Is it easier to read or perform solo?
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER My horn-playing friend recently told me she was considering quitting music. I was astonished. All the years I had known […]
December 2018
What I learnt at Word for Word
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Our Scribe-winning lead writer rocked up to the Word for Word festival for some serious professional development. Here’s what she […]
EVENTS // Garden Quartet and SARAY Iluminado in concert
CONTENT COURTESY SARAY ILUMINADO What: Garden Quartet and SARAY Iluminado in concert When: 9 February 2019, 7.30pm – 11pm Where: 88 Acland street, St Kilda, Victoria 3182 […]
WTF?! Does friendship have musical value?
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 you […]
EVENTS // Bohemian Nights in Hobart
CONTENT COURTESY BOHEMIAN NIGHTS Melbourne world music duo Bohemian Nights will perform a special concert at Hobart Synagogue, featuring songs and tunes from their Klezmer and other Jewish […]
Halcyon: 20 years in 20 pictures
BY JENNY DUCK-CHONG, HALCYON This year, Halcyon celebrates its 20th birthday. In this photoblog, artistic director Jenny Duck-Chong reflects on the occasion as she shares […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees Ensemble MUSE: furor poeticus
BY MARK BOSCH Ensemble MUSE107 Projects, Redfern, 2 December Not one of Ensemble MUSE’s past programs has shied away from bold choices, from Elizabeth Brown to […]
ANNOUNCED: CutCommon Young Critics’ Mentorship Winner
CutCommon and Peninsula Summer Music Festival jointly congratulate Lydia McClelland, the inaugural winner of the CutCommon Young Critics’ Mentorship! Lydia, a Melbourne-based undergraduate student of Arts/Music (French/Japanese/Classical […]
5 types of orchestra gig we dig
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Picture a night out with the orchestra. Instinctively, your mind might conjure the following images: traditional concert blacks, traditional concert hall, traditional […]
Jessica Wells: “New work defines our generation”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Brand new music, written by living Australian composers, and performed on the recorder? It’s certainly not your typical gig, and that’s why […]