Six global artists make Australian debut
BY KATH ROSE AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some of the nation’s most talented young musicians will make their way to Townsville at the end of […]
2016
Live Review: Opera Australia’s Carmen
BY MYLES OAKEY, 2016 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR Carmen Opera Australia Sydney Opera House, 21 June The opera is a fancy […]
In defence of your opinion
BY JUSTINA LUI Three-star reviews are the critical equivalent of a shepherd’s pie: an inoffensive crowd-pleaser that quells hunger pangs but is ultimately forgettable. […]
Live Review: Rubiks Collective
BY ZOE BARKER The Cold Earth Slept Below Rubiks Collective Kew Court House, 22 June Rubiks Collective is comprised of current and former […]
Australia’s cultural and artistic downfall
BY DYLAN HENDERSON On this week’s episode of Q&A, Tony Jones directed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the crux of a question asked by […]
Nine things you should know about early music performance
BY PAUL BALLAM-CROSS, RUNNER-UP IN THE 2016 YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION Fashions change in classical music, as in everything. In the Renaissance, […]
Does genre still have a place?
BY MYLES OAKEY, 2016 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR This is the winning blog entry in our inaugural CutCommon Young Writer of the Year Competition […]
Richard Gill: “Just Sing”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Australian music educator Richard Gill AO will unite hundreds of young Tasmanians in song as part of this year’s Festival of […]
Derwent Valley Concert Band: from Stage and Screen
BY LYALL MCDERMOTT “The thundering of cannons, the clattering of swords and the swirling and flourishing of Erich Korngold’s incomparable music…..”. What a […]
Laura Karpman on women composers, Spielberg, and TV collaboration
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON American composer Laura Karpman talks about her past and present scoring projects, and the importance of raising awareness for women composers in […]