5 hard lessons on how to launch an orchestra
BY CUTCOMMON Back in 2011, Bourby Webster had a dream for an orchestra that would create “music for everyone”. And when she founded and developed […]
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Morgan Carter “literally fell to the floor” when they received $20k to support their music education
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When soprano Morgan Carter was accepted into the Royal Northern College of Music, they were looking straight down the barrel of a […]
What it feels like to perform internationally after two years
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Back in 2019, Jeffrey Palmer wrote about the Music in the Alps Festival. This was before the pandemic brought international concert tours […]
These are the Freedman Classical Fellowship finalists competing this month
CONTENT COURTESY FREEDMAN CLASSICAL FELLOWSHIP Three exceptional finalists have been selected to compete for The Music Trust’s 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship, after an extensive search […]
Ceridwen McCooey had never performed live to air – then she won The Talent
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine you’re performing a piece of music. Now imagine you’re playing it on a radio station that reaches hundreds of thousands of […]
The story of Australia’s first female mechanic will be brought to life on bass
BY EMMA SULLIVAN As the principal bassist of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, I am usually found at the back of the ensemble, providing the foundation to […]
Strauss composed “one of the greatest works ever written” – and the Australian World Orchestra is about to perform it
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER If there’s one thing that unites us more than the universal language of music, it’s our universal love of storytelling. […]
An entirely casual chat with Stranger Things composers Kyle and Michael
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON WITH LEVEL AND GAIN You may not have heard of Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, but you would undoubtedly know their music. The […]
What do you need to know about vocal music?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What do you need to know about vocal music? The answer to this question depends on your approach. Are you a composer […]
When I play music with AYO, I feel “an intense optimism for the future”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Whether you’re a composer, performer, arts administrator, or even music journalist, it’s likely you’ve had an enriching experience with the Australian Youth […]