Meet Myles Oakey, CutCommon Young Writer of the Year
BY LUCY RASH CutCommon feels like far more than an online publication. It’s mutual ground, in a way. It has the uncanny ability to […]
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Leadership beyond the stage
BY SUSAN DE WEGER Leadership is key for career success. The value of training in the creative disciplines is misunderstood and undervalued by ourselves […]
Piano Project welcomes child refugees through music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could use the power of music to welcome refugees? This is the idea behind the Piano Project […]
Clare Johnston: National Women Composers’ Development Program
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Four emerging composers at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music have been selected for the first National Women Composers’ Development Program. Through […]
Dan Thorpe talks tragedy and healing in new LP
BY LUCY RASH Adelaide composer and multi-instrumentalist Dan Thorpe is decimating the boundaries of genre. Broad in Bradford, United Kingdom he completed a year […]
Matt Withers on why competitions are invaluable
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Competitions are a widely discussed part of musical life. Do we have the right to judge talent? Or are competitions necessary […]
Composing an individual ‘voice’ in today’s world
BY MICHAEL BAKRNČEV Michael Bakrnčev’s winning piece Sky Jammer will be performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Metropolis New Music Festival. He shares the […]
ANAM alumna Aura Go to perform “dream piece” at Metropolis
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s not often a musician has the opportunity to perform a “dream piece” with an old classmate. That’s what pianist Aura Go is […]
Composer Alex Turley premieres his City of Ghosts
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A city deserted. Fog, light, movement through the shadows. This is the concept behind young composer Alex Turley’s latest creation City of […]
Subterranean after-party breathes new life into concert experience
BY DYLAN HENDERSON A new audience of young concert-goers under 30 attended the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Elegant Tchaikovsky concert on April 29, with an after-party […]