The piece I was born to compose
BY SEAN ROSS Winner of the Director’s Choice Award for opera in the 2014 Boston International Contempo Festival, Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music is not […]
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Writing music for my newborn son
BY NAT BARTSCH, COMPOSER I’ve always felt that I don’t easily ‘fit’ in the music industry. For starters, I’m a female pianist and composer who […]
“Do you have perfect pitch?”
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE “Do you have perfect pitch, or just relative?” I am sometimes asked this question, but before I can get into any […]
Claire Higgins talks debut composition performance
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This week, six composers from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music will have a selection of their works performed to a public […]
This is why we love Unsuk Chin
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE ‘Where words fail, music speaks.’ It’s an old quote you might know, once said by storyteller Hans Christian Anderson and growing […]
Melbourne’s art music scene gets a New Stage
BY LEWIS INGHAM “We’ll just take it as it comes, and I’ll keep making music regardless.” Composer Chris Pickering is talking about the future […]
Three Australian composers discuss Homophonic!
BY LUCY RASH Now in its seventh year, Homophonic! has earned its (rainbow) stripes as a much-loved and ever-powerful annual showcase of both local […]
Am I really creative?
BY SCOTT MCINTYRE, COMPOSER “Right now, it’s only a notion, but I think I can… make it into a concept, and then later, turn […]
Composer Secrets: Catherine Golden
BY SEAN BOTHA, COMPOSER Composer Secrets is our interview series from Sean Botha, whose vision is to build awareness of new Australian composition. These interviews are […]
Work hard and you [won’t] make it
BY CHRISTOPHER HEALEY, COMPOSER Our entire society might be said to be built on some fairly basic values. Most of our laws, for example, […]