Herdís Stefánsdóttir scored a film while pregnant and says it was “awesome!”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In her last trimester of pregnancy, Herdís Stefánsdóttir was exhausted. She was having trouble walking. She was feeling emotional. Oh, and she […]
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Classical:NEXT reminds artists to “treat music like a business”
BY LYLE CHAN When Glenn Dickie arrived in Rotterdam, one of the first things he needed to do was buy a new sandwich toaster. He’d […]
Andrew Rumsey on “the most honest a performer can be”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever found yourself completely obsessed with a composer, and felt like you wanted to share their music with people all […]
Ria Andriani: “Blindness isn’t a barrier to learning music”
BY RIA ANDRIANI, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE I was born in Bandung and grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia. My parents encouraged me to learn […]
First-time curators Sophie and Liam program 11 Australian compositions in Vivid
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you were curating a music festival for the first time, what would you choose to include on your program? Emerging composer-performers […]
Twiggy from Arcadia Winds on music education and Australian composition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE (EDITOR) WITH LAURA BIEMMI (TRENDS EDITOR) David ‘Twiggy’ Reichelt reckons the wind quintet can be a “formidable” concoction of instruments for any composer. […]
Laura Masotto has co-founded a record label and released her first solo album
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON What do you do if there are no opportunities that fit your musical niche? Well, if you’re Laura Masotto, you simply create […]
Everything you wanted to know about the Alexander Technique
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) If you’re in the music industry, chances are you’ve heard of the Alexander Technique. In recent […]
This is how the Braille music code works
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) The Braille music code was invented to empower musicians with blindness or low vision to read […]
New web opera confronts cyberbullying and abuse in the arts
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR Trigger warning: This story features discussion of cyberbullying and suicide including reference to real events. If you or someone you know […]