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The Quoll delivers a “strange elegy to the end of the world”

February 2, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE As I prepared for this interview, a bushfire raged across the north west of lutruwita/Tasmania. At 99 hectares, the Tullah flames served […]

LIVE REVIEW // Jo watches Grace Thorpe and Jennifer Marten-Smith in Tassie

February 1, 2022

BY JO ST LEON Virtuosi TasmaniaGrace Thorpe (violin), Jennifer Marten-Smith (piano)Szymanowski, Bach, KreislerHome Hill Winery, Ranelagh, 28 January The opportunity to review this concert brought […]

Support Act launches new Sexual Health and LGBTQI+ support lines

February 1, 2022

CONTENT COURTESY SUPPORT ACT Music industry charity, Support Act, has today launched two new options to its Wellbeing Helpline — a Sexual Health and Safety Support Line and LGBTQI+ Support Line. The two […]

Hey Mate. How’s your mental health?

January 28, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hey Mate. How’s your mental health? It’s a question at the forefront of an Australian resource designed to better the lives of […]

Life is tougher than ever in 2022, but help is available to arts workers

January 27, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hope has taken many forms throughout the pandemic. There’s been a feeling that restrictions are only temporary; that live music will return […]

GALLERY // 10 years of the 3MBS Marathon

January 27, 2022

BY CUTCOMMON It’s a bittersweet year for the annual 3MBS Marathon. We’ll start with the sweet: 2022 marks its 10 year anniversary! For the past […]

How I created a new Schumann arrangement

January 26, 2022

BY SHAUNA BEESLEY In this blog, composer Shauna Beesley shares her experience of arranging Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op.73. The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (pictured […]