When 104 flutes go to court
BY TAMARA KOHLER Here I am sitting at Melbourne airport on the way to the first soloist rehearsal for the Australian premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s […]
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Juggling Flames: The Life of a Working Student
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA Antonia is a Sydney-based music writer and student of NIDA with degrees in music and music technology. She shares her story […]
SoundSCAPE: An Australian in Italy
BY NAOMI JOHNSON Contemporary music is full of juxtapositions: great flurries of notes and ethereal suspense, the intimacy of a single instrument and the […]
What makes classical music classical?
BY ANGUS DAVISON Most of us intuitively know if a piece of music is classical. But what makes it so? What does all classical […]
Eulogy for the Compact Disc
BY TAMARA KOHLER I recently sold my Panasonic RX-ES30 Power Blaster on eBay; a cherished eighth birthday gift and the vestibule for all of my […]
Concert Experience: Let’s Blur the Lines
BY TAMARA KOHLER Bim and Bob are heading to the symphony tonight; a program of Sculthorpe, Mozart and Beethoven. Bim has her best little […]
We have to talk about talking about music
BY ANGUS DAVISON We have to talk about talking about music. The language we use to discuss music is deeply entrenched. Ask ‘what is […]
Why I Admire My Students
BY BEC TILLEY As a teacher, I find myself incredibly proud, and in awe, of my students on a regular basis. Twice in the […]
Read. Think. Write.
BY MEGAN BURSLEM When I was in grade five, I recited Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood at my primary school fete. I can’t remember exactly […]
Composition: A Five Point Plan
BY YANPENG ZHANG I was born in Northeast China in 1989. In my early years, my parents were very surprised at my talent and […]