Tudor Portraits #2: Bronwyn Douglass, mezzo soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, four young singers will join the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs to present Vaughan Williams’ Five Tudor Portraits. We touch base with each […]
August 2017
Tudor Portraits #1: Evan Kirby, tenor
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, four young singers will join the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs to present Vaughan Williams’ Five Tudor Portraits. We touch base with each […]
Queer and Now: Jesse Budel, composer and performer
BY JASSY ROBERTSON Many composers and musicians will allow their art to speak for itself. Not always are they asked about their personal lives. […]
Rural Commuters: Joshua Reynolds, clarinet
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Dedication. It’s learning your parts. It’s developing your technique. It’s rocking up to rehearsal. In fact, for some, it’s embarking on […]
Dreamer of the day Alex Siegers talks song
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Alex Siegers is a jazz star. And a classical star. Think they’re different worlds? Wait until you see the culmination of […]
Catching up with CYO oboist Chayla Ueckert-Smith
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Chayla Ueckert-Smith won the Canberra Youth Orchestra 2017 Concerto Competition with Vaughan Williams’ Concerto for Oboe and Strings. This month, you’ll […]
The best and worst of double reeds with Ensemble Françaix
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In this short and sweet story, we catch up with a few members of Ensemble Françaix ahead of the group’s gig this […]
Young pianist Hoang Pham talks Chopin…mostly
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hoang Pham is crazy for Chopin. And we’re not judging him. As Hoang puts it, the composer’s remarkable music for piano […]
Australian Chamber Choir in concert this August
“An unforgettable concert.” That’s how Markus Karas, organist at Bonn Cathedral, described By the Waters of Babylon by the Australian Chamber Choir. The program was performed 14 times across Europe last July. Artistic Director Douglas Lawrence selected works that explore the text of Psalm 137: the Israelites mourn the loss of […]
Hundreds of voices to raise in song for Boîte Millennium Chorus
Content courtesy Diana Wolfe, Wolfe Records Goanna band’s 1980s hit song Solid Rock performed in Pitjantjatjara by a 225-voice choir will be one of […]