WTF?! Do I need to move city for study?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
June 2018
Understanding Berlioz, with mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE According to Sasha Cooke, “Berlioz is just unlike anything else”. “The colour, harmony, melody in his music are beautiful, emotional and […]
7 conductors you should know about
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN Meet the women who are breaking new ground in the Australian conducting scene: the first ever female music director of an Aussie orchestra, the […]
Take part in our reader survey (and win stuff)
Oh, hi. We’re conducting our first reader survey about CutCommon. We want to know what you think of us and what we can do for you. […]
Dark Mofo’s opera will gender-swap its cast
BY CELINE CHONG Edgy. Provocative. Confronting. Young bass baritone Jeremy Kleeman has certainly stuck his foot in the door of the Australian opera scene, […]
EVENTS // Andrea Lam @ Monash Live
CONTENT COURTESY MONASH LIVE Want to sit on stage with a star from New York? Pianist Andrea Lam will give you the opportunity as […]
Caitlin Malcolm will play in one of THE best musicals
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I settle in for a chat with Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts student Caitlin Malcolm, I’m faced with quite […]
This mum designed her own concert blacks
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Formal black skirt. Don’t wear leggings. Don’t wear black jeans. No midriff tops. Don’t wear a t-shirt. Sound frustrating? Welcome to the […]
There’s only one way to hear my new album
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How do you listen to music? From your digital playlist? Borrow a CD from a friend? Hunt out those warm vinyl […]
Behind the Curtain | Lucy Mervik, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]