Christopher Bennett on how to welcome a new guest artist into your group
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You may have caught Emma Sullivan’s interview with Dan Russell a couple of months back: Dan is artistic director of the Phoenix […]
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How do we find authenticity in our performance?
BY GRACE JOHNSON We would like to welcome Grace in her first blog as a CutCommon contributor. “No, no!” my teacher exclaimed. She coaxed my […]
Julia Fredersdorff chats about Tassie’s fastest-growing baroque band
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For a little while, Tasmania could claim the Van Diemen’s Band as its own. But when you gather the finest baroque […]
James Beck is an actual powerhouse of music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some might shy away from the challenge of taking on multiple roles in a production. After all, who could possibly build […]
WTF?! What does HIP even mean today?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our new series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to […]
Baroque on an island – Van Diemen’s Band
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Julia Fredersdorff has launched an ensemble at the bottom of the world. The violinist brings baroque to audiences in Tasmania through […]
Matthew Greco mentors this student-driven Baroque festival
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 2013, self-proclaimed HIPster Meg Cohen founded the Sydney Baroque Music Festival. Now heading into its fourth event, this celebration of […]
Nine things you should know about early music performance
BY PAUL BALLAM-CROSS, RUNNER-UP IN THE 2016 YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION Fashions change in classical music, as in everything. In the Renaissance, […]
First rock, then Baroque
BY ROBERT MACFARLANE While putting together my program for the Australian Bach Society’s concert The Path to Bach on 7 May, as the snow […]
Live Review: Egarr’s Baroque and Beyond
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE ‘Baroque and Beyond’ Richard Egarr with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Works by Purcell, Haydn, and Rebel. Federation Concert Hall, 5 June. […]