CutCommon has been named “one of the most dynamic sites” by The Sydney Morning Herald in 2018, “Australia’s most popular street publication for independent and new classical music” by Notable Values, and the “leading online gateway for young Australian classical musicians” by Warp Magazine. In November 2015, CutCommon was also named Classical Music Site of the Month by Limelight Magazine.
Check out some of our mentions in the media.
On 19 May 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald published a story in its Spectrum section, in which leading Australian journalist Caroline Baum stated: “One of the most dynamic sites is CutCommon”. The interview with our editor Stephanie Eslake explores CutCommon’s readership, arts criticism, and going to print in a digital world. You can read the full story on the SMH website – find out more.
CutCommon editor Stephanie Eslake won the 2018 Tasmanian Young Achiever Awards in the arts section. Congratulations to fellow finalist Alexander Rodrigues, conductor and Tasmanian Youth Orchestra performer; and Madelena Andersen-Ward who won the Indigenous Achievement Award. Justine Nguyen shares the news of these achievements in Limelight Magazine, 24 April 2018.
Music Australia interview with Stephanie Eslake. Titled ‘Mistreatment of women “a huge problem” in Australia’s classical music sector‘, this 28 March 2018 story responds to Stephanie’s open letter ‘You must treat female artists with respect‘ first published in CutCommon for International Women’s Day 2018 and republished in ArtsHub.
AMEB Musician in Focus interview series, September 2017. Our trends editor Madeline Roycroft spoke about her educational and career experiences – read online.
Limelight Magazine, February 2017. Read the full story about how CutCommon has been nominated for the Classical:NEXT Innovation Award.
ABC Classic FM, March 2017. CutCommon deputy editor Lucy Rash writes about her contributions to the arts industry.
CutCommon editor Stephanie Eslake is interviewed by Limelight after winning the Australia Day 2017 City of Hobart Young Citizen of the Year Award.
Read about how CutCommon was formed in this in-depth interview with Stephanie Eslake for Music Love, December 2016.
University of Glasgow (Music) Academic Blog, October 2016
Tasmanian Youth Orchestra E-news, July 2016
Victorian Opera E-news, July 2016
Platform: Youth Arts and Culture Magazine, Issue 7 ‘Wallflower’, May 2016
Pitch, Issue 2 (an Adelaide Symphony Orchestra publication), March 2016. Read Kane Moroney’s full interview with our editor Stephanie Eslake here.
Notable Values, March 2016. Read the full story here.
Limelight Magazine, November 2015
Warp Magazine, November 2015
AYO Newsbeat, issue 13 2015