The Social Dilemma: A chat with composer Mark Crawford
BY HANNAH MAY WITH STEPHANIE ESLAKE Fake news. Algorithms. Manipulation of our perception of the world. Manipulation of our perception of ourselves. Confronting big issues […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Maria Grenfell composed a magical score for new Tasmanian documentary
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Behind an old cottage door, a family of quolls scuttles about. One marsupial pokes its nose out of an open drawer; another […]
24 new recorder works have landed on the TSO website
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The recorder. It’s an instrument kids learn at school. They’ll toot a few scales, and perhaps attempt a line from Ode to Joy. The […]
Exploring the flute as the world’s oldest expressive instrument
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Many consider classical music to be “old”. Some even argue that it’s “dying“. But when you also consider that one of its […]
How Auslan is giving this children’s choir its voice
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Not every child in Australia has access to music education. This is particularly the case for […]
Matt Laffan is putting music therapy at the frontline during COVID-19
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There’s no doubt that frontline workers have been our heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the […]
How to own your music career (when you have endometriosis)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Debilitating cramps. Heavy bleeding. Digestive issues. Lower back pain. Fatigue. For many women, these symptoms are written off as ‘period pain’. It’s […]
Film composer Nathan Halpern is delivering empathy out of darkness
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Nathan Halpern’s two latest projects have one thing in common: they’re dark. The film Swallow is a psychological […]
How Ilan Eshkeri scored David Attenborough’s new BBC nature documentary
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Many of us have watched Sir David Attenborough’s documentaries. You might’ve tuned […]
Game and anime music: not as niche as you’d think
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Think screen music is niche? Perhaps something reserved for new audiences, or performed for die-hard gamers or anime […]