MICMC COUNTDOWN // Holly Harrison, composer
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Join us throughout the week as we bring you our official countdown to the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, kicking off July […]
June 2018
How to prepare for your next music competition
BY BOYD OWEN, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE Boyd Owen won first place in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship in 2017. The dual Australian-New Zealand […]
This composer-activist is turning science into music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE UPDATE: Naima Fine Fine presents the live premiere of Leagues of Breaking Light at the Melbourne Fringe this September 30! When Naima Fine […]
Talking about Brazilian music with Chrystian Dozza
BY MONTAÑA ROSE (MOUNTAIN ROSE GUITAR) Love Brazilian music? Get on this. Brazilian guitarist and composer Chrystian Dozza will present an entire program dedicated to […]
Sally Whitwell on the value of working with youth orchestras
BY EMMA SULLIVAN Sally Whitwell is no stranger to youth music in Australia. Having started out as a member of the Canberra Youth Orchestra, […]
Actually, there are THOUSANDS of female composers
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE, COMPOSER So you think there are no female composers? Actually, there are thousands of female composers. More than 6000, in fact, across 70 countries. […]
UKARIA 24: The whole experience
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE I am so very happy to call Adelaide my home, and places like UKARIA existing makes me even more happy! Ulrike […]
EXPOSED! Composing for orchestra with Melody Eötvös
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE UPDATE 17 JULY 2019: Melody’s work for the TSO, as discussed below, resulted in her being named a finalist in the APRA […]
What makes a musician professional?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What makes a musician professional? For Andrey Gugnin, the answer isn’t so straight-forward. “Is it the fact that you have finished […]
EVENTS // NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition Finals Concert
CONTENT COURTESY KU-RING-GAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Six individual finalists in the 2018 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition will perform their selected concerto with orchestra on […]