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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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