Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong on what it truly means to grow up
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON For mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, Hansel and Gretel is more than just a well-known childhood tale. It’s an opera that provided her with […]
October 2019
As musicians, we must listen, learn, and live
BY SEAN X. QUINN, COMPOSER We would like to welcome Sean in his first story as a CutCommon contributor! I have always looked at myself […]
EVENTS // The MSO is going all Brothers Grimm this November
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dark and delicious, Humperdinck’s telling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale is bewitching, beguiling fun for all folk who wish to live happily ever after. About […]
Fallout composer Inon Zur reveals his scoring techniques for open-world games
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON (CUTCOMMON’S GLOBAL EDITOR) FOR LEVEL AND GAIN As an Emmy Award-winning composer and the musical mind behind some of gaming’s most iconic […]
Berklee Online is boosting female representation among music students and staff
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON It shouldn’t have to be a novelty that an educational organisation achieves gender equality across its staff and student base. But unfortunately, […]
Life after uni: Petah Chapman, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
Could you be worthy of this $100,000 music scholarship?
CONTENT COURTESY OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS, EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY The Simon Lee Foundation Scholarship will enable a gifted and committed commencing […]
What will the lives and careers of musicians look like by 2050?
BY DR DIANA TOLMIE The population of Australian musicians largely live portfolio careers involving music and non-music contract and DIY employment. And, as we know, […]
Music education matters, says percussionist Alison Fane
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 […]
Did you know the Glenn Miller Orchestra is still touring, 81 years on?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I first heard the Glenn Miller Orchestra was still touring 100,000 miles a year, my heart jolted: I had missed the […]