How Musica Viva is supporting Australia’s arts industry from the inside
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE As an industry, we’ve grown familiar with a situation no musician or concertgoer ever wants to face: the cancellation. In the past […]
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How Paul Stanhope’s Requiem evolved into a celebration of life
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A requiem is a mass for the dead. But through the music of composer Paul Stanhope, the medium may be better described […]
Could your favourite film score have been composed by your local councillor?
BY LIAM HEITMANN-RYCE Artists can undergo an entire evolutionary cycle of job roles throughout the course of their film career, in front of and behind […]
Coming to terms with “loss in the face of an indifferent world”
BY RICHARD LAURENCE We would like to welcome Richard in his first blog with CutCommon. At its simplest, Gifts From Crows is my neoclassical music […]
A new study is confronting the “sexualisation of Australia’s classical musicians”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Does the classical music industry do its best to promote gender equality? It’s certainly a topic that weighs heavily on the minds […]
Daniel Todd: Mental health sounds like…
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Sydney musician and charity worker Jessie Wang is a mental health advocate and studies psychology at […]
The Cooperative is combining opera with social justice
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) It’s the start of 2021. As a member of our music community, what’s the first thing […]
The importance of time management during COVID-19
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Despite COVID-19, the Australian arts community is gearing up for a promising start to 2021. The Bendigo Chamber Music Festival will feature […]
Catching up with Anisha Thomas about her business for diverse creatives
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Many things happened in 2020: an unexpected virus that affected every corner of the world, an […]
My arts career during COVID-19: Nicole van Bruggen, artistic director
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the entire nature of our industry has shifted — seemingly overnight — with artists forced to […]