Maria Grenfell composed a magical score for new Tasmanian documentary
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Behind an old cottage door, a family of quolls scuttles about. One marsupial pokes its nose out of an open drawer; another […]
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Matt Laffan is putting music therapy at the frontline during COVID-19
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There’s no doubt that frontline workers have been our heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the […]
How to own your music career (when you have endometriosis)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Debilitating cramps. Heavy bleeding. Digestive issues. Lower back pain. Fatigue. For many women, these symptoms are written off as ‘period pain’. It’s […]
How Ilan Eshkeri scored David Attenborough’s new BBC nature documentary
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Many of us have watched Sir David Attenborough’s documentaries. You might’ve tuned […]
Game and anime music: not as niche as you’d think
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Think screen music is niche? Perhaps something reserved for new audiences, or performed for die-hard gamers or anime […]
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo sees A Midsummer Night’s Dream
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA What: A Midsummer Night’s DreamWho: Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera and Canadian Opera Company, presented by Adelaide Festival with Adelaide Symphony […]
Dreaming of a commercial release
BY DR CORRINA BONSHEK As a composer, I didn’t have a clue how to get my music onto a commercial release until a revelatory chat, […]
Catherine Strong’s research shows “very huge” risk of music workers leaving the industry
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE With an influx of digital concerts and transitions into online music lessons, it can feel like we are living in a “new […]
Watch the world premiere of Wesley Stormer’s new music clip
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Wesley Stormer grew up in Mount Riverview, a suburb of the picturesque Blue Mountains. He went on to study composition at Western […]
My arts career during COVID-19: Elli Welsh, pianist
BY JUANITA SIMMONDS We’d like to give a warm welcome to Juanita in her first story as a CutCommon contributor! As Australian musicians have done […]