Petah Chapman, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
Life after uni: Meg Burstow, piano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
Blood, Sweat, Opera // James Clayton, baritone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]
How I learnt to stop worrying (and love the music I have to keep practising)
BY LAURA BARTON When I began studying violin at the Australian National Academy of Music almost three years ago, I underwent the same process that […]
Music education matters, says Sophie Spencer, trumpet
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music education matters. Whether you first picked up an instrument at school, you’re working full-time in an orchestra, or you’re just entering […]
Myee Clohessy: “Music can change a child’s life”
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) Australian string quartet Acacia has made a remarkable impact on the classical music scene. Through commissioning […]
Cassandra Wright: “We are all running our own race”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University is about to perform a 21st-Century version of Mozart’s comic opera La Finta Giardiniera (The Fake Gardener) […]
Life after uni: Tim Munro, flute
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]