Get your fix of chamber music, dance, and “risk-taking” percussion this June
BY CUTCOMMON As the weather gets colder, you could stay home and wrap yourself up in a blanket, blasting the air con while you watch […]
Australian String Quartet
EVENTS // The Australian String Quartet to perform live across Australia for the first time in over 12 months
CONTENT COURTESY THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET February 2020 was the last time the Australian String Quartet toured the country. As an organisation built for full-time […]
Why live stream? Because “it feels like our lives depend on it”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Through the generosity of its major arts patron, The Michael Aquilina Chamber Music Festival and Gala Series have provided a base income […]
Chris Howlett explains how Beethoven “changed Western music forever”
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Have you ever liked the idea of a doing a marathon, but your couch remains awfully and conveniently enticing? Fear not, for […]
A chat with Australian composer Mark Holdsworth
BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN Writing music can often seem like a mystifying and intellectual process. But for some, the experience can be “uniquely […]
WTF?! When your whole group plays a Guadagnini
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Homage to cellist and pedagogue Janis Laurs
BY JO ST LEON Disclaimer: This feature was written under the guidance of Curtain University through Open Universities Australia as part of Jo’s studies in […]
EVENTS // Food, wine and music with ASQ
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET The Australian String Quartet invites lovers of music, food and wine to its three-day festivals in the picturesque Australian […]
Death and the Ravin’
BY CAMPBELL BANKS This concert has me stumped. My fingers have been poised on the keyboard for ages now, stuck like a sprinter with […]
Natalie Nicolas: 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 […]