Nexas Sax Quartet: boldly going where no sax ensemble has gone before
BY SAMUEL COTTELL When four undergraduate saxophone students were ‘thrown together’ almost 14 years ago, they never predicted the future success of their ensemble. […]
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Your Second Self: The Online Artist
BY SUSAN DE WEGER The term ‘Second Self’ refers to your online identity, to your virtual life lived in parallel to the real world. Cultivating […]
Paint it Red: artistic collaborations at their best
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Paint it Red is a collaborative music and visual art event series held at Jugglers Art Space in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. […]
Hourglass Ensemble: Sydney’s audience-friendly chamber group
BY SAMUEL COTTELL There’s a certain quality to chamber music that makes it one of the most beloved mediums for classical music. The interplay […]
‘Music as Storytelling’: the visualisation of Monteverdi
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Multi-award winning visual artist Angela Cavalieri was commissioned by the Arts Centre Melbourne in 2011 to produce a work in response […]
Politics, Detention and Dance: ‘For Reza Berati’
BY MICHAEL MATHIESON-SANDARS, KUPKA’S PIANO Below is a little piece about a new collaborative work I’ve been part of as part of The Human […]
Argo: Stimulating the senses with sound and light
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Emerging composers (and best mates) Ben Heim and Connor D’Netto have joined forces to present ‘Light Play: an Immersive Chamber Music […]
When Elena Kats-Chernin is your bank teller’s mum
BY STEVEN GODBEE Fifteen years ago, a conversation with a young bank teller in Coogee led flautist Sally Walker to a fortuitous and solid friendship with […]
Con Fuoco: Milo Dodd
Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s new interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Born in Melbourne, Milo Dodd began playing trombone at eight years of […]
Melbourne Youth Music Applications Now Open
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Not-for-profit organisation Melbourne Youth Music has stimulated the musical lives of more than 40,000 young people since 1967. Encouraging creativity and […]