Andrée Greenwell is raising awareness of gendered violence
BY LILY BRYANT Trigger warning: This story and the embedded audio contains description of gendered violence. We often discuss music in terms of its […]
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Watch the world premiere of Xani’s music clip Sun White
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine if you could rock up to the recording studio and just play whatever you like. No sheet music to drag […]
Watch the world premiere of Rose Riebl’s new music clip
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At 5 years old, Rose Riebl first learnt the keys of the piano. At 11, she started studying with Australian National […]
“Anything is possible” with classical saxophone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I first heard about the Melbourne International Saxophone Festival, I started nerding out. Having trained for classical saxophone, I marvelled […]
Roman Ponomariov: All music is chamber music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Monash Chamber Music Festival is about learning. It’s about opening your ears to the presentation of this intimate artform. It’s […]
The new Canberra Sinfonia is bridging the gap
BY LILY BRYANT We would like to welcome Lily in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. For musicians from small towns, the first […]
LONGREAD // Adam Simmons on The Usefulness of Art
BY ADAM SIMMONS AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Adam Simmons’ two-year long series The Usefulness of Art has been performed to widespread critical acclaim. Adam’s latest […]
When your orchestra is built on modesty
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Modest Orchestra doesn’t care if you’re not studying to complete a performance major. It doesn’t care if you don’t want […]
Sunga Lee: “It’s valuable to support young local musicians”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Tone. Technical reliability. Stamina. All things you’d want to hear about your playing, right? Indeed, this was the praise Sunga Lee […]
38 thoughts I had making oboe reeds
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR ‘Reeds. Ugh.’ It’s a sentiment uttered by all reed players, all over the world. How can something so tiny […]