EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra chorus with Alexander Rodrigues, tenor
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]
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When Gamelan meets Western art music
BY CHLOE SANGER I SAID NEON is a concert comprised of brand new compositions inspired by the music of Indonesia. They’ll include a mixture […]
Robert Davidson: “Classical training is a cool thing”
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Brisbane’s eclectic indie-classical quintet Topology summarises the wide expanse of work the musicians have created in the past 20 years through […]
Hoang Pham: My needs as a soloist
Pianist Hoang Pham will perform at the Melbourne Recital Centre this week, backed by the Zelman Symphony. As a soloist, he tells us what he […]
EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Greg Stephens, horn
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]
Composer Sean Tinnion talks “cinematic” new release
BY LAURA BIEMMI You may have heard the work of Perth composer Sean Tinnion without even realising it. The Western Australian Academy of Performing […]
Composing to the beat of a new drum
What defines an Australian composer today? How do they create music? And where do composers see new music heading in the future? Naomi Johnson speaks […]
Five LGBTQIA+ composers who’ll fill your soul with pride
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT On 14 November 2017, the YES vote won the Australian same-sex marriage postal survey. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that […]
Commissioning: A how-to guide for newbies
BY JODIE BLACKSHAW, COMPOSER Commissioning a new work is a great experience for everyone. I encourage all musicians to consider going through the process […]
James Morrison on success and unpaid gigs
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You don’t think of James Morrison as the sort of musician who would have started out busking for food. But that’s […]