Sally Whitwell

Could “modular” compositions be the answer to concert cancellations and postponements?

June 6, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Those of us who work in the music industry keep doing our best. But unfortunately, that best keeps getting disrupted by external […]

“Our sexuality is no inhibition to our music making”

March 7, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When your first performance of a program is a sell-out, and you receive a donation of funds to record an album based […]

“Job-relevant?” We ask 18 arts workers for comment on the university fee hikes

June 21, 2020

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR The Australian Government has announced major changes to university fee structures to build a new workforce of “job-ready graduates“. Education Minister […]

These are the women in music who inspire us

March 7, 2020

BY THE CUTCOMMON TEAM This March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we got thinking about those who inspire us most — from performers […]

Jessica Wells: “New work defines our generation”

December 6, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Brand new music, written by living Australian composers, and performed on the recorder? It’s certainly not your typical gig, and that’s why […]

Sally Whitwell on the value of working with youth orchestras

June 19, 2018

BY EMMA SULLIVAN Sally Whitwell is no stranger to youth music in Australia. Having started out as a member of the Canberra Youth Orchestra, […]

EVENTS // Leichhardt Espresso Chorus: Messiah Reimagined

May 15, 2018

CONTENT COURTESY LEICHHARDT ESPRESSO CHORUS To celebrate 20 years of community music in the inner west, Leichhardt Espresso Chorus has commissioned 20 new works […]

Con Fuoco: Sophie Van Dijk, violin and composition

April 4, 2018

Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Sophie Van Dijk is an Australian composer and violinist, currently studying a […]