If you want your child to be more resilient, get them to join a choir, orchestra or band
BY DR WILLIAM JAMES BAKER, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA; ANNE-MARIE FORBES, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA; AND DR KIM MCLEOD One of the most important qualities for a […]
October 2022
5 composers talk us through their new Australian music from the Hatched Composer Intensive
BY CUTCOMMON Ensemble Offspring’s Hatched Composer Intensive has for nine years supported new voices in Australian music. It connects local composers with leaders in the […]
ANNOUNCED // Composer Nigel Westlake to receive Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers announce revered Australian composer and conductor Nigel Westlake will receive the Distinguished Services […]
Australia Ensemble UNSW has just launched its 2023 season
CONTENT COURTESY UNSW Australia Ensemble UNSW is thrilled to launch its 44th annual subscription season, bursting with “luminosity through a typically rich and varied program […]
Signum Saxophone Quartet “cannot wait to play for you” on first Australia tour
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A good team meeting will start with a hot cup of coffee – and it’s no different for the members of Signum […]
How Cassie To composed her Screen Music Award-nominated short film score
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In the past month, Australian composer Cassie To has been nominated for an APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award. She has also been […]
Andrea Keller composes like there’s “no limit” to the language of music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Was Andrea Keller a child prodigy? Perhaps the pianist would fall under that category; she did start composing when she was just […]
ACOCo founder Linda Thompson recognised in the 2022 Victorian Honour Roll of Women
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY OPERA CO. Linda Thompson — award-winning artistic director, producer, stage director, soprano and founder of the Australian Contemporary Opera Co — was […]
EVENTS // Andrea Keller Trio with strings
CONTENT COURTESY SIMA “Whenever she plays piano something magical happens” – Eric Myers, The Weekend Australian Tune in for a magical performance by Andrea Keller […]
Camilla George has released a new album inspired by myth, story, and identity
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (UK) London saxophonist, composer, and teacher Camilla George is an award-winning, genre-bending artist. Her third major album Ibio-Ibio is a […]