Matt Sheers: “Music is there to be explored”
BY CHLOE SANGER Melbourne violinist, composer and producer Matt Sheers launches his solo EP ORCHA this weekend at the Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood. Matt’s […]
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Behind the Conversation with Chris Williams
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/MAKING WAVES Have you checked out the third Making Conversation podcast? This week features composer Chris Williams as he interviews Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh about […]
Natasha Wilson: “Music, movement, with a lot of passion”
BY KATIE MILLER-CRISPE Where can you go to hear thrilling Spanish and Catalan Baroque music as acrobats fly overhead? New Zealand soprano Natasha Wilson, […]
Composing for game with BioShock’s Garry Schyman
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Few composers have the opportunity to make their mark across film, television, and beyond. But BAFTA Award-winning composer Garry Schyman has made […]
Joseph Tawadros talks “the king of all instruments”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “It is known as the king of all instruments,” Joseph Tawadros says. “It is top of the hierarchy in the Middle […]
Why the recorder is more than just a “school instrument”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Like many of us, Alicia Crossley first started learning the recorder at school when she was about six years old. Unlike […]
Interning with a music festival – part 1
BY ELSABETH PARKINSON I was seized with a pulse of excitement. It was January and I was nearing the end of the Australian Youth […]
EXPOSED! Anna Larsen Roach, viola
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 […]
The ensemble playing works by women, all year long
BY ELSABETH PARKINSON Elsabeth is undertaking an internship at the Canberra International Music Festival. We welcome Elsabeth in her first interview as a CutCommon contributor. […]
How to brand your orchestra
BY LAURA BIEMMI The Victorian Youth Symphony Orchestra is not like other orchestras. The musicians? They don’t wear tails. They don’t play in concert […]