Students in Victoria are getting a massive double bass day
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s turning out to be a big year for double bassists. First up, we saw the Women in Bass project, which brought […]
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Emma Nightingale to sing in an opera “audiences identify with”
BY ALISON PARIS Opera Queensland is opening its 2019 season with John Adams’ A Flowering Tree – a fantastic tale of a young peasant woman […]
Berlin filmmakers launch platform showcasing real, musical lives
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT On Wednesday nights at Bar Zum Schmutzigen Hobby, Miss Judy Ladivina, draped in glitter and windblown by the glamour of […]
Tasman Compton has won the TSO Rising Star Competition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Each year, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra invites young musicians to apply to be the next TSO Rising Star. Last year, 13-year-old pianist […]
Blood, Sweat, Opera // Emma Matthews, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]
Life after uni: Georgie Hopson, musical theatre
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
“Why create limits” in your music programming?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I read about Lisa Moore’s upcoming programs as part of her Australian National Academy of Music residency, I admittedly marvelled at […]
Australian guitarist Alberta Khoury talks about life at Juilliard
BY JESSIE WANG (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) If you’re working in the music industry, chances are you may have studied at a conservatorium. Even if […]
Annika Hinrichs is headlining a ridiculous intergalactic space opera
BY ALISON PARIS It’s not every day you get to sing Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, and more in the same opera – let alone alongside a […]
Meet the Women in Bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/EMMA SULLIVAN This month, Women in Bass will shine in the Melbourne Girls Grammar School. Launched by Emma Sullivan (not too long after […]