Guitarist Sam McAuliffe talks new improv release
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Sam McAuliffe may be the freshest muso on the Hobart scene. He kicked off 2017 with a move to the island […]
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Con Fuoco: Isaac Mouskovias, piano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Pianist and vocalist Isaac Mouskovias was born in […]
Poetry and tragedy with Simon Tedeschi
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You get shipwrecked, finally make it home and your wife is shacked up with your best mate. Tragic enough to die […]
Bassoonist Jack Schiller talks chamber music
BY CAROL SAFFER Melbourne Symphony Orchestra principal bassoon Jack Schiller recently watched as MasterChef contestant Pete Morgan was sent home because of the idea that […]
EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Brett Rutherford, cellist
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]
Why study is essential to your performance career
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you are emerging into the Australian classical music scene and you want to gain skills to succeed in your industry […]
Jessica Gethin: “As artists we are always emerging”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At what point does an artist ‘make it’? When they’ve received a Churchill Fellowship? When they’ve won awards and secured contracts across the […]
Making a Music Venue 106: Kitty Xiao, performer
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How do you bring a music performance to life? There’s a small team of emerging artists working hard in Melbourne’s inner […]
Maria Grenfell tutors young composers in TSO project
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Leading Tasmanian composer and educator Maria Grenfell is working with budding new music makers in the coming months. Together, they’re crafting […]
What it was like to compose in the 1970s
BY HARRY SDRAULIG, COMPOSER Alan Holley is a veteran Australian composer. Having broken onto the scene in the 1970s, he’s lived through it all […]