Work hard and you [won’t] make it
BY CHRISTOPHER HEALEY, COMPOSER Our entire society might be said to be built on some fairly basic values. Most of our laws, for example, […]
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The Millennial Musician’s Quarter-Life Crisis
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH The Quarter-Life Crisis is a predicament felt by millennials worldwide. Being in our 20s, we are in the ostensible prime of […]
Salina Myat – ‘Classical music: what’s in it for young people?’
BY SALINA MYAT, 2017 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR – RUNNER-UP This blog awarded Salina Myat a runner-up place in the 2017 CutCommon […]
Reflections on my US composition residency
BY LEWIS INGHAM It’s amazing (or perhaps a little depressing?) how quickly I’ve fallen back into my daily routine after spending a month in […]
Industry exercise: Define your artistic brand
BY SUSAN DE WEGER An artistic brand is a tool that can boost your confidence and give the world a strong idea of who […]
Jonathan Henderson: “I wish to keep my curiosity for music alive”
BY JONATHAN HENDERSON Newcastle-born Jonathan Henderson serves as principal flute of the Estonian National Opera. He returns to Australia to present a world premiere of […]
My journey into music therapy: Van Gogh with school students
BY NATASHA LIN During the month of June, the National Gallery of Victoria education department partnered with the University of Melbourne music therapy department to […]
Radio. Silence.
BY ASHER REISNER It was in a quintessentially 21st Century way that I learnt of Mika Vainio’s death. Although, even a decade ago, death […]
Lachlan Skipworth: Japan’s influence in my music
BY LACHLAN SKIPWORTH, COMPOSER I wish to write a little about my Piano Trio, and how the traditional shakuhachi piece Daha found its way […]
What I learnt at the Charlotte New Music Festival
BY LEWIS INGHAM This is the second blog about Lewis Ingham’s American journey, in which the composer writes about his experience in the Charlotte […]