Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Cellist Anita Quayle and bassist/guitarist Nick Delaney have produced their first studio album Coming Home. Their collaboration grew from Melbourne’s early COVID […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For Cat Hope, technology is about creativity. It’s about taking your musical ideas, and giving them a voice beyond the limits of […]
BY CUTCOMMON For the past three decades, Elektra String Quartet has placed Australian music front and centre. This year, the group releases new album Ebb […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How long do you think it’d take you to write, rehearse, perform, and professionally record a new piece of music? As you […]
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER While the pandemic has been a turbulent and uncertain time for our performing arts community, one clear benefit has emerged: […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Studies aren’t just for practising your technique, or so Paul Ballam-Cross’ new EP shows us. Enjoyable for the sake of listening, and […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, Dreambox Collective is hoping to start a conversation that will boost Australia’s understanding of the needs of LGBTQIA+ communities. Beyond […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How has your relationship to the environment changed over the course of your life? It’s a question the curators of BackStage Music […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Is conducting a science? If you tuned into the ABC News Breakfast segment featuring Melbourne conductor Ingrid Martin, you’d be inclined to […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne violist Katie Yap has won The Music Trust’s 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship. The competitive event offers musicians aged 35 and under […]
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