How concertmaster Natalie Chee navigates leadership and performance roles in the orchestra
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON From working memory to maths and creativity, music-making can stimulate an enormous amount of the brain’s resources — and it can feel […]
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Andrew Aronowicz used folklore as inspiration for his new music
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Composer Andrew Aronowicz and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra go way back. Over a decade ago, Andrew was first selected to take part […]
Nat Bartsch’s relaxed performances provide “a place where you can be yourself”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Booked your tickets for that concert you were thinking of attending? Great. Now you just need to figure out how you’ll get […]
Shaping the landscape of Australian guitar music
BY MATT WITHERS With a new album Here & Now just released, and the Australian Music Composition Competition open for its 10th anniversary, guitarist Matt […]
How I used “serious fun” to build my 42-student music school
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At the start of the pandemic, Ambre Hammond had four students in her own music school. Now, the Sydney piano teacher has […]
Eliza Shephard is asking Australia to “think big and be brave” in programming works by women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Eliza Shephard has long been concerned with a lack of representation in the Australian music industry. She wanted to see more works […]
4 concerts not to miss in Melbourne this August
BY CUTCOMMON It’s been exactly 15 years since the Melbourne Recital Centre started supporting live music — and it’s given Australian audiences access to hundreds […]
From timpani to the podium, Jen Winley sheds light on a fulfilling career
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Orchestral percussionist to classroom teacher to professional conductor isn’t a typical career trajectory — but it’s a path Jen Winley found herself […]
Cameron Lam on music careers, slowing down, and composing with colour
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s safe to say that most makers and listeners of Australian art music will have heard of Cameron Lam. They’re curator of […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey listens to “glorious soprano” Golda Schultz
BY JEFFREY CHARLES PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT This Be Her VerseGolda Schultz and Jonathan WarePrinceton University ConcertsAlexander Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 8 April On […]