How I’m keeping up my chops for 15+ hours of Wagner’s Ring Cycle
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Wagner’s Ring Cycle is a marathon for audiences and performers. It features four individual operas with a combined duration of at least […]
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Jemima Drews talks about being a “next generation” artist
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How can an artist represent a future generation? Award-winning flautist Jemima Drews was recently tasked with the responsibility, being welcomed into the […]
Life after uni: Tetsuya Lawson, trumpet
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
This is what it’s like to play in the orchestra for VO
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Magical things happen at the opera – there’s no question about that. But there’s also no question that the attention is […]
LIVE REVIEW // Bridget sees Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Peter Grimes Opera Queensland with Rory Macdonald (conductor), Stuart Skelton (heldentenor), and special guests Brisbane Festival QPAC, 22 September What’d you […]
LIVE REVIEW // Bridget goes to the QSO
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Bernstein at 100 Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alondra de la Parra with Andreas Haefliger (piano), Brisbane Chorale, Voices of Birralee, […]
LIVE REVIEW // Celine totally loved this QSO gig
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Soloists and Spontaneity Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alondra de la Parra, featuring artist-in-residence Sergio Tiempo QPAC, 4 […]
Women on the podium | Laura Barton
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Gender equality. What does it look like in the orchestra? Blind auditions and gender-neutral concert blacks may bring balance […]
LIVE REVIEW // Celine sees the Russian Marvels
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Russian Marvels Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Stephen Hough (piano) and Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor) QPAC, 14 July What’d you […]
Bridget goes to see Star Wars IV with the QSO
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Star Wars IV: A New Hope Queensland Symphony Orchestra Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 7 July A curious assortment of […]