Why the future of music is collaborative
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Traditionalist elitism has long plagued the image of classical music. It holds back our progress as an industry. Proponents […]
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My arts career during COVID-19: Melissa Doecke, Inventi Ensemble
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Since COVID-19 was first declared a pandemic, the entire nature of our industry has shifted, with artists forced to rethink their projects […]
Australian Music to Calm and Nurture with Dr Megan Burslem
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you listen to ABC Jazz or ABC Classic FM, you’ve no doubt heard the voice of Dr Megan Burslem. Megan — […]
Passing the mic // An interview with composer Kezia Yap
BY LILY BRYANT, SERIES CURATOR Welcome back to our second instalment of Passing the Mic, a series centring the art of Australian female, non-binary, and […]
Playing piano in the Tasmanian wilderness
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Where do you go to hear the sounds of a piano? In the concert hall? In […]
This composition program is “a stepping-stone between education and the music industry”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “How do you make your music stand out from the crowd?” It’s a question on the mind of Australian composer Matthew Hindson. […]
Would you ever swap to an “endangered instrument”?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The viola can be hard to come by. These orchestral instruments are certainly not as common as their sectional counterpart: the violin. […]
Dr Charulatha Mani is helping “culture, midwifery, and wellbeing to connect through music”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Dr Charulatha Mani has a lot of projects to her name. From being a musician, researcher, […]
How a new aria will raise awareness of obsessive-compulsive disorder
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) So you know, this story features a discussion surrounding the topics of mental health and chronic […]
Reframing the “ugly beauty” of composer-singer Pauline Viardot
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When critics praised the music of Pauline Viardot, it was never the end of the story. Viardot was a contemporary to 19th […]