30 Years and Counting: Howard Shelley & TSO
BY ANGUS DAVISON Acclaimed British pianist and conductor Howard Shelley returns to Australia in 2015 for the 30th consecutive year. Continuing his long association […]
April 2015
Live Commentary: Josh Pyke and the SSO
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Revealed: Tassie’s Top Emerging Composers
BY ANGUS DAVISON, TASMANIAN COMPOSER Deep within the labyrinth of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, something’s stirring. Whispers hang tense in the air. Hunched, […]
James Macaulay on “Middle Class, White” Jazz
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne jazz trombonist James Macaulay enters the spotlight with his quartet at the Kew Court House this month. Joined by award-winning […]
Live Review: Goldner String Quartet
BY ANGUS DAVISON Musica Viva Goldner String Quartet Hobart Town Hall, 20 April 2015 In the opening concert of their 20th anniversary tour, […]
Bernard Walz : Crackling, Sparkling, and Popping with Gershwin
BY SAMUEL COTTELL From the opening clarinet glissando to the stunning piano cadenza, Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ is a work that has permeated popular culture […]
Composing a Film: Trailer Music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “A lot of people watch the film and they don’t realise how powerful music can be – how it can actually […]
CD review: Inside Life
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA ‘Inside Life’ by Bruno Sanfilippo Released Feb 2015 Bruno Sanfilippo is an electroacoustic composer based in Spain. From childhood, he […]
Beatboxed: Tom Thum vs Queensland Symphony Orchestra
BY UMA MUTHIA It takes considerable talent to drop a beat without spraying spit all over the place. Or sounding like you’re choking. But […]
Perspectives on Improvisation: Peter Evans
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Sitting in a café amidst a busy street in the leafy suburb of Crows Nest, in Sydney’s Northern Suburbs, I caught […]