How a church hall, tea, and your mum are revamping chamber music this May
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN Adelaide violinist Jacqui Carías had returned to Australia in 2018 from a whirlwind European music trip. A globe-trotting musician, she was trying […]
April 2021
My first concert back
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Can you remember the experience of a pre-COVID concert? If you haven’t thought about it for a while, I’d invite you to […]
EVENTS // The Australian String Quartet to perform live across Australia for the first time in over 12 months
CONTENT COURTESY THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET February 2020 was the last time the Australian String Quartet toured the country. As an organisation built for full-time […]
Dan Thorpe is going through an emo phase, and it’s “shreddy, emotional, and virtuosic”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think of the word “emo” and you might be propelled straight back to your youth. Long black sleeves. Eyes lined. Ears blasted […]
67 composers: Could this be Australia’s biggest-ever commissioning project?
CONTENT COURTESY THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC The Australian National Academy of Music has announced the 67 Australian composers who will be participating in […]
Perfect Day Music Foundation champions underrepresented voices in classical music
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Perfect Day Music Foundation’s mission is to champion the work of underrepresented people in classical music. Formed in January 2020, PDMF came […]
7 new compositions for countertenor
BY CUTCOMMON Seven artists have been selected as winners of the Panoramic Music and Melbourne Composers’ League Inaugural Solo Performer Commissioning Competition. Some emerging, some […]
Dreambox Collective is exploring safety and housing in the lives of women
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) The newly formed Dreambox Collective opens its 2021 season with A Space of One’s Own; a musical exploration of […]
LIVE REVIEW // Miranda rocks up to Live At Yours
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Live At YoursHarpist Emily Granger and flautist Joshua BattyKen Done Gallery, 31 March I recently had the pleasure of […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to see Dots+Loops
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) Dots+Loops VibrationsNewstead Brewing Co, Milton, 27 March Dots+Loops curator and founder Kieran Welch describes Vibrations as […]