How Brenda Gifford is sharing “community, language, culture” through her newest composition
BY LILY BRYANT Have you ever considered the way spoken word plays a musical role in a classical piece? Personally, I understood the use of […]
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The FilmHarmonia Orchestra is about to hit a major milestone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s always a fair amount of discussion surrounding the role of screen music in the concert hall. Does it make for a […]
Elena Kats-Chernin’s music honours a woman who escaped the war and made Australia home
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How do you share the story of a woman’s life in just 30 minutes? How do you capture their spirit without using […]
Ensemble Liaison: “We are very good friends, and I think that’s the bottom line”
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER In early September, Melbourne Recital Centre will host an evening in concert with international classical guitar sensation Campbell Diamond and […]
Yasmin Arkinstall is the star of a new one-woman opera about life with obsessive-compulsive disorder
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Operatic mezzo soprano Yasmin Arkinstall is a mental health advocate and artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder — and she is about to star […]
What makes an interesting set of variations on a theme?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We’ve all experienced earworms – those little fragments of a melody that get stuck in our heads and remain, on repeat, for […]
Ensemble Gombert gives you a crash course in the music of Byrd and Weelkes
BY CUTCOMMON Aside from their beautiful choral compositions, composers William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes had one thing in common (and stick with us — it’s […]
It’s one step closer to the Berlin Philharmonic for Phoebe Gardner
BY CUTCOMMON Phoebe Gardner has always enjoyed listening to recordings of the Berlin Philharmonic. Now, the violinist has received the rare opportunity to learn from […]
“Have the courage to be yourself”: How Trio Orelon won $25k at this international music competition
BY CUTCOMMON It’s been a couple of weeks since young musicians from around the world received some extraordinary news: they had won a prize in […]
Alice Chance recorded three generations of women for this emotive “mother-daughter motet”
BY CUTCOMMON Alice Chance comes from a long line of “very creative, tough-as-nails women”. Her deep connection to family is explored in her composition Heirloom. […]