5 reasons any music lover would enjoy the James Henry Band
BY LYDIA MCCLELLAND, WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL CUTCOMMON YOUNG CRITICS’ MENTORSHIP PROGRAM James Henry – a multi-talented composer, singer-songwriter, and sound designer – recently spoke […]
January 2019
The Australian Haydn Ensemble takes on the Peninsula Summer Music Festival
BY LYDIA MCCLELLAND, WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL CUTCOMMON YOUNG CRITICS’ MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Australian Haydn Ensemble and friendsPeninsula Summer Music FestivalSt John’s Church, 5-7 January (three events) Our […]
LIVE REVIEW // Lydia sees opera @ the Peninsula Summer Music Festival
BY LYDIA MCCLELLAND, WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL CUTCOMMON YOUNG CRITICS’ MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Linda Barcan and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Opera StudentsPeninsula Summer Music Festival 12 […]
Akiho Suzuki: Mental health sounds like…
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Sydney-based musician and charity worker Jessie Wang is a mental health advocate and studies psychology at […]
Perth’s newest opera collective set to host a rare one-act Holst
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Thirty minutes might seem like a short amount of time for a concert. But it was good enough for Gustav Holst, and […]
“I want to see positive change in our world”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Artists in Australia are turning to music to send powerful messages about climate change. From compositions that set scientific data to music, […]
Life after uni: Amber Evans, voice
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees Opera Australia’s Wozzeck
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC WozzeckOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 25 January Wozzeck! Pronounced “vot-zeck”, the cast’s persistent and aggressive Sprechgesang utterances of the title character’s […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark experiences One Infinity
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC One InfinitySydney FestivalCarriageworks, 23 January On Wednesday evening, I return to Carriageworks’ Bay 17 to see One Infinity, a music […]
Why we love Elena Kats-Chernin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR This story was first published in the Kill Your Darlings literary journal as part of the inaugural KYD New Critic Award. […]