Hey Mate. How’s your mental health?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hey Mate. How’s your mental health? It’s a question at the forefront of an Australian resource designed to better the lives of […]
January 2022
Life is tougher than ever in 2022, but help is available to arts workers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hope has taken many forms throughout the pandemic. There’s been a feeling that restrictions are only temporary; that live music will return […]
GALLERY // 10 years of the 3MBS Marathon
BY CUTCOMMON It’s a bittersweet year for the annual 3MBS Marathon. We’ll start with the sweet: 2022 marks its 10 year anniversary! For the past […]
How I created a new Schumann arrangement
BY SHAUNA BEESLEY In this blog, composer Shauna Beesley shares her experience of arranging Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op.73. The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (pictured […]
ENTRIES OPEN // Sydney Eisteddfod 2022
CONTENT COURTESY SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD Incredible talent. Live performance experience. Invaluable feedback. This is what awaits all entrants in Sydney Eisteddfod 2022. Are you longing for […]
EVENTS // Dorcas McClean Competition and Australian National Violin Conference
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC In February, 2022 the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is hosting the Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship for Violinists and the […]
Teaching music online in the pandemic has yielded creative surprises, like mixing ‘Blob Opera’ and beatboxing
BY ROBBIE MACKAY, QUEENS UNIVERSITY, ONTARIO, THE CONVERSATION Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical instrument, […]
ANNOUNCED // APRA AGSC Screen Music Award nominees
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers today announce the nominees for the 2021 Screen Music Awards, highlighting the […]
We need to end the “all or nothing” approach to careers in music
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN It was the final minute of the final movement. “All or nothing, now or never!” I thought. The double stops, the breathless […]
Support Act launches COVID Emergency Appeal as crisis worsens
CONTENT COURTESY SUPPORT ACT Music industry charity Support Act has today launched a 2022 COVID Emergency Appeal in response to the growing crisis within the industry as the […]