Myee Clohessy: “Music can change a child’s life”
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) Australian string quartet Acacia has made a remarkable impact on the classical music scene. Through commissioning […]
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Meet Australia’s young songmakers: Stephen Coutts, baritone
BY STEPHEN COUTTS AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON In this series, we introduce you to the participants in the 2019 Young Songmakers program, which is part […]
Meet Australia’s young songmakers: Hamish Gould, countertenor
BY HAMISH GOULD AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON In this series, we introduce you to the participants in the 2019 Young Songmakers program, which is part […]
Meet Australia’s young songmakers: Alastair Cooper-Golec, tenor
BY ALASTAIR COOPER-GOLEC AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON In this series, we introduce you to the participants in the 2019 Young Songmakers program, which is part […]
Meet Australia’s young songmakers: Emilia Bertolini, soprano
BY EMILIA BERTOLINI AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON In this series, we introduce you to the participants in the 2019 Young Songmakers program, which is part […]
Would you go to a performance all about anger?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Why do you feel angry? It’s a question that’ll elicit from each of us a very different response. For composer Rachel Lewindon, […]
Dr Aristea Mellos: “As women, we’re still fighting to be seen and heard”
BY EMMA SULLIVAN Dr Aristea Mellos understands, more than most, the power of a good education. The young Australian composer, whose music is regularly broadcast […]
Stuart Thomson: “Putting yourself out there is the hardest thing”
BY JO ST LEON One of the highlights of attending a Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra concert for me is watching its principal double bass player Stuart […]
Håkan Hardenberger plays “the half-modern music that is in danger of being forgotten”
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you could design any concert program, what music would you include? How about “the half-modern music that is […]
Victorian Opera’s new CEO tells us about her future vision
BY ALEXANDRA MATHEW Many artists will be content with cultivating and successfully maintaining just one career in their lifetime. Not so for Elizabeth Hill-Cooper — […]