Emily Sheppard: Musical wanderlust and creative risk
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN From mountain dells to urban stormwater tunnels, limestone caves, and street corners, you never know where Emily Sheppard will make her […]
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The musical theatre that questions your digital identity
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Another night at home, another night in front of their screens. Troy and Emma are on opposite sides of the city, […]
How do I get work writing music?
BY NATHAN LIOW During my music studies, my piano teacher and mentor Tony Gould once referred to the period immediately following graduation as “a […]
How to start your own opera company
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Reckon you can start up your own performance company? Do it. Why not? This “let’s just do it” attitude was adopted […]
Ade Vincent on composing, Metropolis, and becoming a dad
BY CHLOE SANGER “There’s a balance to strike between being a specialist and a jack of all trades.” Ade Vincent would know – his […]
Completely smashing it with Arcadia Winds
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’m excited about Arcadia Winds. Undoubtedly one of the country’s most active young groups, it all started back in 2013 when […]
An interview with composer Liza Lim
BY LAURA BIEMMI Composer Liza Lim has received the Don Banks Award Award to recognise her outstanding contribution to the Australian and international music […]
This is why we love Unsuk Chin
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE ‘Where words fail, music speaks.’ It’s an old quote you might know, once said by storyteller Hans Christian Anderson and growing […]
Contemporary classical…or prog rock?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Joshua Rivory describes himself as a “post-genre composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist”. Today, we bring you the world premiere of this Brisbane […]
The women facing “the wolf that lives inside us”
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE A girl walks. She walks alone at night. When she ran, the world watched. What big eyes they have. Our Daughters […]