Duncan Rock wants you to hate yourself for liking Don Giovanni
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Brisbane! An operatic juggernaut of skill and panache is in town to rock the Opera Queensland stage. British/Australian baritone Duncan Rock […]
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WTF?! How many hours a day should I spend practising?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
We should still respect film music as art
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Are you one of those classical music lovers who thinks film music isn’t “real” music? Are you too high-brow to enjoy […]
WTF?! Bringing a movement artist into your recital
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Jeanette Little tells us about her new music for Play On
BY JEANETTE LITTLE, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne composer Jeanette Little studied her Masters of Music at the University of Melbourne. In 2013 she […]
Alex Palmer: “Working on an equal playing field should be the norm”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Alice and Alex at the Independent Theatre. Nice ring to it, right? These like-minded Sydney composers are set to host a […]
Callum Henshaw talks practice, tour, and new album
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Callum Henshaw is a bit of a wunderkind. Hailing from Canberra, he first picked up the guitar as a […]
WTF?! Performing all your own works in one concert
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Performing the voice of the whale
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Every few seconds, all day and night, sonic blasts are fired into the waters. The idea is to explore the area […]
GROUP INTERVIEW // Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble in conversation
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE One might suggest that the world itself should take a leaf from Silkroad Ensemble’s book. The group brings together a collection […]