Game and anime music: not as niche as you’d think
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Think screen music is niche? Perhaps something reserved for new audiences, or performed for die-hard gamers or anime […]
2021
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo sees A Midsummer Night’s Dream
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA What: A Midsummer Night’s DreamWho: Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera and Canadian Opera Company, presented by Adelaide Festival with Adelaide Symphony […]
Dreaming of a commercial release
BY DR CORRINA BONSHEK As a composer, I didn’t have a clue how to get my music onto a commercial release until a revelatory chat, […]
Catherine Strong’s research shows “very huge” risk of music workers leaving the industry
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE With an influx of digital concerts and transitions into online music lessons, it can feel like we are living in a “new […]
EVENTS // 3MBS Haydn Marathon
BY CUTCOMMON 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne is once again hosting its marathon fundraiser, with tens of local musicians coming together to perform five back-to-back concerts […]
EVENTS // Diimpa x Forest Collective
CONTENT COURTESY FOREST COLLECTIVE Join new music doyens Forest Collective on an adventure of deep listening as you explore the unique sounds of composer Diimpa […]
Watch the world premiere of Wesley Stormer’s new music clip
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Wesley Stormer grew up in Mount Riverview, a suburb of the picturesque Blue Mountains. He went on to study composition at Western […]
My arts career during COVID-19: Elli Welsh, pianist
BY JUANITA SIMMONDS We’d like to give a warm welcome to Juanita in her first story as a CutCommon contributor! As Australian musicians have done […]
Facebook banned Australian arts media. Here’s what you can do to keep up
FROM THE CUTCOMMON TEAM Here at CutCommon, we woke to the devastating news on Thursday morning that our publication — as with all Australian media […]
How Musica Viva is supporting Australia’s arts industry from the inside
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE As an industry, we’ve grown familiar with a situation no musician or concertgoer ever wants to face: the cancellation. In the past […]