The Letter String Quartet’s debut album has just landed
BY THE LETTER STRING QUARTET The Letter String Quartet has just released its debut album All the Stories. In this blog, its artists take you […]
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This is not the time to stop having music lessons
BY WENDY ZHANG As a music student, I felt incredibly lucky to be taught by each of my private piano teachers – they were mentors […]
The strange feeling of attending one of Australia’s last “mass gatherings” during coronavirus
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE On Friday 13 March, the Australian government announced a ban on all “non-essential” mass gatherings of more than 500 people. In the […]
How to keep supporting your local music scene during a pandemic
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The World Health Organisation has declared a coronavirus pandemic. And as governments place restrictions on travel and mass gatherings, the arts will […]
These are the women in music who inspire us
BY THE CUTCOMMON TEAM This March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we got thinking about those who inspire us most — from performers […]
When the music industry doesn’t understand your voice
BY JEFFREY PALMER Jeffrey Palmer is CutCommon’s United States correspondent. But he is also an established countertenor, and has performed in venues across Europe, China, […]
PHOTOBLOG // On the road with Affinity Quartet
Mee Na Lojewski sat down with CutCommon to share her account of five weeks on the road with Affinity Quartet, during an intensive tour of Italy, Austria, […]
Would you marathon 16 hours of music to help support the firefighters?
BY NATASHA LIN More than 30 classical musicians from Sydney and Melbourne will this month perform as part of Tempo Rubato’s 16-hour Music Marathon Fundraiser […]
As the Australian government abandons the arts, it’s time to make some noise
BY TIM HANNAH “In love and rage.” That phrase is a common sign-off amongst activists. It aptly summarises the fluctuations between compassion and frustration that […]
We need to end the “all or nothing” approach to careers in music
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN It was the final minute of the final movement. “All or nothing, now or never!” I thought. The double stops, the breathless […]