Flora Wong: Blogging from UKARIA 24
BY FLORA WONG From August 29, musicians from across the country gathered in the Adelaide Hills for UKARIA’s flagship weekend event, UKARIA 24. This […]
Rachel Bruerville
Composed: An honest look into performance anxiety
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Composed not only tries to offer a means to address performance anxiety, but explores where it comes from and why we […]
Rachel Bruerville experiences UKARIA 24
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE UKARIA 24 UKARIA Cultural Centre, 25-27 August What’d you miss? Iain Grandage winning as MC A festival on the concert […]
Live review: Soundstream Collective
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Either Or Soundstream Collective Works by Cat Hope, Leah Blankendaal, Erkki Veltheim, Gerald Barry Elder Hall, 9 August What’d you […]
No shame in beta-blocker use?
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE I used to start shaking before I went on stage. My palms would sweat and I’d feel sick to my stomach. […]
Performers and composers talk new Australian music
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE When thinking about chamber music, the combination of recorder and percussion may not be the first thing that comes to mind. […]
Powerful Wom*n
Powerful Wom*n is a new song cycle in three movements, written by Adelaide composer Rachel Bruerville for soprano Cassandra Humble. Rachel drew from text by […]
Composer Maja Puseljic blurs genre in the 21st Century
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE We would like to welcome Rachel in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. Young composer Maja Puseljic is blurring the […]
Paul Dean on composition, ego, and the value of accompanists
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “Music is a living culture, and the moment we just start playing music of dead white males then it will wither […]