Composing a “moderately festive” Australian Christmas carol for our times
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Soon a new year dawns, And what have we learned? Have we cared for one another?What comes next? It’s November, and once again I […]
Fresh views on all things classical and new music
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Soon a new year dawns, And what have we learned? Have we cared for one another?What comes next? It’s November, and once again I […]
BY OLIVIA DAVIES AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Olivia Davies is an Australian composer. She received a Peggy Glanville-Hicks 2023 Prelude residency after recently achieving an […]
BY DR WILLIAM JAMES BAKER, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA; ANNE-MARIE FORBES, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA; AND DR KIM MCLEOD One of the most important qualities for a […]
BY CUTCOMMON Ensemble Offspring’s Hatched Composer Intensive has for nine years supported new voices in Australian music. It connects local composers with leaders in the […]
BY CUTCOMMON Back in 2011, Bourby Webster had a dream for an orchestra that would create “music for everyone”. And when she founded and developed […]
BY CUTCOMMON In 2017, Michael Bakrnčev wrote a piece of music as a gift for his wife Emily, which was performed on their wedding day. […]
BY PAT JAFFE When I heard that Piano Project, the charity offshoot of Melbourne venue Tempo Rubato, was launching the inaugural Angus Gray Piano Performance […]
BY CUTCOMMON To celebrate a number of special birthdays, Meanjin/Brisbane violinist Flora Wong has commissioned four new works to perform on her instrument (and with […]
BY CUTCOMMON When it comes to the Australian music industry, percussionist Claire Edwardes OAM has always ventured one step ahead of the game. The artistic […]
BY JO CAUST, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, THE CONVERSATION While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly in the lead up […]
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