Our second print edition is about to make its way across Australia! As we prepare, we bring you our showcase of talented emerging arts journalists who have come together to share some incredible stories about the new generation of composers, performers, and arts administrators.
Alison Paris is a Brisbane-based soprano and recent graduate of the University of Queensland School of Music, where she majored in voice performance with honours. She hopes to return to the university next year to complete postgraduate studies, continuing to improve her performance and vocal skills.
Alison began singing classically after joining the Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus for their 2012 production of La Traviata. Since then, she participated in much of the music scene in Singapore before moving back to Australia to study. While completing her undergraduate degree, she performed with a number of choirs and orchestras. The highlight of her studies thus far has been her performance as the soprano soloist in the university’s performance of Faure’s Requiem in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Alison is passionate about opera, and loves it for its emotion, music, and spectacle. Other than La Traviata, she has performed as numerous roles in UQ’s production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, as Barabarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, and as Dido in Dido and Aeneas. She also undertook an internship at Opera Queensland, where she was able to observe rehearsals, and work with industry professionals behind the scenes.
Outside of performing, Alison teaches music in private and class lessons, and feels very strongly about making music and art more accessible to younger generations. She attempts to bring this into her teaching and her writing as much as possible.
CutCommon is also pleased to announce Alison Paris as our new Lead Writer (Children and Early Learning) in our digital publication.
Read Alison in our print issue #2! You can catch up on our inaugural print magazine, which is now available online only for a limited time.
