Composer Secrets: Peggy Polias
BY HANLI SEAN BOTHA, COMPOSER Composer Secrets is our new interview series from Hanli Sean Botha, whose vision is to build awareness of new Australian […]
Women in Music
“We need to continue contributing to discussion on all areas of diversity in music” – Lisa Cheney
Behind the Conversation with Antonia Zappia
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/MAKING WAVES Musician and journalist Antonia Zappia has settled in for a chat with jazz composer Jenna Cave for the new Making […]
Queer and Now: Sally Whitwell, composer
BY JASSY ROBERTSON Many composers and musicians will allow their art to speak for itself. Not often are they asked about their personal lives. […]
Why your determination will serve you well
BY JESSICA VOIGT-PAGE Jessica Voigt-Page is an Australian classical saxophonist based in Texas. She teaches 70 students and hosts camps and events with her own […]
Sanctuary: The women of Dartington
BY HARRIET CUNNINGHAM There’s been a great deal of talk – and a bit of action, too – about improving gender equity in the […]
Composer Samantha Wolf reflects on identity and belonging
BY JO ST LEON We would like to welcome Jo St Leon in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. Composer Samantha Wolf was […]
Kathryn Selby: Lessons I’ve learnt (so far)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Kathryn Selby has spent more than 30 years of her life performing, and generously shares her wisdom and experience with young […]
Composer Secrets: Hanli Sean Botha
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you heard the music of Hanli Sean Botha? If you have, your musical ventures into new Australian composition have served […]
Xani Kolac is the essence of ‘contemporary classical’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A silent audience in a sold-out concert hall. The occasional gum wrapper unravelling; a few coughs disrupting the mood. No clapping – […]
Women Composers Development Program – applications open
Coro Innominata is set to launch its brand new Women Composers Development Program (WCDP). “A choir is such a wonderful creative resource,” Coro Innominata Musical Director Sally […]