Friday Forays: Foray Quintet’s Felicite Heine on Chamber Music
BY LUCY RASH The Foray Quintet enjoyed CutCommon’s Friday Forays so much that they named their ensemble out of love for the series. Ok, […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Starting from Scratch: Note-Aurius
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE New kids on the block Note-Aurius are hitting up Tasmania with music by emerging and Australian composers. With a diverse line-up of winds, […]
A Look into Hell: James Paul
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Based a the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, electroacoustic ensemble the West Australian Laptop Orchestra (WALO) brings innovative new works […]
Friday Forays: Laura Holian on Arts Administration
BY LUCY RASH This week in Friday Forays, we delve into the world of music’s ‘backstage performers’. Percussionist Laura Holian has a Bachelor of […]
Friday Forays: Andrew Power on Instrumental Tutoring
BY LUCY RASH Last week in Friday Forays, we heard Gippsland-based teacher Dan McKimm’s thoughts on the joys and trials of teaching music in […]
Friday Forays: Dan McKimm on Classroom Teaching
BY LUCY RASH A common decision faced by students who are edging toward the end of their study is whether or not to continue […]
Friday Forays: Madeleine Jevons on Programming
BY LUCY RASH Love is the the air… and this weekend, it’s on the music stand as well. On the afternoon of Sunday 17 […]
Ghosts in the Orchestra: Gordon Hamilton
BY ANDREW MESSENGER The Australian Voices are a very distinctive a’capella choir. You know them when you hear them. Gordon Hamilton has been their […]
Friday Forays: Warren Lenthall on Composition
BY LUCY RASH Once a ‘punk-rock-wannabe’ who punctured the ceiling of Melbourne’s Corner Hotel with a trumpet, Melbourne-based composer Warren Lenthall has since become […]
167 Times: Alban Gerhardt on the Dvorak Cello Concerto
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE German cellist Alban Gerhardt made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – and he’s performed with almost 250 others since. […]