5 hard lessons on how to launch an orchestra
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 […]
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VIDEO PREMIERE // Watch Michael Bakrnčev’s trio for flute, harp and violin
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. […]
8 things I discovered while working with my favourite composers
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 […]
VIDEO PREMIERE // Watch Flora Wong’s debut single for violin and metronome
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 […]
5 meaningful conversations with artists that moved me
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 […]
Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here’s what that could look like
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 […]
Discovering Agatha – a composer who never had the chance to emerge
BY ELIZABETH ANDERSON, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER CHOIR In this blog, Elizabeth Anderson of the Australian Chamber Choir shares her journey into discovering the music of Agatha […]
Why we’re exploring music in all its forms
BY CHLOE HASSON, BLUE STOCKINGS In early 2020, I received a message request from a girl named Alison Paris. She had a vision: she wanted […]
Musical reflections on light and darkness, love and loss
BY JENNY ERIKSSON, THE MARAIS PROJECT FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR The idea for The Marais Project’s most recent album Australian Monody was more prosaic. It […]
Is it worth being a composer in Australia?
BY MICHAEL BAKRNČEV In 2017, Melbourne contemporary classical composer Michael Bakrnčev addressed the question, Is it worth becoming a composer in Australia? Half a decade […]