This concert series is entirely dedicated to Australian women in music
BY CUTCOMMON This year, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is showcasing four female-identifying composers on its mainstage as part of its Celebrating Women in Music series. […]
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Paul Ballam-Cross has arranged a bunch of classical guitar studies for electric bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Studies aren’t just for practising your technique, or so Paul Ballam-Cross’ new EP shows us. Enjoyable for the sake of listening, and […]
Victor Arul’s new music explores the idea of “modern”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What is a modern composition? There’s no solid answer, and the term itself has a transient feel: things once considered modern can […]
Meet the collective training the next generation of professional musicians
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Perth ensemble The Orchestra Collective has had an impressive year of music making. Tertiary students, early career musicians, and established […]
How ANAM is building a generation of artists “passionate about new music”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian National Academy of Music has connected 67 musicians with 67 composers. The idea is to create a vast collection of […]
Conversations with Robin Wilson | Teaching Christian Li
BY JO ST LEON, SERIES CURATOR Christian Li, one of Robin Wilson’s many outstanding students, has become the youngest violinist ever to record Vivaldi’s Four […]