An obituary for the musical life of Susan Frykberg (10 October 1954 – 7 April 2023)
BY PROFESSOR CAT HOPE, SIR ZELMAN COWEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE, MONASH UNIVERSITY Susan Frykberg was an electronic music composer and sound artist whose […]
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Cat Hope: “Use technology to get what you want, not what it lets you have”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For Cat Hope, technology is about creativity. It’s about taking your musical ideas, and giving them a voice beyond the limits of […]
LIVE REVIEW // Carissa goes to see Emo Phase
BY CARISSA DYALL Emo Phase: Dan Thorpe in FocusForest CollectiveIndustrial School, Abbotsford Convent, 24 April Emo Phase: Dan Thorpe in Focus was an exploration of […]
Dan Thorpe is going through an emo phase, and it’s “shreddy, emotional, and virtuosic”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think of the word “emo” and you might be propelled straight back to your youth. Long black sleeves. Eyes lined. Ears blasted […]
These are the kick-ass winners of the 2020 Art Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS The 2020 Art Music Awards have been celebrated in a virtual ceremony fit for a creative nation, with winning artists and […]
Cat Hope talks gender, sound art, and the work of Éliane Radigue
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you are looking to explore French electronic music created in the past century, the name Éliane Radigue certainly springs to […]
Live review: Soundstream Collective
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE Either Or Soundstream Collective Works by Cat Hope, Leah Blankendaal, Erkki Veltheim, Gerald Barry Elder Hall, 9 August What’d you […]
Behind the Conversation with Leah Blankendaal
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/MAKING WAVES Today marks the release of the second Making Conversation podcast, this week featuring two Australian composers: Leah Blankendaal as interviewer, and Michael […]
It’s a man’s world? 10 Australian women who missed the memo
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT International Women’s Day is quickly becoming one of my favourite days of the year. March 8 is the date, and I’m […]
Dan Thorpe talks broken pianos and queer culture
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE South Australian composer Dan Thorpe recorded much of his new release Diaphragm on a porch in Wentworth Falls. Playing on a piano that […]