2016: Meet the Team
Here at CutCommon, we’re working to bring you some exciting business this year. New content, new initiatives, and new opportunities. So as we prepare to […]
Articles
Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Schwing on Bruny Island, jazz, and ‘painter envy’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Neck is a narrow strip of land; an isthmus that connects one part of the wild Bruny Island to another. […]
Josten Myburgh talks improvisation, collaboration
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Perth composer Josten Myburgh, 21, reflects on his 2013 journey to Palermo in new piece ‘a window in Sicily’. The 40-minute […]
Vale Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
BY ANGUS DAVISON Today we acknowledge the tragic passing of an incredible figure in the history of 20th Century music, Pierre Boulez. Born in […]
Gut Instincts: Old instruments meet new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The sound of early music performed on modern instruments is not unfamiliar – but what happens when it’s the other way […]
New York, New York: Joanna Wallfisch
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Joanna Wallfisch was born to a family of classical musicians. Her father was a cellist, older brother an opera singer and […]
Top 5 Music Theatre Songs of All Time
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN Since the beginning of the theatrical endeavours of the stage, musicals have grown in popularity and success. They are able to […]
Rising Star: Toby Thatcher
BY BEN NIELSEN Toby Thatcher is not the sort of person to sit and wait for opportunities to fall into his lap. He founded […]
HIPsters and the Sydney Baroque Music Festival
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Meg Cohen is a self-proclaimed “HIPster”. Though, not the type you might think. Her interests lie in Historically Informed Performance (HIP), and […]
Composer Spotlight: Cameron Lam
Welcome to Composer Spotlight, our new interview series with emerging Australian composers. As the founding Artistic Director of one of Sydney’s young new music […]