This Adelaide festival is entirely dedicated to saxophones and clarinets
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You don’t have to play a woodwind instrument to be part of the Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival. You only need a […]
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David Hirschfelder has reimagined three of his iconic film scores
BY LILY BRYANT If you’re a fan of Australian film, chances are you’ve heard the timeless scores of Oscar-nominated composer David Hirschfelder. With credits like […]
How Foley artists use coconuts, buckets, and veggies to create the sounds of cinema
BY LILY BRYANT Picture a concerto soloist out the front of an orchestra. What image comes to mind? Perhaps they’re wearing a flashy tux, or […]
I was co-chair of the AYO Youth Council. This is what drew me to the organisation
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Attend a classical music performance in Australia, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t connected to the Australian Youth Orchestra. […]
This award-winning quartet is keeping the conversation going
BY LILY BRYANT In an often-quoted letter from 1829, German writer Goethe neatly describes listening to a string quartet as hearing “four intelligent people conversing.” […]
How Arcadia Winds has achieved 13 years of success in classical music so far
BY CUTCOMMON This is not the first time we’ve featured Arcadia Winds in CutCommon. Since the chamber group’s founding in 2013, we’ve caught up with […]
Andrew Aronowicz used folklore as inspiration for his new music
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Composer Andrew Aronowicz and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra go way back. Over a decade ago, Andrew was first selected to take part […]
Affinity Quartet returns to where it all began
BY CUTCOMMON When Affinity Quartet won the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, not only did the group take out the three most prestigious prizes, […]
Rochelle Ughetti is balancing audiology with professional violin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Not everyone can rise as early as 6am, or spend the next 12 hours on the job (and then some). But when […]
In her new column, Katy Abbott shares strategies for a healthier arts career
BY KATY ABBOTT We spend years and years perfecting our artform as well as doing ‘all the right things’ to get ahead: making the most […]