8 emerging conductors tell us what they actually do
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The one who waves their arms before a group of musicians. The dictator who rules all. The person who can move in […]
January 2019
Transforming plastic waste into an intimate live performance
BY CARISSA DYALL D E B R I SColourful Collective (Alex Childs, Sophie Dahm, Rose de la Monaña) 318 Saint Georges Road, North Fitzroy, November 2018 Deliberate. Intimate. Thought-provoking. A room full of plastic. D E B R I S […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy sees Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
BY WENDY ZHANG Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: the New Musical Capitol Theatre, 11 January 2019 What’d you miss? An actual candy land Roald Dahl […]
Taking musical inspiration from the oldest songs on Earth
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Disclaimer: CutCommon would like to acknowledge the work of the Tasmanian Fire Service, battling more than 50 bushfires across the […]
Music education matters, says Virginia Taylor, flute
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music education matters. Whether you first picked up an instrument at school, you’re working full-time in an orchestra, or you’re just entering […]
In conversation with Don’t Stop the Music’s Anita Collins
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Do you remember the moment when you started learning music? For many of us, it was […]
These young artists will sing to 20,000 people this weekend
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Soprano Anna-Louise Cole and tenor Shanul Sharma were talented enough to be selected for the Opera Australia Young Artist Program. But that […]
Jennifer Hankin: 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 […]
7 ways to avoid burnout this year
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR The music industry, like many industries that deal with creativity and artistry, can be an environment of intense burnout. Those […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees La Passion de Simone
BY MARK BOSCH La Passion de Simone (Australian premiere)The Sydney Chamber Opera and The Song CompanySydney FestivalCarriageworks, 9 January The opening evening of the Sydney Festival, I stepped into […]